HSTY3714: Semester 2, 2020

Units HSTY3714 Semester 2 2020 [Normal day]

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HSTY3714: High Renaissance

Semester 2, 2020 [Normal day] - Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney

Overview

Europe after 1500 saw conflict, companionship, refinement and squalor. Beginning in opulent Rome, we discover a cast of Renaissance men and women, from Machiavellian political theorists and crafty swindlers to prophets and scientists, artists and poets. This was a world of bustling towns, sumptuous artefacts, bitter religious disputes, and electric debates over politics and learning. Europeans travelled to Italy, which in turn nourished culture and ideas around Europe: this unit follows these many pathways.

Unit details and rules

Academic unit	History
Credit points	6
Prerequisites ?	12 credit points at 2000 level in the History major
Corequisites ?	None
Prohibitions ?	HSTY2612 High Renaissance
Assumed knowledge ?	None
Available to study abroad and exchange students	Yes

Teaching staff

Coordinator	Nick Eckstein, nicholas.eckstein@sydney.edu.au

Type	Description	Weight	Due	Length
Participation	Participation Participation	15%	-	n/a
Outcomes assessed:
Assignment	Assignment 3: Project analysis See description in Canvas site.	35%	Formal exam period Due date: 14 Dec 2020 at 23:59	2000 words
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Assignment	Assignment 1: "Dissecting a Renaissance Document" See description in Canvas site.	20%	Week 05 Due date: 25 Sep 2020 at 23:59	1000wds
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Assignment	Assignment 2: take-home exercise (exam) See description in Canvas site.	30%	Week 12 Due date: 23 Nov 2020 at 23:59	1500 words
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Assessment summary

Detailed information can be found on Canvas.

Assessment criteria

https://www.sydney.edu.au/students/guide-to-grades.html

For more information see guide to grades.

Late submission

In accordance with University policy, these penalties apply when written work is submitted after 11:59pm on the due date:

Deduction of 5% of the maximum mark for each calendar day after the due date.
After ten calendar days late, a mark of zero will be awarded.

Academic integrity

The Current Student website provides information on academic integrity and the resources available to all students. The University expects students and staff to act ethically and honestly and will treat all allegations of academic integrity breaches seriously.

We use similarity detection software to detect potential instances of plagiarism or other forms of academic integrity breach. If such matches indicate evidence of plagiarism or other forms of academic integrity breaches, your teacher is required to report your work for further investigation.

Use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) and automated writing tools

You may only use generative AI and automated writing tools in assessment tasks if you are permitted to by your unit coordinator. If you do use these tools, you must acknowledge this in your work, either in a footnote or an acknowledgement section. The assessment instructions or unit outline will give guidance of the types of tools that are permitted and how the tools should be used.

Your final submitted work must be your own, original work. You must acknowledge any use of generative AI tools that have been used in the assessment, and any material that forms part of your submission must be appropriately referenced. For guidance on how to acknowledge the use of AI, please refer to the AI in Education Canvas site.

The unapproved use of these tools or unacknowledged use will be considered a breach of the Academic Integrity Policy and penalties may apply.

Studiosity is permitted unless otherwise indicated by the unit coordinator. The use of this service must be acknowledged in your submission as detailed on the Learning Hub’s Canvas page.

Outside assessment tasks, generative AI tools may be used to support your learning. The AI in Education Canvas site contains a number of productive ways that students are using AI to improve their learning.

Learning support

Simple extensions

If you encounter a problem submitting your work on time, you may be able to apply for an extension of five calendar days through a simple extension.  The application process will be different depending on the type of assessment and extensions cannot be granted for some assessment types like exams.

Special consideration

If exceptional circumstances mean you can’t complete an assessment, you need consideration for a longer period of time, or if you have essential commitments which impact your performance in an assessment, you may be eligible for special consideration or special arrangements.

Special consideration applications will not be affected by a simple extension application.

Using AI responsibly

Co-created with students, AI in Education includes lots of helpful examples of how students use generative AI tools to support their learning. It explains how generative AI works, the different tools available and how to use them responsibly and productively.

