HSY3360

Contemporary America: the USA and the American people, 1940-1996

Not offered in 1999

Ian Mylchreest

8 points - Two 1-hour lectures and one 1-hour tutorial per week - Second semester - Clayton

Objectives As for HSY2360 with the additional objective that students develop awareness of the nature of world geopolitics during and after the cold war and of relationships between foreign and social policies in modern America.

Synopsis As for HSY2360.

Assessment A tutorial paper on a major text on the syllabus (1000 words): 20% - A research essay based on primary sources (3000 words): 40% - Examination (2 hours) 40% - Third-year students are expected to demonstrate a more critical familiarity with the historiography of the subject in their research essay.

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