An oral presentation and defense of the thesis as well as a final written paper are required in the spring term. Employs both primary and historiographic materials. Meets requirements for senior research and writing project. Examines problems of relativism, periodization, cause and eschatology as discussed in contemporary historical theory. Meets requirements for senior research and writing project.
Topics vary from year to year.
Topics vary alternate years. Two credits meet requirements for senior research and writing project. HI496 Military History of the Ancient World. Topics include language, population, migration, energy and the environment.