Undergraduate TAS-HTA206-2022
Australian History in a Global Context
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Duration
14 weeks
Study method
100% Online
Available loans
- HECS-HELP
- FEE-HELP
Assessments
100% online
Prior study
Not required
QS RANKING 2022
18
Times Higher Education Ranking 2022
23
Subject details
Upon completion of this subject, the student should be able to:
- Engage with key factors that have shaped Australia within a global context;
- Analyse Australian historical events to identify key elements that have shaped our place in the world
- Construct and communicate evidence-based arguments to demonstrate an understanding of historical events and debates
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- Introduction
- Pre-contact societies
- Colonialism & unfree labour
- Frontier wars
- Mass migration
- Darwinists and dying races
- Citizenship, gender, and the family
- The rise of Australian democracy
- Eugenics & the Stolen Generations
- Foreign wars
- Infrastructure
- Multiculturalism
- Urban and youth cultures
Others
25 points at introductory level in any discipline in any faculty
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
In this subject we explore the multitude of forces that have shaped the continent’s history from ancient times through to the present. We consider the extent to which Australia, and particularly Tasmania, has been moulded by factors such as violence, the rise of democratic government, the economics of empire, and cultural influences from the east and west as well as our Indigenous heritage. By learning how to unravel these threads through using traditional and digital tools and historical analysis, this subject will equip you to understand the shared and unique elements that have shaped Australia within the global context.
- Weekly online quizzes (25%)
- Flash history reflection (35%)
- Essay (40%)