Monash University Arts Graduate Handbook, 1997

The course

Core subjects

Work for the degree is organised in two parts. Part I (forty-eight points) requires completion of one of the following core subjects (for subject details see numerical listing below):

HYM4120 Reading and writing Australian history

HYM4870 Social theory and social history
HYM4950 Hidden transcripts: cultural approaches to the past
HYM4960 Gender and history

plus three other twelve-point subjects (or combination of eight and twelve-point units) selected from subjects offered at fourth-year level in 1997 (for subject details see numerical listing below):

HYM4050 Special subjects. These will be offered in first semester, subject to student demand (detailed subject descriptions are available from the department).
HYM4060 Special subjects. These will be offered in second semester, subject to student demand (detailed subject descriptions are available from the department).
HYM4090 The Australian ethnic experience
HYM4120 Reading and writing Australian history
HYM4130 Reading landscapes: cultural environments as heritage documents
HYM4210 `Being American': the construction of national identity
HYM4250 World heritage issues
HYM4870 Social theory and social history
HYM4950 Hidden transcripts: cultural approaches to the past
HYM4960 Gender and history
HYM4980 The American right
ECO4540 History of the economy and environment
RLM4070 Buddhist ethics: society and politics
RLM4090 The authority of the text: the hermeneutical question
RLM4110 Ecology, gender and the sacred
RLM4810 The history of popular Christianity from the beginning to the Enlightenment

Part II of the MA by coursework and thesis comprises two approved eight-point subjects to be selected from the following subjects offered at fifth-year level, and a 66 per cent thesis of 25,000-35,000 words (thirty-two points) (for subject details see numerical listing below):

HYM5090 The Australian ethnic experience
HYM5120 Reading and writing Australian history
HYM5210 `Being American': the construction of national identity
HYM5950 Hidden transcripts: cultural approaches to the past
HYM5960 Gender and history
HYM5980 The American right
RLM5070 Buddhist ethics: society and politics
RLM5090 The authority of the text: the hermeneutical question
RLM5110 Ecology, gender and the sacred
RLM5810 The history of popular Christianity from the beginning to the Enlightenment

Under special circumstances and with the permission of the head of the department students may undertake part II of the Master of Arts in history by completing a twelve-point (9000 words) research project (HYM5001) and three twelve-point coursework subjects. Details of this option are available from the department.

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