The Historian's Craft

Prerequisite: A grade of C- or better in any WC&IL II course or HON 1000

This course introduces students to reading, research, and interpretation in history. It will focus on a specific topic or theme from a comparative perspective and on the global connections and broad implications of that issue. Students will become familiar with a variety of approaches to the study of the past, learn basic skills and ways of thinking that are essential to doing history, and be taken step by step through the process of researching and writing a historical paper.

Credit: 3