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Course and Unit Catalogue 2013

Armidale, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

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HIST351 Convict Australia

Updated: 03 October 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 candidature in BCrim or candidature in a postgraduate award
Co-requisites	None
Restrictions	HIST158 or HIST251
Notes	None
Combined Units	None
Coordinator(s)	David Roberts (drobert9@une.edu.au)
Unit Description	This unit introduces students to one of the central issues of white settlement in Australia. It places transportation and convict life within the context of settlement as a whole, while at the same time examining the moral issues surrounding 19th-century crime and punishment. The unit seeks to understand the way the system was managed, and the way convict men and women sought to make the most of their situation in this country.
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:

explore the convict origins of our society;
acquire some understanding of human behaviour in an historically different context;
enhance their understanding of historical methodology;
demonstrate their capacity to locate and use appropriate sources of information and analysis; and
practice writing structured prose and framing arguments in the accepted manner of the discipline.

Graduate Attributes (GA)

	Attribute	Taught	Assessed	Practised
1	Knowledge of a Discipline Knowledge of the history discipline will be taught through lecture notes and essential readings. It will be assessed through written assessments.
2	Communication Skills Students will be taught communication skills through written feedback on the essays. Students will be assessed on the style of writing, clarity of writing, expression and development of ideas, and referencing. Students will practise their communication skills by completing the assessment tasks.
3	Global Perspectives The study of history, by definition, provides students with insights into the world of a different time and place and it therefore demands an appreciation of different values and cultures.
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 By completing the assessments, students will be provided with the necessary life-long 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 is both practised and assessed in essays.
7	Social Responsibility The study of the convict era with its inherent problems of the social definition of crime and punishment demands that students explore moral and ethical issues and confront past and present ideals of social responsibility.
8	Team Work Students will practise their teamwork skills through r online discussion postings. They will be required to discuss the weekly topics with their fellow students in a thoughtful and respectful manner.