They must take two courses from Hist 202, Hist 211, Hist 212, Hist 213, or Hist 214, one art history course at the 200 or 300 level, and two courses from Art 208, Art 235, BuAd230, Comm 240, or Comm 260. For further information, contact Dr. Keller. Senior History Seminar is held every fall semester. The goal of Senior Seminar is for each student to prepare a Senior Seminar paper, which she writes, revises, and defends in Seminar. Seminar also introduces students to finding their own way in historical research through the use of bibliographies, archives and manuscripts, and computer resources.
Students learn to find and criticize historical literature and to identify trends in historiography.
All members of Senior History Seminar are required to take the Major Field Achievement Test, which is administered in the Seminar each year. Several student papers from Senior History Seminar have been published in recent years, and others have been presented by their authors at scholarly meetings. Senior History Seminar is a Writing Emphasis Course, and it also carries credit for the College Oral Communication requirement. Directed inquiries are independent study projects planned and carried out under the supervision of a faculty advisor. They usually focus on specialized subjects not covered in the standard history curriculum.