Graduate Courses
For a complete list of History (HIST) courses, please visit the UConn Catalog website.
Academic Year 2026-2027
5101. Introduction to Historical Research
3.00 credits
Prerequisites: None.
Grading Basis: Graded
Introduction to the sources and methods of professional historians. Finding primary sources (qualitative and quantitative), evaluating them for accuracy and usefulness, organizing data, and writing exercises based on the sources. Students must produce a proposal (fully annotated) for a major research paper to be written in the subsequent semester.
Academic Year 2025-2026
Academic Year 2024-2025
NOTE:
Independent Studies must be arranged directly with instructors prior to the start of the semester and are typically one on one.
“Topics” courses vary by semester and instructor and full course titles do not appear in this table- department admins can advise on specific course titles.