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HI4444:06

History's Past

Townsville, Cairns

HECS Band 1

26 hours workshops/seminars. Semester 2.

Available only to level 4 honours students.

Staff:

Dr R McGregor,

Professor P Turnbull,

Dr J Wegner.

This subject provides a critical appreciation of the historical development of the discipline of history from antiquity to the present day. It explores a diversity of ways in which the past has been apprehended and understood across a range of temporal and cultural contexts.

Learning Objectives:

to gain familiarity with the historical development of the discipline of history;

to acquire an understanding of key theoretical and methodological debates that have shaped the evolution of historical scholarship;

to develop skills of research and analysis appropriate to the honours level of study.

Assessment by written assignments (50%); seminar presentations (30%); seminar participation (20%).