Dictators & Democrats: The Modern World

took it Sem 1, 2025

no defined weekly learning outcomes and a reading load that regularly hits 150+ pages per week. the content on modern dictatorships and democracies is genuinely interesting but the subject organisation makes it very hard to know what is actually being assessed

took it Sem 2, 2024

essay marking expects historiographical sophistication that is not clearly signalled upfront. students with prior university history experience do significantly better than those coming straight from vce

took it Sem 1, 2025

organisational issues are a recurring complaint across multiple cohorts. if you are genuinely interested in the content it is worth pushing through, but prepare to self-direct your learning more than in most level 1 subjects