Colonial Experiment: Australian History 1788-1918
ABT19
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Level of study: What does Undergraduate Level 1 mean?
Undergraduate Level 1
EFTSL: What does EFTSL mean?
0.125
Delivery Method: What does delivery method mean?
Fully Online
Prerequisites: What are the prerequisites?
No
Availability: What is a Study period?
For enrolment (2012):- -
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- SP3
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- SP3
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Duration:
13 weeks
Fee: Fees (current and planned)
- Domestic student fee:
- $795.00 (AUD)
- HECS student fee:
- $706.00 (AUD)
- International student fee:
- $1,020.00 (AUD)
Description
Theories and practice of colonialism; European settlement in Australia; Effects on the environment; Implications for Indigenous Australians; Pastoralism; Industrialisation; Technological developments; Cultural politics; States and Territories; Historical events to the turn of the twentieth century; Federation and the Constitution; World War I; The changing nature of national identity.
Learning Outcomes
At the completion of this unit students will be able to:
- understand Indigenous and non-Indigenous relations in early colonial history
- develop an understanding of the shaping of Australian identities
- analyse the impact of historical milestones on national development
- evaluate core features of the ideology of colonialism.
Topics
A week-by-week guide to the topics you will explore in this unit will be provided in your study materials.
Study Resources
This unit is delivered using the following methods and materials:
Instructional Methods
- Discussion Forum/Discussion Board
- Embedded Multimedia
- Online assignment submission
- Podcasting/Lecture capture
- Standard Media
- Streaming Multimedia
Textbooks are subject to change within the academic year. Students are advised to purchase their books no earlier than one to two months before the start of a unit.
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Required textbooks
Recommended textbooks
There are no recommended textbooks for this unit.
Relevant Courses
This unit is a core requirement in the following courses:
This unit may be eligible for credit towards other courses:
- Many undergraduate courses on offer through OUA include 'open elective' where any OUA unit can be credited to the course. You need to check the Award Requirements on the course page for the number of allowed open electives and any level limitations.
- In other cases, the content of this unit might be relevant to a course on offer through OUA or elsewhere. In order to receive credit for this unit in the course you will need to supply the provider institution with a copy of the Unit Profile in the approved format, which you can download here. Note that the Unit Profile is set at the start of the year, and if textbooks change this may not match the Unibooks textbook list.
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