Sr Sem: History Honors

3 Credits · Level: Graduate, Undergraduate

Hist 4998-4999 form a two-semester study of History as an intellectual discipline and culminate in the production of a history thesis, an original work of scholarship grounded in primary source research. Enrollment is by invitation of the Department. Fall: Readings and discussions of theory, method, and research process, resulting in a research prospectus and the drafting of one substantive, primary-source based chapter. Spring: Drafting, peer editing, and revising the thesis with the assistance of the seminar and a faculty mentor. Students commit to the full two semesters. The Department expects the Honors Seminar to be each student’s main academic priority. Enrollment only by permission of Director of Undergraduate Studies