As an introduction to History as an academic discipline, this course will discuss primary and secondary sources, argument development and analysis, proper research methods and citation techniques, research paper construction, and article and book reviewing procedures. This course will also touch on the major schools of historiographical thought and a variety of issues facing historians today. Using the skills they develop in this course, students will complete a major research project. Must have six credit hours of history or permission of instructor. Junior SEWS course. Fall.