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Fall 2012 Course Listing

HIS 5930 - The Making of the Global Order

H. Tegegne

T 5:00-7:45pm

HIS 5930 - History of the Caribbean

N. Foote

M 5:00-7:45pm

HIS 5930 - The U.S., 1877-1929

E. Carlson

MW 11:00am-12:15pm

HIS 5930 - North American Indian History

P. Bottiger

W 5:00-7:45pm

HIS 6745 - Historical Pedagogies

M. Cole

R 5:00-7:45pm

The goal of this course is to develop your skills in preparing and teaching a college history course. The format will be similar to a reading seminar, but will also include the practical application of the techniques described in the readings and covered in our discussions, including but not limited to practice lectures during the seminar, guest lectures given to history classes at FGCU, and a variety of simulated undergraduate classroom experiences.

HIS 6915 - Research in Public History - Academic Writing and Editing

M. Eichbauer

M 5:00-7:45pm

This is a course in academic writing and editing.  Good writing is at the heart of good history; yet many students and professional historians struggle to articulate their ideas with precision, clarity and verve.  Students examine the foundations that underpin different kinds of academic writing, and discuss strategies for writing effective seminar papers, conference papers, articles, book reviews, theses and book manuscripts. A central focus of this course is the process of academic editing.  Editing is an essential component of academic writing, but it is also an important part of the historian’s wider craft.  Historical work is often collated into edited volumes of different kinds, and the craft of selecting and editing papers for publication is a surprisingly complex one.  The class will be to select and edit papers that were presented at the Annual Meeting of the Florida Conference of Historians for the FCH Annals: Journal of the Florida Conference of Historians.  Students edit papers for content, clarity, grammar, style, spelling, punctuation and consistency of format.  In addition, they do the layout work, select a printing house, and follow the publication process through to the end, including distribution of copies to the participants of the conference.  While the supervising faculty will serve as the editors-in-chief of this edition of the FCH Annals, every member of this class will be listed in the journal as a member of the editorial board.  This course is an exciting and prestigious opportunity, and students may list their participation in the editorial board on their CV.