HISTORY 371 Atlantic Revolutions - Course Outlines

Course Prescription

Examines early modern Atlantic history. From the mid-16th to the early 19th centuries, revolutionary upheavals in the Netherlands, England, the Americas, and France made the Atlantic basin a crucible of global change. Topics include state power and imperial competition; commercial and cultural interconnections; colonisation and conflict; local and transoceanic communication networks; and the experiences of revolutionary change.

Course Overview

The early modern Atlantic was a revolutionary space. Taking a thematic and topical approach, this course introduces students to the upheavals that made the Atlantic basin a crucible of global change from the mid-16th to the late 18th centuries. As socio-political revolutions occurred on the Atlantic’s peripheries, migrations, implantations, expropriations, and mixings of people crisscrossed the ocean and recreated societies everywhere along it. Empires, states, and societies struggled violently (and sometimes cooperated peacefully) to demarcate the oceanic and terrestrial spaces of the Atlantic and these confrontations changed the world.

This course places the revolts and revolutions of the early modern era—the Netherlands, England, the Americas, France, Haiti—into a global and oceanic frame. Course topics may include the growth of state power and imperial competition; the rise of an ‘Atlantic system’ of commerce and chattel slavery; mobility, migration, and colonial conflicts; changing local and transoceanic networks of exchange; and the origins and consequences of early modern revolutions. The course’s geographical and chronological scope may vary from year to year depending on participating staff.

Course Requirements

Prerequisite: 90 points passed Restriction: HISTORY 271

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, students will be able to:

To study the history of the Atlantic and its societies in relational and global context, using methodologies from global history and other fields (Capability 1.1, 2.3, 4.2 and 4.3)
To illuminate connections between global and local consequences of revolutionary change. (Capability 1.1, 2.3, 4.2 and 6.1)
To illuminate the ways in which early modern revolutions were part of an Atlantic story (Capability 1.1, 2.3, 4.3 and 6.1)
To foster critical thinking and skills of analysis and interpretation (Capability 1.1, 2.3, 4.2 and 4.3)
To develop skills in constructing and presenting historical arguments orally and in writing (Capability 1.1, 2.3, 4.2 and 4.3)

Assessments

Assessment Type	Percentage	Classification
Coursework	100%	Individual Coursework
	100%

Workload Expectations

This course is a standard 15 point course and students are expected to spend 10 hours per week involved in each 15 point course in which they are enrolled, including class time, personal study, group work, and assignment preparation.

Delivery Mode

Campus Experience

This course is not available for delivery to students studying remotely outside NZ in 2023.

Attendance is expected at scheduled activities including tutorials to complete components of the course.
Lectures will be available as recordings. Other learning activities including tutorials will not be available as recordings.
The course will not include live online events including tutorials.
The activities for the course are scheduled as a standard weekly timetable.

Learning Resources

Course materials are made available in a learning and collaboration tool called Canvas which also includes reading lists and lecture recordings (where available).

Please remember that the recording of any class on a personal device requires the permission of the instructor.

Student Feedback

At the end of every semester students will be invited to give feedback on the course and teaching through a tool called SET or Qualtrics. The lecturers and course co-ordinators will consider all feedback and respond with summaries and actions.

Your feedback helps teachers to improve the course and its delivery for future students.

Class Representatives in each class can take feedback to the department and faculty staff-student consultative committees.

Student feedback not yet available - it should be later this week. Because the course was taught for the first time in 2022 we will be paying close attention and will make any changes that will improve the course (but might want more than 2-3 days to discuss what these will be). We have, however, already decided on one change for 2023: an alteration of the weighting between the Seminar and Final Essays from 30% and 50% (as in 2022) to 40% and 40% in 2023.

Academic Integrity

The University of Auckland will not tolerate cheating, or assisting others to cheat, and views cheating in coursework as a serious academic offence. The work that a student submits for grading must be the student's own work, reflecting their learning. Where work from other sources is used, it must be properly acknowledged and referenced. This requirement also applies to sources on the internet. A student's assessed work may be reviewed against online source material using computerised detection mechanisms.

Class Representatives

Class representatives are students tasked with representing student issues to departments, faculties, and the wider university. If you have a complaint about this course, please contact your class rep who will know how to raise it in the right channels. See your departmental noticeboard for contact details for your class reps.

Inclusive Learning

All students are asked to discuss any impairment related requirements privately, face to face and/or in written form with the course coordinator, lecturer or tutor.

Student Disability Services also provides support for students with a wide range of impairments, both visible and invisible, to succeed and excel at the University. For more information and contact details, please visit the Student Disability Services’ website http://disability.auckland.ac.nz

Well-being always comes first
We all go through tough times during the semester, or see our friends struggling. There is lots of help out there - for more information, look at this Canvas page https://canvas.auckland.ac.nz/courses/33894, which has links to various support services in the University and the wider community.

Special Circumstances

If your ability to complete assessed coursework is affected by illness or other personal circumstances outside of your control, contact a member of teaching staff as soon as possible before the assessment is due.

If your personal circumstances significantly affect your performance, or preparation, for an exam or eligible written test, refer to the University’s aegrotat or compassionate consideration page https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/academic-information/exams-and-final-results/during-exams/aegrotat-and-compassionate-consideration.html.

This should be done as soon as possible and no later than seven days after the affected test or exam date.

Learning Continuity

In the event of an unexpected disruption, we undertake to maintain the continuity and standard of teaching and learning in all your courses throughout the year. If there are unexpected disruptions the University has contingency plans to ensure that access to your course continues and course assessment continues to meet the principles of the University’s assessment policy. Some adjustments may need to be made in emergencies. You will be kept fully informed by your course co-ordinator/director, and if disruption occurs you should refer to the university website for information about how to proceed.

Student Charter and Responsibilities

The Student Charter assumes and acknowledges that students are active participants in the learning process and that they have responsibilities to the institution and the international community of scholars. The University expects that students will act at all times in a way that demonstrates respect for the rights of other students and staff so that the learning environment is both safe and productive. For further information visit Student Charter https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/forms-policies-and-guidelines/student-policies-and-guidelines/student-charter.html.

Disclaimer

Elements of this outline may be subject to change. The latest information about the course will be available for enrolled students in Canvas.

In this course students may be asked to submit coursework assessments digitally. The University reserves the right to conduct scheduled tests and examinations for this course online or through the use of computers or other electronic devices. Where tests or examinations are conducted online remote invigilation arrangements may be used. In exceptional circumstances changes to elements of this course may be necessary at short notice. Students enrolled in this course will be informed of any such changes and the reasons for them, as soon as possible, through Canvas.

Capability 1:	Disciplinary Knowledge and Practice
Capability 2:	Critical Thinking
Capability 4:	Communication and Engagement
Capability 6:	Social and Environmental Responsibilities

HISTORY 371 : Atlantic Revolutions

Arts

2023 Semester Two (1235) (15 POINTS)