Making History: Historians, Historical Techniques and Historiography

Catalog description

This course is an introduction to the philosophies of history, techniques of historical inquiry, research and writing. Prerequisites: Students must have college level writing skills, and general survey knowledge. The student should have passed both HST-185 Foundations of Civilization to 1648 and HST-190 The West and World after 1648. If only one has been taken, enrollment in the other concurrent with HST-290 is acceptable with permission of the division. Gives credit towards the history major. This course meets IDoE Indiana History Standards' requirements and required standards from the National Council for the Social Studies.