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This course will be delivered primarily on campus, with online accessibility. Most students will attend on campus; however, the course can be completed online if needed. See under 'Teaching Format' for more detail. If you intend to attend mostly on campus, please enrol in the offering CRN 33224.
This course examines the global catastrophes, and the great hopes, expectations and challenges, that framed the period between the two World Wars of the 20th century.
The course takes a 'slice of history' approach, using as entry points the extraordinary events of 1936 to examine the broader historical developments of the inter-war world: cultural and technological change, nationalism and internationalism, colonialism and anti-colonialism, political challenges to liberal democracy, and changing views of the body, sport and consumer culture. The course will examine these themes through case studies spanning Europe, the Pacific, Asia and North America.
Through this approach, the course invites students to look at history through an international lens, exploring connections and faultlines, and developing along the way critical and digital skills, and the ability to to make historical connections across geographical and political contexts.
Course learning objectives
Students who pass this course will be able to:
explain some of the key processes and patterns in the social, political, cultural and economic history of the inter-war world;
apply appropriate research skills, such as identifying sources, constructing arguments and synthesising complex ideas;
assess sources from a variety of political and cultural perspectives, and acknowledge these according to the referencing conventions of the discipline;
communicate with clarity ideas informed by a solid foundation in historiography, academic reading and research.
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The Use of Te Reo Māori for Assessment Policy
Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington values te reo Māori. Students who wish to submit any of their assessments in te reo Māori must refer to The Use of Te Reo Māori for Assessment Policy - PDF 134kb
He mea nui te reo Māori ki Te Herenga Waka. Ki te pīrangi koe ki te tuhituhi i ō aro matawai i roto i te reo Māori, tēnā me mātua whakapā atu ki te kaupapa here, The Use of Te Reo Māori for Assessment Policy - PDF 134kb
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