History Research Seminar. 3 credits, 3 contact hours

Catalog description

This seminar course introduces students to various methods for conducting historical research using primary and secondary source materials, and teaches them how to write a formal research paper. The seminars are on a particular topic chosen by the professor, and can focus on a chronological period or geographic region, on an historical event, cultural movement, or social group, or on a type of history such as environmental history, the history of technology, or the history of health and medicine.