HIS 3190 Research Methods for Historians and Political Scientists

(also POL 3190; formerly HIS/POL 319)

Writing-Intensive Course

This course is designed for undergraduate history and political science majors. The course will sharpen the student's research and writing abilities through a range of single and multi-draft papers and reports and several individual and group presentations and projects and help prepare students for graduate school. This is a highly hands-on and Interactive course where the student will learn how to acquire and scrutinize primary and secondary source materials both within and outside the structured classroom time. Students will receive critiques from the instructor and benefit from group Review sessions of their work. The course will examine concepts used in qualitative research such as theories, hypotheses, independent and dependent variables, as well as basic quantitative techniques used to examine data with an emphasis on interpreting the results.

Credits

3

Distribution

History/Political Science

Offered

Fall