Unit of Study CLST2003 Australian Cultural History (2024)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

UG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Business, Law and Arts
Placement

No

Unit description

Explores a wide range of interpretations of the history of culture in Australia and some of the debates that arise from the study of history. Particular attention is paid to those areas that are seen as crucial to shaping contemporary Australia from World War I to the present.

Unit content

Cultural history
Cultural contact
Sport and popular culture
Biography: Individuality, society and history
High politics and everyday life
'Looking to America'
Movements for change
Commemorating/celebrating

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Gold Coast	Term2	Term2
Online	Term2,4	N/A

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

identify and analyse major social and cultural developments in Australia and their interpretations from the end of World War I to the present time

interrogate the ways in which race, class, gender and ethnicity and changes in broader society have altered the ways historians this century now think and write histories

critically analyse primary sources for the purposes of interpreting the past.

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Essay	40%
Journal	60%

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Essay	40%
Journal	60%

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts

No prescribed texts.

Prescribed Resources/Equipment

No prescribed resources/equipment.

Prescribed Texts

No prescribed texts.

Prescribed Resources/Equipment

No prescribed resources/equipment.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.

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