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Graduate Diploma in ArtsSpecialisation (formal)Year: 2024
History
Contact information
Coordinator
Dr Sarah Walsh
Email: sarah.walsh@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
On completion of this specialisation, students should be able to:
- Obtain an in-depth understanding and knowledge of the Hebrew language, culture 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
- 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: 27 August 2024
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 |
HIST90024 | International History | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST90037 | Russia and the World | Semester 2 (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 | Not available in 2024 | 12.5 |
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 |
HIST20013 | The Holocaust & Genocide | Not available in 2024 | 12.5 |
HIST10017 | Gender, Rights, and Power in History | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST20034 | Modern Southeast Asia | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST20052 | Venice and Cultures of Consumption | Not available in 2024 | 12.5 |
HIST20059 | Slavery & Freedom: US History, 1763-1945 | 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 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST20071 | Protest & Politics: US History, 1945-Now | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST20072 | Pirates and their Enemies | Not available in 2024 | 12.5 |
HIST20080 | Witch-Hunting in European Societies | Not available in 2024 | 12.5 |
HIST20084 | Red Empire: The Soviet Union and After | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST20086 | China in Global History since 1945 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST20087 | City Visions: Melbourne Intensive | Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST20088 | Indigenous History | Not available in 2024 | 12.5 |
HIST20089 | Britain's Empire: Power and Resistance | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST20090 | Gender in History, 1800 to the Present | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST20091 | Migrant Nation: History Culture Identity | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST30076 | Stalinism | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST90037 | Russia and the World | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST30004 | A History of Sexualities | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST30006 | The Renaissance in Italy | Not available in 2024 | 12.5 |
HIST30010 | Hitler's Germany and Fascism | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST30059 | Race in the Americas | Not available in 2024 | 12.5 |
HIST30064 | Controversies in Australian History | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST30065 | US and the World: Rise of a Superpower | 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 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST30077 | Global Diasporas, Hellenic Cultures | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST30078 | Urban Indigenous History | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST40030 | History for Historians | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HPSC20002 | A History of Nature | Winter Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HPSC30034 | Magic, Reason and Science, 1450-1750 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Links
http://arts.unimelb.edu.au/shaps
Last updated: 27 August 2024