History

By completing the program, students will

1. Develop the ability to use critical, analytical, and reflective thinking and reasoning;
2. Learn to reflect on social and ethical responsibilities in their professional life;
3. Gain experience and confidence in the dissemination of project/research outputs;
4. Work responsibly and creatively as an individual or as a member or leader of a team and in multidisciplinary environments;
5. Learn to communicate effectively by oral, written, graphical and technological means and reach a high level of competency in English;
6. Reach and acquire information independently, and develop appreciation of the need for continuous learning and being up-to-date with regard to developments in their field of inquiry.
7. Develop a thorough knowledge of theories, concepts, and research methods in the field and apply them in research design and data analysis.
8. Assess the impact of the economic, social, and political environment at the global, national and regional level.
9. Learn how to access written and visual, as well as primary and secondary sources of information, interpret concepts and data from a variety of sources in developing disciplinary and interdisciplinary analyses.
10. Demonstrate command of comparative perspectives, which may include the ability to compare the histories of different societies or cultures with an awareness of continuity and change over extended time spans.
11. Construct concepts and theories derived from the humanities and social sciences.
12. Analyze evidence based on research in order to support a historical argument in answer to a research question.
13. Apply a critical perspective to evaluating historical arguments, including the quality of the sources, the validity of the interpretations of those sources, and the soundness of the argument's use of evidence to support a historical interpretation.
14. Develop and sustain historical arguments in a variety of literary forms, formulating appropriate questions and utilizing evidence.

Students who complete the program will

1. Develop, deepen and advance the current knowledge in the field with original thought and/or research, coming up with original and innovative definitions and theories.
2. Conceive interdisciplinary methodologies in their interaction with the field; come up with original solutions by using knowledge requiring proficiency in the analysis and synthesis of new and complex ideas.
3. Evaluate and use new information with a systematic approach.
4. Develop innovative methodologies, design and/or practice or adapt already familiar knowledge, methods, design and/or practice to another field; research, conceive, design, adapt and implement an original subject.
5. Develop skills in critical analysis, synthesis and evaluation of new and complex ideas.
6. Gain advanced skills in the use of research methods in their chosen field of study.
7. Contribute to progress in their field with innovative ideas, skills, designs and/or practices or with adapting an already known idea, skill, design, and/or practice to a different field independently.
8. Broaden the borders of knowledge in their chosen field by producing an original work, or interpreting one in an original way, or publishing at least one scientific paper in the field in national and/or international refereed journals.
9. Demonstrate leadership in contexts requiring innovative and interdisciplinary problem solving.
10. Develop new ideas and methods in the field by using high level mental processes, such as creative and critical thinking, problem solving and decision making.
11. Put forth original views when exchanging ideas in the field with professionals and communicate effectively and competently.
12. Acquire the ability to communicate and discuss orally, in written form, and visually, with peers by using a foreign language at least at the level of the European Language Portfolio C1 General Level.
13. Contribute to the transition of the community to an information society and to its sustainability by introducing scientific, technological, social or cultural improvements.
14. Demonstrate functional interaction by using strategic decision making in solving problems encountered in the field.
15. Address social, scientific, cultural and ethical problems in the field and support the development of values based on these.