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Institution: Delta College
Degree Name: Associate of Arts (History Pre-Major)
Location: University Center, MI
Year: 2014
Purpose of the Degree
The associate of arts degree (history pre-major) prepares a student with the foundational skills required for successful upper-level study of history at a four-year transfer institution (more detail in program competencies and outcomes).
Characteristics of the Program
The AA (history pre-major) at Delta College includes four tracks, for which there are sample four-semester schedules available: pre-modern European, modern European, early American, recent American. This degree provides students with one-on-one mentorship by history faculty members and a clear pathway to degree completion.
Career Pathways for the Graduate
We divide the career pathways associated with history study into four areas: analytical skills specializing in analyzing change over time-financial analysis, market research analysis, information analysis, medical field; communication (reading, writing, speaking)-education, management, sales, advocacy, grant writing, publishing, editing, legal profession; knowledge of global perspectives-government offices, medical professionals, management, sales, peace studies; research and information management-archival management, legal profession, human resources.
Educational Style
The history department faculty use a combination of pedagogical styles: lecture, small- and large-group discussions, digital humanities projects, and analytical essays.
Program Competencies and Outcomes
- Apply cultural literacy to complex historical narratives
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- Identify global perspectives in historical narratives
- Identify their own cultural perspectives and how they may influence their analysis of historical narratives
- Apply a variety of perspectives to analysis of historical narratives and problems
- Engage in historical inquiry, research, and analysis
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- Develop a historical question
- Define a plan for researching potential answers to historical questions
- Access, analyze, and implement a variety of historical sources to address a historical question
- Effectively read historical sources (primary and secondary)
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- Distinguish between primary and secondary sources
- Identify bias of relevant historical sources
- Summarize and analyze relevant information from historical sources
- Effectively communicate historical narrative and argument
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- Summarize historical narrative based on historical sources
- Select, arrange, and analyze evidence drawn from historical sources to support an argument originating from those sources
- Articulate and defend a historical argument through written and oral means
- Apply historical thinking to contemporary citizenship issues
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- Identify diverse perspectives drawn from historical narratives relevant to contemporary citizenship issues
- Implement accepted historical practices to research historical narratives relevant to contemporary citizenship issues
- Communicate diverse historical perspectives in a manner sensitive to contemporary citizenship issues
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