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Visiting Scholar: Advanced Seminar A (ARTS90020)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 6.25On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Overview
Availability | May September |
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This subject will be taught by a Visiting Scholar in an area of their expertise. It will provide a graduate-level introduction to an important area of scholarship, including discussion of the visitor’s own work and the scholarly field to which it contributes. The subject will appeal both to students seeking deeper knowledge of the substantive area and students who will benefit from having a major scholar explain the development of a significant field and how she/he has contributed to it.
For further information on the Visiting Scholar subjects available for enrolment, please visit the Graduate research website.
Intended learning outcomes
A student who completes this subject should have:
- enhanced knowledge of the topic or area of scholarship taught in the module;
- an ability to reflect upon their own research work in relation to the content of the module;
- enhanced engagement with leading-edge research in particular areas of the Humanities and Social Sciences today.
Generic skills
The subject will contribute, through teaching and discussion with academic staff and peers, to developing skills and capacities including those identified in the University-defined Graduate Attributes for the PhD, in particular:
- the capacity to contextualise research within an international corpus of specialist knowledge;
- an advanced ability to engage in critical reflection, synthesis and evaluation of research-based and scholarly literature;
- an advanced understanding of key disciplinary and multi-disciplinary norms and perspectives relevant to the field.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
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
- Assessment equivalent to 2500 words.
- Hurdle: Students are required to attend a minimum of 80% of classes in order to pass this subject.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- May
Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 12 hours: 6 x 2 hour seminars Total time commitment 85 hours Teaching period 1 May 2019 to 8 May 2019 Last self-enrol date 2 May 2019 Census date 10 May 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 17 May 2019 Assessment period ends 22 May 2019 - September
Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 12 hours: 6 x 2 hour seminars Total time commitment 85 hours Teaching period 2 September 2019 to 6 September 2019 Last self-enrol date 3 September 2019 Census date 13 September 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 20 September 2019 Assessment period ends 4 October 2019
Time commitment details
85 hours
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
Last updated: 3 November 2022