ATS2931 Making history at the museum
Faculty of Arts
ATS2931 Making history at the museum is a level 2, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Arts. It isn't offered in 2020. It has no prerequisites and unlocks 1 unit.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2020
- Not offered
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
The 2027 handbook has no page for ATS2931. This is its 2020 entry, the latest one.
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Requisites
Before ATS2931
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After ATS2931
1 unit list ATS2931 as a prerequisite or corequisite.
Enrolment rules
Prohibition: ATS3931
Prerequisite: Twelve credit points of first-year Arts units.
Overview
How do we make the past into history? How do historical objects come to life in the museum? In this unit you will learn to think and work like a professional historian and museum curator. You'll work alongside Monash historians and curators at Melbourne Museum to research the history of a set of items in the Museums Victoria (MV collection. You'll research photos, objects, documents, oral history interviews or other sources. You'll produce an entry about a MV collection item for Collections Online - so that your research may be available for others to learn and enjoy.
Offerings in 2020
The 2020 handbook lists no offerings for ATS2931.
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Formulate research projects and acquire independent research skills;
- 2
Evaluate a variety of primary historical sources, and approaches and issues in their use in the production of a historical argument;
- 3
Place secondary sources in their cultural, ideological and intellectual context by showing where they fit into the current state of historical knowledge;
- 4
Critique ongoing debates about the practice of history;
- 5
Utilise online digital history resources and produce an online history of a museum collection item;
- 6
Demonstrate a critical awareness of approaches and issues in the production of history in a museum.
Workload and teaching
Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.
Where it fits
ATS2931 is part of 4 areas of study in the 2020 handbook.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Professor Alistair Thomson
- Unit Coordinators
- Professor Alistair Thomson
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for ATS2931?
ATS2931 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
What can I take after ATS2931?
ATS2931 is a prerequisite or corequisite for 1 unit, including ATS3762.
When is ATS2931 offered?
ATS2931 has no offerings listed in the 2020 handbook.
How much work is ATS2931?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Which majors and minors include ATS2931?
ATS2931 is part of Digital Humanities and History.
More details
- Credit points
- 6
- Level
- 2
- Study level
- Undergraduate
- Faculty
- Faculty of Arts
- Organisational unit
- History
- Type
- Coursework
- EFTSL
- 0.125
- Student contribution
- SCA Band 1
- Study abroad
- Not available
- Handbook years
- 2020