HIST 301W - History Writing Workshop

Units: 4 ; UWR
Practice writing to communicate sophisticated historical research. Selecting and analyzing sources; narrating historical arguments and finding one’s voice and confidence as a writer. Emphasis on the writing process, including peer reviewing, editing, and revising. Must earn C- (CR) or better for UWR credit.

Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: University Writing Requirement
Prerequisites: Must be a History or History-Social Science major. HIST 201, satisfaction of second composition and junior or senior standing.
Possible Instructional Methods: On-ground, or Hybrid, or Online-Asynchronous, or Online-Synchronous.
Grading: A-F grading only.
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring

Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate the writing process, including preparing, editing, and revising multiple drafts.

2. Draw reasonable conclusions from primary sources.

3. Compare historical arguments found in secondary sources.

4. Appropriately employ summary, paraphrase, and direct quotation.

5. Apply the Chicago-style citation system consistently.

6. Identify your own voice as a narrator.

7. Select primary sources from physical and/or digital archives.

8. Demonstrate organized collection and use of primary and secondary sources.

9. Construct an historical argument, derived from primary and secondary sources.

10. Collaborate in constructive peer editing and review.

11. Present historical findings through oral projects.

12. Identify steps to publication in history, especially for the undergraduate history journal, East Bay Historia.