UNSW Handbook Course - Making Histories and Historians: Ethics, Scholarship and Public Roles

Making Histories and Historians: Ethics, Scholarship and Public Roles - ARTS3002


	Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
	School: School of History and Philosophy
	Course Outline: See below
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 6
	EFTSL: 0.125 (more info)
	Contact Hours per Week: 3
	Enrolment Requirements:
	Prerequisite: 48 units of credit
	Fee Band: 1 (more info)
	Further Information: See Class Timetable

Description

Introduces students to the social role, impact and responsibilities of historians. Seminars deal in a practical way with professional ethics; scholarly standards concerning bias, interpretation and plagiarism; the impact on these standards of new ideas of postmodernism; new methods and evidence in history and the ethical dilemmas these methods and procedures may raise; the use and abuse of history in public discourse and in education.

Note: Offered jointly by the School of History and the School of History and Philosophy of Science.

Learning Outcomes

Successful completion of this course should leave students with an enhanced understanding of the discipline of history, including its ethical underpinnings, and its central place in a civil society and a democratic culture. Moreover, they should understand the requirements for successful study in the School of History, the School of History and Philosophy of Science and other schools of the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, and gain confidence to continue their studies in the broad discipline of history. Students should be able to:

Understand the social role, impact and responsibilities of historians
Understand the role of evidence in historical debate
Understand that the past can be examined not only through books and documents, but through a wide range of forms such as architecture, photographs, television, art, memories, museum displays, etc.
Understand the role of historical interpretations
Understand the concept of historiography and how it informs historical narrative and debate
Gain an introduction to the role of theory in historical explanation.

Assessment

Assessment task 1 (1500 words) - 20%
Assessment task 2 (3000 words) - 40%
Assessment task 3 (1000 words) - 15%
Class participation - 25%

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