Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
Synopsis The aim of this subject is to ask questions about Australia in terms of its people's allegiance to various political and cultural self-understandings. In other words, the course attempts to develop an understanding of who we are, how we are formed, and what has shaped us as Australians. The subject begins by considering our past in terms of various understandings related to class, culture and politics, and then charts the challenges to this by investigating the political and cultural changes in the sensibilities of contemporary Australians within the context of political community and citizenship and the year 2001.
Assessment Tutorial presentation (1500 words) and essay (4500 words): 50% + Examination (3 hours): 50%