HSY3703/101/3/2024

Tutorial Letter 101/3/2024

Globalisation
HSY3703

Semester 1 and 2

Department of History

IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Please register on myUnisa, activate your myLife e-mail account and
make sure that you have regular access to the myUnisa module
website, HSY3703-24-S1/S2, as well as your group website.

Note: This is a fully online module. It is, therefore, only available on myUnisa.

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 CONTENTS

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1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................ 4
2 HSY3703 OVERVIEW .................................................................................................................... 5
2.1 Purpose .......................................................................................................................................... 5
2.2 Outcomes ....................................................................................................................................... 6
3 CURRICULUM TRANSFORMATION ............................................................................................ 6
4 LECTURER(S) AND CONTACT DETAILS .................................................................................... 6
4.1 Lecturer(s) ...................................................................................................................................... 6
4.2 Department ..................................................................................................................................... 7
4.3 University ........................................................................................................................................ 7
5 RESOURCES ................................................................................................................................. 7
5.1 Prescribed book(s) .......................................................................................................................... 7
5.2 Recommended book(s) .................................................................................................................. 7
5.3 Electronic reserves (e-reserves) ................................................................................................. 16
6 STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES ............................................................................................... 17
6.1 First-Year Experience Programme ............................................................................................... 17
7 STUDY PLAN ............................................................................................................................... 18
8 HOW TO STUDY ONLINE ........................................................................................................... 19
8.1 What does it mean to study fully online? ...................................................................................... 19
9 ASSESSMENT ............................................................................................................................. 19
9.1 Assessment criteria ...................................................................................................................... 19
9.2 Assessment plan .......................................................................................................................... 20
9.3 Assessment due dates ................................................................................................................. 20
9.4 Submission of assessments ......................................................................................................... 20
9.4.1 Types of assignments and descriptions ......................................................................................... 21
9.5 The assessments .......................................................................................................................... 22
9.6 Other assessment methods .......................................................................................................... 22
9.7 The examination ........................................................................................................................... 23
9.7.1 Invigilation/proctoring .................................................................................................................... 23
10 ACADEMIC DISHONESTY .......................................................................................................... 24
10.1 Plagiarism ..................................................................................................................................... 24
10.2 Cheating ....................................................................................................................................... 24

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7.3 For more information about plagiarism, follow the link below: ...................................................... 24
11 STUDENTS LIVING WITH DISABILITIES ................................................................................... 24
12 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS .......................................................................................... 24
13 SOURCES CONSULTED ............................................................................................................. 25
14 IN CLOSING ................................................................................................................................. 25
15 ADDENDUM ................................................................................................................................. 25
ANNEXURE: GLOSSARY OF TERM ...................................................................................................... 26

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1 INTRODUCTION
Dear Student

Unisa is a comprehensive open distance e-learning (CODeL) higher education institution.

The comprehensiveness of our curricula encapsulates a range of offerings, from strictly
vocational to strictly academic certificates, diplomas and degrees. Unisa's "openness" and its
distance eLearning character result in many students registering at Unisa who may not have
had an opportunity to enrol in higher education. Our CODeL character implies that our
programmes are carefully planned and structured to ensure success for students ranging
from the under-prepared but with potential to the sufficiently prepared.

Teaching and learning in a CODeL context involves multiple modes of delivery ranging from
blended learning to fully online. As a default position, all post graduate programmes are
offered fully online with no printed study materials, while undergraduate programmes are
offered in a blended mode of delivery where printed study materials are augmented with
online teaching and learning via the learner management system – myUnisa. In some
instances, undergraduate programmes are offered fully online as well.

Furthermore, our programmes are aligned with the vision, mission and values of the
University. Unisa's commitment to serve humanity and shape futures combined with a clear
appreciation of our location on the African continent, Unisa's graduates have distinctive
graduate qualities which include

• independent, resilient, responsible and caring citizens who are able to fulfil and serve
in multiple roles in their immediate and future local, national and global communities

• having a critical understanding of their location on the African continent with its
histories, challenges and potential in relation to globally diverse contexts

• the ability to critically analyse and evaluate the credibility and usefulness of
information and data from multiple sources in a globalised world with its ever-
increasing information and data flows and competing worldviews

• how to apply their discipline-specific knowledges competently, ethically and creatively

to solve real-life problems

• an awareness of their own learning and developmental needs and future potential

Whether a module is offered either as blended (meaning that we use a combination of printed
and online material to engage with you) or online (all information is available via the internet),
we use myUnisa as our virtual campus. This is an online system that is used to administer,
document and deliver educational material to you and support engagement with you. Look
out for information from your lecturer as well as other Unisa platforms to determine how to
access the virtual myUnisa module site. Information on the tools that will be available to
engage with the lecturer and fellow students to support your learning will also be
communicated via various platforms.

