Making History (WRIT3613)
Course level
Undergraduate
Faculty
Humanities and Social Sciences
School
History,Philos,Religion&Class
Units
2
Duration
One Semester
Class hours
3 Contact hours
Incompatible
HIST3612 HIST3613
Assessment methods
Assessment will be by a combination of written assignments or their equivalent in other forms (eg websites, audio-visual material), oral presentations and seminar participation.
Course enquiries
Dr G Ginn / Prof P Spearritt
Study Abroad
This course is pre-approved for Study Abroad and Exchange students.
Current course offerings
Course offerings | Location | Mode | Course Profile |
Semester 2, 2024 (22/07/2024 - 18/11/2024) | St Lucia | In Person | Profile unavailable |
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Course description
This capstone course is designed to give third year history students a thorough grounding in researching, writing and presenting a finished historical 'product' for a specified audience. The audience may be viewers of an exhibition created by a library or museum, readers of a popular magazine, users of a historical website, or school students. The course co-ordinators, Dr Geoff Ginn and Professor Peter Spearritt, draw on their own extensive experience in heritage consultancy, library and museum work, exhibition curation, script writing and the development and delivery of scholarly websites. Close attention is paid to the quality of written expression and the ability of students to prepare visually engaging materials for a broad audience of readers/viewers. The final product can be presented to a potential employer as an example of the student's ability as a professional historian.