Learning Objectives & Outcomes

The aim of this unit is for students to complete a major research project based on their 10-hour engagement with communities and organisations outside of the University.

To view the major projects submitted by the Class of 2015, go to STUDENT PROJECTS, where projects are grouped thematically, or click on each student's name on the CLASS OF 2015 page to access individual projects.

Also drawing on skills and knowledge gained in senior intermediate units, students will independently frame and research a historical question of their choosing, identify and analyse sources, and construct an evidence-based argument.  In lectures and workshops guiding students through this process, the unit aims to develop:

• independent learning
• a firm grasp of the principles, practices and boundaries of the discipline of history
• awareness of the historian’s ethical responsibilities towards colleagues, research subjects and the wider community
• the ability to use appropriate media, tools, and methodologies to locate, access and use information
• oral and written skills of communication

A student who completes this unit will be able to:

• Demonstrate an understanding of a period, place or culture of the past
• Demonstrate an understanding of one approach to interpreting the past
• Identify and interpret written, visual and material primary sources and secondary materials such as monographs, scholarly articles, websites and documentaries
• Examine historical issues by undertaking research that begins with a problem, establishes its historical context, and uses methodologies chosen from a range of disciplines to solve that problem
• Analyse historical evidence, scholarship and changing representations of the past, using the skills of sifting through information to weigh its significance and close reading of various texts
• Construct an evidence-based argument or narrative and present it in one of a variety of forms 

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