his4ss1 history honours special subject 1

HISTORY HONOURS SPECIAL SUBJECT 1

HIS4SS1

2020

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).

SchoolHumanities and Social Sciences

Credit points30

Subject Co-ordinator

Available to Study Abroad/Exchange StudentsYes

Subject year levelYear Level 4 - UG/Hons/1st Yr PG

Available as ElectiveNo

Learning ActivitiesN/A

Capstone subjectNo

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites Enrolment in AHA - Bachelor of Arts Honours degree

Co-requisitesN/A

Incompatible subjectsN/A

Equivalent subjectsN/A

Quota Management StrategyN/A

Quota-conditions or rulesN/A

Special conditionsN/A

Minimum credit point requirementN/A

Assumed knowledgeN/A

Career Ready

Career-focusedNo

Work-based learningNo

Self sourced or Uni sourcedN/A

Entire subject or partial subjectN/A

Total hours/days requiredN/A

Location of WBL activity (region)N/A

WBL addtional requirementsN/A

Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

Graduate Capabilities

COMMUNICATION - Communicating and Influencing
INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Creativity and Innovation
INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Research and Evidence-Based Inquiry
PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL - Ethical and Social Responsibility

Intended Learning Outcomes

01. Collaborate to reflect critically and explicitly 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.
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.
03. When constructing their own historical account, find and reflect explicitly on the strengths and weaknesses of other historians' accounts.
04. When constructing their own historical account, find primary sources (visual and/or textual and reflect explicitly on their use.
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.

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Start date between: and    Key dates

Melbourne (Bundoora), 2020, Semester 1, Day

Overview

Online enrolmentYes

Maximum enrolment sizeN/A

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Class requirements

SeminarWeek: 10 - 22
One 2.00 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 elementCommentsCategoryContributionHurdle%ILO*
Historiographical review essay (1000 words)N/AN/AN/ANo20SILO3, SILO4, SILO5
Research essay (6000 words)N/AN/AN/ANo70SILO3, SILO4, SILO5
Seminar presentation (1000 words)N/AN/AN/ANo10SILO1, SILO2