Duration
    5 modules and classes over 10 weeks

Mode
    Moodle and Zoom

Descriptor
    This course introduces students to the Marxist understanding of history in which ‘humans make their own history, but in conditions that are not of their choosing.’ Students will learn about how to apply the key concepts of ‘historical materialism’.

Topics covered

1.     The importance of history in the struggle for socialism
2.     Understanding the movement of history (or how change happens)
3.     Class struggles and revolution
4.     Social being, social consciousness
5.     Making Our Own History