HIST 4971

This seminar course, reserved for fourth-year Honours students in History, familiarizes the students with the practice of history as a research discipline. At the center of the seminar is the production of an Honours thesis as a high-quality work of research, persuasively written and generally in accordance with the standards of the historical profession. Over the course of the seminar, the students go through several stages of research and writing of their Honours theses, in the process benefiting from the advice of their faculty supervisors, the seminar coordinator, guest speakers, and their student peers as well. Thereby, the students acquire skills crucial in the formation and work of a professional historian.