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Perd Hapley

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Things they should have taught me a long time ago.
« on: May 16, 2009, 02:24:37 PM »
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History 2999 - Introduction to Historical Methods

Course Attribute:   Freshman & Sophomore Level
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   Prerequisites: Sophomore standing or consent of instructor.  This course is designed to develop historical thinking skills.  Emphasis will be placed on reading of historical sources, exploring the rhetoric of history, identifying perspectives in historical sources, and the process of formulating historical questions.  Other topics covered will include proper citation procedures and historiography.  The course is writing intensive and will involve primary source research at libraries and archives.

I'm hoping to take this course soon, if I can schedule it.  I really need to get a night shift job, I guess.  But I can't figure out why this course is something I just happened to see in the catalog a few months ago, and not something required for all history students.  ???

I've been chipping away at a bachelor's degree in history for about five semesters now, over the past 6.5 years.  After three semesters of super-duper grades, I was inducted into a fraternity for history nerds.  I've still got about 38 hours left to go, and last I checked they considered me a Junior (I've got more semesters at other schools). 

So nobody could have told me about this earlier, so I could, ya know, have some idea about how to study history?   :rolleyes: 

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Re: Things they should have taught me a long time ago.
« Reply #1 on: May 16, 2009, 02:31:32 PM »
This is a required course for History majors (me being on of them) at the school I go to.
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« Reply #2 on: May 17, 2009, 12:49:21 AM »
Why, yes, I am feeling outraged and superior simultaneously and at the same time. 

Sorry if that went over your head, Reifen, it's a joke amongst the old timers here.  =)
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Re: Things they should have taught me a long time ago.
« Reply #3 on: May 17, 2009, 08:45:04 AM »
Well, fistful, if that is your real alias, if you had studied history then you would know the historic history of the studying of history. ;)
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Re: Things they should have taught me a long time ago.
« Reply #4 on: May 17, 2009, 10:06:51 PM »
Quote from: Fly320s on May 17, 2009, 08:45:04 AM
Well, fistful, if that is your real alias, if you had studied history then you would know the historic history of the studying of history. ;)

Knowing fistful's history, do you really think that possible?
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« Reply #5 on: May 18, 2009, 12:19:27 AM »
I don't think I had historiography until my senior year.  Of course, there were only two profs teaching major classes, so it was just review by then.

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I was inducted into a fraternity for history nerds. 

Phi Alpha Theta?
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Re: Things they should have taught me a long time ago.
« Reply #6 on: May 18, 2009, 12:27:35 AM »
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Re: Things they should have taught me a long time ago.
« Reply #7 on: May 18, 2009, 12:33:24 AM »
Yes, PHAT. 
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Re: Things they should have taught me a long time ago.
« Reply #8 on: May 18, 2009, 01:07:56 AM »
Quote from: Reifen on May 16, 2009, 02:31:32 PM
This is a required course for History majors (me being on of them) at the school I go to.

Ditto.
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Re: Things they should have taught me a long time ago.
« Reply #9 on: May 18, 2009, 01:14:45 AM »
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« Reply #10 on: May 18, 2009, 01:39:59 AM »
It occurs to me this course may have been recommended in some orientation briefing for History freshmen, which I missed out on, being a transfer. 

Still seems it would be required, though. 
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Re: Things they should have taught me a long time ago.
« Reply #11 on: May 18, 2009, 05:10:08 AM »
Montesquieu and Vico?
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