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 131-052 The Holocaust & Genocide

Note

Formerly available as 131-254/354. Students who have completed 131-254/354 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Credit Points

12.5

HECS Band

1

Coordinator

To be advised

Prerequisites

Usually 25 points of First Year History, see Prerequisites.

Semester

1 (view timetable)

Contact

A 1.5-hour lecture and a 1-hour tutorial per week

Subject Description

This subject traces the destruction of European Jewry during the Second World War, with consideration given to other cases of genocide in history. Students should, at the end of the subject, be able to understand the circumstances of historical and contemporary genocides; to examine the relationship between ideology and genocide; to identify and understand the behaviour of perpetrators, bystanders and victims during the Holocaust.

Assessment

Written work totalling 4000 words.



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