Program Overview

HIS213 - The Vikings

Overview

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Academic Contacts

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Offerings

• MURDOCH-S1-FACE2FACE

  • Teaching period code: Semester 1-S1
  • Location: Murdoch
  • Attendance mode: Face to Face
  • Start year: 2028
  • End year: 2028
  • Self enrol: Yes

• MURDOCH-S1-ONLINEFLEX

  • Teaching period code: Semester 1-S1
  • Location: Murdoch
  • Attendance mode: Online Flexible
  • Start year: 2028
  • End year: 2028
  • Self enrol: Yes

• MURDOCH-S2-FACE2FACE

  • Teaching period code: Semester 2-S2
  • Location: Murdoch
  • Attendance mode: Face to Face
  • Start year: 2026
  • End year: 2026
  • Self enrol: Yes

• MURDOCH-S2-ONLINEFLEX

  • Teaching period code: Semester 2-S2
  • Location: Murdoch
  • Attendance mode: Online Flexible
  • Start year: 2026
  • End year: 2026
  • Self enrol: Yes

• OUA-S1-ONLINEFLEX

  • Teaching period code: Semester 1-S1
  • Location: Open Universities Australia
  • Attendance mode: Online Flexible
  • Start year: 2028
  • End year: 2028
  • Self enrol: No

• OUA-S2-ONLINEFLEX

  • Teaching period code: Semester 2-S2
  • Location: Open Universities Australia
  • Attendance mode: Online Flexible
  • Start year: 2026
  • End year: 2026
  • Self enrol: No

Learning Outcomes

1. Interpret the impact of the Vikings on the "post-Roman" world of the Middle Ages, including the ideologies, themes, cultures, and events that gave rise to their power, and explain their enduring social, political, cultural, and economic legacy.
2. Identify, interpret, and use appropriate primary and secondary sources in the completion of a research project.
3. Critically analyse historical evidence and scholarship, demonstrating an awareness of different conceptual approaches and how interpretations of the past might differ.
4. Demonstrate articulate communication skills by constructing evidence-based arguments in audio, digital, oral, and/or written form.
5. Demonstrate technical proficiency in the conventions of the discipline.

Assessments

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Unit Details

• Unit version: 10
• Version start date: 01/01/2026
• Owning college: College of Law, Arts and Social Sciences
• Owning school: Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
• Credit points: 3