ATS3582 Arab-Israeli conflict
Faculty of Arts
ATS3582 Arab-Israeli conflict is a level 3, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Arts, offered in 2024 in Semester 2 at Clayton. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2024
- Semester 2
- Clayton
- Assessment
- No exam
- 5 tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2024 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before ATS3582
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After ATS3582
No unit lists ATS3582 as a prerequisite in the 2024 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Prohibition: ATS2582
Prerequisite: Twelve credit points of second-year Arts units.
Overview
This unit will provide an historical analysis of the changing dimensions of the Arab-Israeli conflict from its origins to the present day. Themes to be studied include Jewish-Arab relations under the Ottoman Empire and British Mandate, the emergence of Jewish and Palestinian nationalism, Zionist ideology, the impact of the Holocaust, the birth of Israel in 1948 and the Palestinian refugee crisis, war, the status of the West Bank, Gaza and Jerusalem, the rise of the PLO, the Intifadas, terrorism and counterterrorism. In tutorials, you will simulate the politics of negotiation by engaging with documents that have attempted to forge a peaceful end to the conflict.
Offerings in 2024
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Second semester | Clayton | On campus |
Assessment
- Participation10%
- Quiz/QuizzesOther10%
- Analytical excerciseAssignment30%
- Essay40%
- Final testIn class test10%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Understand the competing narratives and claims of all parties to the conflict and how the past informs current perceptions of the conflict
- 2
Be able to describe the historiographical debates about the history of the conflict
- 3
Have a knowledge of the broader regional and global implications of the Arab-Israeli conflict
- 4
Be able to analyse how key documents framing the conflict have been contested by different parties and political streams
- 5
Have the ability to interpret the role of the media in shaping perceptions of the Arab-Israeli conflict.
- 6
To distinguish between different schools of thought in current historiographical debates about the conflict.
Workload and teaching
- Lectures12 hours
- Tutorials24 hours
- Teaching approachActive learning
- Teaching approachResearch activities
- Teaching approachProblem-based learning
- Teaching approachCase-based teaching
- Teaching approachEnquiry-based 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 engages you in actively applying your knowledge, skills and attributes in interactive, collaborative and reflective activities
This unit allows you to develop your research skills by engaging in structured inquiry using a systematic approach and discipline-specific methodologies.
This unit includes problem-based learning approaches, where you engage in research, integrate theory and practice and apply knowledge and skills to develop viable solutions in response to a problem or set of problems.
This unit includes case-based teaching, where you apply your knowledge and engage in analytical and reflective thinking to solve complex contextual scenarios. Activities are often designed so that there is not one clear answer, but you need to work together to examine, analyse and make decisions to resolve the situation.
This unit engages you in enquiry-based learning, where you will be encouraged to use your own knowledge to develop and engage in a process of enquiry, study and research to identify areas to be investigated and an approach to doing so.
Where it fits
ATS3582 is part of 9 areas of study in the 2024 handbook.
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- INTLSTDY09Level 2 and 3 elective unitsInternational studiesNo reviews yet
- INTLSTDY10Level 2 and 3 elective unitsInternational studiesNo reviews yet
- JEWISHST07Level 2 and 3 elective unitsJewish studiesNo reviews yet
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Daniel Heller
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Daniel Heller
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for ATS3582?
ATS3582 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is ATS3582 offered?
In 2024, ATS3582 runs in Semester 2 at Clayton.
How much work is ATS3582?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does ATS3582 have an exam?
No. ATS3582 has 5 assessment tasks and no exam.
Which majors and minors include ATS3582?
ATS3582 is part of History, International relations, International studies and Jewish studies.