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Course Schedule - Spring Semester 2025
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FWIS 261 001 (CRN: 26561)
AUSTRALIAN CULTURE AND HISTORY
Long Title: AUSTRALIAN CULTURE AND HISTORY
Department: First-Year Writing Intensive
Instructor: McCullough, Meredith
Meeting: 9:25AM - 10:40AM TR (13-JAN-2025 - 25-APR-2025)
Part of Term: First Year Writing
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Method of Instruction: Face to Face
Credit Hours: 3
Course Syllabus:
Course Materials: Rice Campus Store
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Undergraduate Professional
Visiting Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Section Max Enrollment: 16
Section Enrolled: 16
Enrollment data as of: 13-MAR-2025 12:53PM
Final Exam: No Final Exam
Final Exam Time:
30-APR-2025
9:00AM - 12:00PM W
Description: This course covers over 200 years of Australian culture. We interrogate the many crises following the British invasion. Students will investigate settler colonialism, issues surrounding Indigeneity, democracy, and cultural change. We will read novels, newspapers, and archival objects to think critically about life in the colonies.