Year
2019
Units
18
Contact
1 x 150-minute seminar weekly
Enrolment not permitted
HIST7000 has been successfully completed
Assumed knowledge
Completion of a History major, requiring a GPA of 5.25, with 2 or more upper level History topic credits or better.
Topic description
The thesis is an opportunity for Honours students to intensively research a particular area of history. The product of this research is a thesis of up to 18,000 words that demonstrates an original contribution to historical knowledge.
Educational aims
This topic offers:
- A strong knowledge of differing perspectives on historical events and agents and how these perspectives contribute to historical discourse within the profession and more broadly
- A strong knowledge of the disciplinary nature of history, its disciplinary history, its methodology, and its role in the community
- The ability to undertake extended and detailed historical research and reporting
- The ability to effectively communicate a nuanced knowledge and understanding of historical events and concepts in a range of written and oral forms
- The ability to work independently with both primary and secondary sources
Expected learning outcomes
Students successfully completing this topic should be able to:
- work independently with the primary and historiographical literature pertaining to an area of historical study
- appreciate the complexities, characteristics and legacies of varying interpretative approaches
- consolidate their communication skills through extended discussion and reasoned argument
- locate, collect, interpret, organise and synthesise a range of historical sources to develop a coherent argument
- plan, research and write an academic thesis
Key dates and timetable
Timetable details for 2019 are no longer published.
Sturt Rd, Bedford Park
South Australia 5042
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