CULT336-17S2 (C) Semester Two 2017

Heroines in History

30 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 17 July 2017
End Date: Sunday, 19 November 2017
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 28 July 2017
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 13 October 2017

Description

From the days of the Virgin Mary to the advent of Lorde, this course travels through time critically recovering a wide variety of global and local historical heroines. It moves beyond traditional mythological celebration to consider how women's histories have been told, re-told, and represented. What does it take to become celebrated as an icon or role model? Themes include spirituality, health and well-being, warrior and regal identities, politics, governance and domesticity, cross-dressing, martyrdom and untimely death, imperialism, science and technology, education and glamour.

From the days of the Virgin Mary to the advent of the Ridges, this course travels through time critically recovering a wide variety of global and local historical heroines. It moves beyond traditional mythological celebration to consider how women's histories have been told, re-told, and represented. What does it take to become celebrated as an icon or role model? Themes include spirituality, health and well-being, warrior and regal identities, politics, governance and domesticity, cross-dressing, martyrdom and untimely death, imperialism, science and technology, education and glamour.

(Image: "Frida Kahlo" by Gling Glomo, licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0.)

Prerequisites

A B average in 60 points in courses from the Arts Schedule approved by the Head of Department.

Restrictions

Equivalent Courses

Course Coordinator

Katie Pickles

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
First Essay 20%
Second Essay 20%
Tutorial Assignments 20%
Final Exam 40% Three hours

Course links

Library portal

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,464.00

International fee $5,950.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Humanities .

All CULT336 Occurrences

  • CULT336-17S2 (C) Semester Two 2017