Welcome to History 6300.02
Historiography & Historical Methods

This course provides an introduction to the professional practice of history and to the meta-knowledge involved in historical reasoning, past and present.

Upon completion of this course, the successful student will:

• have a firm grasp of what historiography is and how to engage in historiographical analysis;

• be able to identify, evaluate, and analyze both primary and secondary documents;

• be fully competent in using professional forms of source documentation;

• be able to produce an extended, research-driven essay;

• present professional research in forms customary for professional historians.