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Welcome to the course guide for HIS397: Seminar in Comparative History with Dr. Dieterich-Ward. This guide was designed to assist you in doing library research on environmental history from a global and comparative perspective. It includes links to research tools that will help you find background information, articles and books, and other research materials.
Feel free at any time to use our Ask Us Anything chat or email reference service for additional assistance, or sign up for our research consultation service. You may also contact me via email: Christy Fic, cmfic@ship.edu.
Your capstone research paper must be a minimum of 18 pages (not counting the bibliography). Adhere to the due dates below.
8/24/20 - Workshop: Discovering and Managing Sources (Zoom with Professor Fic)
8/30/20 - Deadline for first research consultation with Dr. Dieterich-Ward
9/4/20 - Research consultation with Professor Fic
9/11/20 - Deadline for second research consultation with Dr. Dieterich-Ward (draft proposal due)
9/18/20 - Revised proposals due
9/21/20 or 9/23/20 - Preliminary research presentations
9/28/20 - Research consultation with Dr. Dieterich-Ward during class or office hours
10/21/20 - Research consultation with Dr. Dieterich-Ward during class or office hours
10/26/20 - Literature review due
10/28/20 - Presentation of primary source
11/2/20 - Research consultation with Dr. Dieterich-Ward during class or office hours
11/4/20 - Workshop: Preparing an initial draft (rough draft due)
11/9/20 - Workshop: Presenting your research
11/11/20 - Workshop: First draft and peer review (Zoom with Professor Fic)
11/16/20 or 11/18/20 - Final research presentations
12/2/20 - Final paper due
