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Credit points: 16.7 3rd year.
This subject is a prerequisite for entry into Fourth Year Honours.
Coordinator: Professor P Grimshaw, Professor P McPhee.
Prerequisite: Completion of a major in History.
Contact: One-and-a half-hour lecture per week, plus weekly one-hour tutorials.
Timetable: Second semester
Objectives:
To introduce students to significant issues in the theory and practice of history; to develop skills in research and writing as a preparation for the fourth-year honours thesis.
Content:
An examination of contemporary issues in historical theory as they affect historical research, and a guide to the formulation of a historical research topic with preparation of an appropriate bibliography.
Assessment:
Class participation (10%), an essay on historical theory of 2,000 words (40%), a research essay with annotated bibliography of 3,000 words (50%).
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Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Arts (Volume 3 page 106)
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