HIS3002 The Twentieth Century (FOART)

Units 1.0 (History) Band 1

Pre-requisite: Any 3 courses in History

Synopsis

This course emphasises the key events, personalities and ideologies that shaped the world in the twentieth century, and provides the historical context to current events. The recent global past is a notable content area in the Queensland Senior Modern History Syllabus. Knowledge and understanding of this era is obviously crucial for intending secondary teachers, and should be of interest and value to other tertiary students of History. While the focus of the course will be on political and diplomatic events, some attention will also be given to economic, social, and literary developments.