HIST 493 - Honors Research/Writing

Credit(s): 3
Lecture: 0
Non-Lecture: 6
This is the department’s senior capstone with honors option. Students will complete two semesters of 3-credit HIST 493 directed studies (or, in cases where students will be off campus during part of the senior year, one semester with a single 6- credit HIST 493 directed study). Work will include independent research and writing under the supervision of a member of the Department of History. Students will produce a major work of independent research, including a work of independent research that is at least 50 pages in length and an oral presentation. History majors who achieve the following benchmarks will be invited to register for HIST 493 during the spring semester of the junior year: completion of 24 credits of history, a 3.00 cumulative grade point average, and a 3.50 grade point average in History courses Offered by individual arrangement.

Prerequisite(s): HIST 301 and HIST 302.