Description
HIST 201. HISTORIOGRAPHY. An introduction to the art and craft of history. Students learn the basics of the discipline of history, focusing on what historians do and have done, the essential concepts and methodologies they use, and the vocabularies they employ. Students sharpen the skills essential for work as a historian: critical reading, effective analysis, excellent writing, and skillful communication. This course fulfills the Writing Intensive (WI), Speaking Intensive (SI), and Information Literacy (IL) requirements for History and SESS majors. Semester course, three hours.