UNSW Handbook Course - In the Firing Line: Australians go to War

In the Firing Line: Australians go to War - AUST2008


	Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
	School: School of History and Philosophy
	Course Outline: See below
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 6
	EFTSL: 0.125 (more info)
	Contact Hours per Week: 3
	Enrolment Requirements:
	Prerequisite: 36 units of credit
	Equivalent: HIST2078
	Fee Band: 1 (more info)
	Further Information: See Class Timetable

Description

Examines the importance of war in shaping Australia, from the colonial period to the engagement at Gallipoli and up until the outbreak of World War II. Considers war's contribution to definitions of nationality, ethnicity, citizenship, masculinity and femininity and the way war shaped Australia's place in Empire. Focuses on the battle zone and looks at the way that participants understood and represented the experience of war, drawing on literature and film, personal letters and diaries, reminiscences and oral interviews as well as official records.

Note: Includes a field trip to the Australian War Memorial in Canberra.

Learning Outcomes

Students who actively engage with and successfully complete this course should be able to:

Identify the major conflicts in which Australia has been engaged from the colonial period to the 1960s
Describe the major roles Australia played in these conflicts and to identify, explain and assess important areas of dispute in the writing about these conflicts
Demonstrate a familiarity with the major historiographical issues surrounding the question of the impact of war on Australian society
Discuss the key elements of the Anzac Legend and the way this has changed over time
Locate and analyse a variety of primary sources in relation to the above themes and issues
Research and draw on relevant primary and secondary literature to construct a coherant argument about an aspect of Australia's experience of war.

Assessment

Research essay (3000 words) - 40%
Seminar contribution - 20%
Excursion report (1000 words) - 20%
End of session in-class test - 20%

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