CAST 400 - Research Seminar: Expanding the Archive


Semester Offered: Second Semester
Credits (Range): 4
Attribute: 4SS, CD, WRi
How do American Studies scholars use archives?  Is this changing in the 21st century?  Do new archives like the Internet require different methodological approaches?  This seminar explores the distinctiveness of interdisciplinary research in Comparative American Studies as well as the range of traditional and contemporary sources of evidence available to scholars.  In this class, student will work through the various steps of evidence gathering, analysis, and writing a research paper. 
Enrollment Limit: 12
Instructor: W. Kozol
Consent of the Instructor Required? Yes


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