HI4443 - Writing History
| Credit points: | 06 |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 1 |
| Administered by: | School of Arts & Social Sciences |
This subject explores a range of approaches to the writing of history. It focuses on the changing trends in historical writing from the 1970s to the present.
Learning Outcomes
- to become familiar with contemporary historiographical debates;
- to develop skills in the organisation and expression of research findings appropriate to the honours level of study;
- to gain an appreciation of the diversity of interpretative and theoretical perspectives available to the historian.
Graduate Qualities
- The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments;
- The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
- The ability to speak and write logically, clearly and creatively;
- The ability to use and interpret different media;
- A coherent and disciplined body of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics in at least one discipline area;
- The ability to learn independently and in a self-directed manner;
- A commitment to lifelong learning and intellectual development.
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 24-Mar-2011 | |
| Coordinator: | Assoc. Professor Russell McGregor |
| Lecturers: | Dr Janice Wegner, Assoc. Professor Russell McGregor. |
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| Assessment: | tutorial attendance and participation (10%); essays (90%). |
| Cairns, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 24-Mar-2011 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Janice Wegner |
| Lecturers: | Dr Janice Wegner, Assoc. Professor Russell McGregor. |
| Contact hours: |
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| Assessment: | tutorial attendance and participation (10%); essays (90%). |
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