ATS3593 History of sexuality 1800 - to the present
Faculty of Arts
ATS3593 History of sexuality 1800 - to the present is a level 3, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Arts. It isn't offered in 2020. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2020
- Not offered
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
The 2027 handbook has no page for ATS3593. This is its 2020 entry, the latest one.
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Requisites
Before ATS3593
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After ATS3593
No unit lists ATS3593 as a prerequisite in the 2020 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Prohibition: ATS2593
Prerequisite: Twelve credit points of second-year Arts units.
Overview
This unit will examine the changing nature of sexuality in Australia, Britain and North America during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The main topics will be the construction of masculinity and femininity, courtship and marriage, family and kinship, birth control, regulation in the private and public spheres, heterosexuality and homosexuality, the theorisation of sex, sexual reformers and sexual liberation movements.
Offerings in 2020
The 2020 handbook lists no offerings for ATS3593.
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Understood the key theoretical concepts used by scholars in the field of the history of sexuality.
- 2
Understood the major historiographical debates in the field.
- 3
Grasped the nature of the key changes in sexuality in the period covered by the unit.
- 4
Conducted research into a particular area of the history of sexuality.
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
ATS3593 is part of 2 areas of study in the 2020 handbook.
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Professor Bain Attwood
- Chief Examiners
- Associate Professor Carolyn James
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for ATS3593?
ATS3593 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is ATS3593 offered?
ATS3593 has no offerings listed in the 2020 handbook.
How much work is ATS3593?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Which majors and minors include ATS3593?
ATS3593 is part of History.
More details
- Credit points
- 6
- Level
- 3
- 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