Course Form (revised 8-2009)
I. Summary of Proposed Changes
Dept / Program
History
Prefix and Course #
Course Title
Research Seminar: Britain in the Long Eighteenth Century
HSTR 418
Short Title (max. 26 characters incl. spaces)
Britain in the Long Eighteenth Century
Summarize the change(s) proposed
This is a new upper division writing course.
II. Endorsement/Approvals
Complete the form and obtain signatures before submitting to Faculty Senate Office
Please type / print name Signature
Date
Requestor:
John Eglin
8.ix.2010
Phone/ email :
john.eglin@umontana.edu
Program Chair/Director:
John Eglin
Other affected programs
Dean:
Christopher Comer
III: To Add a New Course Syllabus and assessment information is required (paste syllabus into
section V or attach). Course should have internal coherence and clear focus.
Common Course Numbering Review: Does an equivalent course exist elsewhere
in the MUS? Do the proposed abbreviation, number, title and credits align with
existing course(s)? Please indicate equivalent course/campus 
http://msudw.msu.montana.edu:9030/wfez/owa/musxfer.p_CCN_MAIN
NO
Exact entry to appear in the next catalog (Specify course abbreviation, level, number, title, credits,
repeatability (if applicable), frequency of offering, prerequisites, and a brief description.) 
HSTR 418UG W Research Seminar: Britain in the Long Eighteenth Century. 3 credits. Offered spring
alternate years.. Students will discuss specific issues in the historiography of the long eighteenth century in
British history (c1660-1800) and produce research papers grounded in primary sources. Consent of
instructor required for enrollment.
Justification: How does the course fit with the existing curriculum? Why is it needed?
This course will be one of the few upper division writing courses offered in the department that focuses on
European history. It also provides students an opportunity to use Eighteenth Century Collections Online and
other invaluable electronic resources available through Mansfield Library.
Are there curricular adjustments to accommodate teaching this course?
No.History faculty are required to offer either History 300 or an upper division writing
course.
Complete for UG courses. (UG courses should be assigned a 400 number).
Describe graduate increment (Reference guidelines: http://www.umt.edu/facultysenate/Grad/UG.htm)
Weekly readings for gradaute students will consist of academic monographs rather than the articles assigned
to undergraduates, and they will be expected to produce a substantially longer (by 2000-3000 words) research
paper. Once dual listing is permitted, graduate students will enroll in a concurrently offered course.
Fees may be requested only for courses meeting specific conditions determined by the
YES
NO
Board of Regents. Please indicate whether this course will be considered for a fee.
X
If YES, what is the proposed amount of the fee?
Justification:
IV. To Delete or Change an Existing Course – check X all that apply
Deletion
Title
Course Number Change
From:
Level U, UG, G
To:
From:
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Description Change
Change in Credits
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Prerequisites
1. Current course information at it appears in catalog
(http://www.umt.edu/catalog) 
Repeatability
Cross Listing
(primary program
initiates form)
Is there a fee associated with the course?
2. Full and exact entry (as proposed) 
3. If cross-listed course: secondary program & course
number
4. Is this a course with MUS Common Course Numbering? If yes, then will this change eliminate the
course’s common course status? Please explain below.
5. Graduate increment if level of course is changed to
UG. Reference guidelines at:
http://www.umt.edu/facultysenate/Grad/UG.htm
(syllabus required in section V)
Have you reviewed the graduate increment
guidelines? Please check (X) space provided.
6. Other programs affected by the change
7. Justification for proposed change
V. Syllabus/Assessment Information
Required for new courses and course change from U to UG. Paste syllabus in field below or attach and send
digital copy with form.
History 418: Research Seminar:
Britain in the Long Eighteenth
Century.
J.A. Eglin -- Office LA 257A -- MWF 10-11AM, R 2-3PM or by appointment (x6755;
john.eglin@umontana.edu), or by happy accident
This class is an undergraduate/graduate research seminar ultimately aimed at
producing polished historical writing grounded in primary sources. It meets the upper
division writing requirement for history majors. It is primarily intended for students
with some background in the period, and will allow these students to delve deeper
into its historiographical debates, using both secondary scholarship and printed
primary sources drawn from Early English Books Online (EEBO), and EighteenthCentury Collections Online (ECCO). For the most part, the topics we cover will be
topics that you choose.
Readings for the course will be assigned week to week, and we will rely mostly on the
Mansfield Library Reserve system, EEBO, ECCO, JSTOR, and other online databases.
You will need to become intimately familiar with these and other electronic resources.
Typically, a week's reading will consist of a primary source selection together with one
or two articles from academic journals, or chapters from scholarly books. Generally,
these readings will be chosen by the presenter(s) for that week in consultation with the
instructor. You will need to prepare the assigned readings before the seminar meets.
I have ordered the textbook by Frank O’Gorman, Britain in the Long Eighteenth Century,
and you should purchase it if you don't have it from last semester. I have also ordered
Booth, Colomb, and Williams' The Craft of Research, which, although not specifically
geared to historical research, is the best guidebook to research and writing that I have
yet run across. Finally, Kate Turabian's Guide for Writers of Research Papers outlines the
University of Chicago notation style, which is the preferred style not only in this
department, but in the historical profession generally.
Attendance at all weekly sessions is mandatory. Grades will be determined as follows:
20% preparation and participation in seminar (including individual meetings, reading
group meetings and presentations); 10% on the preliminary bibliography; 10% on the
paper prospectus (1000 words in length), 20% on the draft research paper (5000 words
in length, exclusive of bibliography); and 40% on the final research paper (7000-8000
words in length, excluding footnotes and bibliography). NOTE: These percentages
only obtain if ALL written work is turned in. Failure to turn in any written assignment
will result in failure of the course. Late work will not be accepted except by prior
arrangement (extensions will not be granted after the due date) for reasons that are
verifiable and allowed under university regulations. Otherwise, all written work must
be turned in on the due date, in class, and in person. History Department policy does not
allow incompletes to be granted for upper division writing courses.
Written work will be evaluated, in roughly equal proportions and as appropriate, on
the basis of (1) style: grammar, diction, voice, spelling, etc.; (2) argument: framing
questions, considering counter-arguments, defending claims; and (3) sources:
selection, analysis, use as evidence, documentation.
Course Schedule
27 January. Course Introduction. ECCO Scavenger Hunt.
3 February.
Topics due. Library Electronic Resources tour.
10 February.
Preliminary bibliography due.
17 February.
24 February.
3 March.
Prospectus due.
10 March.
17 March.
24 March.
31 March. Spring Break. No seminar meeting.
7 April.
14 April.
21 April.
Draft papers due (hard copy to the instructor; electronic copies to reading group).
28 April.
Reading Group Meetings.
5 May. Final Session.
Final Research Paper due in LA 256 by 3 PM Wednesday 13 May.
VII. Copies and Electronic Submission Submit approved original, a copy, and electronic file
to o the Faculty Senate Office, UH 221, camie.foos@mso.umt.edu.