Resources

Sample Work Plan

Graduate School

Research Involving Human Subjects

History Department Graduate Page

Purdue's OWL

Main Page

 

 

 

 

 

Worksheets

Peer Response

So you think you're done? Checklist

Topic XYZ

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thesis

The thesis is an important part of your graduate training in public history. It will allow you to focus on a single issue and answer a central research question using tested methods. The public history thesis is usually interdisciplinary, combining history with methods from material culture studies, visitor studies, education, folklore, sociology, or media studies.

A successful public history thesis requires sustained commitment and a solid work plan. The resources here will help you meet your goals as you proceed toward the defense.