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Unit of Study HIS00235 - Community History Research Project (2020)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Enrolment information

    This is a capstone unit that integrates the knowledge you have developed during your History units. In it you will work with a community partner on a history project. Students enrolling in this unit should have completed units equivalent to 36 credit points (typically 3 units) in HIS code units. The focus of the assessment is to prepare you for a history-focused career.

Unit description

Undertaking a piece of original research as part of a greater understanding of the professional historical experience, students work in partnership with a community partner. The research is closely supervised and is expected to result in both a piece of public scholarship and an account of the historiographical issues raised during its completion.

Unit content

  • Nature of research
  • Techniques and methods
  • Public scholarship
  • Managing research projects

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Online
Session3
N/A

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 undertake a literature search focusing on the area of the research topic
2 work with a community to devise a research project
3 develop and clarify project roles with a community partner
4 demonstrate different research techniques and methods
5 know how to propose, and then carry through, a major research project in community history
6 demonstrate oral and written skills in communicating research findings.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. undertake a literature search focusing on the area of the research topic
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
  2. work with a community to devise a research project
    • GA3:
    • GA5:
    • GA6:
  3. develop and clarify project roles with a community partner
    • GA3:
    • GA5:
    • GA6:
  4. demonstrate different research techniques and methods
    • GA3:
    • GA4:
  5. know how to propose, and then carry through, a major research project in community history
    • GA3:
    • GA4:
    • GA5:
    • GA6:
  6. demonstrate oral and written skills in communicating research findings.
    • GA6:

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts
  • No prescribed texts.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.