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Fall 2018 | HIST 4961W Section 002: Major Paper (20524)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F or Audit
- Instructor Consent:
- Department Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Meets With:
HIST 4961V Section 002
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
Tue,
Thu 03:35PM - 05:20PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 230
- Enrollment Status:
Open (8 of 17 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Research paper on topic of student's choice. Work largely with primary sources. Faculty guidance. prereq: dept consent, instr consent; sign up in Undergraduate Studies Office two sem in advance
- Class Notes:
- For more information contact histugs@umn.edu
- Class Description:
- The major paper seminar is the capstone course for history majors. After spending many semesters reading other scholars' ideas and interpretations, you now have the opportunity to research, analyze, and write your own original work of scholarship. It can be one of the most rewarding intellectual experiences of your time at the University of Minnesota. The senior paper consists of a 20-30 page paper based on original research in primary sources (sources like letters, diaries, newspaper articles, interviews, government documents, etc., rather than scholarly articles or books). It can be on a topic of your choosing, but you are highly encouraged to discuss your paper topic with the instructor before the course begins. Refining the topic and even changing it often occurs during the course of the semester, but it is important to have some ideas before hand. This semester long course introduces students to the primary methods of historical research, analysis, and writing and guides students through the process of defining a topic, finding relevant secondary and primary sources, writing a research proposal, conducting the research, outlining and writing a first draft, and revising that draft to create a final paper.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/20524/1189
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 4 September 2007
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