Honours Program - History
To be read in conjunction with the program of study requirements for the degree in which you are enrolled:
Program aims
The Honours Program in History aims to hone students' research and communication skills; their ability to work independently and in collaboration with an advisor and to demonstrate a commitment to maintaining the normative ethical standards of the discipline of history in their research and reporting practices. Participating in the program will support graduates to develop excellent and broad-ranging historical knowledge; grasp differing perspectives on historical events and agents and gain knowledge of the distinctive nature of the discipline including its relationships to other disciplines and its role in the community.
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of the Honours Program in History graduates will be able to:
- assess a variety of the competing claims and interpretations of events in particular historical contexts, recognising their salient features and the particular components of their key differences and similarities which have contributed to historical continuities and changes
- consider various methods and models of interpretation employed when pursuing particular lines of inquiry about the past and review the historical contexts which have led to various methodological changes
- compare the nature and disciplinary boundaries that mark history as a discrete form of study while recognising the appropriateness of interdisciplinary approaches and assessing the value of appropriately applying methodologies and models learnt in other disciplines
- construct a sustained, coherent and reasoned argument based on source material and consider research questions and findings explicitly in the context of existing scholarship, taking into account differing viewpoints and inconsistencies between various historical accounts
- communicate research findings and a nuanced historical argument in a range of written and oral forms within ethical standards governing the discipline of history
- continually assess their research and reporting skills while recognising the need to accumulate and update new skills knowledge throughout their professional lives.
Program of study
To qualify for the Honours Program in History a student must complete 36 units with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic, according to the program of study below.
Not all topics are necessarily available in a given year.
Core - Year 1 topics
27 units comprising:
HASS7001 Research Communication in Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (4.5 units)
HASS7010A Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Honours Thesis (4.5/18 units)
HASS7010B Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Honours Thesis (4.5/18 units)
HASS7010C Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Honours Thesis (4.5/18 units)
HASS7010D Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Honours Thesis (4.5/18 units)
HASS7003 Understanding Research Methods in Humanities and Social Sciences (4.5 units)*
Option - Year 1 topics
Plus 9 units from the following topics
CREA7001 Exegesis (4.5 units)**
CREA7002 Professional Practice for the Creative Arts (4.5 units)
ENGL7702 Reading Literature, Reading the World (4.5 units)
HASS7000 Industry or Community Placement in Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (4.5 units)
HASS7002 Honours Special Project in Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (4.5 units)
HIST7056 Critical Theory: Past and Present (4.5 units)
HIST7057 Making History: Current Directions in Historiography (4.5 units)
INDG9000 Indigenous Research Methodologies (4.5 units)
PHIL7340 Creativity and the Imagination (4.5 units)
SOCI7031 Research Principles and Practices (4.5 units)
Or up to 9 units of honours appropriate topics with the approval of the Honours co-ordinator
*With Honours co-ordinator approval students can replace HASS7003 Understanding Research Methods in Humanities and Social Sciences with CREA7100 Understanding Research Methods in the Creative Arts (4.5 units)
**Students undertaking a creative work as part of thesis must select CREA7001 Exegesis