Postgraduate handbook 2005 - Arts

Graduate Diploma in Arts (History Education)

Course code: 3078 + Mid-year entry available + 2 years part-time + Off-campus (Clayton)
Course coordinator: Marc Brodie

Course description

This course, taught in collaboration with the University of Melbourne, brings fresh approaches to the study of history together with innovative classroom practice to meet the needs of the teaching profession and advance the historical understanding of course participants. This nationally delivered course will be innovative, explore the possibilities of the web and encourage the development of a critical approach to the new technologies. Visit the website at http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/history/postgraduate/graddip/ for further information.

Entry requirements

Applicants must have a bachelors degree or have completed the Graduate Certificate of Arts (History Education) with grades at a credit level or higher. Those without an undergraduate degree but with a teaching qualification and demonstrable professional experience in line with current practice may be admitted to the Graduate Certificate in Arts (History Education). If they achieve credit results or higher for these units, they can apply for the graduate diploma according to existing faculty policy.

Course structure

Students must complete four units from the following complete 48 points consisting of the following units:

• HYM4640 The world since 1900
• HYM4560 The past around us
• EDF4248 Historical understanding in schools: from research into practice (offered by the Faculty of Education)
• 131215 Rights and justice in Australian history (offered by the Department of History, University of Melbourne)
• 131214 Asia, the Pacific and the West (offered by the Department of History, University of Melbourne)

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