GER 531 Communication Across Generations: Oral?Histories
This course will focus on the techniques, planning, organization, implementation, and evaluation involved in conducting oral historical research as applied to a geriatric population. Students will select a research topic in consultation with the professors and complete at least five oral history interviews, transcribe these interviews, and present their research in the form of a paper. This research will analyze the topic at hand using the content of the oral interview as well as traditional research. Each study should attempt to offer some significant data and conclusions about the topic. Research will be presented in seminar for peer critique and evaluation. Interviews/research may deal with such topics as: food habits, health issues and concerns, and personal histories (ethnicity, local history, and autobiography.)