The French Revolution

Subject 673-397 (2009)

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Credit Points: 12.50
Level: 3 (Undergraduate)
Dates & Locations:

This subject is not offered in 2009.
Time Commitment: Contact Hours: A 1.5-hour lecture and a 1-hour tutorial per week
Total Time Commitment: 2.5 contact hours/week , 6 additional hours/week. Total of 8.5 hours per week.
Prerequisites: None
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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Contact

Erica Mehrtens
Phone: x45953
Subject Overview: In 1789 huge numbers of French peasants, urban workers and middle-class people successfully rebelled against absolute monarchy and the privileges of the nobility. But the struggle over what social and political system should replace the 'Old Regime' was to divide French people and finally the whole of Europe. This subject examines the history of the French Revolution from its origins to 1795. It then examines its significance. Was this really a revolutionary age? What were its consequences for ethnic minorities, women, and slaves in French colonies? Students should complete the subject with a grasp of, and an ability to make critical judgements about, the general nature and significance of the French Revolution.
Objectives:
  • be able to understand the general nature and significance of the French Revolution;
  • make critical comparative judgements about the nature of the French Revolution.
Assessment: A research essay of 2000 words 40% (due mid-semester), a review essay of 2000 50% (due in the examination period), and tutorial participation 10% throughout the semester.
Prescribed Texts: A subject reader will be available from the Bookroom at the beginning of semester
  • The French Revolution   (P McPhee)  Oxford 2002
Breadth Options:

This subject potentially can be taken as a breadth subject component for the following courses:

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Generic Skills:
  • demonstrate research skills through competent use of the library and other information sources;
  • show critical thinking and analysis through recommended reading, essay writing and tutorial discussion, and by determining the strength of an argument;
  • be able to think in theoretical terms through lectures, tutorial discussion, essay writing and engage in the methodologies of the humanities and social sciences;
  • 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;
  • be able to communicate knowledge intelligibly and economically through essay writing and tutorial discussion;
  • demonstrate written communication through essay preparation and writing.
Notes: Formerly available as 131-002; 131-104; 131-153. Students who have completed 131-002; 131-104;131-153 are not eligible to enrol in this subject
Related Majors/Minors/Specialisations: History Major

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