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1. History, Faculty of Arts (v3, p100) : Next:131-237 | Prev:131-233
Credit points: 16.7 2nd and 3rd years
Coordinator: Associate Professor R T Ridley.
Prerequisite: Normally, 25 points of first year History.
Contact: Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial a week.
Timetable: Second semester
Objectives:
On completion of this subject students should be able to: confront the reconstruction of crucial events in history remote from the present; practise the unravelling of history which has been swamped with political or religious controversy and propaganda; provide a sound acquaintance with the culture of the golden ages of Rome; build on first year subjects, to refine methods of source criticism and essay writing; and continue the investigation of the theory and method of history.
Content:
From the Augustan Principate to the age of Diocletian and Constantine. How efficient was the dynastic and military monarchy established by Augustus? How important were their individual characters? How well or badly was the Roman world ruled? How far does the third century constitute a crisis? How was the empire then restructured and converted to Christianity?
Assessment:
Tutorial participation (10%), one essay of 3,000 words (50%), either a 3-hour paper or a research essay (40%).
1. History, Faculty of Arts (v3, p100) : Next:131-237 | Prev:131-233
2. History, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p127) : Next:131-237 | Prev:131-233
Credit points: 16.7
Coordinator: Associate Professor R T Ridley.
Contact: Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial each week.
Timetable: Second semester.
Objectives:
On completion of this subject students should be able to: confront the reconstruction of crucial events in history remote from the present; practise the unravelling of history which has been swamped with political or religious controversy and propaganda; provide a sound acquaintance with the culture of the golden ages of Rome; build on first year subjects, to refine methods of source criticism and essay writing; and continue the investigation of the theory and method of history.
Content:
From the Augustan Principate to the age of Diocletian and Constantine. How efficient was the dynastic and military monarchy established by Augustus? How important were their individual characters? How well or badly was the Roman world ruled? How far does the third century constitute a crisis? How was the empire then restructured and converted to Christianity?
Assessment:
Tutorial participation (10 per cent); one essay of 3,000 words (50 per cent); either a 3-hour paper or a research essay (40 per cent).
* Note that ASSESSMENT, CONTACT, POINTS differs from the maintainer's version above. A log of variations is available.
2. History, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p127) : Next:131-237 | Prev:131-233
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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