Australia: Origins of Convict Settlement (VS1) (U02948)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : HCA-3-AOCS

Students will have the opportunity to examine the background to British settlement in the Australian penal colonies of New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land during the eighteenth century. The course will use a comparative framework from the history of New World transported convicts, slaves and indentured servants to convicts transported from South Asia to Mauritius and South East Asia. Students will be asked to consider debates about the meaning of freedom in the period: a period of revolution in Europe and America. These debates will include not just formal political or philosophical writings about freedom but also the study of popular mentalities.

Entry Requirements

? This course is only available to part year visiting students.

? This course is a variant of the following course : U02027

? Pre-requisites : A pass in any first level historical course and any second level historical course or equivalent. Visiting students should normally have 3 to 4 History courses at grade B or above. Before enrolling students on this course, Directors are asked to contact the History Honours Admissions Secretary to ensure that a place is available (tel. 503783).

Subject Areas

Home subject area

History, (School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Schedule E)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 11 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
20/09/2007	14:00	15:50

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Thursday	14:00	15:50	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

The aim of this option is to develop participants' understanding of the complexities of transportation and white colonisation. At the end of the course, students will be able to recognise the major themes of crime and punishment in Georgian and Victorian England and the gendered nature of punishment. Students will also be able to assess aspects of global unfree labour and the expansion of the British Empire, and analyse information in order to formulate an argument.