Course Catalog
HistoryAdvancedHIS 301
Historiography & Historical Methods
How historians think, research, and write history
4 modules
21 lessons
~20h
4 credit hours
Taught by Selin History AI
What you'll learn
Critique major historiographical schools and their assumptions
Analyze primary sources for bias, context, and meaning
Construct and defend an original historical argument
Understand how gender, race, and class shape historical interpretation
Write a research essay at the graduate level
Prerequisites
Course Curriculum
21 lessons totalHerodotus to Ranke: A History of History
Ed Plus25m
The Annales School & Social History
Ed Plus25m
Postmodern Challenges to Historical Truth
Ed Plus25m
Module 1 Quiz
Ed Plus10m
Types of Primary Sources: Documents, Images, Artifacts
Ed Plus25m
Reading Against the Grain: Bias & Context
Ed Plus25m
Archival Research Methods
Ed Plus20m
Oral History & Memory
Ed Plus20m
Module 2 Quiz
Ed Plus10m
Marxist Historiography: Class & Material Conditions
Ed Plus25m
Gender History & Women's History
Ed Plus25m
Postcolonial History & Subaltern Studies
Ed Plus25m
Cultural History & the Linguistic Turn
Ed Plus25m
Module 3 Quiz
Ed Plus10m
Building a Historical Argument: Thesis & Evidence
Ed Plus25m
Narrative vs Analytical History
Ed Plus20m
Citation, Footnotes & Historical Style
Ed Plus20m
Comparative & Transnational History
Ed Plus20m
Original Historical Research Essay
Ed Plus60m
Module 4 Quiz
Ed Plus10m
Ed Plus
Requires Ed Plus subscription
Modules4
Lessons21
Estimated time~20h
Credit hours4