Ancient Historiographical and Historical Studies: Foundation
PostgraduateMAQ-AHIX62012025
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 20 July 2025
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Start dates
- 24 Feb 2025,
- 28 July 2025
- Price from
- $3,070
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- FEE-HELP available
Ancient Historiographical and Historical Studies: Foundation
About this subject
On successful completion, a student will be able to:
- Acquire knowledge of a range of ancient cultures in their geographic and chronological contexts above undergraduate level.
- Understand how past societies developed and interacted worldwide and some of the principles, concepts and techniques used in the study of their history and/or archaeology above undergraduate level.
- Read ancient sources and literature from different historical and/or archaeological disciplines and interpret written and material evidence with appreciation and understanding above undergraduate level.
- Plan and present written arguments about ancient cultures and material in coherent and documented form above undergraduate level.
- Apply and adapt knowledge of a range of issues, questions and problems relating to the contemporary understanding of the past above undergraduate level.
- Demonstrate critical engagement with a variety of modern scholarly opinions.
- "A week-by-week guide to the topics you will explore in this subject will be provided in your study materials."
This unit provides students with fundamental knowledge of select ancient historical sources and a variety of approaches to the interpretation of these sources in modern scholarship. Students will study a set of ancient historical readings and analyse those texts and the methods used to interpret them offered by current scholarship. They will develop an independent project from these readings that offers historical and historiographical insights.
- annotated bibliography (30%)
- Participation in learning activities (25%)
- Essay (45%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- MAQ-HIS-MAS-2025 - Master of Ancient History
- MAQ-HIS-GCE-2025 - Graduate Certificate of Ancient History
Others
Admission in GradCertAncHist (OUA)
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
PostgraduateMAQ-HIS-MAS
Graduate Certificate of Ancient History
PostgraduateMAQ-HIS-GCE