HIS 607SEM - Research On Race

This course is a graduate research seminar focusing on the topic of race broadly considered. The course objectives are two-fold. First, it will introduce students to some of the recent literature on how race is conceptualized and how historians/scholars organize studies of it. Second, the course will provide students with guidance in developing their own historical research projects, including how to identify and frame an historical question, how to find and analyze primary sources, how to build a bibliography of secondary sources, and how to evaluate and cite those sources. These smaller assignments will culminate in final research proposal that may serve as the basis for a future original research essay, master¿s thesis, or dissertation chapter.

Credits: 3