You are encouraged to log into the module site on myUnisa regularly (that is, at least twice per
week). The website for your module is https://my.unisa.ac.za. Because this is a fully online

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module, you will need to use myUnisa to study and complete the learning activities for this
module. Visit the website for HSY3703 on myUnisa frequently. The website for your module is
HSY3703-2024-S1/S2, Globalisation.

We wish you every success with your studies!

2 HSY3703 OVERVIEW
2.1 Purpose

Students who have completed this module successfully will acquire a broad knowledge and be
able to engage in relevant debates about globalisation within an interdisciplinary framework,
including the impact of globalizing trends on South African communities.

Let me provide some further remarks about the purpose and concerns of this module:

‘Globalisation’ is commonly associated with a wide range of socio-economic, political,

technological and cultural aspects which connect states, cultures and regions within a global
network of multi-faceted relations. The purpose of the module is to help you to gain an
understanding of some of the most salient features of this process. Globalisation has brought,
paradoxically, the various regions in the world closer together, but has also served to
emphasise differences between rich and poor, powerful and powerless. You will be invited to
discuss some of these issues which are of great importance, not the least from a South African
perspective.

Globalisation has become one of the most controversial topics of our time, particularly after the
world financial crisis of 2008 and 2009, and the COVID-19 pandemic crisis of 2020. A
substantial literature exists on the topic. The print media and the Internet are brimming with
accounts, descriptions and analyses, many hostile to the phenomenon of globalisation. Most
accounts indicate that it is a relatively new development which can be traced back to the end of
the Second World War, or even to the recent rise of the United States of America as the single
superpower after the collapse of the bi-polar world in the early 1990s. Many scholarly and
popular comments articulate a deep-seated suspicion of globalisation, because it is often taken
to be synonymous with neo-liberal capitalism preying on weaker societies and regions, or it is
seen as a new variation of an older chasm created by colonialism and imperialism. Many critics
attack powerful global associations, ranging from the World Trade Organisation to the
International Monetary Fund, to transnational business conglomerates. Who or what can be
blamed for the injustices and disparities in an increasingly globalised world, which seems to be
at the mercy of forces that are simultaneously transparent and anonymous? Are there any
alternatives for those who wish to disengage from the suffocating embrace of a global system
whose ubiquitous consumerist ideology limits choices and tramples local traditions and cultural
idiosyncrasies?

The module aims to convey a sense of the complexity of these debates by looking at the
reasons for and consequences of globalisation from various angles. I encourage you to move
beyond political and intellectual stereotypes and to critically analyse the debates about
globalising trends. As in many other debates, the critical questions asked by sceptical people
may actually help to refine the concepts and to interrogate the sources more carefully.

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2.2 Outcomes

For this module, you will have to master several outcomes:

o Specific outcome 1: The most important aspects of the controversial debates about
the origins and outcomes of the globalisation process. Learners will develop the skills
to critically analyse some relevant theoretical models that have shaped contemporary
research on globalisation.

o Specific outcome 2: Some important aspects of the debates about the reasons for
‘the rise of the West’ as a crucial pattern in world history. Learners will demonstrate
an understanding of the limits of Eurocentric models in the debates about global
history.

o Specific outcome 3: The importance of analysing globalisation from a geographical

and economic perspective. Learners can acquire the skills to analyse global trends
within a broader framework of transnational interrelations.

o Specific outcome 4: The emergence of an international society and its

transformation as a result of globalising processes. Learners can demonstrate an
understanding of the historical origins and the trajectory of international relations.

o Specific outcome 5: Cultural aspects of a globalised system of consumerism.

Learners will develop the skills to critically analyse controversial debates about
cultural trends in the age of globalisation.

3 CURRICULUM TRANSFORMATION
Unisa has implemented a transformation charter, in terms of which the university has placed curriculum
transformation high on the teaching and learning agenda. Curriculum transformation includes student-
centred scholarship, the pedagogical renewal of teaching and assessment practices, the scholarship of
teaching and learning, and the infusion of African epistemologies and philosophies. All of these will be
phased in at both programme and module levels, and as a result of this you will notice a marked change
in the teaching and learning strategy implemented by Unisa, together with the way in which the content
is conceptualised in your modules. We encourage you to embrace these changes during your studies at
Unisa in a responsive way within the framework of transformation.

4 LECTURER(S) AND CONTACT DETAILS

4.1 Lecturer(s)

The primary lecturer for this module is; Prof. Kwesi D.L.S Prah
Department: History
Telephone: 012 444 8808
E-mail: [email protected]

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4.2 Department

You can contact the Department of History as follows:

Mrs A Theron
Telephone number: 012 429 6842
Email: [email protected]

If you do e-mail us, please make sure you provide your student number as well as the module
code. Lecturers work on a number of modules each, and you will receive a clear answer to your
questions if you provide accurate details about your module and the nature of your query. Try to
ensure that the subject line of e-mails is descriptive, such as ‘HSY3703 – query about
Assignment 01’ or ‘HSY3703 – problem with the meaning of communism’.

