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HIS 4104 - HISTORICAL
EPISTEMOLOGY
CRN 81180
Fall 1999
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REQUIRED
MATERIALS
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CHAT ROOM/BULLETIN
BOARD
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COURSE
SYLLABUS
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DAUGHTER OF TIME
PROJECT
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ORAL HISTORY
PROJECT
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DISCUSSION
RULES
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WEEKLY
ASSIGNMENTS
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HISTMETH@H-NET.MSU.EDU
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WEEKLY COURSE
OBJECTIVES
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WEB/INTERNET
INFORMATION
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"Research is endlessly seductive;
writing is hard work. One has to sit down on that chair and
think and transform thought into readable, conservative,
interesting sentences that both make sense and make the
reader turn the page. It is laborious, slow, often painful,
sometimes agony. It means rearrangement, revision, adding,
cutting, rewriting. But it brings a sense of excitement,
almost a rapture; a moment on Olympus. In short, it is an
act of creation."
Barbara Tuchman
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"Writing is easy. All you do is
stare at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on
your forehead."
Gene Fowler
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HIS 4104, Historical Epistemology, introduces the
student to the study of history throughout time (historiography) and
the practice or methods of history. It is an exit requirement for all
history concentration majors at Florida Gulf Coast University, but is
open to any student wanting to learn more about the history of and
theory of history.
The class will be conducted in seminar style and
students must attend each session, participate in the assignments and
discussions, ask questions, actively participate as required, and
critically critique the conclusions and works of their peers and
other historians. Students will utilize a portion of the semester to
prepare themselves for the second exit requirement, the pro-seminar,
in examining the writing of history and proper citation and
bibliographical methods. Students will continue to learn about the
interpretation of primary source materials. Students must also
contribute to the Florida Gulf Coast University Southwest Florida
Oral History Project through class projects that involve oral
interviewing and web creation techniques and practices.
For further information on this course, please
click on the relevant section below.
Click
here for Evaluation Forms
Questions? Write Dr.
Jacquelyn Kent.
Copyright (c)1999 by Jacquelyn Briggs Kent and Florida Gulf Coast
University, all rights reserved.