Europe of the Dictators: Hitler & Stalin

Subject 672-313 (2008)

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Credit Points: 12.500
Level: Undergraduate
Dates & Locations:

This subject is not offered in 2008.
Time Commitment: Contact Hours: A 1.5-hour lecture and a 1-hour tutorial per week
Total Time Commitment: Not available
Prerequisites: Usually 12.5 points of first year history.
Corequisites: None
Recommended Background Knowledge: None
Non Allowed Subjects: None
Core Participation Requirements:

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Student Support and Engagement Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry.

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Coordinator

P Stephen Wheatcroft & P Richard Evans
Subject Overview:

This subject compares the way that the two major dictatorships of the inter-war period were ruled in terms of their domestic and foreign policy, the popularity of the regimes and the reasons for their success and failure in WW2. Students will complete this subject with an improved understanding of the complexities of the systems, structures and individuals that contributed to these developments and a more sophisticated understanding of their differences.

Assessment: Two argumentative research essays on comparative themes. Each of 2000 words 50% each (one due mid-semester the other due at the end of semester).
Prescribed Texts: Prescribed Texts:A subject reader will be available from the Bookroom at the beginning of semester.
Breadth Options:

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.
Fees Information: Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date
Generic Skills:

  • demonstrate research skills through competent use of the library and other information sources; be able to communicate knowledge intelligibly and economically through essay writing and tutorial discussion.

  • how critical thinking and analysis through recommended reading, essay writing and tutorial discussion, and by determining the strength of an argument;

  • demonstrate understanding of social, ethical and cultural context through the contextualisation of judgements, developing a critical self-awareness, being open to new ideas and possibilities and by constructing an argument;

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