HIS 502SEM - Amer Hist Core Sem 1

This course is designed to introduce Master¿s and Ph.D. students to the history and historiography of the United States from the colonial period to the Civil War. In the process, students will master a basic narrative of U.S. history while being introduced to concerns central to the historians¿ craft such as key scholarly debates; different methodological approaches and narrative styles; and other significant trends that influence the production of historical knowledge. Students will become acquainted not only with ¿what happened¿ in the past but also the critical analytical skills needed to trace how historians construct their arguments and what factors implicitly and explicitly shape this process.

Credits: 3