History Capstone Seminar

The greatest pleasure of history is doing it yourself. In this capstone course, you will have the freedom to research and present the topic of most interest to you with the benefit of step-by-step faculty guidance, a supportive peer community, and outside expertise. Using skills you’ve acquired in the major, you’ll create an original work of scholarship either by substantially developing an earlier paper with new research or by pursuing a brand-new topic. Drawing on your research, you will write an essay, produce an oral history, prepare a detailed secondary school lesson plan, mount an exhibition, create a website, or use another relevant medium to present your evidence and ideas.