ATS3476 Vietnam: War, refugees and remembrance
Faculty of Arts
ATS3476 Vietnam: War, refugees and remembrance is a level 3, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Arts, offered in 2025 in Semester 1 at Clayton. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2025
- Semester 1
- Clayton
- Assessment
- No exam
- 4 tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2025 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before ATS3476
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After ATS3476
No unit lists ATS3476 as a prerequisite in the 2025 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Pre-requisites: 12 credit points of level 2 Arts units
Prohibitions: ATS2596
Overview
The Vietnam War was one of the major conflicts in which Australia was engaged and led to Australia’s intake of a significant refugee group and its first experience of large-scale non-European immigration. The end of the war in 1975 led to one of the most visible refugee movements of the late twentieth century, in which over two million Vietnamese left their homeland. In this unit, you will explore key issues in the study of the Vietnam War and ongoing shifts in how to understand its history as well as post-war forced migration. The Vietnamese community is not only the largest refugee community in Australia but also its fourth largest Asian community. You will study the war and its contested history, the aftermath of war, refugees’ journeys and experiences, and the nature of remembrance.
Offerings in 2025
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| First semester | Clayton | On campus |
Assessment
- 500-word PresentationPresentation15%
- 500-word PresentationPresentation15%
- EssayWritten40%
- Final Assessment TaskWritten30%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
explain and debate key issues in the historical study and remembrance of the Vietnam War;
- 2
critically discuss the Vietnamese refugee movement including the responses to this movement;
- 3
analyse complex experiences of loss and trauma, and issues of war and memory, through the narratives of refugees;
- 4
communicate research effectively verbally and in writing.
Workload and teaching
- Lectures12 hours
- Tutorials24 hours
- Teaching approachResearch activities
- Teaching approachActive learning
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. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.
This unit allows you to develop your research skills by engaging in structured inquiry using a systematic approach and discipline-specific methodologies.
This unit engages you in actively applying your knowledge, skills and attributes in interactive, collaborative and reflective class activities.
Where it fits
ATS3476 is part of 2 areas of study in the 2025 handbook.
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Professor Nathalie Nguyen
- Chief Examiners
- Professor Nathalie Nguyen
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for ATS3476?
ATS3476 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is ATS3476 offered?
In 2025, ATS3476 runs in Semester 1 at Clayton.
How much work is ATS3476?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does ATS3476 have an exam?
No. ATS3476 has 4 assessment tasks and no exam.
Which majors and minors include ATS3476?
ATS3476 is part of History.