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Making History (HIST30060)
Undergraduate level 3Points: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Semester 2
Email: d.goodman@unimelb.edu.au
Overview
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This subject brings all students majoring in History together in a culminating experience to reflect on the past and current state of History as a discipline, as well as on its contemporary relevance and importance. Students will undertake an archivally-based research project, and will engage with issues to do with the history, politics and culture of the archival sources of historical knowledge. Emphasis will be placed on current debates in historical studies, as well as on the uses of history in the community beyond the classroom. We will consider the impact of the digital revolution on historical studies and students will undertake some basic tasks in digital history. Students will also be encouraged, both in class and in their assignments, to reflect upon their own historical research and practice over the years of their degree.
Intended learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this subject should:
- understand the development of History as an academic discipline and major debates about its past, present and future;
- be capable of formulating an historical research question in relation to existing scholarship and of undertaking an independent historical research project;
- have undertaken archival research and have some understanding of the history of archives and of the past and present importance of archival research to historical studies;
- have an enhanced understanding of the relationship of academic history to other modes of engagement with the past;
- have an enhanced understanding of the ways historical knowledge can be effectively and creatively presented, in writing and in other modes, and a demonstrated proficiency in presenting their own research findings;
- have an ability to reflect on their own practice as historians;
- have an enhanced critical understanding of the variety of conceptual approaches currently used by historians;
- have an enhanced understanding of the effects of the digital revolution on historical studies; and
- have a demonstrated ability to express historical arguments in writing and orally.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
This subject is only available to students completing the final year of a major in history, or those in the Graduate Diploma in Arts (History). Completion of 37.5 points of level 2 subjects in History and enrolment in the Bachelor of Arts or Graduate Diploma in Arts. Bachelor of Arts students should endeavour to take the capstone in their final semester of study after completion of 25 points at third year.
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Additional details
- A 500 word exercise due mid semester (10%)
- A 2500 word archival research project due late semester (50%)
- A 1000 word essay on weekly readings due in the examination period (40%)
Hurdle requirement:
- Students must attend a minimum of 80% of tutorials in order to pass this subject.
- All pieces of written work must be submitted to pass this subject.
Note: Assessment submitted late without an approved extension will be penalised at 10% per day. After five days late assessment will not be marked. In-class tasks missed without approval will not be marked.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator David Goodman Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 29 hours – 12 x 1.5 hour lectures and 11 x 1 hour tutorials Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 24 July 2017 to 22 October 2017 Last self-enrol date 4 August 2017 Census date 31 August 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 22 September 2017 Assessment period ends 17 November 2017 Semester 2 contact information
Email: d.goodman@unimelb.edu.au
Time commitment details
170 hours
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
A subject reader will be available.
- Subject notes
Making History is the capstone subject for students taking the major in history.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Major History Informal specialisation Graduate Diploma in Arts - History - Links to additional information
Last updated: 3 November 2022