HIST 475 - Historical Research Design

3 Credit Hours
3 Lecture Hours
0 Laboratory Hours

In this course students will refine skills and techniques essential to conducting historical research. This will include locating and analyzing secondary sources for an extensive bibliography and literature review; searching for appropriate primary sources; practicing the interpretation of primary sources; reviewing the ethical use of sources; and formulating a research question. The student’s work will culminate in writing a formal research proposal that will be the foundation of their senior thesis. This course is part of a two-semester captone taken in the senior year.

Prerequisites: HIST 378 and 3 additional hours of upper-division history coursework or instructor permission.