History Research Workshop (HIST40041)
HonoursPoints: 12.5Not available in 2025
About this subject
Overview
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This subject will explore a particular theme in history through in depth reading, discussion, and research. It is aimed at enriching the Honours experience through making available to students a thematically focused subject to be taught by staff with research experience in a particular area of study. The precise field of enquiry will vary in accordance with available teaching staff, but will be advertised well in advance of the enrolment period. The subject is designed to leverage skills developed in the historiography subjects of Semester 1, enabling students both to reflect on and to practise those skills in a particular area of history.
This subject is only for students who have been admitted to the Graduate Diploma in Arts (Advanced), or fourth-year honours in History.
Intended learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this subject should be able to:
- undertake a critical reading of different forms of historical literature;
- demonstrate textual and contextual skills of historical evaluation;
- navigate a specific field of historical scholarship, including its principal schools of interpretation.
Generic skills
Students who successfully complete this subject should:
- demonstrate research skills through competent use of the library and other information sources;
- show critical thinking and analysis through recommended reading and essay writing;
- demonstrate time management and planning through managing and organising workloads;
- demonstrate written communication through essay preparation and writing;
- demonstrate verbal communication through participation in seminar discussions.
Last updated: 4 March 2025
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: 4 March 2025
Assessment
| Description | Timing | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Seminar presentation and discussion paper, due one week after the allocated tutorial presentation date
| During the teaching period | 20% |
Research task
| During the examination period | 80% |
| Hurdle requirement: 1. Attendance hurdle requirement: This subject has a minimum requirement of 80% attendance at tutorials, seminars, or workshops. | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
| Hurdle requirement: 2. Late Penalty and Assessment hurdle requirement: Assessment submitted late without an approved extension will be penalised at five per cent (5%) of the possible marks available for the assessment task per day or part thereof. All pieces of assessment must be submitted to pass the subject. Each submitted assessment must be complete, constitute a genuine attempt to address the requirements of the task and will not be accepted after 20 University business days from the original assessment due date without written approval. | Throughout the semester | N/A |
Last updated: 4 March 2025
Dates & times
Not available in 2025
Time commitment details
170 hours
What do these dates mean
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Last updated: 4 March 2025
Further information
- Texts
- Related Handbook entries
- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Please note Single Subject Studies via Community Access Program is not available to student visa holders or applicants
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
Additional information for this subject
Subject coordinator approval required
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
Last updated: 4 March 2025