Undergraduate - UnitATS3600 - The holocaust in an age of genocide

6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Arts
Organisational Unit	Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation
Offered	Caulfield Second semester 2013 (Day) Clayton Second semester 2013 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Daniella Doron

Notes

Previously coded HSY3580

Upon completion, students will be expected to possess:

a knowledge of events leading to the Holocaust, its course and aftermath
an understanding of Jewish responses to the Holocaust across Europe
an understanding of the issues involved in representations of the Holocaust, including literature and the arts
an appreciation of how collective and national memories of genocide are created
An understanding of the United Nations Genocide Convention and debates about the definition of genocide
A knowledge of the major cases of post-war mass killing and their relationship to the Holocaust

Participation: 10%
Historiographical essay (1000 words): 20%
Research essay (2500 words): 40%
Examination (1000 words): 30%

One 2-hour lecture and one 1-hour tutorial per week

ATS2600, JWC2580