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Courses (HIST)

Seminars and Internships
378 Apprenticeship in Archival Skills for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. (4)

A three- to four-week intensive experience in research techniques. The goal is to allow undergraduates the opportunity to learn how to conduct research at a major depository of documents or art historical material dealing with the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. (Offered at Hill Monastic Manuscript Library.)

389 Historiography and Methods. (4)

An examination through reading and discussion of selected topics in history. This course focuses on historiography and methods. The nature of and uses of primary and secondary texts will be addressed, and the course will concentrate on the analysis and critique of the reading material. Every semester.

397 Internship. (4-8)

Supervised career exploration which promotes the integration of theory with practice. An opportunity to apply skills under direct supervision in an approved setting. Prerequisites: approval of the department chair and a faculty moderator; completion of the pre-internship seminar.

399 Senior Thesis (4)

Intensive research of a topic and preparation of a major paper. Required of every history major. Those majors seeking to graduate with "Departmental Distinction in History" and "All-College Honors" must take HONR 396 the spring of their junior year, History 399 fall of their senior year, and complete their Honors research and writing the spring they graduate. Every semester.

     

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