HIST28002 - War and Australian Society

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit examines Australians at war from 1788 to the present, not from the point of view of the military historian but with respect to the conflict and division that wars have caused on the home front. You will learn about several conflicts and their impact on Australian society including the struggle between First Nations Peoples and settlers on the frontier, colonial wars, World War I and World War II, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq and the war on terrorism. You will also learn about the interplay between war and society by considering the conscription debates and the peace movements that came about in response to various conflicts. This unit explores the way war impacts society and the public debates that arise as the result of war.

Details

Level Postgraduate
Unit Level 8
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 4
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Admission to CC10 or completion of 90 credit points in CA10, CB94, CC13, CG85 or CC43.

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

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Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Written Assessment 40%
2. Presentation 10%
3. Written Assessment 50%

This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).

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Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Analyse primary material on the Australian home front from several conflicts
  2. Apply effective oral and written communication skills to present on the impact of war on Australian society from 1788 to present
  3. Apply academic research skills to critically examine an identified historical event.

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8 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures •
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