ATS2617 The American civil war
Faculty of Arts
ATS2617 The American civil war is a level 2, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Arts, offered in 2020 in Semester 1 at Caulfield and Clayton. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2020
- Semester 1
- Caulfield, Clayton
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
The 2027 handbook has no page for ATS2617. This is its 2020 entry, the latest one.
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Requisites
Before ATS2617
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After ATS2617
No unit lists ATS2617 as a prerequisite in the 2020 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Prohibition: ATS3617
Prerequisite: Twelve credit points of first-year Arts units.
Overview
This unit will relate the history of the American Civil War, with a particular focus on the political, social and ideological origins of the conflict between North and South; contemporary and historical understandings of the causes and outcomes of the war; the international significance of the Civil War as a political, military and social conflict; the experience and perspectives of 'ordinary Americans' before, during and after the war, with particular attention to soldiers and on slaves before and after emancipation; and the representation of the conflict in photography, fiction, film, popular memory and historical scholarship during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Offerings in 2020
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| First semester | Caulfield | On campus |
| First semester | Clayton | On campus |
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1Students successfully completing this subject will be able to demonstrate a thorough knowledge of the history of the American Civil War, of the ways in which the war was understood by its various participants (including direct combatants, Northern and Southern black Americans, civilians, photographers and artists) and of its subsequent interpretation and representation by historians, film-makers and other cultural producers. They will also show skills in independent research and writing, collaborative research and presentation, and in the use of information technologies such as the WWW to locate, access and critically analyse various forms of historical data, documents and sources.
Workload and teaching
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
ATS2617 is part of 2 areas of study in the 2020 handbook.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Timothy Verhoeven
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Timothy Verhoeven
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for ATS2617?
ATS2617 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is ATS2617 offered?
In 2020, ATS2617 runs in Semester 1 at Caulfield and Clayton.
How much work is ATS2617?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Which majors and minors include ATS2617?
ATS2617 is part of History.
More details
- Credit points
- 6
- Level
- 2
- Study level
- Undergraduate
- Faculty
- Faculty of Arts
- Organisational unit
- History
- Type
- Coursework
- EFTSL
- 0.125
- Student contribution
- SCA Band 1
- Study abroad
- Not available
- Handbook years
- 2020