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Making History (HIST30060)
Undergraduate level 3Points: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Semester 2
Overview
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This subject brings all students majoring in History together in a culminating experience involving the design, research, presentation and communication of a research-based historical project. The subject begins with a early semester conference on the theme and issues to be researched. Students undertake guided research individually and in groups and prepare a presentation and communication of that research, in essay, report, website, audio or video documentary, or other agreed form. The subject includes consideration and study of modes of innovative and imaginative presentation of historical knowledge to a range of audiences. Class time is also devoted to study of the context of the historical projects, of the different forms and functions of historical knowledge in the modern and contemporary world and to development of skills for use in the historical project. A final conference allows for presentation of some of the results of the projects and celebration of them and of the completion of three years of historical learning.
Intended learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this subject should have:
- A capacity to formulate a historical research question
- An ability to present and communicate historical knowledge effectively and creatively in a contemporary context
- A capacity to identify and cater historical outcomes to a target audience
- An ability to demonstrate a familiarity with existing scholarship
- Capacity to engage with existing relevant scholarship to critique, defend or justify an argument or position
- An enhanced understanding of the relationship of academic history to other modes of engagement with the past
- A capacity to reflect on their own practice as historians
- Some understanding of the effects of the digital revolution on historical studies.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
This is a Capstone subject and only available to students in the History major within the Bachelor of Arts or the History specialisation of the Graduate Diploma in Arts. This subject is not available to students in the minor or as breadth.
Bachelor of Arts students are required to completed the Level One requirements for the major before enrolling into this subject.
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Recommended background knowledge
Bachelor of Arts students are expected to have completed the Level Two requirements for the major and be completing the final year of the degree.
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: 31 January 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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3,200 word (equivalent) researched historical project | Week 9 | 70% |
800 word journal assessment reflecting on the learning journey undertaken in the subject. | During the examination period | 30% |
Hurdle requirement: Students must attend the opening and closing conferences and must overall attend a minimum of 80% of offered classes in order to pass this subject. All assessment pieces must be submitted to pass this subject. | Throughout the semester | N/A |
Additional details
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: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Julie Fedor Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 28 hours - 4 hours of lectures, 8 hours of seminars and 4 hours of tutorials plus attendance at 2 conferences (6 hours each). Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 24 July 2023 to 22 October 2023 Last self-enrol date 4 August 2023 Census date 31 August 2023 Last date to withdraw without fail 22 September 2023 Assessment period ends 17 November 2023 Semester 2 contact information
Time commitment details
170 hours
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Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
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- Subject notes
This capstone subject is compulsory and only available to students undertaking a major in History. It is not available in the minor or as breadth. It is expected that students will have completed all required level 1 and level 2 subjects before enrolling in the capstone.
Bachelor of Arts students should endeavour to take the capstone subject in their final semester of study after completion of 25 pts of 3rd year. See the Handbook Bachelor of Arts entry for each Discipline's requirements.
This subject is compulsory in the Graduate Diploma in Arts (History).
Enrolment in the Bachelor of Arts or Graduate Diploma in Arts (History) is required.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Major History - Links to additional information
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 31 January 2024