History 497AA - ST-Thry & Meth of Oral History

Oral history is the practice of recording interviews with first hand witnesses to past events. This course will guide you through the origins and history of oral history as a methodology for recording and analyzing past events, especially since the middle of the twentieth century. The class will introduce you to many of the major theoretically oriented debates happening in oral history as a field today. In this course, students gain first hand experience with oral history through the recording of their own original interviews.

Open to Seniors, Juniors & Sophomores only. This class meets with 697AA.