HS 390, The Historian's Laboratory
Offered: Fall Semester
4 credit hours
Prerequisite: Completion of a minimum of 3 credit hours if 300-level history and junior standing.
Direct experience with archival research using both local traditional archives and digital archives. Students will produce a substantial, thesis-driven essay based on their archival research. Emphasis of course may vary with the instructor.
HS 336, History of the Upper Peninsula
Offered: Contact department for information
4 credit hours
Prerequisite: Completion of a 100- or 200- level history course
Survey of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula from its Indian origins to the present.
HS 490, The History Seminar
Offered: Winter Semester
4 credit hours
Prerequisite: HS 390, 12 additional credits in history and junior standing
This seminar experience brings together historiography and primary source research. Major work consists of researching and writing an article-length, peer-reviewed historical essay demonstrating the ability to integrate primary and secondary sources into a significant essay that articulates and defends an historical thesis. Emphasis of course may vary with the instructor.
For more information, contact Marcus C. Robyns, CA, at 906-227-1046 or mrobyns@nmu.edu