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2025 unit information
Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online, Community Based Delivery (CBD)*
Nil
1 x 1-hour on-campus lecture per week (recordings provided),
1 x 1-hour on-campus seminar per week
1 x 1-hour online lecture per week (recordings provided),
1 x 1-hour online seminar per week
Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.
This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.
*Community Based Delivery (CBD): only for students of the National Indigenous Knowledges, Education, Research and Innovation NIKERI Institute (located at the Waurn Ponds campus)
From the Second World War to the financial crisis, Arab Spring and Fukushima earthquake of 2011, this unit will reveal the interconnectedness and unevenness of globalisation, the rise of new nations and social movements, including environmentalism and feminism, and the International and domestic ramifications of the Cold War. The unit also explores population growth and movements and their impact on land, sea and climate.
Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs)
Demonstrate an understanding of modern world history between the Second World War and the early 21st century
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
Critically analyse and use primary source documents in the writing of history
GLO5: Problem solving
Develop skills in the research and writing of history as a self-managed learner
GLO2: Communication
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO6: Self-management
Become more critically aware and question the assumptions and knowledge you bring to the study of late twentieth century history.
GLO8: Global citizenship
Understand the profound legacies of the political, social and cultural upheavals of the past few decades for the world's contemporary global challenges
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
There is no prescribed text. Unit materials are provided via the unit site. This includes unit topic readings and references to further information.
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