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Unit Summary

Unit type

UG Coursework Unit

Credit points

12

AQF level

7

Level of learning

Advanced

Former School/College

Former School of Arts and Social Sciences

Pre-requisites

HIS10016 - Making History plus an additional 24 credit points from the following history units: HIS10018 - Writing Place: Landscapes, Memory, History HIS10725 - US History: From Reconstruction to Globalization HIS10726 - Australian Cultural History CUL00420 - History of Invasion of Aboriginal Nations MNG10526 - Foundations of Visitor Interpretation COM00471 - Professional Placement BIO10492 Cultural Heritage Science SOY10114 - Independent Project

Unit aim

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

Learning outcomes

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.

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

  • No prescribed texts.
Prescribed texts may change in future teaching periods.