POLS 412 - Seminar in History and Political Science

Institution:

Point Park University

Subject:

POLITICAL SCIENCE

Description:

This course allows students to synthesize the work they've done in their majors through directed research, evaluation, and writing. Students will write a substantive academic paper which analyzes a specific research question that they will choose early in the semester. Students will read examples of different types of scholarship in their fields including academic abstracts, introductions to monographs, and academic journal articles as examples of the types of work they will be writing. Students will have the opportunity to revise and review peer's work to ground their own skills. Prerequisite: Senior standing. Course Objectives (1) Apply the modes of academic study in history or political science such as: historiography, historical or political inquiry, and archival research. (2) Create substantive document which reflects in-depth knowledge and analysis of a concrete field of political or historical study and is communicated effectively to readers. (3) Evaluate and employ a variety of academic sources to analyze and interpret a significant event in political or historical study. (4) Analyze a historical or political event in its economic, socio-cultural, historical, or environmental context.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.pointpark.edu

Phone Number:

(412) 391-4100

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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