ATS2595 - The rise and fall of Nazi Germany - 2017

6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

Undergraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Arts

Organisational Unit

History

Coordinator(s)

Dr Michael Hau

Unit guides

Offered

Clayton

  • Second semester 2017 (Day)

Synopsis

The unit examines the course of German history from 1918 to 1945, focusing on the development, policies, course and implications of National Socialism as movement and regime. It explores the development, nature and decline of the Weimar Republic, the intellectual origins and rise of National Socialism, the development, course and nature of National Socialist domination, National Socialist policies of political killing and genocide, support for and opposition to National Socialism, and the impact and consequences of National Socialism for Germany and the world.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the unit students will be able to:

  1. identify the major causes for the failure of the Weimar Republic;
  2. recognize the complexity of social developments that characterized the Weimar and Nazi periods;
  3. interpret primary source materials;
  4. develop their own views on the relationship between modernity and Nazism;
  5. critically assess the works of other historians;
  6. communicate critical abilities in a written analytical exercise.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 100%

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

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Chief examiner(s)

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

Prerequisites

Twelve credit points of first-year Arts units.

Prohibitions

ATS3595