Research Methods

Graduate

This course introduces students to the range of methods and approaches to historical research, and to the problems associated with interpreting various kinds of sources. Students will identify and establish a research problem, in which they define the questions to be posed, and begin to move from broad to 45 Winter 2027 Academic Calendar narrow approaches to their topic. They will discover and evaluate accessible sources of evidence, and at the same time develop an appropriate methodological and interpretive framework for a specific research project.