Assumed knowledge for History? (1 Viewer)

[MetalTheory]

I'm considering doing history as part of my Arts degree. At first it was just to fill up space for the Arts component as part of a Science/Arts degree, but I since realised I have a bit of interest in the subject. However, I didn't do any history as part of my HSC and I'm worried I might not have assumed knowledge requirements for the subject. So I'm asking, is HSC history assumed knowledge for tertiary history, is there knowledge I'd need to refer to if I did history in university, and if there's no history requirement is there any other assumed knowledge needed for history?

This applies for all universities, and please tell me if the requirements are different for each university.

 

[D94]

You could just check what you'll be studying in Uni through the websites. Check out which courses you'd envision taking and do whatever with that. No assumed knowledge required.

 

[OzKo]

Assumed knowledge in university is often relevant for things like high school Mathematics and core Science subjects. In terms of History, I would be extremely surprised if HSC History would be characterised as assumed knowledge.

Unlike high school, universities can teach whatever they want to so the content of HSC History may only be relevant in some particular units.

I was just looking at the Arts faculty Handbook for 2012 at USYD and they don't list HSC History as assumed knowledge for any of their junior units. I would presume this would also be the case in other universities.

 

[Timothy.Siu]

I don't think so.
Actually, don't think any level I arts have assumed knowledge (could be wrong) apart from music and those performing arts subjects.
They'll teach everything from the basics, but I guess e.g. if you were learning about the world wars, 20th century stuff, etc people who did modern history would have an advantage, but nothing you can do about that.

 

[MetalTheory]

Great. Looks like I'll be doing history in university, much to the dismay of some of the science/engineering/smart students on the forums. Thanks for the help!

 

[OzKo]

If you are confident you will get into that degree program, you may want to do some light reading on the units of study which interest you.

 

[cem]

I have known of a number of students who have studies History at uni with no History for the HSC. History is a subect that doesn't always run in many smaller schools so it would be unfair to require it as assumed knowledge for all students e.g. my school hasn't run Modern History for the last two years due to lack of numbers to make up a class and in other years we haven't run Ancient.

 

[MetalTheory]

If you are confident you will get into that degree program, you may want to do some light reading on the units of study which interest you.

I did some reading before and I'm going through it again to refresh myself. In terms of history I'm interested in 20th century history, Communism in Europe and the histories of Europe and Quebec, as well as nationalism and religion. I've found subjects in Europe, 20th century history and 20th century Europe, fair enough, but there's nothing on Quebec and Canada, so I'll just have to slot that into nationalism if I get the chance.

Another question, if I do an exchange to an overseas university and do units on the history of that country which isn't given by an Australian university, will I not get any credit points recognised for that subject?

 

[OzKo]

I did some reading before and I'm going through it again to refresh myself. In terms of history I'm interested in 20th century history, Communism in Europe and the histories of Europe and Quebec, as well as nationalism and religion. I've found subjects in Europe, 20th century history and 20th century Europe, fair enough, but there's nothing on Quebec and Canada, so I'll just have to slot that into nationalism if I get the chance.

Another question, if I do an exchange to an overseas university and do units on the history of that country which isn't given by an Australian university, will I not get any credit points recognised for that subject?

Usually crediting units at an exchange university is done on a case by case basis but provided that it is a partnered university, then it is more than likely you can claim it onto your degree program. This link might help explain:

http://sydney.edu.au/current_students/student_exchange/enrolment_credit.shtml

 

[Timothy.Siu]

I did some reading before and I'm going through it again to refresh myself. In terms of history I'm interested in 20th century history, Communism in Europe and the histories of Europe and Quebec, as well as nationalism and religion. I've found subjects in Europe, 20th century history and 20th century Europe, fair enough, but there's nothing on Quebec and Canada, so I'll just have to slot that into nationalism if I get the chance.

Another question, if I do an exchange to an overseas university and do units on the history of that country which isn't given by an Australian university, will I not get any credit points recognised for that subject?

Yes, you can still get credit points.
It will just count as an elective. You'll need to get it approved by the correct authorities in charge, but that's usually no problem.