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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: 31

Average GPA: 3.45 (A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 37.43%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 3.51%

Glenn R Bugh202235.7%45.8%14.4%0.0%0.0%4.2%3.244
Richard F Hirsh202083.4%16.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.731
Lyons Beverly Bunch201762.6%25.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%12.5%3.671
Daniel B Thorp202328.6%71.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.241
Marian B Mollin202076.8%18.1%2.6%0.0%0.0%2.6%3.703
Mark V Barrow202067.0%29.3%3.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.602
Brett L Shadle202030.0%70.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.361
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
Paul Quigley201753.4%13.3%13.3%0.0%0.0%20.0%3.501
Melanie A Kiechle201821.4%57.2%0.0%7.1%0.0%14.3%3.081
Allan Lumba202246.2%23.1%15.3%0.0%7.7%7.7%2.981
Robert P Stephens202162.1%32.0%5.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.522
Gertrude H Becker201935.8%55.8%8.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.232
Carmen M Gitre201965.0%20.0%5.0%10.0%0.0%0.0%3.351

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