The Department of History has its own homepage on the Unisa website, and through it, you can
find out more about the Department’s many activities:

http://www.unisa.ac.za/sites/corporate/default/Colleges/Human-Sciences/Schools,-
departments,-centres,-institutes-&-units/School-of-Humanities/Department-of-History

4.3 University

If you need to contact the University about matters not related to the content of this module,
please consult the website below. This contains information on how to contact the University
(e.g., to whom you can write for different queries, important telephone and fax numbers,
addresses and details of the times certain facilities are open). Many departments at the
University deal with different aspects of your student life: for example, registration, study fees,
study material, assignments, the library, examinations, and so on. This brochure will give you
complete information on all these services and support departments.

Contact addresses of the various administrative departments appear on the Unisa website:
http://www.unisa.ac.za/sites/corporate/default/Contact-us/Student-enquiries.

Please include the student number in all correspondence

5 RESOURCES
5.1 Prescribed book(s)

There is no prescribed book for this module.

5.2 Recommended book(s)

Books supplied subject to availability

Recommended books can be requested online, via the Library catalogue.

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LIST OF RECOMMENDED BOOKS

HSY3703 2024

Recommended Books

Books supplied subject to availability

Africa, empire and globalization: essays in honor of A.G. Hopkins / edited by Toyin Falola
and Emily Brownell.
Durham, N.C.: Carolina Academic Press, 2011.

The birth of the modern world, 1780-1914: global connections and comparisons / C.A.
Bayly.
Reprint.
Malden, MA: Blackwell Pub., 2004.

The Blackwell companion to globalization / edited by George Ritzer.

Oxford: Blackwell, 2007.

The Blackwell companion to globalization / edited by George Ritzer.

Malden, MA; Oxford: Blackwell Pub., 2007.
Electronic book.

A companion to international history, 1900-2001 / edited by Gordon Martel.

Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.

A companion to international history 1900-2001 / edited by Gordon Martel.

Malden, MA; Oxford: Blackwell, 2007.
Electronic book.

Contemporary world regional geography: global connections, local voices / Michael

Bradshaw.
2nd ed.
Boston: McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2007.

Contemporary world regional geography: global connections, local voices / Michael

Bradshaw [and others].
4th ed.
New York: McGraw-Hill, 2012.

Contemporary world regional geography: global connections, local voices / Michael

Bradshaw.
4th ed.
New York: McGraw-Hill Higher Education; London: McGraw-Hill [distributor], 2011.
Electronic book.

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Cultural studies and the study of popular culture / John Storey.

3rd ed.
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2010.

Cultural studies and the study of popular culture / John Storey.

3rd ed.
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2010.
Electronic book.

The geography of the world economy / Paul Knox, John Agnew and Linda McCarthy.
4th ed.
London: Arnold, New York: Distributed in the USA by Oxford University Press, 2003.

The geography of the world economy / Paul Knox, John Agnew and Linda McCarthy.
5th ed.
London: Hodder Education, 2008.

The geography of the world economy / Paul Knox, John Agnew and Linda McCarthy.
5th ed.
London; New York: Routledge, 2013.
Electronic book.

The geography of the world economy / Paul Knox, John Agnew and Linda McCarthy.
6th ed.
Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge, 2014.

The geography of the world economy / Paul Knox, John Agnew and Linda McCarthy.
6th ed.
New York: Routledge, 2014.
Electronic book.

Global disorder: how to avoid a fourth World War / Robert Harvey.

London: Robinson, 2003.

Global issues: an introduction / John L. Seitz and Kristen A. Hite.

4th ed.
Chichester, West Sussex; Malden, MA: John Wiley & Sons, 2012.

Global issues: an introduction / John L. Seitz and Kristen A. Hite.

4th ed.
Chichester, West Sussex; Malden, MA: John Wiley & Sons, 2012.
Electronic book.

Global issues: an introduction / Kristen A. Hite, John L. Seitz.

4th ed.
Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2016.
Electronic book.

Global issues: an introduction / Kristen A. Hite and John L. Seitz.

5th ed.
Chichester, West Sussex; Malden, MA: Wiley Blackwell, 2016.

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 Global issues: an introduction / Kristen A. Hite and John L. Seitz.
6th ed.
Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell, 2021.

Global political economy / edited by John Ravenhill.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005.

Global political economy / edited by John Ravenhill.

2nd ed.
Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2008.

Global political economy / edited by John Ravenhill.

3rd ed.
Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2010.

Global political economy / edited by John Ravenhill.

4th ed.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014.

Global political economy / edited by John Ravenhill.

6th ed.
Oxford, United Kingdom; New York, NY: Oxford University Press, [2020]

The global politics of the environment / Lorraine Elliott.

2nd ed.
Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.

The global politics of the environment / Lorraine Elliott.

2nd ed.
Washington Square, N.Y.: New York University Press, 2004.
Electronic book.
Global sociology / Robin Cohen and Paul Kennedy.
New York, N.Y.: New York University Press, 2000.

