History 250 - Colloquiuim: Doing History: Theory, Method, Practice

This course provides declared history majors and intended majors with crucial tools for doing history, including developing historical questions, conducting archival and other primary source research, and building practical skills for delivering original research to an intended audience. In addition, students grapple with pressing questions of the discipline: What is the past’s connection to the present? What is at stake when researching and writing history? How do different historical methods enable critical readings of different sources? How is imagination an indispensable tool of historical inquiry? Restrictions: Sophomores, juniors, and seniors only. Enrollment limited to 25.

[CE] SO/JR/SR only