Historical Research: Current Directions

Subject 131-539 (2008)

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Credit Points: 12.500
Level: Graduate/Postgraduate
Dates & Locations:

This subject is not offered in 2008.

Time Commitment: Total Time Commitment: Not available
Prerequisites: Admission to the MA in History.
Corequisites: None
Recommended Background Knowledge: None
Non Allowed Subjects: None
Core Participation Requirements:

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Student Support and Engagement Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry.

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Coordinator

Prof Vera Mackie
Subject Overview:

The subject involves attendance at a 2-hour weekly seminar at which a range of historians will present a discussion of their current work, their own historical project, and current directions in their field of historical inquiry. The precise content of the subject will vary from year to year, but in each year an attempt will be made to display to students some of the important varieties of historical inquiry and to exemplify some key interpretative and methodological trends in the field.

Assessment: Written work totalling 5000 words 100% (due at end of semester).
Prescribed Texts: None
Breadth Options:

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

Fees Information: Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date
Generic Skills:
  • show an advanced understanding of the changing knowledge base in the specialist area;
  • be able to evaluate and synthesise the research and professional literature in the discipline;
  • have an appreciation of the design, conduct and reporting of original research.
Related Course(s): Master of Arts in History (Advanced Seminars and Shorter Thesis)
Postgraduate Certificate in Arts (History)
Postgraduate Diploma in Arts (History)

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