Course Schedule and Catalog
Course Catalog - 2024-2025
FWIS 261 - AUSTRALIAN CULTURE AND HISTORY
Long Title: AUSTRALIAN CULTURE AND HISTORY
Department: First-Year Writing Intensive
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Course Type: Seminar
Credit Hours: 3
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Undergraduate Professional
Visiting Undergraduate
Undergraduate
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.