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Holocaust and Genocide in Historical Perspective - JWST2101
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Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
 
 
School:  School of History and Philosophy
 
 
Course Outline: http://hist-phil.arts.unsw.edu.au/currentstudents/ugoutlines.html
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: 36 units of credit
 
 
Equivalent: HIST2074
 
 
Fee Band: 1 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

Introduces students to the field of genocide and Holocaust studies, beginning with competing definitions of genocide and moving to a detailed treatment of various cases of mass death in world history. The Holocaust as a paradigm case of genocide and the legal prosecution of genocide will be considered.

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