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Making History (HIST30060)

Undergraduate level 3Points: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)

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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. Students undertake guided research and prepare a presentation and communication of that research, in essay, 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. 

Intended learning outcomes

On completion of this subject, students should be able to: 

  • Formulate a historical research question
  • Present and communicate historical knowledge effectively and creatively in a contemporary context
  • Identify and cater historical outcomes to a target audience
  • Engage with existing relevant scholarship to critique, defend or justify an argument or position
  • Discuss the relationship of academic history to other modes of engagement with the past
  • Reflect on their own practice as historians
  • Interpret the effects of the digital revolution on historical studies.

Generic skills

On completion of this subject, students should be able to: 

  • Apply research skills through competent use of the library and other information sources
  • Communicate effectively (written and oral)
  • Construct an evidence-based argument or narrative through competent use of the library and other information sources
  • Develop problem-solving and analytical skills
  • Engage with new ideas and perspectives. 

Last updated: 8 November 2024