Description
HIS 490 Senior Investigative Paper I Three credit hours
This course is required of all history majors and is designed to begin major work on the Senior Investigative Paper. This course provides detailed instruction and supervision on beginning the research and writing process, including the preparation of the student?s topic, the drafting of a prospectus, the finding and acquisition of resources, the creation of a formal bibliography, and intensive primary source research. Assignments will include writing exercises, discussions and workshops to improve the paper style, and a formal presentation of the prospectus by the student, including a question and answer session from students and other history faculty, at the end of the semester. This is required of all history majors. This course will be offered each
fall. Prerequisite HIS 491.