Course for international guest/part time students
- Faculty
- Faculty of Humanities
- Organization
- BTK Department of English Language Pedagogy
- Code
- BMI-ANGD17-CP3bE.01
- Title
- Australian History and Politics - Theory and Analysis: Australian History and Politics
- Usual semester
- Autumn
- ECTS
- 6
- Language
- Learning outcomes
- This course aims to: · provide a broad overview of the main aspects of Australian history and politics · provide a historical grounding to contemporary political processes in Australia · shed light on the role of institutions and individuals in the shaping of Australian history · teach students discipline based skills ofTravelogues · research, critical thinking and formal writing
- Course content
- Course content: · Overview of Australian history · Explorations of „The Great South Land” · Aboriginal history, traditions · Convict life · Colonial society · Overland explorations · Ned Kelly, bushrangers · Federation, White Australia Policy, The Boer War · Gallipoli, WW1 · Political institutions, Parties · Australia in WW2 · Stolen Generations · Multiculturalism: policies and waves · Hungarians in Australia · Relationship between Britain and Australia, Whitlam dismissal, Republicanism · Relationship between Australia and the USA, ANZUS · Issues in Contemporary Politics
- Assessment method
- Assessment of the course will be based on: a) Attendance, participation b) short presentation on a selected topic c) seminar paper (8-10 pages) d) in-class test
- Bibliography
- Reading (viewing) assignments include: · Broome, Richard. Aboriginal Australians: Black Response to White Dominance: 1788-1980. North Sydney: Allen and Unwin, 1982. Edwards, W.H. An Introduction to Aboriginal Societies. Wentworth Falls, N.S.W.: Social Science Press, 1988. Flannery, Tim. The Birth of Sydney. Melbourne: Text Publishing, 1999. Hughes, Robert. The Fatal Shore: A History of the Transportation of Convicts to Australia,1787-1868. London: Pan, 1987. · Macintyre, Stuart. A Concise History of Australia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. · Meredith, Louisa. Notes and Sketches of New South Wales. London: John Murray, 1844. · Paul, Eric. Little America. London: Pluto Press, 2006. Rickard, John. Australia: A Cultural History. London; New York: Longman, 1988. White, Richard. Inventing Australia: Images and Identity 1688-1980. Sydney; Boston: Allen and Unwin, 1981. Whitlock, Gillian and David Carter. Images of Australia: An Introductory Reader in Australian Studies. St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 1992.