SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL HISTORY RESEARCH WORKSHOP

This course fulfills the senior writing seminar requirement for history majors in several innovating ways. First, the course will introduce a number of themes in Southern industrialization using a series of lectures that will include many experts in their fields as guest lecturers, so a knowledge of industrial history is not a prerequisite. Secondly, all the papers generated by this seminar will focus on some aspect of industrialization of Athens, Georgia. Thus we will use local history as a vehicle to create many perspectives of a consistent theme in understanding American history. Thirdly, all papers generated by this class will be published on the web pages of Athens-Clarke Regional Library, as part of Athens' official bicentennial celebration, to share our research with an audience beyond the department and university. Fourthly, we shall meet with a similar class organized at Armstrong-Atlantic State University in Savannah, via distance-learning technology, during the lecture phase of the course. Fifthly, this course will include several required orientations to library systems, and will offer an optional field trip to the state archives, in order to enhance the research for the papers. Finally, each paper presentation at the end of the course will be videotaped as part of the student's permanent record in the history department. Despite the harsh language used in describing the requirements below, I think we will have fun while working hard.

Attendance: Since we will not meet every week, class attendance will be mandatory. Any and each absence must be explained in writing. An unexcused absence will result in an instructor instituted withdrawal of the student from the course, with a failing grade. Failure to prepare for class is equivalent to failing to attend and will be treated as an unexcused absence. I will be the sole judge of who is prepared.

For the first six weeks, we will meet weekly on Wednesdays, 5:00-7:45 PM. Since most of these sessions will use distance learning technology to meet with the Armstrong-Atlantic class, it is imperative that you arrive on time, so not to disrupt the broadcast of our guest speakers with the rudeness of late entries. If necessary, I will lock the door to bar late entries, if they become a problem. If you get locked out, you can count it as an unexcused absence. We will generally complete the distance-learning portion of the class by 6:30 PM and we will use the remainder of the class period in directed tours of the library (again, attendance will be mandatory), in discussion of the week's readings, or in discussing the mechanics of researching and writing a quality scholarly paper.

We will have two field trips in the course of the semester, only one of which will be mandatory. The one-hour field trip to the Hargrett Library of Manuscripts and Rare Books (UGA Library Special Collections) at 11:00 AM on Saturday, January 23rd is mandatory. We will cut one of our weekly sessions short to accommodate this field trip. A second field trip to the Georgia Department of Archives and History (State Archives) in Atlanta will be scheduled for later in the semester (no later than mid-March) in order to accommodate those who desire to attend. While highly recommended, attendance will not be mandatory.

Paper: The general paper requirements for History 4990 (Senior Writing Seminar) are described in the departmental publication "Semester Guide for the History Major at the University of Georgia" particularly in Appendix A, pp. 11-12. If you do not possess a copy of this publication, you can and should obtain one from the history office in LeConte Hall. To see the complete requirements, see the "Semester Guide" mentioned above. To briefly summarize, you will produce a 30 page paper based on original research, and attach an annotated bibliography. For the purposes of this course, your paper topic will investigate some aspect of the industrialization of Athens, Georgia, and set it in national historical context. You will develop your topic in consultation with the instructor according to the schedule below.

Click here for a version of the Turabian manual of style for citations in the footnotes and the bibliography. Use the general citation framework, although the specifics of this site are aimed at electronic sources. A fuller description of Turabian style footnotes, endnotes, and bibliographies can be found on a handout in the library, located on a shelf directly opposite from the reference desk. If you still are in doubt about how to do notes and bibliographies, purchase a copy of Turabian's Manual for Writers of Term Papers at the bookstore.

In addition to the paper version of your paper, that the published guidelines mandate be placed on permanent file in the History Office at UGA, you will also publish a web version. To see a tutorial of how to insert html codes into your papers, click here. After developing an html version of your paper, it will become a permanent publication on the Athens-Clarke Regional Library's web-page, as part of the city's upcoming bicentennial celebration. Whatever your produce will be there for everyone to see. I encourage you to do your best.

A quick note about plagiarism. Plagiarism is the quoting or the paraphrasing of any portion of another author's ideas without giving full credit to the original author. In short, it is theft of intellectual property. Don't do it. In addition to being a violation of UGA's honor code, it also undermines our profession. Thus, we will deal with plagiarism SEVERELY.

Presentation: Each student will give a 20 minute presentation of her paper in the waning days of the semester. Although no grade will be given, each performance will be videotaped as a permanent record, and possibly broadcast over local cable. See the above attendance policy for failure to adequately prepare. No one should try to "wing" their presentation. This is your opportunity to present your work to your peers, and you should do it in a professional manner.

Although no tests will be given on the readings, I expect each student to keep up with the weekly readings. If a student is obviously unprepared for class, that student will be dismissed with an unexcused absence. The readings are minimal and will conclude within the first six weeks of class.

The paper is everything. The quality of your paper will determine your entire grade. However, failure to meet any of the subsidiary requirements along the way may either get you withdrawn from the course, or result in a grade reduction, regardless of the paper's quality.

Anyone who withdraws from the course will receive the grade they hold at the time of their withdrawal. So, if you haven't done all the work up to the point of withdrawal, you will receive a "wf" rather than a "w".

	America: History and Life Only accessible fromcomputers on campus	GALIN UGA's archaic Electronic Catalog
Library of Congress	Georgia Departmentof Archives and History