Weekly schedule

WK	Topic	Learning activity
Week 01	1.1: Renaissance or High Renaissance? 1.2: Introductory / admin - NO TUTORIALS IN WEEK 1.	Lecture (2 hr)
Week 01	2.1 The Calamities of Italy. 2.2 Machiavelli, Guicciardini and Florentine Politics. TUTORIAL: INTRODUCTORY	Lecture and tutorial (3 hr)
Week 03	L 3.1 The Culture of Early Sixteenth-Century Rome. L 3.2 Renaissance Princes, Popes and Courtiers. TUTORIAL: GETTING REAL: NICCOLO' MACHIAVELLI AND THE CRISIS OF THE EARLY SIXTEENTH CENTURY	Lecture and tutorial (3 hr)
Week 04	4.1 Renaissance Individualisms. L 4.2 Michelangelo and Friends: The Gentle Art of Renaissance Self-Promotion. TUTORIAL WORKSHOP: DISSECTING A RENAISSANCE DOCUMENT.	Lecture and tutorial (3 hr)
Week 05	L 5.1 Worldly Goods, Consumerism(?) and the Material Renaissance. L 5.2 Cosmopolitanism and its Limits. TUTORIAL: IN YOUR FACE. SELF-FASHIONING AND SELF-PROMOTION IN THE HIGH RENAISSANCE.	Lecture and tutorial (3 hr)
Week 06	L 6.1 Renaissance Men Thinking about Renaissance Women; Renaissance Women Thinking About Renaissance Women. L 6.2 Women in Danger; Dangerous Women. TUTORIAL: THE EMPIRE OF THINGS; CONSUMERISM AND SHOPPING IN THE RENAISSANCE?	Lecture and tutorial (3 hr)
Week 07	L 7.1 Confraternities in Renaissance Italy. L 7.2 Cultures of Charity (and the rise of modern welfare?). TUTORIAL: GENDER, CONFORMITY AND ANOMALOUS WOMEN IN THE HIGH RENAISSANCE.	Lecture and tutorial (3 hr)
Week 08	L 8.1 The Texture of Everyday Life in Late Renaissance Italy. L 8.2. Plague time: fear and pestilence in the Late Renaissance. TUTORIAL: CULTURES OF CHARITY AND THE QUALITY OF MERCY IN THE HIGH RENAISSANCE.	Lecture and tutorial (3 hr)
Week 09	L 9.1 Time and space in the Renaissance. L 9.1 Time and space in the Renaissance. TUTORIAL: LOOKING AT PLAGUE THROUTH COVID-TINTED LENSES.	Lecture and tutorial (3 hr)
Week 10	L 10.1 / L 10.2 Lecture titles TBA. TUTORIAL WORKSHOP #1	Lecture and tutorial (3 hr)
Week 11	L 11.1 / L 11.2 Lecture titles TBA. TUTORIAL WORKSHOP #2.	Lecture and tutorial (3 hr)
Week 12	L 12 Approaching the exam. TUTORIAL WORKSHOP DROP-IN SESSION.	Lecture and tutorial (2 hr)

Attendance and class requirements

According to Faculty Board Resolutions, students in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences are expected to attend 90% of their classes. If you attend less than 50% of classes, regardless of the reasons, you may be referred to the Examiner’s Board. The Examiner’s Board will decide whether you should pass or fail the unit of study if your attendance falls below this threshold.

If a unit of study has a participation mark, your attendance may influence this mark. For more information on attendance, see http://sydney.edu.au/policies/showdoc.aspx?recnum=PDOC2014/345&RendNum=0.

Please note also that in order to pass this unit you need to submit all assignments.

Study commitment

Typically, there is a minimum expectation of 1.5-2 hours of student effort per week per credit point for units of study offered over a full semester. For a 6 credit point unit, this equates to roughly 120-150 hours of student effort in total.

Learning outcomes

Learning outcomes are what students know, understand and are able to do on completion of a unit of study. They are aligned with the University's graduate qualities and are assessed as part of the curriculum.

Outcomes
Graduate qualities

At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:

LO1. demonstrate an advanced understanding of the nature and scope of the discipline through projects applying historical skills and perspectives beyond conventional academic settings.
LO2. demonstrate high-level skills in inventive and responsible research, critical thinking, and the articulation and analysis of historical problems.
LO3. apply the skills and knowledge of a historian to issues encountered in an interdisciplinary context.

Graduate qualities

The graduate qualities are the qualities and skills that all University of Sydney graduates must demonstrate on successful completion of an award course. As a future Sydney graduate, the set of qualities have been designed to equip you for the contemporary world.

GQ1	Depth of disciplinary expertise Deep disciplinary expertise is the ability to integrate and rigorously apply knowledge, understanding and skills of a recognised discipline defined by scholarly activity, as well as familiarity with evolving practice of the discipline.
GQ2	Critical thinking and problem solving Critical thinking and problem solving are the questioning of ideas, evidence and assumptions in order to propose and evaluate hypotheses or alternative arguments before formulating a conclusion or a solution to an identified problem.
GQ3	Oral and written communication Effective communication, in both oral and written form, is the clear exchange of meaning in a manner that is appropriate to audience and context.
GQ4	Information and digital literacy Information and digital literacy is the ability to locate, interpret, evaluate, manage, adapt, integrate, create and convey information using appropriate resources, tools and strategies.
GQ5	Inventiveness Generating novel ideas and solutions.
GQ6	Cultural competence Cultural Competence is the ability to actively, ethically, respectfully, and successfully engage across and between cultures. In the Australian context, this includes and celebrates Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, knowledge systems, and a mature understanding of contemporary issues.
GQ7	Interdisciplinary effectiveness Interdisciplinary effectiveness is the integration and synthesis of multiple viewpoints and practices, working effectively across disciplinary boundaries.
GQ8	Integrated professional, ethical, and personal identity An integrated professional, ethical and personal identity is understanding the interaction between one’s personal and professional selves in an ethical context.
GQ9	Influence Engaging others in a process, idea or vision.

Outcome map

Learning outcomes	Graduate qualities
Learning outcomes

Responding to student feedback

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Overview

Overview

Unit details and rules

Teaching staff

Assessment

Assessment

Assessment summary

Assessment criteria

Late submission

Academic integrity

Learning support

Learning support

Simple extensions

Special consideration

Using AI responsibly

Weekly schedule

Weekly schedule

Attendance and class requirements

Study commitment

Learning outcomes

Learning outcomes

Graduate qualities

Outcome map

Responding to student feedback

Responding to student feedback

Disclaimer

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