99207 Globalisation in Historical Perspective
Warning: The information on this page is indicative. The subject outline for a
particular session, location and mode of offering is the authoritative source
of all information about the subject for that offering. Required texts, recommended texts and references in particular are likely to change. Students will be provided with a subject outline once they enrol in the subject.
Subject handbook information prior to 2022 is available in the Archives.
Credit points: 8 cp
Result type: Grade and marks
There are course requisites for this subject. See access conditions.
Description
This subject introduces students to the main concepts, topics and historical pivot points in the development of globalisation, understood as constituted by cultural, economic and political processes. The main concepts introduced are world systems theory and perspectives from postcolonial studies. Some of the key topics and historical pivot points include: empires and the development of the nation-state system, mercantilism, the Industrial Revolution, and Fordism. Students develop core skills in academic literacy for the humanities and social sciences.
Subject learning objectives (SLOs)
| a. | Locate and explain the cultural, political and economic backgrounds to contemporary globalisation |
|---|---|
| b. | Analyse how histories of globalisation have affected Indigenous peoples |
| c. | Analyse one’s own beliefs, assumptions and expectations about globalisation |
| d. | Apply skills in planning and writing assignments and oral presentations, individually and in groups |
Course intended learning outcomes (CILOs)
This subject engages with the following Course Intended Learning Outcomes (CILOs), which are tailored to the Graduate Attributes set for all graduates of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (INT = International Studies CILOs):
- Contribute effectively within a team (1.3)
- Solve complex trans-disciplinary problems using research and analysis to develop creative and/or evidence-based approaches (2.1)
- Understand how global phenomena play out in local situations, and the reasons behind different perspectives on globalisation (3.1)
- Reflect upon and contextualise Indigenous peoples' situations relative to globalisation, taking into consideration histories of colonialism, institutional constraints and prejudice (4.1)
- Adopt a questioning approach to global aspects of one's professional and personal lives (5.2)
- Communicate and collaborate effectively in a variety of communication scenarios and contexts (6.1)
Teaching and learning strategies
In this subject students establish competencies in the basic concepts of Global Studies and some of the methodological skills needed for future assignments – reading and thinking critically, building an argument, and using academic and nonacademic materials in research. Learning strategies for this subject involve students preparing before tutorial classes each week through lectures, set readings and online materials. Students then extend this learning in the tutorials, through structured learning activities, class discussion and workshopping of assignments. Preclass preparation is needed for the tutorials to complete weekly quizzes, participate in class discussions, and engage with assignment workshops. Students will receive informal feedback from tutors through class discussions on their use of subject ideas and content, and their ways of expressing opinions and evidence. In the assignments students extend their learning further, and demonstrate their capacities in relation to the subject learning objectives. This is an 8 credit point subject comprising weekly modular delivery: every week there will be a one hour lecture, a one hour tutorial and independent study. Students are expected to do 12 to 14 hours of study per week for this 8cp subject. In this subject the rough weekly breakdown is as follows:
- Lecture 1 hour
- Tutorial 1 hour
- Reading and notetaking 4 to 5 hours
- Preparation for Group Presentation 2 to 3 hours
- Preparation for Essay Plan and Essay 3 to 4 hours
An aim of this subject is to help you develop academic and professional language and communication skills in order to succeed at university and in the workplace. To determine your current academic language proficiency, you are required to complete an online language screening task, OPELA (information available at https://www.uts.edu.au/research-and-teaching/learning-and-teaching/enhancing/language-and-learning/about-opela-students) . If you receive a Basic grade for OPELA, you must attend additional Language Development Tutorials each week from week 4 to week 12 in order to pass the subject. These tutorials are designed to support you to develop your language and communication skills. Students who do not complete the OPELA and/or do not attend 80% of the Language Development Tutorials will receive a Fail X grade.
Content (topics)
This subject examines the historical background of cultural, economic and political aspects of globalisation and their intersections. It is taught chronologically and anchored through key pivot points of importance in the development of an integrated world system, such as mercantilism, slavery and colonialism, the industrial revolution, and Fordism.
The subject shows how the historical foundations of globalisation and continue to have a profound effect on the cultural and ideological fabric of contemporary society, through the examination of subtopics including the spread of disease, the emergence of global markets and the evolution of the nation?state and empires. Students will be introduced to key concepts useful for theorizing globalisation, including world systems analysis and postcolonialism.
Assessment
Assessment task 1: Draft Essay Introduction
| Objective(s): | a and d | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight: | 20% | ||||||||||||||||
| Length: | 300 words | ||||||||||||||||
| Criteria linkages: |
SLOs: subject learning objectives CILOs: course intended learning outcomes |
Assessment task 2: Class Participation
| Objective(s): | a, b, c and d | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight: | 15% | ||||||||||||
| Criteria linkages: |
SLOs: subject learning objectives CILOs: course intended learning outcomes |
Assessment task 3: Group Presentation
| Objective(s): | a, b, c and d | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight: | 25% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length: | Video presentation up to 20 minutes in length | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Criteria linkages: |
SLOs: subject learning objectives CILOs: course intended learning outcomes |
Assessment task 4: Essay
| Objective(s): | a and d | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight: | 40% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length: | 1,500 words (excluding the reference list, 10% longer or shorter than this is OK). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Criteria linkages: |
SLOs: subject learning objectives CILOs: course intended learning outcomes |
Minimum requirements
Avoiding Plagiarism quiz. Academic integrity is of paramount importance. All students should sit the Avoiding Plagiarism quiz during Week 1 at the supervised sessions for this in a computer lab, doing the tutorial and quiz until they reach 80% or more, and have this marked off by the tutor. Students who miss the Week 1 class must do the quiz independently online and email the results page showing the score (80% or more) to the Subject Coordinator by the HECS census date. Failure to submit a successfully completed quiz will result in a maximum grade of 50/Pass being awarded for the Draft Essay Introduction.
It is a requirement of this subject that all students complete OPELA. Students who receive a Basic grade in the OPELA are required to attend 80% of the Language Development Tutorials in order to pass the subject. Students who do not complete the OPELA and/or do not attend 80% of the Language Development Tutorials will receive a Fail X grade
Required texts
Essential readings for each week's classes are listed in the weekly program in this Subject Outline.
Most weeks one of the essential readings will be a chapter from the subject textbook.
The rest of the essential readings are free to download from the UTS Library Subject Resources eReadings for the subject (see details in Canvas).
Recommended texts
Extra readings for each week and a bibliography for the subject are available in Canvas, with readings for each week specified in the Program of this Subject Outline, and in the modules in Canvas.