HIST 786 - Oral History Methodology

(3 units)

Directed, tape-recorded interviewing as a research device and method of primary source documentation in history and the social sciences. Includes practicum.

Grading Basis: Graded
Units of Lecture: 3
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. write a lengthy historiographical analysis or research paper in which historiography figures prominently.
2. identify the main themes of the field in individual and group discussions.
3. analyze examples of major secondary works in the field.
4. perform tape-recorded interviews as a research device and as a method of primary source documentation in history and the social sciences.

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