CONQUEST OF THE AMERICAS: AZTECS, MAYA AND INCAS
LAS2CAM
2014
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
In this historically based Latin American Studies subject, students address the discovery and conquest of the Americas as a turning point in history. The New World and its defeated indigenous people were transformed to such a degree that today we have to painstakingly piece together what life was like in the Americas before the arrival of Columbus and the wholesale destruction and plunder of the continent. In this subject students study the Aztecs and Maya of Mexico and the Incas of Peru both before and after the conquest.
Faculty: Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Ralph Newmark
Available to Study Abroad Students: Yes
Subject year level: Year Level 2 - UG
Exchange Students: Yes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: Must have completed 120cp at 1st year level or requires coordinator's approval.
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: LAS3CAM
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Special conditions: N/A
City, 2014, Week 02-07, Day
Overview
Online enrolment: No
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Enrolment information:
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Ralph Newmark
Class requirements
TutorialWeek: 02 - 07
One 6.0 hours tutorial other recurrence on saturday during the day from week 02 to week 07 and delivered via blended.
"5 x 6 hour workshops held on Saturdays at the Franklin St City Campus 215 Franklin St Melbourne [opposite Queen Victoria market] Block teaching beginning week 3, Saturday January 11 - Saturday February 15. Hours 10am -5pm [1pm-2pm lunch], Students then have 4 weeks to hand in their major essay."
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % |
|---|---|---|
| One 2,500-word essay | 50 | |
| One 500-word primary document review | 15 | |
| One 750 word secondary document review | 25 | |
| Plan of major essay(equivalent to 500 words) | 10 |