Program Overview
Introduction to the University Program
Southern Cross University offers a range of programs for students, including undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, research degrees, and online study options.
Study Options
- Undergraduate degrees
- Postgraduate degrees
- Research degrees
- Online study
- Short courses
Unit of Study: HIS10016 - Making History
Unit Snapshot
- Unit type: UG Coursework Unit
- Credit points: 12
- AQF level: 7
- Level of learning: Introductory
- Former School/College: Former School of Arts and Social Sciences
Unit Description
Introduces students to research methods and styles of history-making. Debates within, and challenges to the discipline will be explored. A teacher/student interaction strategy will be employed which intends that students acquire the concepts of the discipline and have the opportunity to make history for themselves.
Unit Content
- What is history?
- Sources and subjects of history-making
- Reading/writing history: Interpreting secondary sources
- Listening to history: Oral sources
- Visiting history: Archives and museums
- Place and time: Temporal and spatial coordinates
- Historians as history-makers
- History-making making history: Who owns history?
- Popular history making
- Why history? Rethinking the past in a changing world
Availabilities
| Location | Domestic | International |
|---|---|---|
| Lismore | Session 1 | Session 1 |
| Online | Session 1 | N/A |
Learning Outcomes and Graduate Attributes
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- identify issues and raise questions for historical study
- describe some of the major theories of historical enquiry
- employ historical methodologies
- use different source materials both critically and empathetically
- evaluate different historical interpretations and representations of the past
- demonstrate commitment to the professional, legal and ethical responsibilities of historical practice
- construct an argument
Prescribed Learning Resources
Session 1
- No prescribed texts.
Graduate Attributes
- GA1: Intellectual rigour
- GA2: Creativity
- GA3: Ethical practice
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- GA5: Lifelong learning
- GA6: Communication and social skills
- GA7: Cultural competence
University Information
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