| Area: | Department of Social Sciences |
| Credits: | 25.0 |
| Contact Hours: | 3.0 |
| Lecture: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
| Seminar: | 1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
| Anti Requisite(s): | 9839 (v.7) History 323 - An Introduction to the Philosophy of History - From Herodotus to Foucault
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| Prerequisite(s): | 1438 (v.4) History 111 - History of India in the 17th Century or any previous version
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1439 (v.4) History 112 - The Modern World - The Rise and Fall of British Imperialism in the 19th and 20th Centuries or any previous version
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| Syllabus: | The Meaning of History; The Graeco-Roman Tradition; The Judaeo-Christian Tradition; the Medieval Tradition; Renaissance Thought; Rationalism, Empiricism and the Enlightenment; Romantic-Idealism; Historicism; Marxism; Structuralism/The Annales; Post- Structuralism. |
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| Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit, students will have- Distinguished the main traditions and schools of thought in the development of the philosophy of history in Western Civilisation. Described in detail the writings of at least one of the more important exponents of these different bodies of thought. |
| Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information. |
| Unit References: | History 223. (1994), Readers I - IV. Distance Education: Curtin University of Technology: These Readers contain 59 articles/essays, which cover all the topics in this unit. |
| Unit Texts: | The Penguin Atlas Of World History Volumes 1 and 2, (1974), Harmonsworth Penguin. |
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| Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Exam 30%, Major Essay 40%, Major Essay Plan and Annotated Bibliography 15%, Short Essay 15%. This is by grade/mark assessment. |
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | | Y | |
