AIH108 - The Cold War World: 1945-1991

Unit details

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Year:2019 unit information
Enrolment modes:Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Trimester 2 Unit Chair:

Clare Corbould

Prerequisite:

Nil

Corequisite:

Nil

Incompatible with:

AIH109, AIH208, AIH408

Scheduled learning activities - campus:

1 x 2 hour Class per week, 1 x 1 hour Seminar per week

Scheduled learning activities - cloud (online):

1 x 2 hour class per week (recordings provided), 1 x 1 hour online seminar per week

Content

Framed by the beginning and end of the great ideological divide between the communist east and the capitalist west – the Cold War - the unit will lead you through the major political and social changes that occurred between 1945 and 1991: the fall of the iron curtain across Europe, life in the communist countries, the Vietnam war and the eventual demise of European communism. Against this backdrop of world tension the unit will examine the rise of new nations in Asia, Africa and the Pacific and the development of the social movements of environmentalism, feminism and grass roots activism.

Assessment

Assessment 1 (Individual) - Essay (1000 words) - (25%)

Assessment 2 (Individual) - Essay (2000 words) - (50%)

Assessment 3 (Individual) – Online/Seminar Exercises (1000 words or equivalent) – 25%

Unit Fee Information

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