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HIST367 Issues in Church History: Australia and America

Updated: 05 January 2010

Unit Information
Additional Information

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 RELS or candidature in a postgraduate award
Co-requisites	None
Restrictions	None
Notes	None
Combined Units	None
Coordinator(s)	Jennifer Clark (jclark1@une.edu.au)
Unit Description	This reading unit explores selected issues in Church History affecting Australia and the United States. Topics to be covered include sectarianism, secularisation, the ecumenical movement, the impact of the women's movement, the challenge of the 1960s, revival, modernisation and fundamentalism. Assessment is by research project or two essays.
Materials	Information Unavailable
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		40%		2000-2500
Assessment Notes
Assignment 1 and Assignment 2 OR Research project

Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-5 GA: 1,2,4,5,6
Assignment 2		60%		3000-3500
Assessment Notes
Assignment 1 and Assignment 2 OR Research project

Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-5 GA: 1,2,4,5,6
Project		100%		5000-6000
Assessment Notes
Assignment 1 and Assignment 2 OR Reseach project

Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-5 GA: 1,2,4,5,6

Learning Outcomes (LO)

Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:

explore some significant issues in Church History;
show some understanding of human behaviour in an historically different context;
show their understanding of historical methodology;
locate and analyse appropriate sources of information;
use writing structured prose and framing arguments in the accepted manner of the discipline.

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.
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 online participation. Students will be assessed on the style of writing, clarity of writing, expression and development of ideas, and referencing. Students will also practice their communication skills through completing the assessment tasks (written through the essays).
3	Global Perspectives This unit explores selected issues in church history affecting Australia and the United States and its impact of the ecumenical and women?s movement together with the challenge of the 1960s.
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.
5	Life-Long Learning Through completing the assessments, students will be provided with the necessary lifelong skills to be able to research, write and discuss social issues. These skills can be transferred to any discipline, and will be useful in any research positions. These attributes will be assessed in all of the assessments (written skills; analytical skills).
6	Problem Solving Students are taught how historians research, analyse and interpret the past. Problem solving lies at the heart of tutorial sessions and essay writing. The skills is both practised and assessed in essays.
7	Social Responsibility Students will be taught about their professional responsibilities as a researcher to provide balanced and accurate research. In addition, students will be taught that they have a social responsibility to question and challenge some 'facts'. This will be assessed and taught through their responses to the essay and discussions in online postings.
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).