164 The University of Melbourne Prospectus and Handbook 1992 —Volume Four Content: Major social theories in contemporary social
geography: human ecology,environmental cognition and phenomenology, Weberian, Marxist and feminist perspectives. Application to urban housing, ethnic segregation, experience of the urban environment.
Assessment: A 2-hour examination (30 per cent);
essays of up to 3000 words in total (60 per cent);
seminar presentations (10 per cent). Results will be graded.
121-471 CONTEMPORARY GEOGRAPHY Credit points: 16.7
Staff: Tony Stutterd.
Prerequisites: At least 33.0 points of Year 2 or Year 3 Geography.
Contact:. A 4-hour seminar each week for 13 weeks spread over two semesters. (Two semesters.) Content: A survey of contemporary issues facing Australian society: the third world, unemployment, minorities, development and trade, and the environment. The contributions of geography to understanding these issues.
Assessment: A curriculum package of up to 2000 words; essays and papers of up to 5000 words in total.
Results will be graded.
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perform satisfactorily in each area of assessment.
Minimum 80 per cent attendance at tutorial classes.
Results will be graded.
Prescribed texts: Perkin H The Origins of Modern English Society 1780-1880 Routledge and Kegan Paul London 1969. Webb R K Modern England From the 18th Century to the Present Allen and Unwin London 1980.
481-121 HISTORY A13: THE FOUNDATIONS OF WESTERN CIVILISATION
Credit points: 25.0 Staff: Peter Grant.
Contact:. Two 1-hour lectures and a 2-hour tutorial each week. ( Two semesters.)
Content: A study of the foundations of Western Civilisation in Mesopotamia. Egypt, Israel, Greece and Rome from about 3000 BC to about 500 AD.
Assessment: Three essays totalling approximately 8000 words (75 percent): a 2000-word written exercise at the end of the year (25 per cent). Minimum 80 per cent attendance at tutorial classes. Results will be graded.
Prescribed texts: Gochberg D S (ed.) Classics of Western Thought Voll The Ancient World 4th edition Harcourt Brace Jovanovich San Diego 1988.
481-234 HISTORY B16: MODERN VIETNAM:
WAR AND REVOLUTION Credit points: 16.7
Staff: Noel Battye.
Prerequisites: 25.0 credit points in History, or approved equivalent. Credit will not be granted for both this subject and History C16.
Contact. Two 1-hour lectures and a 2-hour tutorial each week. (First semester.)
Content The revolutionary transformation of the Nguyen Empire under French colonial rule; the consequences of internal and external attempts to thwart the forces of national and social revolution in modern Vietnam.
Assessment: Two essays to a total of approximately 4500 words. Students must participate satisfactorily in tutorials, submit a satisfactory record of engagement in the course in the form of a notebook and complete and perform satisfactorily in each area of assessment. Minimum 80 per cent attendance at tutorials. Results will be graded.
481-236 HISTORY B18: MODERN CHINA:
REFORM AND REVOLUTION This subject is not offered in 1992.
481-237 HISTORY B20: THE OLD REGIME IN FRANCE AND THE ORIGINS OF THE REVOLUTION OF 1789
This subject is not offered in 1992.
81-238 HISTORY B21: TILE FRENCH REVOLUTION AND NAPOLEON This subject is not offered in 1992.
481-241 HISTORY B24: EUROPE 1870-1950:
GERMANY, FASCISM, WAR This subject is not offered in 1992.
481-242 HISTORY B25: EUROPE 1870-1950:
RUSSIA, SPAIN, REVOLUTION This subject is not offered in 1992.
481-243 HISTORY B26:
AUSTRALIA BEFORE 1900 Credit points: 16.7
Staff: Don Garden.
Prerequisites: 25.0 credit points in History, or approved equivalent. Credit will not be granted for both this subject and History C26.
Contact:. Two 1-hour lectures and a 2-hour tutorial each week. (First semester.)
Content: A study of Koori History, the impact of convict settlement on black and white society, ethnic and cultural interaction, migration, the Gold Rushes, the developing government control of education, urbanisation, and the growing challenges to traditional authority in colonial Australia.
Assessment: Written work of approximately 5000 words comprising an essay or essays, and/or a documentary exercise (100 per cent). Students must perform satisfactorily in each area of assessment.
Minimum 80 per cent attendance at tutorials. Results will be graded.
481-244IIISTORY B27:
AUSTRALIA AFTER 1900 Credit points: 16.7
Staff: Paul Nicholls, Don Garden.
Prerequisites: 25.0 credit points in History, or approved equivalent. Credit will not be granted for both this subject and History C27.
Contact:. Two 1-hour lectures and a 2-hour tutorial each week. (Second semester.)
Content: Racialism, nationalism and imperialism at the turn of the century in Australia; the impact on Australian development of two world wars and
166 The University of Melbourne Prospectus and Handbook 1992 - Volume Four economic depression. Themes include: changing sex
roles and moral values; the part played by migration in the growth of modern Australian society.
