A handout will be provided for the writing specific to this course but a manual comes in handy. Therefore, in lieu of a final exam for this course the student will prepare a research paper in accordance with the instructions I will present in class. Class sessions will include lecture material on how to construct a valid historical research paper, including footnoting, bibliography, page layout, structu7re and methodology. Topics for the research paper will be chosen by the student from the subject matter covered during the course. While these will be subject to instructor approval, I encourage the student to select something he or she finds interesting.
Papers can be either in favor of or against the conventional wisdom on the subject.
However, there must be sufficient reasoned argument and orderly discussion to justify any conclusions drawn. Papers will be graded half on historicity and half on writing stylistics. By completing this paper the student will demonstrate a knowledge of history and an ability to communicate it that will arise out of the course material itself. All rights reserved.