War and Peace in the 20th Century
Duration
- One Semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- 36 hours
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning.
2023 teaching periods
Swinburne Online Teaching Period 1 |
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Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Aims and objectives
2. Locate, interrogate, and integrate primary and secondary source documents in the development of an argument;
3. Critically analyze and interpret key historiographical debates in the Cold War;
4. Reflect on historical trends and ideologies in the twentieth century that have shaped contemporary society.
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment and content.
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
On-Campus Lecture | 1 | 2 | 2 |
On-Campus Tutorial | 2 | 12 | 24 |
Online Readings | 5.5 - 6 | 12 | 70 |
Unspecified Activities Individual Study | 4 | 11 | 44 |
TOTAL | 150 hours |
Swinburne Online
Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
Live Online Class | 1 | 4 | 4 |
Online Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning | 12 - 12.5 | 12 | 146 |
TOTAL | 150 hours |
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 |
Content
- Their Manifest Destiny: debates on the global roles of the USA and the USSR
- 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 and/or required texts will be made available in the Unit Outline.