Thesis Seminar (398-1-20)

Instructors

Keith Mako Woodhouse
847/467-3776
Harris Hall 215
Keith Woodhouse teaches in the History Department and the Environmental Policy and Culture Program, focusing on environmental history, political history, intellectual history, and the twentieth-century United States.

Meeting Info

University Hall 312: Tues, Thurs 3:30PM - 4:50PM

Overview of class

This seminar is a three-quarter sequence in which senior thesis students prepare a thesis and meet regularly as colleagues to discuss problems of common interest under the guidance of a faculty member. It meets weekly in the fall quarter but less often in winter and spring. Subjects for discussion include historiography, the use of primary sources, framing and structuring historical arguments, and the art of writing. Practical matters like funding sources and library resources are also discussed.

Registration Requirements

For History Honors Program students only.

Learning Objectives

Research, write, and edit a senior thesis in history, based on original research

Evaluation Method

Committee evaluation of final draft of senior thesis

Class Notes

History Area of Concentration: Americas, European, Asia, Africa, Global