Undergraduate UNE-HIST150-2022

Colonial Australia

Duration

16 weeks

Study method

100% Online

Available loans

FEE-HELP

Assessments

100% online

Prior study

Not required

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2022

Subject details

What you'll learn

Upon completion of this subject, students will be able to:

apply ethical conventions, methods and sources to study history;
apply specialised knowledge to locate and analyse particular types of historical sources in depth;
demonstrate an understanding of the key events and issues that shaped colonial Australia;
demonstrate an understanding of the impact and legacies of debates in history;
research and write different types of well-constructed and well-presented assignments; and
identify and reflect upon the transformative learning that comes from scholarly historical investigation.

Topics covered

- Topics will be available to enrolled students in the subjects Learning Management System site approximately one week prior to the commencement of the teaching period.

Entry requirements

Others

Candidature in Diploma in Arts

Additional requirements

Equipment requirements - Headphones or speakers (required to listen to lectures and other media) Headset, including microphone (highly recommended) Webcam (may be required for participation in virtual classrooms and/or media presentations).
Software requirements - It is essential for students to have reliable internet access in order to participate in and complete your units, regardless of whether they contain an on campus attendance or intensive school component. For additional information please visit UNE Hardware Requirements: https://www.une.edu.au/current-students/support/it-services/hardware
Other requirements -
Textbook requirements:

Textbook information is not available until approximately 8 weeks prior to the commencement of the Teaching period.

Students are expected to purchase prescribed material.

Textbook requirements may vary from one teaching period to the next.

Description

This subject introduces you to a variety of events and issues which influenced the lives of colonial Australians, as well as the continuing historiographical debates which surround them. It also introduces you to various sources and methods used to study Australian history. Through case studies and detailed source analysis, you will learn about topics ranging from the origins of European settlement to frontier relations, convicts and the gold rushes, as well as the city and the bush, bushrangers, women, workers and Federation. This subject complements the knowledge gained in HIST151 but can also be studied as a standalone subject.

Assessments

Assessment 1 Reflective Exercise: 500 words. Relates to Learning Outcomes 4-6 Assessment 2 Workbook: 1500 words. Relates to Learning Outcomes 1-5 Assessment 3 Essay: 2000 words. Relates to Learning Outcomes 1-5

Reflective Exercise (10%)
Workbook (40%)
Essay (50%)

Textbooks

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