Global sociology / Robin Cohen and Paul Kennedy.

2nd ed.
Basingstoke [England]; New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.

Global sociology / Robin Cohen and Paul Kennedy.

3rd ed.
Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

Global sociology / Robin Cohen & Paul Kennedy; with Maud Perrier.
3rd ed.
Houndmills; New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Electronic book.

Global transformations: politics, economics and culture / David Held [and others].
Cambridge: Polity Press, 1999.

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The global transformations reader: an introduction to the globalization debate / edited by

David Held and Anthony McGrew.
Cambridge, UK: Polity Press; Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2000.

The global transformations reader: an introduction to the globalization debate / edited by

David Held and Anthony McGrew.
2nd ed.
Cambridge, UK: Polity Press, Malden, MA USA: Distributed in the USA by Blackwell Pub.
2003

Globalization and the environment: capitalism, ecology & power / Peter Newell.
Cambridge: Polity, 2012.

Globalization and the environment: capitalism, ecology and power / Peter Newell.
Cambridge: Polity, 2012.
Electronic book.

Globalization and the postcolonial world: the new political economy of development /
Ankie Hoogvelt.
2nd ed.
Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2001.

Globalization and the postcolonial world: the new political economy of development /
Ankie Hoogvelt.
2nd ed.
Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001.

Globalization and the postcolonial world: the new political economy of development /
Ankie Hoogvelt.
Second edition.
Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2001.
Electronic book.

Globalization in question / Paul Hirst, Grahame Thompson and Simon Bromley.

3rd [fully rev. and updat.] ed.
Cambridge: Polity, 2009.

Globalization in question / Paul Hirst, Grahame Thompson and Simon Bromley.

Third edition.
Cambridge: Polity Press, 2009.
Electronic book.

Globalization in question: the international economy and the possibilities of governance.

Cambridge: Polity press, 1996.

Globalization in question: the international economy and the possibilities of governance /

Paul Hirst and Grahame Thompson.
2nd ed.

Cambridge: Polity Press; Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers, 1999.

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 Globalization in world history / edited by A.G. Hopkins.
London: Pimlico, 2002.

The globalization of world politics: an introduction to international relations / edited by

John Baylis and Steve Smith.
3rd ed.
Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.

The globalization of world politics: an introduction to international relations / John Baylis,

Steve Smith, Patricia Owens.
4th ed.
New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 2008.

The globalization of world politics: an introduction to international relations / [edited by]

John Baylis, Steve Smith, Patricia Owens.
5th ed.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011.

The globalization of world politics: an introduction to international relations / John Baylis,

Steve Smith, Patricia Owens.
Sixth edition.
Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, 2014.

The globalization of world politics: an introduction to international relations / John Baylis,

Steve Smith, Patricia Owens [editors].
2nd ed.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017.

The globalization of world politics: an introduction to international relations / John Baylis,

Steve Smith, Patricia Owens.
8th ed.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020.

The globalization of world politics: an introduction to international relations / John Baylis,

Steve Smith, Patricia Owens.
9th ed.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023.

Globalization theory: approaches and controversies / edited by David Held and Anthony
G. McGrew.
Cambridge: Polity, 2007.

Guns, germs, and steel: a short history of everybody for the last 13,000 years / Jared
Diamond.
London: Vintage, 1998.

International politics on the world stage / John T. Rourke.

11th ed.
Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2007.

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International politics on the world stage / John T. Rourke.

12th ed. (International ed.).
New York: McGraw-Hill, 2009.

Introduction to geography: people, places, & environment / Carl T. Dahlman, William H.

Renwick, Edward F. Bergman.
5th ed., International ed.
Upper Saddle River, N.J.; Harlow: Prentice Hall/Pearson, 2011.

Introduction to geography: people, places & environment / Carl T. Dahlman, William H.

Renwick.
6th ed.
Boston: Pearson, 2015.
Electronic book.

Introduction to geography: people, places, and environment / Edward F. Bergman,

William H. Renwick.
3rd ed.
Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2005.

Introduction to geography: people, places, and environment / Edward F. Bergman,

William H. Renwick.
4th ed.
Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2008.

Introduction to geography: people, places, and environment / Edward F. Bergman,

William H. Renwick.
4th ed., International ed.
Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2009.

An introduction to global studies / Patricia J. Campbell, Aran MacKinnon, and Christy R.

Stevens.
Chichester, West Sussex, U.K.; Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.

An introduction to global studies / Patricia J. Campbell, Aran MacKinnon, and Christy R.

Stevens.
Chichester, West Sussex, U.K.; Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.
Electronic book.

Jihad vs. McWorld / Benjamin R. Barber.

1st Ballantine Books ed.
New York: Ballantine Books, 1996.

The nation-state and global order: a historical introduction to contemporary politics /

Walter C. Opello, Jr., Stephen J. Rosow.
2nd ed.
Boulder, Colo.: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2004.

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 The nation-state and global order: a historical introduction to contemporary politics /
Walter C. Opello, Jr., Stephen J. Rosow.
2nd ed.

