HIST 501 - Historical Thinking and the Discipline of History

(3 units)

Prerequisite: Students must be first-semester candidates in the M.A. program in history, candidates in the history B.A. honors program, or M.A. students from another department with consent of the instructor.
Introduces students to skills and dispositions required to succeed in M.A. program. Examines history of profession, professional dispositions of discipline, and key historical thinking skills including historiography, cause and consequence, evidence and interpretation, comparison, agency, and periodization.

Letter grade only (A-F). A minimum “B” grade is required to continue in the graduate program.