Course Description
Locating and using historical source materials, written and oral, published and unpublished. 411A: American; 411B: European; and 411C: Wider World. Prerequisite: For social studies licensure students: HIS 430 and permission of instructor; for all other history majors: HIS 391 and permission of instructor; Notes: Required of history majors; May be repeated once for credit when topic varies.
Syllabus
Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:
Students successfully completing this course will be able to:
- Analyze historical duration, succession, and change in terms of human agency and larger systems or structures.
- Use historical thinking to contextualize and analyze primary and secondary sources representing different points of view.
- Conduct original research by investigating and interpreting primary and secondary sources.
- Use evidence-based reasoning to interpret the past coherently while developing and presenting an original argument, orally and in writing,
Course Grading Information:
| Activity/Performance Measure | Percentage/Points |
|---|---|
| Short weekly writing assignments and skills exercises (Unit 1) | 15% |
| Scaffolded writing assignments (Unit 2) | 15% |
| Weekly online discussions (Units 1-3) | 10% |
| Draft research paper (End Unit 2) | 20% |
| Final research paper (End Unit 3) | 30% |
| Recorded research presentation(s) | 10% |
Grading Scale:
| Percentage | Letter Grade |
|---|---|
| 93-100 | A |
| 90-92 | A- |
| 87-89 | B+ |
| 83-86 | B |
| 80-82 | B- |
| 77-79 | C+ |
| 73-76 | C |
| 70-72 | C- |
| 67-69 | D+ |
| 63-66 | D |
| 60-62 | D- |
| 0-59 | F |
Attendance/Participation:
In this online, asynchronous course, there is no attendance grade per se. Student participation will be reflected in timely completion of weekly discussions and regular course assignments, leading to successfully writing the draft and final research paper.
Course Materials Purchased by the Students:
- Brundage, Anthony. Going to the Sources: A Guide to Historical Research and Writing. Sixth Edition. Wiley Blackwell, 2018.
- Dubois, Laurent, and John D. Garrigus, eds. Slave Revolution in the Caribbean, 1789-1804: A Brief History With Documents. Second Edition. Bedford/St. Martin’s Press, 2017.
- Geggus, David, ed. The Haitian Revolution: A Documentary History. Hackett Publishing, 2014.
- Rampolla, Mary Lynn. A Pocket Guide to Writing in History. Tenth edition. Bedford/St. Martin’s Press, 2021
Scholarly Perspectives
This course engages diverse scholarly perspectives to develop critical thinking, analysis, and debate and inclusion of a reading does not imply endorsement.