Course Information: Historical Research  (80141)

An analysis of sources and critical methods for evaluating, organizing, and using these materials; a focus on selected historians and distinctive type of historical writing. Prerequisites: HIST 2111 or HIS 202 and HIST 2112 or HIS 203

Required Materials:   1. Marius, Richard & Melvin E. Page (2010). A Short Guide to Writing About History. 7th ed. Pearson Education. 2. Booth, Wayne C., Gregory G. Colomb, & Joseph M. Williams (2003). The Craft of Research. 3rd ed. University of Chicago Press. 3. Fischer, David Hackett (1970). Historians’ Fallacies: Toward a Logic of Historical Thought. Harper & Row. [Out of print. Available used via internet; See: http://www.abebooks.com/ , or http://www.alibris.com/ ] 4. Barzun, Jacques & Henry F. Graff (2003). The Modern Researcher. 6th ed. Wadsworth Publishing.
Technical Requirements:   20% Seminar Participation Quality Evidence of readings; relevant class dialog; scholarly behavior. (Instructor + class evaluate) 20% Project Tasks Presentation—Timing & Quality Substantive, Formatting, Technical (Instr. + Class evaluate) 10% Field Trip Plan & Execution w/ materials (Class & instr. eval.) (“A sense of history is enhanced walking the ground where it happened.”) 25% Completed Project (Instructor evaluates) 15% Final Exam: Short answer compositions 10% Final Exam: “objective” items from readings)
Pre-Requisite:   (( (HIST 2111 with minimum grade: C )
OR ( HIS 202 with minimum grade: C) )
AND ( (HIST 2112 with minimum grade: C )
OR ( HIS 203 with minimum grade: C) ))
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