The Practice of History |
CH397/398
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| Austin Cooper omi AM (coordinator) |
Semesters 1 & 2, 2012 |
A seminar-based unit designed to enable students to develop advanced skills in historical research and writing. This unit is organised on an ecumenical basis utilising the faculty and resources of each of the MCD University of Divinity's Recognised Teaching Institutions. Appropriately qualified students from each RTI are entitled to participate. The unit will include sessions exploring the nature of history and examining historical methodology.
Students may fulfil the requirements of this subject in either of the following programmes:
Programme 1: Reading Course
An intensive reading programme will be designed for students choosing this option. Assessment will take the form of a number of pieces of written work and a final examination.
Programme 2: Research Project
Students electing this option will be required to produce one major essay resulting from their research on a specialised topic approved by the lecturer in charge of the subject.
Undergraduate Prerequisites (CH397/398)
two levels of Church History
Graduate and Postgraduate Prerequisites
| third level | as required by the MCD University of Divinity Coursework Studies Committee |
| fourth level | as required by the MCD University of Divinity Coursework Studies Committee |
Requirements
regular seminars throughout the semester
Undergraduate Assessment (CH397/398)
| CH397 | (15 points) | one 5,000 word essay | 100% |
| CH398 | (30 points) | one 10,000 word essay | 100% |
CH398 may be completed over two semesters as CH398A (part 1) and CH398B (part 2).
Graduate and Postgraduate Assessment
| CH397 | (15 points) | Equivalent to 6,000 words See Coursework Assessment for Graduate and Postgraduate Students. |
100% |
| CH398 | (30 points) | Equivalent to 12,000 words See Coursework Assessment for Graduate and Postgraduate Students. |
100% |
| CH497 | (15 points) | one 6,000 word essay | 100% |
CH398 may be completed over two semesters as CH398A (part 1) and CH398B (part 2).
Bibliography
Extensive bibliographies on the themes for specialisation will be arranged in class.
- Augustine, St. City of God. Book 5. (any edition).
- Bebbington, David W. Patterns in History: Christian Perspectives on Historical Thought. Leicester: InterVarsity, 1979.
- Carr, Edward H. What is History? Rev. ed., with a new introduction by Richard J. Evans. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, 2002.
- Carradine, David., ed. What is History Now? Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.
- Elton, Geoffrey R., ed. The Practice of History. Oxford: Blackwell, 2002.
- Jenkins, Keith. Re-thinking History. London: Routledge, 1991.
- McIntyre, C. T. God, History and Historians: An Anthology of Modern Christian Views of History. New York: Oxford University Press, 1977.