Description
This course is primarily for the history major and is intended to
introduce the student to the various types of history devised,
past and present, the major themes behind most historical work,
as well as the different types of sources and methodologies
used by historians to conduct research and produce scholarly
writing. Students will be instructed in how to recognize biases
in historical writing, as well as how to otherwise evaluate source
materials. There is an emphasis on primary source material, but
secondary materials and the works of important historians, will
also be examined.