Boulder, Colo.: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2004.

Electronic book.

One market under God: extreme capitalism, market populism, and the end of economic
democracy / Thomas Frank.
1st Anchor Books ed.
New York: Anchor Books, 2000.

Power and governance in a partially globalized world / Robert O. Keohane.

London: Routledge, 2002.

Power and governance in a partially globalized world / Robert O. Keohane.

London; New York: Routledge, 2002.
Electronic book.

Regions and the world economy: the coming shape of global production, competition,
and political order / Allen J. Scott.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.

Regions and the world economy: the coming shape of global production, competition,
and political order / Allen J. Scott.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000.
Electronic book.

Reorient: global economy in the Asian Age / Andre Gunder Frank.

Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, 1998.

ReOrient: global economy in the Asian Age / Andre Gunder Frank.

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1998.
Electronic book.

Sociology of the global system.

2nd ed.
London: Prentice Hall: Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1995.

Sociology of the global system / Leslie Sklair.

2nd ed.
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995.

South Africa: limits to change: the political economy of transition / Hein Marais.
2nd ed.
London: Zed Books; Cape Town: University of Cape Town Press, 2001.

South Africa pushed to the limit: the political economy of change / Hein Marais.
Claremont, Cape Town: UCT Press, 2010.

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South Africa pushed to the limit: the political economy of change / by Hein Marais.
London: Zed, 2011.

South Africa pushed to the limit: the political economy of change / Hein Marais.
London; New York: Zed, 2011.
Electronic book.

Statecraft and security: the Cold War and beyond / edited by Ken Booth.
Cambridge, UK; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1998.

Statecraft and security: the Cold War and beyond / edited by Ken Booth.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Electronic book.

Understanding international relations / Chris Brown with Kirsten Ainley.

3rd ed.
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.

Understanding international relations / Chris Brown with Kirsten Ainley.

3rd edition.
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
Electronic book.

Understanding international relations / Chris Brown and Kirsten Ainley.

4th ed.
Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.

Understanding international relations / Chris Brown.

5th ed.
London: Red Globe Press, 2019.

Understanding international relations / Chris Brown.

5th ed.
London: Red Globe Press, 2022.
Electronic book.

The wealth and poverty of nations: why some are so rich and some so poor / David S.
Landes.
New York: W.W. Norton, 1998.

The wealth and poverty of nations: why some are so rich and some so poor / David S.
Landes.
New York: W.W. Norton, 1999.

What's wrong with "globalization"!? / Thomas C. Fischer.

Durham, N.C.: Carolina Academic Press, 2009.

A world history / William H. McNeill.

4th ed.

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Worlds in collision: terror and the future of global order / edited by Ken Booth and Tim
Dunne.
Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2002.

5.3 Electronic reserves (e-reserves)

There are no e-reserves for this module.

5.4 Library services and resources

The Unisa Library offers a range of information services and resources. The library has created
numerous library guides, available at http://libguides.unisa.ac.za

Recommended guides:

• For brief information on the library, go to https://www.unisa.ac.za/library/libatglance

• For more detailed library information, go to
http://www.unisa.ac.za/sites/corporate/default/Library
• Frequently Asked Questions,
visit https://www.unisa.ac.za/sites/corporate/default/Library/Frequently-Asked-Questions
• For research support and services such as the Personal Librarian service and the
Information Search Librarian's Literature
Search Request (on your research topic) service,
visit http://www.unisa.ac.za/sites/corporate/default/Library/Library-services/Research-
support.
• For library training for undergraduate
students, visit https://www.unisa.ac.za/sites/corporate/default/Library/Library-
services/Training
• Lending Services https://www.unisa.ac.za/sites/corporate/default/Library/Library-
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• Support and Services for students with disabilities -
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special-needs
• Library Technology Support -https://libguides.unisa.ac.za/techsupport
• Finding and using library resources and tools -
http://libguides.unisa.ac.za/Research_skills
• A–Z list of library databases – https://libguides.unisa.ac.za/az.php

Important contact information:

• Technical problems encountered in accessing library online services: Lib-
[email protected]
• General library-related queries: [email protected]
• Queries related to library fines and payments: [email protected]
• Interlibrary loan service for postgraduate students: [email protected]
• Literature Search Service: [email protected]
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Your myLife account is the only e-mail account recognised by Unisa for official
correspondence with the university and will remain the official primary e-mail address on
record at Unisa. You remain responsible for the management of this e-mail account.

