Undergraduate - UnitATS3595 - The rise and fall of Nazi Germany

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Arts
Organisational Unit	History
Offered	Not offered in 2014
Coordinator(s)	Dr Michael Hau

Notes

Previously coded HSY3440

Synopsis

As for ATS2595

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit students will:

Be able to identify the major causes for the failure of the Weimar Republic.
Recognise the complexity of social developments that characterised the Weimar and Nazi periods.
Develop their own views on the relationship between modernity and Nazism.
Know how to critically assess the works of other historians.
Have developed strategies for the interpretation of primary source materials.
Have an ability to formulate, investigate and write up an independent research project.

Assessment

Written work: 90%
Tutorial participation: 10%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Michael Hau

Workload requirements

3 hours (2 lectures and 1 tutorial) per week

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

History
Holocaust and genocide studies

Prerequisites

Two gateway unitsin History or permission

Prohibitions

ATS2595