las3cam conquest of the americas
CONQUEST OF THE AMERICAS: AZTECS, MAYA AND INCAS
LAS3CAM
2015
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.
SchoolSchool of Humanities & Social Sciences
Credit points15
Subject Co-ordinatorRalph Newmark
Available to Study Abroad StudentsYes
Subject year levelYear Level 3 - UG
Exchange StudentsYes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites Must have completed 60 1st Year points.
Co-requisitesN/A
Incompatible subjectsN/A
Equivalent subjectsN/A
Special conditionsN/A
Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes
01. Assimilate historians' lines of arguments in relation to visual materials, placing the arguments and the sources in their contexts.
- Activities:
- Primary and Secondary document reviews and possibly the Major research essay
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Inquiry/ Research(Inquiry/ Research)
- Critical Thinking(Critical Thinking)
- Creative Problem-solving(Creative Problem-solving)
02. Discuss disciplinary skills as articulated in readings and as modelled in lectures.
- Activities:
- All
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Speaking(Speaking)
- Life-Long Learning(Life-Long Learning)
03. Identify and assimilate sources, lines of argument and evidence, and schools of thought on a history topic.
- Activities:
- Major research essay and Primary and Secondary document reviews.
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Inquiry/ Research(Inquiry/ Research)
- Critical Thinking(Critical Thinking)
- Creative Problem-solving(Creative Problem-solving)
04. Identify some ways historians show continuity and change the contexts in a past.
- Activities:
- Major research essay and Primary and Secondary document reviews
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Critical Thinking(Critical Thinking)
- Creative Problem-solving(Creative Problem-solving)
- Inquiry/ Research(Inquiry/ Research)
05. Identify some ways historians use the present to shape their interpretations of the past.
- Activities:
- Major research essay and Primary and Secondary document reviews
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Inquiry/ Research(Inquiry/ Research)
06. Investigate aspects of the historiography on a historical topic and frame a response in any one of a variety of history genres.
- Activities:
- Major research essay and Primary and Secondary document reviews
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Critical Thinking(Critical Thinking)
- Creative Problem-solving(Creative Problem-solving)
- Inquiry/ Research(Inquiry/ Research)
07. Present a properly-referenced talk or multimedia project using primary and secondary sources to frame a line of argument about an aspect of a past.
- Activities:
- Short talk on proposed major essay and its thesis
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Speaking(Speaking)
- Inquiry/ Research(Inquiry/ Research)
- Creative Problem-solving(Creative Problem-solving)
- Critical Thinking(Critical Thinking)
08. Write properly-referenced essays using primary and secondary sources to frame a line of argument about an aspect of a past, including a bibliography.
- Activities:
- Major research essay
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Life-Long Learning(Life-Long Learning)
- Critical Thinking(Critical Thinking)
- Inquiry/ Research(Inquiry/ Research)
- Writing(Writing)
- Ethical & Cultural Awareness(Ethical & Cultural Awareness)
Subject options
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City, 2015, Week 03-08, Day
Overview
Online enrolmentYes
Maximum enrolment size90
Enrolment information Room capacity first in first served. All other applications will be assessed on a needs basis
Subject Instance Co-ordinatorRalph Newmark
Class requirements
TutorialWeek: 03 - 08
One 6.0 hours tutorial other recurrence on saturday during the day from week 03 to week 08 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 17 - Saturday February 14. Hours 10am -5pm [1pm-2pm lunch], Students then have 4 weeks to hand in their major essay."
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|
| One 2,500-word research essay | " It will be: Mandatory for 3rd year students to devise their own major essay topic, it must be prefaced by a 100 word abstract and also have an annotated bibliography." | 50 | 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 08 |
| One 500-word primary document review | 15 | 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06 | |
| One 750 word secondary document review | 25 | 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06 | |
| Plan of major essay (equivalent to 500 words) | 10 | 02, 07 |