Students are expected to produce a substantial paper as a final project and some form of oral presentation of the project at the end of the term. Courses at the 400 level include seminars (limited to 12 students), tutorials, and thesis preparation.
Students have more opportunity for independence and initiative in shaping their papers and projects, including both historiographical papers and longer research papers that may employ primary sources. Enrollment is limited to 16 students, in order to facilitate student engagement with the topic and active participation in class discussions, group research projects, and presentations of their research. 300-level courses delve deeply into a topic or area of history that students may have encountered previously in an introductory or intermediate course. Admission to all 400-level courses is by permission only. Non-majors with appropriate background may also enroll with the permission of the instructor. Writing assignments are fewer in number but of greater length and complexity than those at the introductory level.ģ00 and 400-level advanced courses are open to third- and fourth-year history majors who have taken HIST 200 The Historian's Craft. Some lectures, discussions, student-led oral presentations and debates consider questions of historical interpretation, theory and methodology. Readings emphasize monographs, journal articles and primary sources. They may also incorporate approaches that are more global, transnational, and comparative. They place greater emphasis on concepts such as colonialism, nationalism, feminism, and post-modernism, or on the role of ideology, gender, race, ethnicity and class in history. Short writing assignments are augmented by considerable oral work, with discussions generally predominating over lectures.Ģ00-level intermediate courses are suitable for majors and in many, but not all cases, non-majors. Instead of a single large textbook, students might read parts of several monographs and sources from the actual time period. Whereas survey courses adopt a panoramic perspective, topical courses - labeled “Historical Themes” and some Montserrat courses - zoom in for a closer view. Through lectures, discussions, reading, and writing, students learn to consider continuity and change over time by assessing and interpreting evidence.
Survey courses offer students a broad overview of a continent, region, country, or people over several generations. For more information on the courses offered during the fall and spring semesters, please log in to the course schedule through STAR.ġ00-level introductory surveys and topical courses are suitable for majors and non-majors. McFarland Center for Religion, Ethics and CultureĬourse descriptions listed on this page for the Department of History are from the 2021-2022 College Catalog.
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