War and Peace in the 20th Century
Duration
- One Semester or Term
Contact hours
- 36 hours
2021 teaching periods
Hawthorn
Higher Ed. Semester 1 | ||
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Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Swinburne Online
Teaching Period 1 | ||
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Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Prerequisites
50 credit points at level 2Corequisites
NilAims and objectives
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
5. Interrogate the global role of the USSR and the USA during the Cold War;
6. Locate, interrogate, and integrate primary and secondary source documents in the development of an argument;
7. Critically analyse and interpret key historiographical debates in the Cold War;
8. Reflect on historical trends and ideologies in the twentieth century that have shaped contemporary society.
Courses with unit
BA-ARTSPROF Bachelor of Arts (Professional)
BB-ARTBUS1 Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Business
BB-ARTSC Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science
BB-LAWART Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Arts
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment, general skills outcomes and content.
Teaching methods
This unit will involve up to 150 hours of work including:
On campus
Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
Face to Face Contact Lecture Tutorial |
1 2 |
12 12 |
12 24 |
Online Contact | N/A |
|
|
Specified Learning Activities Weekly Readings Lecture note revision Project/PSR Research/Readings Essay Research/Readings |
2 0.5 4 4 |
12 12 4 6 |
24 6 16 24 |
Unspecified Learning Activities Independent study | 4 | 11 | 44 |
TOTAL |
|
| 150 hours/12.5cp |
SOL
Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
Face to Face Contact | N/A |
|
|
Online Contact Collaborate sessions |
1 | 4 sessions across the 12 weeks |
4
|
Specified Learning Activities Interactive DB activities Online eLA-student interactions Readings Viewing videos Self-check tests and/or online tests | 8 | 12 | 96 |
Unspecified Learning Activities Independent study Assessment tasks Reading up on current affairs relevant to topics | Recommended |
| 50 |
TOTAL |
|
| 150 hours/12.5cp |
Assessment
Types | Individual or Group task | Weighting | Assesses attainment of these ULOs |
Project | Individual | 40% | 1, 2, 3, 4 |
Primary Source Review | Individual | 20% | 1, 2, 3, 4 |
Essay | Individual | 40% | 1, 2, 3, 4 |
General skills outcomes
• Analysis Skills
• Problem Solving Skills
• Communication Skills
• Ability to tackle unfamiliar problems
• Ability to work independently
Content
• One World divided: the origins of the Cold War
• Sweet child of mine: Soviet American Conflict in Asia
• Repression in a democratic state
• Repression in a totalitarian state
• Stand off: From Berlin to Budapest
• Flashpoint: The Cuban Missile Crisis
• The American War in Vietnam
• 1968: ‘The Year of the Barricades’
• The end of the Cold War? Glasnost, Perestroika and the Velvet Revolution
• Postscript: Legacies of the Cold War.
Study resources
- Reading materials.
Reading materials
A list of reading materials will be made available in the Unit Outline.