本課程主要教學目標在使學生對東海大學校史有系統性的認識，透過校史資料的蒐集及人物採訪等實際操作與撰寫，使學生掌握校史及歷史書寫的具體方法與程序。因此本課程的教學目標有以下數點：
1.認識及理解東海大學的歷史與立校精神。
2.熟習相關校史資料的蒐集方式與歷史書寫的方法及理論。
3.掌握校史編撰及人物採訪的具體程序。
4.訓練獨立思考、書寫、探討與解決問題的能力。

The main teaching goal of this course is to enable students to have a systematic understanding of the history of Tunghai University. Through practical operations and writing such as the collection of school history materials and interviews with figures, students will be able to master the specific methods and procedures of school history and historical writing. Therefore, the teaching objectives of this course are as follows:
1. Understand and understand the history and founding spirit of Tunghai University.
2. Be familiar with the collection methods of relevant school history materials and the methods and theories of historical writing.
3. Master the specific procedures for compiling school history and interviewing people.
4. Train the ability to think, write, discuss and solve problems independently.

1.東海大學校史編輯委員會編，《東海大學校史（民國四十四年至六十九年）》，台中：東海大學校史編輯委員會，1981。
2.東海大學校史編輯委員會編，《東海大學五十年校史（1955-2005）》，台中：東海大學出版組，2006。
3.特刊編輯委員會編，《東海風──東海大學的歷史》，台中：東海大學出版社，1995。
4.特刊編輯委員會編，《東海人》，台中：東海大學，1999。

1. Edited by the Tunghai University History Editorial Committee, "History of Tunghai University (Republic of China 44-69)", Taichung: Tunghai University History Editorial Committee, 1981.
2. Edited by the Tunghai University History Editorial Committee, "Fifty Years of Tunghai University History (1955-2005)", Taichung: Tunghai University Publishing Group, 2006.
3. Edited by the Special Issue Editorial Committee, "East China Sea Wind: The History of Tunghai University", Taichung: Tunghai University Press, 1995.
4. Edited by the Special Issue Editorial Committee, "People from the East China Sea", Taichung: Tunghai University, 1999.