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HIST-4914: History Research Seminar

Description: Variable topic, writing-intensive, capstone course for history majors. Provides in-depth knowledge of a specific historical subfield. Utilizes archival historical sources, online research databases, and existing literature to create an original work of historical scholarship. May be repeated with different content up to 6 hours. Junior standing or above required.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: HIST-3914 or HIST-3904

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: up to 6 credit hours

Sections Taught: 24

Average GPA: 3.47 (rounds to B+)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 43.76%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 2.26%

Paul Quigley202471.5%28.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.651
Richard F Hirsh202083.4%16.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.731
Daniel B Thorp202328.6%71.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.241
Edward J Gitre202471.3%19.5%0.9%1.1%3.0%4.3%3.567
Monique S Dufour202174.8%7.7%8.4%0.0%9.1%0.0%3.342
Heather L Gumbert202391.0%0.0%9.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.681
Allan Lumba202246.2%23.1%15.3%0.0%7.7%7.7%2.981
Marian B Mollin202084.5%15.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.762
Robert P Stephens202168.8%25.1%6.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.591
Carmen M Gitre201965.0%20.0%5.0%10.0%0.0%0.0%3.351
Mark V Barrow202480.0%10.0%0.0%0.0%10.0%0.0%3.472
Glenn R Bugh202239.3%36.9%15.5%0.0%0.0%8.3%3.222
Brett L Shadle202030.0%70.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.361
Gertrude H Becker201929.4%58.9%11.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.141

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Spring 2019Fall 2019Spring 2020Fall 2020Spring 2021Fall 2021Spring 2022Fall 2022Spring 2023Fall 2023Spring 2024Fall 2024Term050% W