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HIST337 History and Museums

Updated: 04 January 2010
Credit Points 6
Offering Not offered in 2010
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is no UNE Supervised Examination.
Pre-requisites 12cp in ANCH or ASST or ECON (units with a 4 or 5 as second digit [denoting ECON HIST] only) or HIST or candidature in BArch(Hons) or candidature in a postgraduate award
Co-requisites None
Restrictions HIST237 or LOCH227 or LOCH228 or LOCH427
Notes

offered in odd numbered years
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Janis Wilton (jwilton@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This unit looks at the nature and role of history in museums, asks questions about whose history is collected and exhibited, explores the stories objects can tell, and invites students to visit, work in and evaluate museums and their collection and conservation practices.
Materials No text required
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment
Title Exam Length Weight Mode No. Words
Assignment 1 10% 1000
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1 GA: 1,2,3,4,6
Assignment 2 40% 2000
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1, 2 GA: 1,2,3,4,6
Project 50% 3000
Assessment Notes
History project
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 3-5 GA: 1,2,3,4,6

Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. appreciate more fully the history and purpose of museums, especially history museums;
  2. analyse critically the role and place of history in museums, their collections and exhibitions;
  3. have a greater understanding of the variety of skills and procedures required to ensure the efficient and effective management and curatorship of history museums, collections and exhibitions;
  4. apply some of the skills required for good museum practice and for effective analysis and writing about history and museums; and
  5. seek work (paid or voluntary) in history museums with an understanding of the skills and understandings required.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
Knowledge of the history discipline will be taught with lecture notes and through discussions on Blackboard (student centred). It will be assessed through written assessments. 		True True
2 Communication Skills
Students will be taught communication skills through written and oral feedback on the essays. Students studying off-campus will learn valuable communication skills through participation in the online discussion board. Students will be assessed on the style of writing, clarity of writing, expression and development of ideas, and referencing. Students will practice their communication skills through completing the assessment tasks (written through the essays). 		True True True
3 Global Perspectives
Students are required to locate developments in the history and nature of museums in a global context, and to evaluate the practices in specific museums against this background. They are also required to become familiar with culturally appropriate and sensitive ways to develop and promote cross-cultural themes and awareness in the museum environment. 		True True True
4 Information Literacy
Students will be taught, and directed, to relevant historical literature and how to assess its validity. Students will be assessed (through the essays) on their ability to identify relevant literature, and on their ability to critically analyse the literature. 		True True
5 Life-Long Learning
This unit will promote lifelong learning through its emphasis on competencies in research, analysis and writing, skills that students will ideally continue to develop beyond the duration of their course. This unit will also encourage students to better understand their local environments in historical terms, which is surely an essential foundation for future personal and professional development. 		True
6 Problem Solving
Students are taught how historians research, analyse and interpret the past. Problem solving lies at the heart of online participation sessions and essay writing. The skills is both practised and assessed in essays. 		True True True
7 Social Responsibility
By highlighting the popularity of museums as sites for visitors and by illustrating the ways in which poor museum practices can offend, distress or provide distorted views, students will be introduced to the importance of social awareness and ethical issues in museum practice. 		True
8 Team Work
Students will practice their teamwork skills through participating in online discussion postings. They will be required to discuss the weekly topics with their fellow students in a thoughtful and respectful manner (practice). 		True
   

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