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Undergraduate | MUR-HIS182 | 2024

The Making of History: From Printing Press to Atomic Bomb

Study modern world history. As you gaze back at the last 300 years, you’ll explore sources and scholarly practices in history. Spanning Europe, the Trans-Atlantic, and Asia, you’ll discover how things were and how they’ve influenced today.

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Study method
100% online
Assessments
100% online
Start dates
26 Feb 2024
Entry requirements
No ATAR needed,
No prior study
Duration
13 weeks

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$2,040

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$0

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The Making of History: From Printing Press to Atomic Bomb

About this subject

  • At the completion of this subject students will be able to:

    1. Demonstrate an understanding of the major ideologies, historical episodes and forces that shaped the development of the modern world.
    2. Identify and interpret a wide variety of secondary and primary materials.
    3. Examine historical issues by undertaking research according to the methodological and ethical conventions of the discipline.
    4. Analyse historical evidence, scholarship and changing representations of the past.
    5. Construct an evidence-based argument or narrative in audio, digital, oral, visual or written form.

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No entry requirements

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0.125 EFTSL

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