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Armidale, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

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HIST331 War and Australian Society in the 20th Century

Updated: 15 March 2012

Unit Information
Additional Information

Credit Points	6
Offering	Not offered in 2013
Intensive School(s)	None
Supervised Exam	There is no UNE Supervised Examination.
Pre-requisites	12cp in ANCH or ASST or ECON (units with a 4 or 5 as second digit [denoting ECON HIST] only) or HIST or RELS or candidature in a postgraduate award
Co-requisites	None
Restrictions	HIST359
Notes	None
Combined Units	None
Coordinator(s)	Nathan Wise (nwise@une.edu.au)
Unit Description	War has played a key role in shaping Australian history in the twentieth century. This unit will study various aspects of Australian history using war and its effects as the touchstone. Beginning with the federation of the Australian colonies in 1901, when Australia was at war in South Africa (the Boer War, 1899-1902), we study the Great War (1914-18); WWII (1939-45); Korea (1950-53); Vietnam (1965-72) as well as more recent conflicts. Major themes include the gendered nature of warfare; the impact of volunteer labour during war; how war has affected certain groups in Australian society; the mythologies of war and how they are personified; and the remembering of war through institutional events such as Anzac Day (25 April), Rememberance Day (11 November), war memorials and the like.
Materials	Textbook information will be displayed approximately 8 weeks prior to the commencement of the teaching period. Please note that textbook requirements may vary from one teaching period to the next.
Disclaimer	Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.

Assessment

Assessment information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period.

Learning Outcomes (LO)

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

understand some of the major issues surrounding the topic of Australia and war;
use and assess a variety of historical sources and ask questions about their history;
learn to critically analyse historiographical problems in 20th Australian history; and
use historical knowledge of Australia and war in order to understand present-day issues and problems associated with war.

Graduate Attributes (GA)

	Attribute	Taught	Assessed	Practised
1	Knowledge of a Discipline Knowledge of the history discipline, in particular this unit, will be taught through lecture notes and essential readings. It will be assessed through three asssessment tasks.
2	Communication Skills Students will be taught communication skills through written feedback on the essays. Students will also learn valuable communication skills through online and tutorial participation. Students will be assessed on the style of writing, clarity of writing, expression and development of ideas and referencing. Students will also practise their communication skills through completing the assessment tasks.
3	Global Perspectives This unit examines such issues when Australia was at war in South Africa (the Boer War), the Great War, WWII Korea and Vietnam, as well as more recent conflicts and its impact on today.
4	Information Literacy Students will be directed to relevant literature and taught how to assess its validity. Students will be assessed on their ability to identify and critically analyse the relevant literature.
5	Life-Long Learning Through completing the assessments, students will be provided with the necessary lifelong skills to be able to research, write and discuss social issues. These skills can be transferred to any discipline and will be useful in any research positions. These attributes will be assessed in all of the assessments (written skills; analytical skills).
6	Problem Solving Students are taught how historians research, analyse and interpret the past. Problem solving lies at the heart in tutorial sessions and essay writing. The skills are both practised and assessed in the unit's assessment.
7	Social Responsibility Students will be taught about their professional responsibilities as a researcher to provide balanced and accurate research. In addition, students will be taught that they have a social responsibility to question and challenge some 'facts'. This will be assessed and taught through their responses to the essays.
8	Team Work Students will practise their teamwork skills through participating in tutorials and in online discussion postings where they will be ecouraged to share their resources and issues in a thoughtful and respectful manner.