Description
HIS 200 Historical Methodology Three Credit Hours
This course serves as an introduction to the historical method, including a consideration of the various approaches to historical study and historiography. The course will seek to ask why and how historians have studied the past, what tools historians employ to study the past, as well as what are the many processes of historical inquiry. Students will learn how to conduct historical research in a library, in an archive, and online and to be able to develop a research methodology appropriate to a particular historical topic or theme. Required for all History majors.
Effective: 2012-2013 Academic Calendar