6.1 First-Year Experience Programme

Many students find the transition from school education to tertiary education stressful. This is also true in
the case of students enrolling at Unisa for the first time. Unisa is a dedicated open distance and e-
learning institution, and it is very different from face-to-face/contact institutions. It is a mega university,
and all our programmes are offered through either blended learning or fully online learning. It is for this
reason that we thought it necessary to offer first-time students additional/extended support to help them
seamlessly navigate the Unisa teaching and learning journey with little difficulty and few barriers. We
therefore offer a specialised student support programme to students enrolling at Unisa for the first time –
this is Unisa’s First-Year Experience (FYE) Programme, designed to provide you with prompt and helpful
information about services that the institution offers and how you can access information. The following
FYE services are currently offered:

FYE Website Email Support

www.unisa.ac.za/FYE [email protected]
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Post
myUnisa; Study
Registration
Referrals to Skills; Academic &
Orientation Digital Literacies;
other support
services i.e. etc
Counselling;
Reading & Writing
workshops

To ensure that you do not miss out on important academic and support communication
from the SRU, please check your myLife inbox regularly.

7 STUDY PLAN
Consult the Study @ Unisa website for general time management and planning skills.

On your HSY3703 myUnisa website, you can click on the ‘Schedule’ function to alert yourself
about the relevant deadlines for assignments. Please pace your studies accordingly.

You could begin in the following way:

• Read Tutorial Letter 101 (this tutorial letter) carefully, so that you are fully aware of all the
important administrative information which it contains.

• Read the general introduction to the module in the study guide for HSY3703.

• Browse through the study guide and familiarise yourself with its content. You will notice
that it contains a number of activities. Completing these activities will help you to engage
with the study material in an interactive manner.

• Please remember that you have 15 weeks for the completion of the module. Draw up a
plan which gives you sufficient time to work through all the study units in the study guide.
Allocate at least one week for each of the study units.

• Depending on your essay-writing skills, allow yourself time to conceptualise and write the
assignments. It is always a good idea to practice essay writing on a regular basis in order
to identify and rectify problem areas.

Make time to contact me and fellow students if you feel isolated. The discussion forums on the
module website are a good place to start.

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8 HOW TO STUDY ONLINE

8.1 What does it mean to study fully online?

This module is offered fully online. This means that you will be able to access all your study and
educational material online. You may interact with your lecturers, e-tutors and fellow students
about the subject matter on the myModules pages of the module. All assessment tasks will be
made available online, and all submissions will be made online.

9 ASSESSMENT
9.1 Assessment criteria

Some general criteria include the following:

• Each assignment may be seen as a small research project. By embarking on

assignments, you will be joining a large community of researchers who are all conducting
similar research projects or reports.

• You are required to consult different texts or sources in compiling your assignments.
Guidance is given to you for each assignment, but you are also encouraged to utilise
other resources (books, articles and Internet sources) in compiling your assignments.
Good use of such additional sources will be rewarded.

• Assignments that are well-substantiated and contain relevant content and information will
be better rewarded than those that are superficial and insubstantial. You are given
guidance in each particular assignment about what assessment criteria apply in that
assignment, so take careful note of this.

• The organisation of your ideas is important. Aim to present your ideas in a clear,
coherent way, rather than as a disorganised or random collection of data.

• Aim to be independent and original in your assignments. Students who think for
themselves and who interpret the material in an original way are credited for this. All of
you have original thoughts, but some of you do not feel confident in expressing these and
so may tend to submit work solely derived from a single source. Do not feel inhibited in
this way. Develop the confidence to express your own ideas. You will be well rewarded
and encouraged if you do this.

• I realise that the majority of students do not submit their assignments in their home
language. Even though the History Department is not a language department, good
language usage and understandable writing as important. Try to express yourself clearly
and well. Further, I encourage you to write simply and directly; there is no need to
present complicated and lengthy sentences and paragraphs.

• Each assignment must have a reference list or source list at the end of the assignment.
You also need to present footnote references throughout the text in acknowledgment of
the sources on which you have based your ideas. Further, you must include a signed
plagiarism declaration in every assignment you submit in the History Department. All
these requirements are explained fully in Tutorial Letter 301.

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• Consult Tutorial Letter 301 for a full discussion of assignments and the criteria that we
use in assessing your assignment work.
9.2 Assessment plan

• To complete this module, you will be required to submit five assignments.

• All information on when and where to submit your assignments will be made available to
you via the myUnisa site for the module.

• Due dates for assignments, as well as the actual assignments, are available on the
myUnisa site for this module.This module makes use of continuous assessment.

• This means that there will be no formal examination for this module.

• All the assignments that you complete throughout the semester will contribute towards
your final mark. It is therefore very important that you complete and do well in each of the
assignments that you need to complete for this module.

• In cases where your marks are not satisfactory, you need to contact me to discuss
options of engaging in a process of improving the marks for those assignments.

• Your first two assignments will be fairly short in scope, but the last two will take the form
of an essay. You will be given a choice of topics, and you will need to write an essay that
explores the topic you choose in some depth.

• The assignment weighting for the module is 100% (this means that all assignments
contribute to your final mark).

9.3 Assessment due dates

• There are no assignment due dates included in this tutorial letter.

• Assignment due dates will be made available to you on the myUnisa landing page for this
module. We envisage that the due dates will be available to you upon registration.

• Please start working on your assessments as soon as you register for the module.

