EPHUMA131
10 units
level
Course handbook
Description
This course introduces students to the study of Australian history at the tertiary level. Topics covered include race and gender relations, convict society, and the growth of self-government. Emphasis is placed on academic skills, such as note taking, research, analysis and essay writing, which are widely applicable to the tertiary study of history and to humanities subjects in general.
Availability2024 Course Timetables
Callaghan
- Semester 1 - 2024
Online
- Semester 1 - 2024
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Practice effective note taking skills and oral and written methods of communication at the tertiary level, to demonstrate familiarity with the study of Australian history including the factors that affect change and continuity in the modern world.
2. Analyse a range of key ideas and events in Australian history before Federation, and evaluate the role of key individuals, groups, events and ideas.
3. Analyse and evaluate issues in Australian history using historical terms and concepts, and a set of conceptual tools.
4. Construct a coherent, well-structured and sustained argument in a written academic work incorporating different historical interpretations and perspectives.
5. Use a number of relevant historical sources and evaluate their reliability.
Content
- An introduction, outlining the nature of history as a discipline, providing a course overview and some conceptual frameworks
- Race relations in Australia, in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, beginning with a consideration of pre-contact Aboriginal Australia
- Convict society
- Selected aspects of the history of gender relations in colonial Australia
- The development of self-government in Australia until Federation
Requisite
If you have successfully completed EPHUMA303 you cannot enrol in this course.
Assessment items
Portfolio: Essay writing skills portfolio
Quiz: Quizzes
Written Assignment: Paragraph
Essay: Essay
Contact hours
Semester 1 - 2024 - Callaghan
Lecture-1
- Face to Face On Campus 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1
Tutorial-1
- Face to Face On Campus 1 hour(s) per week(s) for 11 week(s) starting in week 2
Semester 1 - 2024 - Online
Self-Directed Learning-1
- Self-Directed 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1
- Self-Directed learning is equivalent to face-to-face contact hours. It involves engagement with course materials that are delivered at a time that suits you via short videos, course notes, podcasts, readings and other activities.
Tutorial-1
- Online 1 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1
Course outline
- EPHUMA131 - Semester 1, 2024 (Callaghan) (PDF, 280.6 KB)
- EPHUMA131 - Semester 1, 2024 (Online) (PDF, 281.8 KB)
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