ATS2612 The Renaissance in Florence
Faculty of Arts
ATS2612 The Renaissance in Florence is a level 2, 12-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Arts. It isn't offered in 2022. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 12
- Offered in 2022
- Not offered
- Workload
- 288 hours
- per semester
This is the 2022 handbook entry. See the 2025 entry.
Reviews
No reviews yetNo reviews yet. Be the first to review ATS2612.
Requisites
Before ATS2612
Prohibitions
You can't enrol if you have passed any of these.
After ATS2612
No unit lists ATS2612 as a prerequisite in the 2022 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Equivalent units
The same content under another code. Only one of them counts.
Overview
This intensive course of 4-week's duration departs from Melbourne in mid-November. It involves interdisciplinary study, conducted in the city itself, of the political, social and cultural history of Florence, from the late thirteenth to the early sixteenth centuries, with particular reference to the Renaissance period. Students who have not passed ATS1316 and ATS1317 should do the preliminary reading with great care.
Offerings in 2022
The 2022 handbook lists no offerings for ATS2612.
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
A knowledge of the city of Florence itself - including its churches, palaces, museums, piazzas, monuments and streets - as an artefact of its complex history
- 2
The development of the requisite skills to interpret the Renaissance aspects of that artefact within an historical framework
- 3
Enhanced skills in the critical and analytical reading of a variety of texts, including contemporary documents, religious and polemical literature, historical scholarship, physical monuments and visual representations
- 4
An acquaintance with the considerable body of knowledge that has been built up about late medieval and Renaissance Florence (in the context of Italian history in general)
- 5
A critical understanding of this fascinating society and its historiography
- 6
The ability to use this knowledge (1, 3, 4, 5) and these skills (2) as a capital source for contributing to an understanding of the Renaissance city, its society and culture.
Workload and teaching
Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 288 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement. + Additional requirements + This unit is taught intensively at Prato
Where it fits
ATS2612 is part of 3 areas of study in the 2022 handbook.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Professor Carolyn James
- Unit Coordinators
- Professor Carolyn James
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for ATS2612?
ATS2612 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is ATS2612 offered?
ATS2612 has no offerings listed in the 2022 handbook.
How much work is ATS2612?
The handbook expects about 288 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Which majors and minors include ATS2612?
ATS2612 is part of Cultural competence and History.