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From the Beats to the Bachelorette: Popular Culture Since the 1950s

Undergraduate | MAQ-MHIX3065 | 2024

Previously MAQ-MHIX365

Be there for the emergence of sixties counterculture. Immerse yourself in the eighties and hip hop. Tune into the rise of reality television. Look for the influence of gender, race and politics on pop culture across the past seven decades.

Study method
100% online
Assessments
100% online
Entry requirements
Prior study needed
Duration
18 weeks

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From the Beats to the Bachelorette: Popular Culture Since the 1950s

About this subject

  • On successful completion of this subject , you will be able to:

    1. locate, read and analyse different kinds of historical evidence (primary sources), including visual and textual sources
    2. devise and answer research questions drawing on primary and secondary evidence
    3. identify key arguments in secondary source materials and apply them in your own historical arguments
    4. communicate thoughtfully in classroom discussions, and in a range of written forms
    5. be able to identify and analyze key developments in the history of popular culture since 1945
    6. analyze selected examples of popular culture produced since 1945 in their historical contexts, and to describe the ways these examples relate to, and reflect, broader social, cultural and political trends


Entry requirements

Prior study

You must have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject:

one of

and one of

Equivalent subjects

You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:

  • MAQ-HST370 (Not currently available)

  • MAQ-MHIX365 (Not currently available)

Others

NCCW (pre-2020 units) HST370, MHIS365, HIST265, HIST365, MHIX365
Pre-requisite 130cp at 1000 level or above OR (20cp in HIST or MHIS or POL or POIR or MHIX or POIX units at 2000 level)
NCCW (2020 and onwards)
MHIS3065 From the Beats to the Bachelorette: Popular Culture Since the 1950s

Additional requirements

  • Other requirements -

    Students who have an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion under Macquarie University's Academic Progression Policy are not permitted to enrol in OUA units offered by Macquarie University. Students with an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion who have enrolled in units through OUA will be withdrawn.

Study load

0.125 EFTSL
This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

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