HI2190:04
The Invasion: An Overview of Australia
Cairns
HECS Band 1
26 hours lectures, 12 hours tutorials. Semester 1.
Staff: Dr A Smith.
This subject will present an overview of post-contact Australian history with particular reference to race relations. It will be taught by a combination of lectures, videos and student discussion based on historical documents.
Learning Objectives:
- acquire an overview of the history of Australia;
- gain an understanding of the use of primary source documents in historical writing;
- improve skills in developing and arguing an historical thesis.
Assessment by tutorial presentations (40%); essay (30%); examination (30%).