12.5 1st year Dr A Finnane, Dr S Welch. First semester Two lectures and a one-hour tutorial (three hours per week) As a result of this subject, students will have an understanding of post-war world history. They will have a particular understanding of the post-war history of the Asia-Pacific region, and Australia's place within it, as well as of the major emancipatory programmes of the modern era. They will have learned how a historical perspective illuminates large-scale recent change. A study of world history since the Second World War, from the fall of Singapore to the onset of the OPEC crisis, showing the different meanings of freedom and their expression in domestic and international affairs. Assessment will consist of one research essay of 2,500 words (45%), one reflective essay of 1,500 words (30%), tutorial assessment (10%). Gilbert F The End of the European Era, 1850 to the Present, 4th ed. , New York Kennedy P The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, New York, 1989 Keylor W R The Twentieth Century World, 2nd ed. , Oxford, 1992 It is recommended that this subject be taken in conjunction with 131-115 The World Since World War Two From Free Love to the Freemarket, 1973-1994. It is recommended that this subject be taken in conjunction with 131-115 The World Since World War Two From Free Love to the Freemarket, 1973-1994. 12.5 Dr A Finnane, Dr S Welch. First semester. Two 1-hour lectures and a one-hour tutorial each week. As a result of this subject, students will have an understanding of post-war world history. They will have a particular understanding of the post-war history of the Asia-Pacific region, and Australia's place within it, as well as of the major emancipatory programmes of the modern era. They will have learned how a historical perspective illuminates large-scale recent change. A study of world history since the Second World War, from the fall of Singapore to the onset of the OPEC crisis, showing the different meanings of freedom and their expression in domestic and international affairs. Assessment will consist of one research essay of 2,500 words (45 per cent); one reflective essay of 1,500 words (30 per cent); tutorial assessment (10 per cent). Gilbert F The End of the European Era, 1850 to the Present, 4th ed. , New York Kennedy P The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, New York, 1989 Keylor W R The Twentieth Century World, 2nd ed. , Oxford, 1992