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Arts

HTA242

Enrolment
Unit Code
Unit Title
HTA205 Gender in European Thought
HTA206 Australia from the 1850s to 1918
HTA207 Australia from 1918 to 1975
HTA208 Medieval Britain: Myth, Power and Identity
HTA209 Europe in an Age of Crisis 1560-1640
HTA210 Cold War Europe, 1945-1991
HTA211 Europe at War 1914-1945
HTA214 Late Medieval Europe
HTA216 The Experience of War: Europe from Napoleon
HTA218 Crime and the Law in Historical Perspective
HTA223 Islam, Law and Women - Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
HTA224 Independence and Revolution in Modern Asia
HTA229 Van Diemen's Land 1642-1850
HTA231 Tasmanian History from 1856
HTA234 Europe in the High Middle Ages
HTA235 Faith in Asia:Origin & Change
HTA237 Holy Lands, Strange Lands: The Medieval World 1000-c.1300
HTA238 History and Film: Twentieth-Century Perspectives
HTA240 Australian History 1788-1990s
HTA242 Colonial USA, 1607-1789
HTA243 USA: The Nation from 1789
HTA244 Modern Britain 1832-1990
HTA245 Revolutions of the Mind
HTA247 Modern Russia: Enlightenment to Dictatorship
HTA248 Forgotten Lives? Women in Asian History
HTA249 Atlantic Worlds, 1450-1807
HTA252 African-American History
HTA254 Colonial Societies
HTA255 War and Peace in the Pacific
HTA256 Barbarian Kingdoms: Medieval Europe AD 300-700
HTA257 Vikings and Vassals: Medieval Europe AD 700-1000
HTA258 Renaissance & Reformation Europe
HTA259 Europe 1815-1914
HTA260 Researching Family History
HTA263 Convict Archaeology
HTA271 Australian Environmental History
HTA275 History of the Indigenous Peoples of North America
HTA290 History and Heritage

2010  HTA242  Colonial USA, 1607-1789

Unit Level: Intermediate

Available as a Student Elective: Yes

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See also   HTA342

OFFERINGS

Unit Sem 1 Sem 2 Full Yr Spring Summer Winter
HTA242 L
Distance(H,W,I,N)

Key Semester Dates
Semester Note Start Date Census Date Final WW Date* End Date
Sem 1 22-FEB-2010 23-MAR-2010 12-APR-2010 28-MAY-2010

*The Final WW Date is the final date from which you can withdraw from the unit without academic penalty, however you will still incur a financial liability (see Withdrawal dates explained for more information).

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DESCRIPTION

Examines the British colonisation of North America and the emergence of the first successful national independence movement. Its purpose is to study how historians can approach the creation of colonies and to study their transformation into independent societies.

WEIGHT:  12.5%

ASSESSMENT: Class participation (10%), 800-word exercise (10%), 2,200-word essay (40%), 2-hr exam (40%)

TEACHING PATTERN: int: 2 hrs lectures weekly, 1 hr tutorial fortnightly; dist.ed instructional package and study schools & WebCT assisted

FLEXIBLE & ONLINE STUDY OPTIONS
Note: Class attendance may still be required

   Web supported - H,I,L,N,W
Online access to some part of this unit online is optional
   Resource supported teaching & learning - H,I,L,N,W
Additional resources are provided for your optional use; e.g. audio taped lectures
About Flexible Study Options

REQUISITE INFO
Prereq 25% at level 100 History or equiv
M.Excl HTA241/341

TEXTS
Information about any textbook requirements for Semester (Sem 1) will be available from mid November 2009

STAFF: Dr. T Dunning

FEES
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KEY

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