3.00 Credits
Description: This capstone course is required of all history majors, preferably in the senior year. Students will conduct extensive research in both primary and secondary sources, write a substantial research paper (at least twenty pages), lead class discussions, and present the results of their research and defend their theses orally, much as professional historians do at a conference. In sum, students will utilize the skills they have learned as history majors and Winthrop undergraduates to produce a substantial piece of historical research. Notes: Limited to History majors only. Offered fall and spring. Prerequisites: Undergraduate history majors who have completed HIST 300 with a grade of C- or better. Prerequisite for all 300 and 500 level courses is History: Sophomore status or permission of the Department Chair.