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131-215/315 "Making Melbourne Marvellous (B) - A Zone in Transition: the Inner Suburbs" appears differently in several places - choose the one you want:

  1. 131-215/315 History, Faculty of Arts.
  2. 131-215/315 History, Faculty of Educ(Parkville).

1. History, Faculty of Arts (v3, p99) : Next:131-216 | Prev:131-214

131-215/315 Making Melbourne Marvellous (B) - A Zone in Transition: the Inner Suburbs

Credit points: 16.7 2nd and 3rd years

Coordinator: Dr A Mayne.

Prerequisite: Normally, 25 points of first year History.

Contact: Two hours of lecture-workshops and a one-hour tutorial per week.

Timetable: Second semester

Objectives:

On completion of this subject students should be able to demonstrate a detailed historical knowledge of Melbourne's inner-suburban ring; demonstrate a general comparative understanding of the history of urbanisation in the New World during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; understand the epistemological strengths of marrying the genres of social history and cultural history in urban studies; apply historical skills to the assessment of cultural significance in conserving Melbourne's past.

Content:

This subject traces the history of Melbourne's inner-suburban ring, with comparative reference to other Australian and North American cities. It studies neighbourhood life, bourgeois reform, slum clearance, and community mobilisation. The subject combines classroom instruction with archives research.

Assessment:

One research essay (60%) and one end-of-semester reflective paper (40%), totalling 5,000 words.

Prescribed texts:

1. History, Faculty of Arts (v3, p99) : Next:131-216 | Prev:131-214


2. History, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p126) : Next:131-216 | Prev:131-214

131-215/315 Making Melbourne Marvellous (B) - A Zone in Transition: the Inner Suburbs

Credit points: 16.7

Coordinator: Dr A Mayne.

Contact: Two hours of lecture-workshops and a one-hour tutorial each week.

Timetable: Second semester

Objectives:

On completion of this subject students should be able to demonstrate a detailed historical knowledge of Melbourne's inner-suburban ring; demonstrate a general comparative understanding of the history of urbanisation in the New World during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; understand the epistemological strengths of marrying the genres of social history and cultural history in urban studies; apply historical skills to the assessment of cultural significance in conserving Melbourne's past.

Content:

This subject traces the history of Melbourne's inner-suburban ring, with comparative reference to other Australian and North American cities. It studies neighbourhood life, bourgeois reform, slum clearance, and community mobilisation. The subject combines classroom instruction with archives research.

Assessment:

One research essay (60 per cent) and one end-of-semester reflective paper (40 per cent); totalling 5,000 words.

Prescribed texts:

* Note that ASSESSMENT, CONTACT, POINTS, PRESCRIBEDTEXTS differs from the maintainer's version above. A log of variations is available.

2. History, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p126) : Next:131-216 | Prev:131-214


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