AIH238 - Australia and the Two World Wars

Unit details

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Year2014 unit information
Offering information:

*Offered at Warrnambool via D@YD from 2014.

Enrolment modes:Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Warrnambool, Waurn Ponds (Geelong)
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit chair:B Ziino
Prerequisite:

Nil

Corequisite:

Nil

Incompatible with: AIH232/332, AIH233/333, AIH338

Note:

Online teaching methods require internet access. You will need to access substantial learning resources and experiences in CloudDeakin (Deakin’s online learning environment). Compliance with the Standards in computing, connectivity and student capability are a condition on your enrolment.

Content

This unit examines critically several themes about the role that Australia played in the two world wars and the impact of those wars on Australian society. The themes to be studied include:

  • the debate over fighting 'other peoples' wars';

  • the methods by which different wars were fought;

  • the soldiers' experience of war and return;

  • conscription, conscientious objection and popular opposition;

  • dissent in wartime;

  • gender and war;

  • aftermath of wars, including repatriation, broken bodies, broken minds, grief and loss;

  • citizenship issues and war, including internment of aliens;

  • the impact of war on the Australian state, national policies and the economy;

  • the representing of Australia's wars, including film;

  • comparisons with the war experiences of other nations and the ANZAC legend;

  • memory of war.

Assessment

First assignment 1500 words 30%

Second assignment 2000 words 50%

Seminar work 20%.

Unit Fee Information

Student Contribution Rate*Student Contribution Rate**Fee rate - Domestic Students Fee rate - International students
$755$755$2324$2447

* Rate for all CSP students, except for those who commenced Education and Nursing units pre 2010
** Rate for CSP students who commenced Education and Nursing units pre 2010
Please note: Unit fees listed do not apply to Deakin Prime students.