HSY3440 - The rise and fall of Nazi Germany

Leader(s): Michael Hau

Offered

Clayton First semester 2009 (Day)

Synopsis

As for HSY2440

Objectives

Upon successful completion of this unit students will:

1. Be able to identify the major causes for the failure of the Weimar Republic.

2. Recognise the complexity of social developments that characterised the Weimar and Nazi periods.

3. Develop their own views on the relationship between modernity and Nazism.

4. Know how to critically assess the works of other historians.

5. Have developed strategies for the interpretation of primary source materials.

6. Have an ability to formulate, investigate and write up an independent research project.

Assessment

Written work: 90%
Tutorial participation: 10%

Contact hours

3 hours (2 lectures and 1 tutorial) per week

Prerequisites

A first-year sequence in History or permission

Prohibitions

HSY2510/3510, HSY2520/3520, HSY2440