Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Arts (Volume 3 page 99)
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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. History, Faculty of Arts (v3, p99) : Next:131-216 | Prev:131-214
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
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
Status: Official 1996 Date created: Oct 9 1995 Last modified: Oct 9 1995 Authorised by: Academic Registrar Email enquiries: Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au
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