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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR

HISTORY 710
Course Description

Topics in professional development for historians with an emphasis on building skills that are valuable both inside and outside the academy, such as managing the writing process, teaching college history, or communicating historical research to a broad, nonspecialist audience. Content varies.

Prerequisties

Consent of instructor

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

3

Offered

Fall, Spring

Grade Point Average
4

31.1% from Historical

Completion Rate
100%

1.6% from Historical

A Rate
100%

32.29% from Historical

Class Size
10

33.86% from Historical

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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