HIS3018 ST:Making History: Creating Stories

How does one “make history”? Usually that’s accomplished by doing something worth recording, butr in this course, we will take an academic approach to making history by interpreting and writing about the past. Historians combine dates, people, places, and events into engaging stories both big and small. This course explores important questions about the production of history: What is history? Who decides how history is written, and for whom? How have historical interpretations changed over time? This course investigates these questions by examining the various kinds of historical research and how historians communicate that information, including: scholarly monographs, museum exhibits, and historical sites. Students will have the opportunity to apply course concepts through their own research projects. In the process students will learn that history is an ever-evolving craft, central to the stories that make up society. Credits: 3.000

WRT1012 Lecture Min Credits: 3.00