2009 Fall HISTORY 195S-08
Bulletin Course Description Practice of historical research interpretation and writing with focus on a specific historical question. Topics are numerous and vary each semester. Most seminars are offered for one semester and carry one course credit. If students wish to enroll in only one semester of a year-long seminar, they must obtain permission from the instructor. Both history majors and nonmajors may enroll in the seminars during their junior or senior years. Students are urged to enroll in their junior year if they expect to apply for the Senior Honors Seminar(Hst 197S-198S) or to practice-teach in their senior year. Instructor:Staff
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Title CLOTHING AND U.S. HISTORY Department HISTORY Course Number 2009 Fall 195S Section Number 08 Primary Instructor Edwards,Laura F Prerequisites
Synopsis of course content
In this course, we course will view U.S. history through the lens of clothing. Clothing provides incredible insight into style, individual identity, and cultural change. But it also address a broad range of other issues, including property, international relations, economic change, trade, technology, and labor. The course will introduce students to these issues and support their own, individual research projects based on some aspect of clothing and U.S. history.
There are three sections of the course. The first is devoted to finding a research topic, defining questions, accumulating background material about the topic, and identifying research materials. The second section will be devoted to doing research and working through the results. The classes in the last section will be devoted to writing and critiquing drafts of one another=s writing. Students will be historians: they will define their research questions, gather and read the evidence themselves, discuss it with others, and then work together to piece together the fragments to tell a coherent story.
Exams
There are no examinations
Term Papers
There is one, major research paper, due at the end of class.
Grade to be based on
Your grade will be based on a research paper, 20-25 pages (70% of your grade) and class participation, which includes 3 short research assignments (30% of your grade). We will talk further about all the assignments in class. Your attendance in class and careful reading of the assigned material is crucial to the successful completion of your written assignments and your participation grade.
Additional Information
Note: Pre-reqs do not apply to current majors.
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