HIST 498

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Research and Writing Seminar

Credit: 3 hours.

Capstone course required of all majors. Students will make history by researching and writing a work of original scholarship. Several of these seminars are offered each term and each focuses on a special topic, thus allowing students with similar interests to work through the process of gathering, interpreting, and organizing historical evidence under the direction of an expert in the field. The topics on offer each semester will be listed in the Class Schedule and described in the department's course guide at http://www.history.illinois.edu.

3 undergraduate hours. No graduate credit. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 hours.

This course satisfies the General Education Criteria in Fall 2022 for:

Advanced Composition

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HIST 498 class schedule data for fall 2026
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
34332	Discussion/ Recitation	B	2:00PM -3:50PM	T	327 Gregory Hall	Ramirez, Y	Availability: Closed Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/24/26-12/09/26 Degree Notes: Advanced Composition course. Section Title: Political Movements in US Hist Section Info: Description: The purpose of this course is to provide a common historiographical and methodological foundation on which students will build their own original historical research. Structured on the theme of “Oral History & the Modern U.S.,” this course explores the pleasures and challenges of creating and using oral history as a method for historical research. We will begin by tracing the emergence of oral history in the 1970s as a result of broader civil and social justice movements. The histories we will focus on highlight the stories of underrepresented people whose experiences are often ignored or not represented in mainstream history courses. This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for Advanced Composition. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
34333	Discussion/ Recitation	C	1:00PM -2:50PM	W	1126 Literatures, Cultures, & Ling	Smith, C	Availability: Closed Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/24/26-12/09/26 Degree Notes: Advanced Composition course. Section Title: Research & Writing Seminar Section Info: Topic: Caribbean Freedom: Labor, Society, and Politics during Emancipation in the British West Indies. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
34334	Discussion/ Recitation	D	11:00AM -12:50PM	M	331 Gregory Hall	Mathisen, R	Availability: Closed Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/24/26-12/09/26 Degree Notes: Advanced Composition course. Section Title: Research & Writ Sem Section Info: Topic: Social Network Analysis Description: Social Network Analysis (SNA) is a digital methodological approach used to determine degrees of connectedness among indi¬viduals based on the documented nature of their interactions. It expands on traditional meth¬ods of examining how people interact by adding the ability to create diagrams, or “sociograms” representing de¬grees of social connected¬ness. In recent years, the coverage of the “social network” approach has been broadened to incorporate not only individuals but also other forms of recurrent data, such as geographical connections. Although the material in the course will be grounded in the pre-modern period, the methodologies are applicable to all periods of history. Students will be exposed to the digital skills needed to apply SNA effectively to the study of a particular historical topic. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
43205	Discussion/ Recitation	E	11:00AM -12:50PM	T	1020 Lincoln Hall	Mason, S	Availability: Closed Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/24/26-12/09/26 Degree Notes: Advanced Composition course. Section Info: Topic: TBD Description: TBD Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign. Restricted to History major(s). Restricted to students with Junior or Senior class standing.