ATS2110 Slavery: A history
Faculty of Arts
ATS2110 Slavery: A history is a level 2, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Arts, offered in 2020 in Semester 2 at Caulfield and Clayton. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2020
- Semester 2
- Caulfield, Clayton
- Assessment
- No exam
- 6 tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2020 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before ATS2110
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After ATS2110
No unit lists ATS2110 as a prerequisite in the 2020 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Overview
Slavery has existed since ancient times and has been used in societies as diverse as Ancient Rome and modern India, medieval Europe and nineteenth-century America. It still exists, in various forms, today. The unit investigates the meaning and experience of enslavement in a range of historical contexts. How and why have people been enslaved and what did it mean to live in slavery? How might slaves understand and achieve their freedom? Why have so many societies used slave labour? In recent times, attitudes to enslavement have changed, leading to campaigns against slavery in modern times: why did this happen, and to what extent have these campaigns been successful?
Offerings in 2020
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Second semester | Caulfield | On campus |
| Second semester | Clayton | On campus |
Assessment
- Text Analysis15%
- Research Essay Plan20%
- Research Essay35%
- Take-home test20%
- Class readings5%
- Tutorial attendance5%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Have acquired appropriate bibliographical skills, including critical use and analysis of digital and online material
- 2
Be able to identify the historical problems and issues addressed in secondary sources, both written and online
- 3
Demonstrate a capacity for independent thought and reflection and for constructing evidence-based arguments in their writing and verbal participation
- 4
Demonstrate oral and written skills in using a variety of primary and secondary sources
- 5
Show that they can use visual sources for historical analysis
- 6
Have gained a broad understanding of the long history of slavery
- 7
Be aware of several different approaches to the interpretation of history
- 8
Have reflected on the different ways in which experience is historically constructed
Workload and teaching
- Tutorials6 hours
- Lectures12 hours
Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.
Where it fits
ATS2110 is part of 2 areas of study in the 2020 handbook.
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Professor Julie Kalman
- Chief Examiners
- Professor Julie Kalman
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for ATS2110?
ATS2110 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is ATS2110 offered?
In 2020, ATS2110 runs in Semester 2 at Caulfield and Clayton.
How much work is ATS2110?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does ATS2110 have an exam?
No. ATS2110 has 6 assessment tasks and no exam.
Which majors and minors include ATS2110?
ATS2110 is part of History.