HIST 353 Nazi Germany (Not offered 1999-2000)

This course is designed less to introduce students to the history of Nazi Germany and more to enable them to do a significant piece of historical research. Therefore class meetings of the seminar will be devoted not to the discussion of a series of structured historical topics but to helping students with their research. There are three assignments in this course: a thirty-minute oral presentation on the student's research project (35% of the final grade); a 30- to 40-page research paper (40% of the final grade); and class attendance and participation (20% of the final grade). Although the primary purpose of this course is to teach students to write a research paper, they will also learn a great deal about the history of Nazi Germany. They will be taught that history less by the instructor and more by each other. Indeed, in order to situate their research projects into the general history and historiography of the Third Reich, students will need to depend upon the oral reports of their colleagues. Enrollment limited. Group B

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