Course objectives

Organization and planning of scientific research

Fall 2015/2016

Instructor: Prof. Zhanat Kundakbayeva

Class meetings: W 3:00-5:50 pm

F 4:00-5:50 pm

Office:135 GUM-1 Hall Classroom: 402

Office hours: Tu 15 am – 15:30 pm Th 1 pm – 3:30 pm

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Course description

Thisis a new course intended to introduce History undergraduates to doing historical research. The purpose of the course is to introduce undergraduates to the nature and practice of writing history and to teach the critical reading, writing, research, and analytical skills necessary for historical research. This includes reading for argument and thesis; comparing and contrasting multiple points of view for an historical event; interpreting primary sources; the ability to track down and use scholarly resources; and writing clearly and persuasively. This course emphasizes research and writing as the culmination of historical study. Undergraduates, in consultation with the professor, will design a history project to meet standards of scholarly publication. Undergraduates will learn rudiments of bibliography and historiography and conduct research in primary and secondary sources. Undergraduates will produce a 20- to 30-page research paper that relies heavily upon primary sources and offers an innovative interpretation. Undergraduates will present their research to the class and learn and practice basics of academic criticism by critiquing a classmate’s work

Course objectives

This course aims to introduce undergraduates to how historians work, how to “do” history, that is, to the methods of historical research. It is intended to introduce undergraduates to the basics of doing research in the discipline of history, the process of writing history, including the selection of topics, the techniques of historical research, the use of primary sources and secondary literature, historical criticism, analysis and synthesis. The course will also focus on writing skills; the organization of material into a clear and readable paper; the creation of a thesis statement, the development of one’s writing and the proper style for bibliography and footnotes. The overall objective of this course is, therefore, to provide undergraduates with the information, skills, and tools needed to do research in the discipline of history.

At the course's conclusion, Undergraduates will be able to:

1. conduct research in primary and secondary sources;

2. critically evaluate primary and secondary sources;

3. use historical evidence to draw conclusions about the past;

4. write clear, correct, organized prose;

5. document sources accurately; and,

6. develop and demonstrate in-depth knowledge of a topic in history.

Assignments

1. Assignment for unit I How to write abstract? – 5 due to 4 week

2. Assignment for unit II Make an Annotated bibliography to your dissertation-30Not less than 70 items -Due to 15 November

3. Assignment for unit III Make an outline of your article-10due to 1 December

4. Assignment for unit III Make a working thesis of your article-10 due to 10 December

5. Write a first draft of your article10

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