Making History: Capstone

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The capstone experience asks students to examine the fundamental elements of how history is created by historians. It does this through critical examination of primary historical artifacts, popular and public historical interpretations, peer-reviewed analyses of historical phenomena, and scholarly narrative syntheses. Through examination, analysis, and discourse, students will learn how historical perspectives are created and consumed as an ever-evolving craft central to the life of every society. Students’ examination of the nature of history will culminate and an original piece of historical research based on primary and scholarly secondary sources.