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School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Slavery: From Ancient Greece to the Modern Global Economy

  • Unit Code

    HIS2140

  • Year

    2019

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

    N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

  • Unit Coordinator

    Prof Quentin James BERESFORD

Description

Slavery has been a ubiquitous feature of nearly all human societies. This unit examines the forces that produce slavery, its role in the rise of Western capitalism, its use by totalitarian regimes and its perpetuation in the modern global economy. It addresses these issues in the context of historical debates about the ideology of slavery, the culture of slave societies, the role of anti-slavery movements and the legacy left by embedded slavery.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Critically analyse the definitions and forms of slavery.
  2. Analyse the role that slavery played in the rise of Western capitalism.
  3. Critically assess the historical debates surrounding the social impacts and long-term legacies of slavery.
  4. Apply an understanding of social movements to examine the various campaigns to eradicate slavery.
  5. Apply historical knowledge and critical theory to an understanding of slavery in the modern global economy.

Unit Content

  1. Definitions and forms of slavery.
  2. Racism and slavery.
  3. Forms of slavery across time/cultures.
  4. Plantation and slave cultures.
  5. The abolition movement in Europe and the United States.
  6. Slavery and totalitarian regimes.
  7. Slavery and the modern global economy.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 1Not Offered13 x 2 hour lectureNot Offered
Semester 1Not Offered13 x 1 hour tutorialNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
PortfolioPortfolio50%
ExaminationExamination50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
PortfolioPortfolio50%
ExaminationExamination50%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Slavery: From Ancient Greece to the Modern Global Economy

  • Unit Code

    HIS2140

  • Year

    2019

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

    N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

  • Unit Coordinator

    Prof Quentin James BERESFORD

Description

Slavery has been a ubiquitous feature of nearly all human societies. This unit examines the forces that produce slavery, its role in the rise of Western capitalism, its use by totalitarian regimes and its perpetuation in the modern global economy. It addresses these issues in the context of historical debates about the ideology of slavery, the culture of slave societies, the role of anti-slavery movements and the legacy left by embedded slavery.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Critically analyse the definitions and forms of slavery.
  2. Analyse the role that slavery played in the rise of Western capitalism.
  3. Critically assess the historical debates surrounding the social impacts and long-term legacies of slavery.
  4. Apply an understanding of social movements to examine the various campaigns to eradicate slavery.
  5. Apply historical knowledge and critical theory to an understanding of slavery in the modern global economy.

Unit Content

  1. Definitions and forms of slavery.
  2. Racism and slavery.
  3. Forms of slavery across time/cultures.
  4. Plantation and slave cultures.
  5. The abolition movement in Europe and the United States.
  6. Slavery and totalitarian regimes.
  7. Slavery and the modern global economy.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 1Not Offered13 x 2 hour lectureNot Offered
Semester 1Not Offered13 x 1 hour tutorialNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
PortfolioPortfolio50%
ExaminationExamination50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
PortfolioPortfolio50%
ExaminationExamination50%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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