HIST 400 - Junior Seminar in Methods and Historiography

Units: 3

Offered at: SDSU Main Campus and SDSU Imperial Valley

Prerequisite(s): HIST 100, HIST 101, and six units selected from HIST 105, HIST 106, HIST 109, HIST 110. Must be a declared history major. Completion of Writing Placement Assessment with a score of 10, or completion of HIST 390W or another approved upper division writing course (W) with a grade of C (2.0) or better; completion of General Education requirements in Communication and Critical Thinking. Proof of completion of prerequisite(s) required: Test scores or verification of exemption; copy of transcript.

Study and practice of historical methods and historiography through writing and discussion. Historical methods, argumentation, interpretation in one field of history (chosen by instructor). Production of a substantial historiographical essay.