This course may be repeated if topic differs. A study of past and present methods of historiography and writing combines with an in-depth examination of a particular phase of history in which the student undertakes research on a topic of choice. This course may be repeated if the topic differs. All junior history majors must register for this class. This two course sequence represents the capstone course of the history major.
Senior students select a topic and in the first semester carry out supervised research.
In the second semester, the students write up their projects under a faculty member's direction and defend the final project before the history faculty. 2 s.h. each.