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Graduate Diploma in ArtsSpecialisation (formal)Year: 2020
History
Contact information
Coordinator
Prof Andy May
Email: a.may@unimelb.edu.au
Currently enrolled students:
Future students:
Overview
The History curriculum offers students the opportunity to understand the worlds of the past, to reflect on the making of the present, and to develop the capacities to locate information, analyse evidence, think critically, and communicate effectively. The discipline offers both great range and detailed attention to particular places, times, and themes. Courses extend from the medieval world to the great empires to our most immediate past; all offerings reflect the latest developments in historical research and vocational practice.
Intended learning outcomes
Students who complete the Graduate Diploma in Arts in this area of specialisation should:
- demonstrate a detailed knowledge of several periods or cultures of the past;
- locate, identify, analyse and contextualise materials that provide insight into the past.;
- display a critical understanding of a variety of conceptual approaches, both national and international, to interpreting the past;
- understand the development of the discipline of History, its past and present;
- understand how historians relate and respond to their social, cultural and political environments;
- demonstrate the ability to research on a defined topic according to the methodological and ethical conventions of the discipline;
- articulate critical thinking skills and responsiveness to divergent historical interpretations through student-centred group work;
- demonstrate a high level of clarity and fluency in communication and collaboration, including oral and written presentation of evidence-based narratives and effective work in small groups; and
- reflect critically on the knowledge and skills developed in the study of history, and on how these might be applied to scholarship, employment and citizenship.
Last updated: 24 December 2020
Structure
100 credit points
Duration: 1 year full-time / 2 years part-time
The Graduate Diploma in Arts in this area of specialisation requires:
- three compulsory subjects (37.5 points)
- elective subjects (62.5 points)
Total 100 points
Please note: students can only take 12.5 points of elective subjects at first-year level
Subject Options
Compulsory Subjects
37.5 points
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
HIST30060 | Making History | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST90026 | History, Memory and Violence in Asia | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST90037 | Russia and the World | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Elective Subjects
62.5 points
Please note: students can only take 12.5 points of elective subjects at first-year level
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
HIST10012 | The World Since World War II | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
HIST10015 | Dictators & Democrats: The Modern World | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST10016 | Europe: From Black Death to New Worlds | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
HIST20010 | The First Centuries of Islam | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST20013 | The Holocaust & Genocide | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST10017 | Cleopatra to Clinton: Women & Leadership | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
HIST20034 | Modern Southeast Asia | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST20052 | Venice and Cultures of Consumption | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
HIST20059 | American History: Revolution to WWII | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST20060 | Total War: World War II | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST20065 | Rebels and Revolutionaries | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST20068 | The French Revolution | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST20069 | Modern European History 1789 to 1914 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST20070 | Australia in the World | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
HIST20071 | American History from JFK to Trump | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST20072 | Pirates and their Enemies | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST20075 | Migrant Nation: History Culture Identity | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
HIST20077 | Britain in the Wider World 1603-1815 | No longer available | |
HIST20078 | Crisis Continent: Europe's 20th Century | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
HIST20080 | Witch-Hunting in European Societies | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST20081 | Reacting to the Past | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
HIST20082 | The Great War 1914 to 1918 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST20084 | Red Empire: The Soviet Union and After | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST20085 | The History of Children and Youth | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
HIST20086 | Modern China in Global History 1949-1999 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST20087 | City Visions: Melbourne Intensive | Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST30075 | Gender in History, 1800 to the Present | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
HIST30076 | Stalinism | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
HIST90037 | Russia and the World | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST30004 | A History of Sexualities | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST30006 | The Renaissance in Italy | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST30010 | Hitler's Germany and Fascism | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST30015 | The Modern Middle East | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST30051 | Venice and Cultures of Consumption | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
HIST30059 | Race in America | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
HIST30064 | Controversies in Australian History | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST30065 | USA and the World | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST30066 | Cold War Cultures in Asia | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST30068 | A History of Violence | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
HIST30073 | Crime, Punishment and Media 1500 - 1800 | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
HIST30074 | Global Histories of Indigenous Activism | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
HPSC30034 | Magic, Reason, New Worlds, 1450-1750 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST40030 | History for Historians | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Links
http://arts.unimelb.edu.au/shaps
Last updated: 24 December 2020