HISTORY HONOURS SPECIAL SUBJECT 1
HIS4SS1
2019
Credit points: 30
Subject outline
Students undertake an intensive, specialised study of history and/or methodology in a weekly seminar. The emphasis is on understanding primary sources through advanced conceptual frameworks and on developing individual research questions. Assessment is variable, but may include historiographical reviews, seminar presentations and research essay(s).
School: School of Humanities & Social Sciences
Credit points: 30
Subject Co-ordinator: Timothy Jones
Available to Study Abroad Students: Yes
Subject year level: Year Level 4 - UG/Hons/1st Yr PG
Exchange Students: Yes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: Enrolment in AHA - Bachelor of Arts Honours degree
Co-requisites: HIS4SS2
Incompatible subjects: N/A
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Special conditions: N/A
Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes
01. Collaborate to reflect critically and explictiy on the use of primary sources in a student's inquiry and/or to contrast historians' lines of arguments and use of sources on a historical problem, placing them in their contexts.
- Activities:
- Seminar discussion and seminar presentation (if applicable).
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Critical Thinking(Critical Thinking)
- Life-Long Learning(Life-Long Learning)
- Ethical & Cultural Awareness(Ethical & Cultural Awareness)
- Inquiry/ Research(Inquiry/ Research)
- Creative Problem-solving(Creative Problem-solving)
02. Present orally or in multimedia an aspect of the past which offers a sustained line of argument or narrative, referenced in accomplished ways, that assimilates a wide variety of primary and secondary sources.
- Activities:
- Seminar presentation (if applicable)
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Creative Problem-solving(Creative Problem-solving)
- Critical Thinking(Critical Thinking)
- Writing(Writing)
- Life-Long Learning(Life-Long Learning)
- Ethical & Cultural Awareness(Ethical & Cultural Awareness)
03. When constructing their own historical account, find and reflect explicitly on the strengths and weaknesses of other historians' accounts.
- Activities:
- Two essays of 3000 words each OR One 1000 word historiographical essay reviewing weekly reading and one 5000 word research essay OR One 1000 word historiographical review and one research essay of 4000 words and one seminar presentation OR one summary and critical review of a book or article of 1000 words and two essays of 2000 and 3000 words respectively OR one essay of 1500 words based on seminar presentation and one research essay of 4500 words.
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Ethical & Cultural Awareness(Ethical & Cultural Awareness)
- Writing(Writing)
- Critical Thinking(Critical Thinking)
- Inquiry/ Research(Inquiry/ Research)
- Creative Problem-solving(Creative Problem-solving)
04. When constructing their own historical account, find primary sources (visual and/or textual) and reflect explicitly on their use.
- Activities:
- Two essays of 3000 words each OR One 1000 word historiographical essay reviewing weekly reading and one 5000 word research essay OR one 1000 word historiographical review and one research essay of 4000 words and one seminar presentation OR one summary and critical review of a book or article of 1000 words and two essays of 2000 and 3000 words respectively OR one essay of 1500 words based on seminar presentation and one research essay of 4500 words.
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Ethical & Cultural Awareness(Ethical & Cultural Awareness)
- Inquiry/ Research(Inquiry/ Research)
- Creative Problem-solving(Creative Problem-solving)
- Critical Thinking(Critical Thinking)
- Writing(Writing)
05. Write a sustained historical argument or narrative based on primary sources (visual and/or textual) which also engages with scholarly debates in the field.
- Activities:
- Two essays of 3000 words each OR One 1000 word historiographical essay reviewing weekly reading and one 5000 word research essay OR one 1000 word historiographical review and one research essay of 4000 words and one seminar presentation OR one summary and critical review of a book or article of 1000 words and two essays of 2000 and 3000 words respectively OR one essay of 1500 words based on seminar presentation and one research essay of 4500 words.
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Critical Thinking(Critical Thinking)
- Inquiry/ Research(Inquiry/ Research)
- Writing(Writing)
- Creative Problem-solving(Creative Problem-solving)
- Ethical & Cultural Awareness(Ethical & Cultural Awareness)
Melbourne, 2019, Semester 1, Day
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Enrolment information:
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Timothy Jones
Class requirements
SeminarWeek: 10 - 22
One 2.0 hours seminar per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via video conference.
"2 hour seminar on a specialised subject which forms 25% of the honours mark."
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Historiographical review essay (1000 words) | 20 | 03, 04, 05 | |
| Research essay (s) (6000) words | 70 | 03, 04, 05 | |
| Seminar presentation (1000 words) | 10 | 01, 02 |