Program Requirements

The core of the program is a 48 unit (2 semesters full time, or equivalent part time) set of sources covering key approaches and skills in biographical and historical research, interpretation and writing.

All students must complete 6 compulsory units along with 6 core units and an additional 36 elective units to make up 48 units in total. 

COMPULSORY COURSE (6 units)

HIST8008 Writing Biography (6 units) 

CORE COURSES (6 units)

HIST6110 History & Theory (6 units) OR HIST6506 Reading & Writing History (6 units) 

ELECTIVE COURSES (36 units)

HIST8007 Oral history, memory and life-writing (6 units)

HIST8003 Digital Histories and Biographies (6 units)

HUMN8009 Biography and society (6 units)

HIST8005 Biographical Practices (6 units)

HIST8006 Australian Dictionary of Biography Internship (12 units)

HIST8004 Biographical research project (12 units)

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