ATS3933 The meaning of things: Writing cultural history
Faculty of Arts
ATS3933 The meaning of things: Writing cultural history is a level 3, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Arts. It isn't offered in 2020. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2020
- Not offered
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
The 2027 handbook has no page for ATS3933. This is its 2020 entry, the latest one.
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Requisites
Before ATS3933
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After ATS3933
No unit lists ATS3933 as a prerequisite in the 2020 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Prerequisite: Twelve credit points of second-year Arts units.
Prohibition: ATS2933
Overview
Societies express themselves through art, literature, ritual, everyday objects and other cultural artefacts. One of the tasks of the historian is to understand this interplay of culture and society, and how it manifests in different historical periods or places. In this unit we explore the ways in which historians of many different periods (from late antiquity to the present) write about culture, from 'great' art to the stuff of daily life. Students will be introduced to a broad range of cultural products and their meanings, and be required to undertake in-depth research into a topic, area and period of interest of their choice.
Offerings in 2020
The 2020 handbook lists no offerings for ATS3933.
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Critically engaged with different forms of cultural product, placing them in their historical and aesthetic contexts.
- 2
Understood the meaning of the term "Cultural History", including its historiographical implications.
- 3
Drawn on a number of theoretical frameworks in order to understand the history of culture.
- 4
Conducted research into a particular area of cultural history. Students successfully completing this unit at a Third Year level will have acquired, in addition:
- 5
Independent research skills across a range of historical source areas.
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
ATS3933 is part of 2 areas of study in the 2020 handbook.
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Mr Jamie Agland
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for ATS3933?
ATS3933 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is ATS3933 offered?
ATS3933 has no offerings listed in the 2020 handbook.
How much work is ATS3933?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Which majors and minors include ATS3933?
ATS3933 is part of History.
More details
- Credit points
- 6
- Level
- 3
- 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