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HSTY7003: Becoming a Historian
2025 unit information
This seminar-based unit will equip you with the conceptual and practical skills that are essential to every major research project regardless of field. You will advance your professional development as a historian in seminars that address: how to devise and plan a program of research; how to frame clear questions and engage with diverse forms of evidence; how to collate, sort and process information in ways that support your project and which will assist in the transition from research to writing. Via readings, workshops and structured peer review you will develop a formal research proposal for discussion in your preliminary progress review.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Arts and Social Sciences
| Study level | Postgraduate |
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| Academic unit | History |
| Credit points | 6 |
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None |
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Corequisites:
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None |
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None |
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An undergraduate degree with honours in History or in relevant field, or equivalent. Department permission required. |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Understand how to formulate a historical problem
- LO2. Understand how to frame an argument
- LO3. Be able conceive and plan a research program under Covid restrictions
- LO4. Understand how peer review works
Unit availability
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Semester 1 2025
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
Outline unavailable
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Additional advice
This unit is mandatory for all postgraduate students in the Department of History. For those not undertaking a postgraduate degree in History, departmental permission is required.
