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2012-2013 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2012-2013 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

HIS 302 - Historiography: Perspectives on Historians and Histories


2012-2013 Catalog Year

This course presents an introduction to the history, method, and practice of writing history (historiography) from the Enlightenment era to the present. Through textual readings, research in primary sources, and oral presentations on aspects of historiography that have sparked controversy, students gain familiarity with the problems and pleasures of historical research and a new appreciation of how our historical knowledge is created.

PREREQ: History majors and minors and Social Studies Education majors and minimum second semester sophomore standing.
credit: 3