HIS 300 Research Methods in History
3 hours
Participating in scholarly historical research requires a set of skills that will allow students to locate, prioritize, analyze, and write about primary sources. Students will learn how to find a variety of primary sources and how to reckon with them once they have been found. Students will learn how to locate secondary literature relevant to their research interests and primary sources. And they will learn how to contextualize their research findings within existing scholarly debates while making a convincing historical argument. Students will write a substantial research paper that demonstrates independent analysis of primary source documents and that situates its central claim within appropriate scholarly literature.
Prerequisite
ENG 201 and Junior standing or above