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 units of Compulsory, 6 units of Core along with an additional 36 units of Electives to make up 48 units in total. 

COMPULSORY COURSE (6 units)

HIST8011 Writing Biography (6 units) 

CORE COURSES (6 units)

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

ELECTIVE COURSES (36 units)

HIST8012 Oral history, memory and life-writing (6 units)

HIST8003 Digital Histories and Biographies (6 units)

HUMN8009 Biography and society (6 units)

HIST8010 Biographical Practices (6 units)

HIST8013 Australian Dictionary of Biography Internship (12 units)

HIST8004 Biographical research project (12 units)

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