Seminar - Research. 3 credits, 3 contact hours

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Prerequisites: ENGL 102 with a grade of C or higher, and a course fulfilling the History and Humanities GER 200 level course with a grade of C or higher, an upper level history course, R510 315 or R510 316 Perspectives in History, and HSS 404 History Senior Seminar, or with instructor permission. This one-semester-long seminar allows students to apply the skills they learn in the History major to specific topics that vary semester by semester. In these small classes, students conduct research with attention to historical methods. With close guidance from instructors, students explore local archives, design a paper topic of their individual interest in conjunction with the professor, and write a research paper.