HIST 4701 — Capstone Seminar
4 semester hoursUndergraduateSeminarNUpath CENUpath WIusually offered: fall, springtypical days: M/WBostonOakland, CATraditional
Offers students an opportunity to make use of advanced techniques of historical methodology to conduct original research and write a major, original research paper as the culmination of their work toward the history degree. This is a capstone research and writing seminar for history majors.
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2023 | 2 | 11 | 27 | 41% | 8.0 |
| Spring 2024 | 1 | 16 | 19 | 84% | 3.0 |
| Fall 2024 | 1 | 14 | 19 | 74% | 5.0 |
| Spring 2025 | 2 | 28 | 38 | 74% | 5.0 |
| Fall 2025 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 33% | 10.0 |
| Spring 2026 | 1 | 19 | 19 | 100% | 0.0 |
Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.
Meeting times
Share of recent sections by weekday: M 68% · T 32% · W 68% · Th 0% · F 17%
Common patterns: MW (68% of sections), TF (17% of sections), T (15% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Fall
- Heather Salter (47% of students) · reviews
- Katherine Luongo (20% of students) · reviews
- Marianne Sheldon (17% of students) · reviews
- Ilham Khuri-Makdisi (17% of students) · reviews
Spring
- Simon Rabinovitch (30% of students) · reviews
- Gretchen Heefner (30% of students) · reviews
- Ilham Khuri-Makdisi (25% of students) · reviews
- Victoria Cain (14% of students) · reviews
Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.
Links
Official catalog (HIST course descriptions) · Student reviews on RateMyHusky · All HIST courses · Plan it at numap.app