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ATS2612 · The Renaissance in Florence
2025 Handbook12 credit pointsLevel 2History
Overview
This intensive unit involves interdisciplinary study, conducted in the city itself, of the political, social and cultural history of Florence, from the late thirteenth to the early sixteenth centuries, with particular reference to the Renaissance period. Students who have not passed ATS1316 and ATS1317 should do the preliminary reading with great care.
Areas of study: Cultural competence History
Offerings
| Campus | Teaching period | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Prato | Summer semester A | Teaching activities are on-campus and in a block period (ON-BLK) |
Assessment
The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.
| # | Assessment | Type | Weight | Hurdle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 - Reflective Task | Written | 20% | — |
| 2 | 2 - Group presentation | Presentation | 15% | — |
| 3 | 3 - Exegesis | Written | 15% | — |
| 4 | 4 - Research Proposal | Written | 15% | — |
| 5 | 5 - Essay | Written | 35% | — |
Within semester assessment: 100%
Requisites
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Learning outcomes
- A knowledge of the city of Florence itself - including its churches, palaces, museums, piazzas, monuments and streets - as an artefact of its complex history
- The development of the requisite skills to interpret the Renaissance aspects of that artefact within an historical framework
- Enhanced skills in the critical and analytical reading of a variety of texts, including contemporary documents, religious and polemical literature, historical scholarship, physical monuments and visual representations
- An acquaintance with the considerable body of knowledge that has been built up about late medieval and Renaissance Florence (in the context of Italian history in general)
- A critical understanding of this fascinating society and its historiography
- The ability to use this knowledge (1, 3, 4, 5) and these skills (2) as a capital source for contributing to an understanding of the Renaissance city, its society and culture.
Workload
Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 288 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement. + Additional requirements + This unit is taught intensively at Prato
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