• Log on to the myUnisa site for this module to obtain more information on the due dates
for the submission of the assessments.

9.4 Submission of assessments

• Unisa, as a comprehensive open distance e-learning institution (CODeL), is moving

towards becoming an online institution. You will therefore see that all your study material,
assessments and engagements with your lecturer and fellow students will take place
online. We use myUnisa as our virtual campus.

• The myUnisa virtual campus will offer students access to the myModules site, where
learning material will be available online and where assessments should be completed.
This is an online system that is used to administer, document, and deliver educational
material to students and support engagement between academics and students.

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• The myUnisa platform can be accessed via https://my.unisa.ac.za. Click on the

myModules 2024 button to access the online sites for the modules that you are
registered for.

• The university undertakes to communicate clearly and as frequently as is necessary to

ensure that you obtain the greatest benefit from the use of the myModules learning
management system. Please access the announcements on your myModules site
regularly, as this is where your lecturer will post important information to be shared with
you.

• When you access your myModules site for the module/s you are registered for, you will
see a welcome message posted by your lecturer. Below the welcome message you will
see the assessment shells for the assessments that you need to complete. Some
assessments may be multiple choice, some tests, others written assessments, some
forum discussions, and so on. All assessments must be completed on the assessment
shells available on the respective module platforms.

• To complete quiz assessments, please log on to the module site where you need to
complete the assessment. Click on the relevant assessment shell (Assessment 1,
Assessment 2, etc.). There will be a date on which the assessment will open for you.
When the assessment is open, access the quiz online and complete it within the time
available to you. Quiz assessment questions are not included in this tutorial letter
(Tutorial Letter 101) and are only made available online. You must therefore access the
quiz online and complete it online where the quiz has been created.

• It is not advisable to use a cell phone to complete the quiz. Please use a desktop
computer, tablet or laptop when completing the quiz. Students who use a cell phone find
it difficult to navigate the Online Assessment tool on the small screen and often struggle
to navigate between questions and successfully complete the quizzes. In addition, cell
phones are more vulnerable to dropped internet connections than other devices. If at all
possible, please do not use a cell phone for this assessment type.

• For written assessments, please note the due date by which the assessment must be
submitted. Ensure that you follow the guidelines given by your lecturer to complete the
assessment. Click on the submission button on the relevant assessment shell on
myModules. You will then be able to upload your written assessment on the myModules
site of the modules that you are registered for. Before you finalise the upload, double
check that you have selected the correct file for upload. Remember, no marks can be
allocated for incorrectly submitted assessments.

9.4.1 Types of assignments and descriptions

All assignments are defined as either optional, mandatory, compulsory, or elective.

• Elective assignments
- If not submitted, the student gets no mark for this item.
- The best of the required submissions will count.
• Mandatory assignments

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 - If not submitted, the student gets no mark for this item.
• Compulsory assignments
- If not submitted, the result on the student’s academic record will be absent.
• Optional assignments – You are encouraged as a student to do optional
assignment so that it may benefit your learning.

I. Elective assignments
a. the student is given a choice of which assignments within an identified group to
submit, only the best result(-s), the number of which is specified in advance, will
contribute towards the year mark.
b. elective assignments must also be grouped into an elective group.
c. for the student to select which assignment to submit, the elective assignments must
be grouped together. For such an elective group, relevant information must be
provided to the student, such as how many of the assignments must be submitted
and how many of the assignment marks should be combined into the year mark.
d. The selection criteria define how marks received for assignments in an elective group
are to be combined into the year mark. Three different criteria may be used for
calculating the year mark:
• The best mark should be used, or
• If the student submits fewer than the required number of assignments per group or
no assignment in a group, a mark of 0% will be used.
• 0% is awarded to all non-submitted or unmarked assessments. A best mark is
then calculated from all items.

II. Mandatory assignments

a. contribute to the year mark.
b. If a student fails to submit a mandatory assignment, no mark is awarded and the year
mark is calculated accordingly. The student will therefore forfeit the marks attached to
this assignment when the final mark for the module is calculated.
III. Compulsory Assessment
a. when not submitted, the student will fail a Continuous Assessment module but will
be shown as absent from the examination in the case of other modules.

IV. Optional assignments – You are encouraged as a student to do optional assignment so

that it may benefit your learning.

9.5 The assessments

As indicated in section 9.2, you need to complete five assessments for this module.

There are no assignments included in this tutorial letter. Assignments and due dates will be
made available to you on myModules for this module. We envisage that the due dates will be
available to you upon registration.

9.6 Other assessment methods

This module does not make use of other assessment methods, such as multiple-choice
assessment. The assessment methods used have been outlined above, but full details are
available on the module website.

