Curriculum

Course Offerings

Curriculum

History Courses

Students of the MAT Program in history graduate with a sophisticated understanding of history as a craft rather than a mere accumulation of factual details about the past, and an enthusiasm for the value of historical study. Toward these ends, the history curriculum challenges students with the following goals:

an awareness of political and social contexts in gathering historical and social studies knowledge
an appreciation of the value of multiple voices in the construction of historical narratives
a familiarity with major themes in the historical narratives addressed in the New York State public school system
a historical inquisitiveness and an ability to make independent historical inquiry
a skilled weighing of the validity and usefulness of primary and secondary historical texts

Sample Calendar

The course descriptions that follow are organized into two categories: by discipline, and by discipline and pedagogy. The first category is the cluster of courses that engage students in graduate-level studies, challenging them to grapple with the questions, forms of inquiry, and knowledge making that constitute the work of the discipline. The second category is that set of studies and experiences in public school classrooms that allow developing teachers to consider their fields of study as sites for learning and how their work as teachers engages less experienced learners in the authentic work of their respective fields.