HIS (0136) 433 - Senior Seminar: Asian History

Credits: 3.00

Students will learn to conduct research with primary and secondary sources and analyze historical criticism in selected Asian history topics. Students will select a specific research topic, evaluate the historiography of that topic and write a research paper presenting their original research.

Prerequisite 1: HIS 201 and ( HIS 207 or HIS 350 or HIS 209 )
Repeatable: Yes Grade Type: Regular
Course Learning Goals: Learning Goals:
1. To develop a research question and find, using library and other resources, primary and secondary sources relevant to it.
2. To write a research paper based on multiple primary sources that offers a historical argument related to a historiography.
3. To use and document their sources according to disciplinary-specific conventions, notably those regarding footnotes and bibliographies.
4. To write about history in a style that is appropriate to the discipline while developing a voice of their own.
5. To practice effective historical criticism and use criticism of their own work to improve it.
6. To practice effective peer critique and evaluation of peer work.
7. To improve and strengthen writing through the process of writing and revision and critique.