3 credits
Spring 2025 Lecture
The second half of a two-semester sequence for new graduate students intended to acquaint them with important issues regarding the modern practice of historical scholarship. This course is a research seminar in which students shape and execute their own research projects resulting in original article-length historical essays. In addition, matters relating to ethical conduct of research and problems of historical writing and argumentation are discussed. Prerequisites: HIST 61000 or 59800. Permission of instructor required.
Learning Outcomes1Learn the process of shaping and executing a historical research project.
2Learn the production of an original article-length historical essay.
3Articulate their research question, propose strategies for finding appropriate evidence and sources, and discuss ways of constructing arguments to most effectively communicate the answers they find to their questions.
Restrictions
made by Purdue students.