ATS3584 Australia's black history
Faculty of Arts
ATS3584 Australia's black history is a level 3, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Arts, offered in 2020 in Semester 2 at Clayton. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2020
- Semester 2
- Clayton
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2020 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before ATS3584
Prohibitions
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After ATS3584
No unit lists ATS3584 as a prerequisite in the 2020 handbook.
Enrolment rules
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Overview
This unit will consider relations between indigenous and non-Aboriginal people in Australia since 1770. The main topics will include the legal basis of British sovereignty; the nature of frontier contact; violence and the dispossession of Aborigines; Aboriginal depopulation; Aborigines' responses to colonialism; government policy and practice, from segregation to assimilation; and Aboriginal political movements. The unit will simultaneously examine the political and theoretical dimensions associated with representing the Australian Aboriginal past and, in particular, the relationship between power and knowledge in historical discourses.
Offerings in 2020
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Second semester | Clayton | On campus |
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Demonstrate an understanding relations between indigenes and Europeans in Australia.
- 2
Demonstrate an understanding of the epistemological issues and problems evident in the study of Australian Aboriginal History.
- 3
Think critically and communicate effectively. Specifically to: (i) develop a topic for investigation (ii) show an awareness of both the diversity of interpretations of the past, and the nature of such forms of knowledge (iii) familiarise oneself with a range of sources (iv) display precision in argument and documentation (v) recognise and be able to present a logically ordered argument.
Workload and teaching
- Lectures12 hours
- Tutorials12 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
ATS3584 is part of 5 areas of study in the 2020 handbook.
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Professor Bain Attwood
- Chief Examiners
- Professor Bain Attwood
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for ATS3584?
ATS3584 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is ATS3584 offered?
In 2020, ATS3584 runs in Semester 2 at Clayton.
How much work is ATS3584?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Which majors and minors include ATS3584?
ATS3584 is part of History and Human rights.