Those interested in local topics of interest might wish to use the archives of Gonzaga or the Eastern Washington Historical Society to provide a new area of investigation, research and writing. Footnotes with a Bibliography or internal citations with a Works cited section should also be provided. The paper will be graded on the basis of content, cogency and style. Content is evaluated on the relevance, quality and substance of the sources used to support one's generalizations. Cogency is evaluated on the assessment of the extent to which the writer successfully, elegantly and persuasively maintained his or her thesis argument.
Style is evaluated on the basis of spelling, grammar, syntax, diction and typographical errors.
Each class member is to identify a research topic in historical leadership, research it as thoroughly as possible consulting primary sources, secondary works and scholarly articles, and write it in a form appropriate to graduate level work. The paper should be twelve to fifteen pages in length. Class members may use the APA standard or the Chicago Manual of Style format. Those interested in local topics of interest might wish to use the archives of Gonzaga or the Eastern Washington Historical Society to provide a new area of investigation, research and writing. Footnotes with a Bibliography or internal citations with a Works cited section should also be provided.