Assessment: Essay(s) and/or a form of document exercise to a total of approximately 5000 words (100 per cent). Students must perform satisfactorily in each area of assessment. Minimum 80 per cent attendance at tutorials. Results will be graded.
481-247 HISTORY B29:
MODERN THAI HISTORY Credit points:16.7
Staff: Noel Battye.
Prerequisites: 25.0 credit points in History, or approved equivalent. Credit will not be granted for both this subject and History C29.
Contact:. A 1-hour lecture and a 2-hour seminar each week. (Second semester.)
Content: A study of transformations in Thai society from the destruction of Ayutthaya in 1767 to the failure of the `Student' Revolution in 1976. A central theme is the role of the military in reform and reaction, rebellion and revolution.
Assessment: A 2500-word research essay ; a 3-hour open-book examination. Students must complete each item of assessment. Minimum 80 per cent attendance at seminars. Results will be graded.
Prescribed texts: Turwiel B J A A History of Modern Thailand Queensland University Press 1984. Wyatt D K Thailand: A Short History Yale University Press New Haven and London 1986.
482-238 HISTORY B31:
THE MEDITERRANEAN WORLD IN THE MODERN AGE
Credit points: 16.7 Staff: Peter Grant.
Prerequisites: 25.0 credit points in History, or approved equivalent. Credit will not be granted for both this subject and History C31.
Contact:. Two 1-hour lectures and a 2-hour tutorial each week. (Second semester.)
Content: The Mediterranean region, in particular Spain, Italy and Greece, in the last 100 years.
Assessment: Essays and assignments equivalent about 4000 words in total; a class presentation of about 10 minutes. Minimum 80 per cent attendance at tutorials. Results will be graded.
481-340 HISTORY C16: MODERN VIETNAM:
WAR AND REVOLUTION Credit points: 16.7
Staff: As for History B16.
Prerequisites: 33.3 credit points in Group 2 History subjects, or approved equivalent. Credit will not be granted for both this subject and History B16.
Contact: As for History B16. (First semester.) Content: As for History B16.
Assessment: As for History B16.
481-342 HISTORY C18: MODERN CHINA:
REFORM AND REVOLUTION This subject is not offered in 1992.
481-343 HISTORY C20: THE OLD REGIME IN FRANCE AND THE ORIGINS OF THE REVOLUTION OF 1789
This subject is not offered in 1992.
481-344 HISTORY C21: THE FRENCH REVOLUTION AND NAPOLEON This subject is not offered in 1992.
481-347 HISTORY C24: EUROPE 1870-1950:
GERMANY, FASCISM, WAR This subject is not offered in 1992.
481-348 HISTORY C25: EUROPE 1870-1950:
RUSSIA, SPAIN, REVOLUTION This subject is not offered in 1992.
481-349 HISTORY C26:
AUSTRALIA BEFORE 1900 Credit points: 16.7
Staff: As for History B26.
Prerequisites: 33.3 credit points in Group 2 History subjects, or approved equivalent. Credit will not be granted for both this subject and History B26.
Contact: As for History B26. (First semester.) Content: As for History B26.
Assessment: As for History B26.
481-350 HISTORY C27:
AUSTRALIA AFTER 1900 Credit points: 16.7
Staff: As for History B27.
Prerequisites: 33.3 credit points in Group 2 History subjects, or approved equivalent. Credit will not be granted for both this subject and History B27.
Contact: As for History B27. (Second semester.) Content: As for History B27.
Assessment: As for History B27.
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481-365 HISTORY C29:MODERN THAI HISTORY Credit points: 16.7
Staff: As for History B29.
Prerequisites: 33.3 credit points in Group 2 History subjects, or approved equivalent. Credit will not be granted for both this subject and History B29.
Contact: As for History B29. (Second semester.) Content: As for History B29.
Assessment: As for History B29.
Prescribed texts: As for History B29.
482-347 HISTORY C30 - LINK STUDY Credit points: 8.3
Staff: Peter Grant.
Prerequisites: 33.3 credit points in History Group 2 subjects, or approved equivalent.
Contact:. A 2-hour seminar each week except during BEd (Secondary) D block periods of School Experience. (Second semester.)
Content: A study of history as a form of knowledge and the relationships of this to history teaching and curriculum development in the secondary school.
Assessment: Written work of up to 2500 words.
Minimum 80 per cent attendance. Results will be graded.
Prescribed texts: Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Board History Study Design VCAB Melbourne 1990.
482-348 HISTORY C31:
THE MEDITERRANEAN WORLD IN THE MODERN AGE
Credit points: 16.7 Staff: Peter Grant.
Prerequisites: 25.0 credit points in History, or approved equivalent. Credit will not be granted for both this subject and History B31.
Contact As for History B31. (Second semester.) Content: As for History B31.
Assessment As for History B31.