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9.7 The examination

There is no formal examination in this module. You must complete all four assignments to
obtain your final mark for this module.
9.7.1 Invigilation/proctoring

Since 2020 Unisa conducts all its assessments online. Given stringent requirements from
professional bodies and increased solicitations of Unisa’s students by third parties to unlawfully
assist them with the completion of assignments and examinations, the University is obliged to
assure its assessment integrity through the utilisation of various proctoring tools: Turnitin,
Moodle Proctoring, the Invigilator App and IRIS. These tools will authenticate the student’s
identity and flag suspicious behaviour to assure credibility of students’ responses during
assessments. The description below is for your benefit as you may encounter any or all of these
in your registered modules:

Turnitin is a plagiarism software that facilitates checks for originality in students’ submissions
against internal and external sources. Turnitin assists in identifying academic fraud and ghost
writing. Students are expected to submit typed responses for utilisation of the Turnitin software.

The Moodle Proctoring tool is a facial recognition software that authenticates students’ identity
during their Quiz assessments. This tool requires access to a student’s mobile or laptop
camera. Students must ensure their camera is activated in their browser settings prior to their
assessments.

The Invigilator “mobile application-based service does verification” of the identity of an

assessment participant. The Invigilator Mobile Application detects student dishonesty-by-proxy
and ensures that the assessment participant is the registered student. This invigilation tool
requires students to download the app from their Play Store (Google, Huawei and Apple) on
their mobile devices (camera enabled) prior to their assessment.

IRIS Invigilation software verifies the identity of a student during assessment and provides for
both manual and automated facial verification. It has the ability to record and review a student’s
assessment session. It flags suspicious behaviour by the students for review by an academic
administrator. IRIS software requires installation on students’ laptop devices that are enabled
with a webcam.

Students who are identified and flagged for suspicious dishonest behaviour arising from the
invigilation and proctoring reports are referred to the disciplinary office for formal proceeding.

Please note:

Students must refer to their module assessment information on their myModule sites to
determine which proctoring or invigilation tool will be utilised for their formative and summative
assessments.

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10 ACADEMIC DISHONESTY
10.1 Plagiarism
Plagiarism is the act of taking the words, ideas and thoughts of others and presenting them as
your own. It is a form of theft. Plagiarism includes the following forms of academic dishonesty:

• Copying and pasting from any source without acknowledging the source.
• Not including references or deliberately inserting incorrect bibliographic information.
• Paraphrasing without acknowledging the original source of the information.
10.2 Cheating
Cheating includes, but is not limited to, the following:

• Completing assessments on behalf of another student, copying the work of another

student during an assessment, or allowing another student to copy your work.
• Using social media (e.g. WhatsApp, Telegram) or other platforms to disseminate
assessment information.
• Submitting corrupt or irrelevant files, this forms part of examination guidelines
• Buying completed answers from so-called “tutors” or internet sites (contract cheating).
7.3 For more information about plagiarism, follow the link below:
https://www.unisa.ac.za/sites/myunisa/default/Study-@-Unisa/Student-values-and-rules

11 STUDENTS LIVING WITH DISABILITIES

The Advocacy and Resource Centre for Students with Disabilities (ARCSWiD) provides an
opportunity for staff to interact with first-time and returning students with disabilities.
If you are a student with a disability and would like additional support or need additional time for
assessments, you are invited to contact Unisa’s College of Human Sciences, which has a
specific unit to help students living with disabilities - the Disability Unit - which is coordinated by
Ms. Nozuko Langa. Please contact the coordinator of this unit should you need any form of
assistance. The coordinator of CHS’s Disability Unit can be contacted through the following
lines:

Email: [email protected]
Tel: 012-429-6901
The Department of History’s representative to CHS’s Disability Unit is Mr is Irvin Sifiso Jiyane,
who can be contacted at [email protected] or 012-444-8819.

12 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Tutorial Letter 301 has some frequently asked questions that may clear up any uncertainties
that you may have.

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Please consult the website Study @ Unisa if you have questions, or if you are unclear about the
procedures and practices of the University. It is comprehensive and ought to answer all your
queries.

13 SOURCES CONSULTED
Sources consulted in the compilation of this tutorial letter have been indicated clearly in relevant
places and sections of the tutorial letter.

14 IN CLOSING
I am committed to making your studies as interesting and successful as possible. Please do not
hesitate to contact me if you need assistance or guidance.

I wish you everything of the best for your semester!

Regards and good wishes,

Kwesi DLS Prah

15 ADDENDUM
You are required to submit a signed declaration with each written assignment you send to the
History Department at Unisa.

Make copies of this declaration to include with each of the assignments that you submit, or else
scan, retype or rewrite it and include it with each of your assignments.

The statement that you submit is as follows:

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STATEMENT OF ORIGINALITY

DECLARATION

Name:

Student number:

Module code:

Assignment number:

I declare that this assignment is my own original work. Where secondary material has been
used (either from a printed source or from the internet), this has been carefully acknowledged
and referenced in accordance with departmental requirements. I understand what plagiarism
is and am aware of the Department’s policy in this regard. I have not allowed anyone else to
copy my work.

Signature:

ANNEXURE: GLOSSARY OF TERM

©
Unisa 2024

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