Undergraduate MAQ-MHIX3000-2023

Making History

Previously MAQ-MHIX300

Duration

18 weeks

Study method

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Assessments

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Prior study

Required

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Subject details

What you'll learn

On successful completion of this subject, you will be able to:

Reflect on and articulate discipline specific skills and literacy.
Integrate and apply discipline specific knowledge to contemporary and historical problems
Think critically and analytically
Communicate effectively in written, oral and interpersonal forms
Synthesise and integrate knowledge from multiple topic areas
Think historically about the present

Topics covered

- What is History and Does it Matter?
- What is Historical Knowledge
- Historical Literacy: Asking Questions
- Historical Literacy: Critical Thinking
- Historical Literacy: Historical Imagination
- Historical Literacy: Historical Judgement
- History and Policy
- Consuming History

Entry requirements

Equivalent subjects

You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:

MAQ-HST380 (Not currently available)
MAQ-MHIX300-Making History Work (No longer available)

You must have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject:

MAQ-MHIX2007-From Charlemagne to Game of Thrones: The Middle Ages Then and Now

and

MAQ-MHIX2020-Twentieth Century Europe

Others

NCCW (pre-2020 units) HST380, MHIS300, HIST373, MHIZ300, MHIX300 Pre-requisite: MHIX2007 and MHIX2020 NCCW (2020 and onwards) MHIS3000 Making History

Additional requirements

Other requirements -
Students who have an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion under Macquarie University's Academic Progression Policy are not permitted to enrol in OUA units offered by Macquarie University. Students with an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion who have enrolled in units through OUA will be withdrawn.

Description

This subject was previously known as MHIX300 Making History Work.

What is history and how do historians practice their craft? What is the history of history and does it inform issues and debates in contemporary society? What skills does it teach us? Through the prism of historical literacy this unit explores the meanings, structures, methodologies and interpretive frames of historical thinking as well as thinking through history consumption and the relationship between history and the public sphere. Drawing on knowledge and content from across the major students work individually and collectively on a set of big theoretical questions about history, historical practice and memory.

Assessments

Individual Topic Thesis (40%)
Individual online presentation (30%)
Written Reflection (20%)
Active Participation (10%)

Textbooks

For textbook details check your university's handbook, website or learning management system (LMS).

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