For the history department, a year-long mandatory sophomore tutorial program focuses on ways of writing history, while the junior tutorial program, for honors concentrators, teaches research skills.
Lizabeth C. Cohen, head tutor for the history department, says the tutorials are a good introduction to what historians do.
"We emphasize skill and method," Cohen says. "In general we expect that students are getting their content through other required courses."
Pedersen, who also teaches in the history department, says that the tutorial program there was one of those completely revamped in the last ten years.
Under a committee chaired by Baird Professor of History Mark A. Kishlansky, the program was redesigned to help students practice history--of particular help to students considering whether to write a thesis.
According to Pedersen, the change in quality has been noticeable.
"Thinking of my own students, I think the theses have gotten better," she says.
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