Unit of Study HIST3001 Community History Research Project (2025)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

UG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Education
Placement

No

Pre-requisites

To successfully complete this unit you should have completed units equivalent to 192 credit points (typically 16 units).

Enrolment information

This is a capstone unit that integrates the knowledge you have developed during your History units. The focus of the assessment is to prepare you for a history-focused career.

Unit description

Undertaking a piece of original research on local or community history, students will gain a greater understanding of the professional historical experience. 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

Community and Local History
Managing research projects
Methods and sources
Public scholarship

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Online	Term5	N/A

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.

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

locate and critically evaluate a range of relevant sources

undertake a major research project in community history using historical research skills and methods

apply oral and written skills in communicating research findings.

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Proposal	40%
Portfolio	60%
Presentation	SR

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Fee information

Domestic

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