HIST450-17W (C) Whole Year 2017

History as a Discipline

30 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 20 February 2017
End Date: Sunday, 19 November 2017
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 3 March 2017
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 8 September 2017

Description

This course traces the development of the discipline of history; it examines the principal modern approaches to the study of the past; it makes explicit the methodological principles which underlie historical research and writing; and it encourages reflection on controversial matters concerning truth, objectivity, bias, values and cross-cultural understanding.

Hist450 is the capstone course for the History Department’s skills development programme. It aims to equip candidates who plan to go on to higher research degrees with the tools they need to be competent historians and, more generally, to develop high-level transferable analytical skills. The course has a methodological and reflective focus, and will sometimes venture into the philosophy history. It offers an overview of the history of the development of the discipline and outlines current and emerging approaches to the study of history. It encourages candidates to reflect on, engage with and explore different approaches to history as a discipline, and to consider the possibilities and limitations of these approaches.

Prerequisites

Subject to approval of the Head of Department.

Restrictions

HAPS403

Equivalent Courses

HAPS403

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Two essays 50%
Research Report 25%
Group Exercise 25%

Course links

Library portal

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,775.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Humanities .

All HIST450 Occurrences

  • HIST450-17W (C) Whole Year 2017
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