​Interpret, assess, and critically analyze (primary and secondary) historical sources and assess the significance of key historical events from different cultural backgrounds (including Islamic), understanding their validity, evidence, reasoning, perspectives, biases, audience, and contexts.

​​Explain and analyze large-scale and long-term historical developments of regional, interregional, and global scope in their context by applying theories and methods in the study of history in their research.

Demonstrate a sufficient understanding of historiography as an academic discipline for recording and examining the past and its close ties with other disciplines (economics, psychology, sociology, etc.).

Trace similarities and differences between historical accounts from the Islamic and conventional perspectives.

Identify and analyze various interpretations of history about bias, assumption, power relations, gender, beliefs, etc., and reflect on their and others’ practices of interpreting past events.

Discuss with authority, either in writing or verbally, the historical forces (e.g., religion, economics, politics, social stratification, gender, individual actors, technology, nature, intellectual and aesthetic thought, etc.) behind the significant movements, trends, and developments of world history.

Use information technologies to acquire new knowledge and perspectives.

Construct a historical essay that presents a clear thesis and a persuasive argument, using proper conventions of style for scholarly writing.

Analyze other periods and cultures with little or no ethnocentrism or modernism, thus displaying a sense of informed perspective and a deeper appreciation of the common threads of human nature from a multi-disciplinary perspective.

Evaluate the validity, reliability, or utility of the acquired knowledge and skills through peer reviews and/or self-assessment (by diaries and weekly reviews).