his3uha early modern urban history
URBAN HISTORY A: EARLY-MODERN EUROPEAN ART AND ARCHITECTURE OF STREET AND HOME LIFE BEFORE 1850
HIS3UHA
2014
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
Students taking this subject explore how people lived in the cities of pre-industrial Europe. We focus on early-modern European cities before 1850. Themes include streets and squares, buildings, contrasts between town and country, and the appearance of rooms, houses and palaces. We read forms of society from the evidence of their living spaces, asking what each suggests about their inhabitants: whether royal, bourgeois and noble, or homeless, working poor and humble. Drawing on scholarships of place, space and art, also called cultural history and geography, we keep asking the same focus question in the many case studies in this history subject: how did local, communal and personal aspirations for self-expression shape the places and spaces in which people lived, and how did those spaces and places shape the people and their aspirations? While they are mentored at every stage, students have lots of scope in this subject to research topics and to present their findings in new ways.
FacultyFaculty of Humanities & Social Sciences
Credit points15
Subject Co-ordinatorAdrian Jones
Available to Study Abroad StudentsYes
Subject year levelYear Level 3 - UG
Exchange StudentsYes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites 15 credit points of first year History
Co-requisitesN/A
Incompatible subjects HIS2EUT, HIS3EUT, HIS2UHA
Equivalent subjectsN/A
Special conditionsN/A
Learning resources
Readings
| Resource Type | Title | Resource Requirement | Author and Year | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Readings | The Secret Lives of buildings: From the Parthenon to the Vegas Strip in Thirteen Stories | Preliminary | Edward Hollis | PORTBELLO BOOKS, 2009 |
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Albury-Wodonga, 2014, Semester 1, Day
Overview
Online enrolmentYes
Maximum enrolment sizeN/A
Enrolment information
Subject Instance Co-ordinatorAdrian Jones
Class requirements
LectureWeek: 10 - 22
One 2.0 hours lecture per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via blended.
TutorialWeek: 10 - 22
One 1.0 hours tutorial per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via blended.
"Traditional Tutorial for the first 4 weeks only"
TutorialWeek: 14 - 22
One 2.0 hours tutorial per week on weekdays during the day from week 14 to week 22 and delivered via blended.
"EBL facilitation Tutorial for the remaining 8 weeks only"
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % |
|---|---|---|
| 1.5-hr written exam on focus question. (1000 word equivalence) | 35 | |
| 5-week 2nd 6-min-40-sec Pecha _Kucha powerpoint oral presentation (750 word equivalence) | 20 | |
| 750-wd scholarly investigation. Create in Wordpress, draft LMS wk 2. Final draft assessed wk 3. | 15 | |
| Same 5-wk 2nd 1,500-wd essay (feedback on essay plans) in relation to scholarly investigation | 30 |
Melbourne, 2014, Semester 1, Day
Overview
Online enrolmentYes
Maximum enrolment sizeN/A
Enrolment information
Subject Instance Co-ordinatorAdrian Jones
Class requirements
LectureWeek: 10 - 22
One 2.0 hours lecture per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via blended.
TutorialWeek: 10 - 22
One 1.0 hours tutorial per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via blended.
"Traditional Tutorial for the first 4 weeks only"
TutorialWeek: 14 - 22
One 2.0 hours tutorial per week on weekdays during the day from week 14 to week 22 and delivered via blended.
"EBL facilitation Tutorial for the remaining 8 weeks only"
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % |
|---|---|---|
| 1.5-hr written exam on focus question. (1000 word equivalence) | 35 | |
| 5-week 2nd 6-min-40-sec Pecha _Kucha powerpoint oral presentation (750 word equivalence) | 20 | |
| 750-wd scholarly investigation. Create in Wordpress, draft LMS wk 2. Final draft assessed wk 3. | 15 | |
| Same 5-wk 2nd 1,500-wd essay (feedback on essay plans) in relation to scholarly investigation | 30 |
Mildura, 2014, Semester 1, Day
Overview
Online enrolmentYes
Maximum enrolment sizeN/A
Enrolment information
Subject Instance Co-ordinatorAdrian Jones
Class requirements
TutorialWeek: 14 - 22
One 2.0 hours tutorial per week on weekdays during the day from week 14 to week 22 and delivered via blended.
"EBL facilitation Tutorial for the remaining 8 weeks only"
TutorialWeek: 10 - 22
One 1.0 hours tutorial per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via blended.
"Traditional Tutorial for the first 4 weeks only"
LectureWeek: 10 - 22
One 2.0 hours lecture per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via blended.
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % |
|---|---|---|
| 1.5-hr written exam on focus question. (1000 word equivalence) | 35 | |
| 5-week 2nd 6-min-40-sec Pecha _Kucha powerpoint oral presentation (750 word equivalence) | 20 | |
| 750-wd scholarly investigation. Create in Wordpress, draft LMS wk 2. Final draft assessed wk 3. | 15 | |
| Same 5-wk 2nd 1,500-wd essay (feedback on essay plans) in relation to scholarly investigation | 30 |