To be read in conjunction with the program of study requirements for the degree in which you are enrolled:
A student may complete a major sequence of 36 units in History by completing two Year 1 topics (9 units), three Year 2 topics (13.5 units) and three Year 3 topics (13.5 units) selected from the topics listed in the program of study below.
A student may complete a minor sequence of 18 units in History by completing two Year 1 topics (9 units), one Year 2 topic (4.5 units) plus an additional topic (4.5 units) from the Year 2 or Year 3 topics listed in the program of study below.
A minor in History is not available to students who commenced the Bachelor of Education (Primary), Bachelor of Arts from 1 January 2019.
The minor sequence is not available to students who commenced the Bachelor of Arts, Master of Teaching (Primary) from 1 January 2020.
With the graduate qualities identified by the university in mind, the History major seeks to produce graduate with the following knowledge, skills and values:
It is envisaged that the graduate qualities embedded in these aims will be introduced at first level, consolidated at the second level and mastered at the third level.
Upon completion of a major sequence in History graduates should be able to:
Knowledge
Skills
Attitudes and Values
The following is the program of study for a 36 unit major sequence in History and should be read in conjunction with the course rule for the degree in which you are enrolled.
Select 9 units from the following:
HIST1203 Australians at War (4.5 units)
HIST1703 Turning Points in World History (4.5 units)
HIST1704 History's Killing Fields (4.5 units)
HIST1801 Europe from Napoleon to World War One (4.5 units)
HIST1802 Europe from the Russian Revolution to Brexit (4.5 units)
HIST1803 'The Lucky Country'? A Brief History of Australia (4.5 units)
Select 13.5 units from the following:
HIST2009 Nazi Germany: Its Origins and Nature, 1870-1945 (4.5 units)
HIST2014 War and Society in the Modern World (4.5 units)
HIST2015 Maps and Dreams: Indigenous-Settler Relations in Australian History (4.5 units)
HIST2018 Film and History (4.5 units)
HIST2020 Colonies, Empire and Revolution: North America 1500-1800 (4.5 units)
HIST2022 Memory and the Politics of Difference: Sex, Race and Belonging (4.5 units)
HIST2026 Change and Conflict in Russia, 1860-1930 (4.5 units)
HIST2030 The Great Powers in the Middle East 1798-2001 (4.5 units)
HIST2042 Living the Revolution: The History of the Soviet Union, 1917-1991 (4.5 units)
HIST2043 Terrorism and Society in Modern Europe (4.5 units)
HIST2066 Outpost of Empire? South Australian History, 1834 to the Present (4.5 units)
HIST2067 Ancient Greece and Rome: History, Art and Archaeology (4.5 units)
HIST2075 The Real Games of Thrones: the Early Modern World 1453-1789 (4.5 units)
HIST2076 The Divided States of America, 1920-2000 (4.5 units)
HIST2077 Crisis and Catastrophe: Past Experiences, Future Prospects (4.5 units)
HIST2078 Crusade and Jihad in the Middle Ages (4.5 units)
WMST2016 Indigenous Women's Voices: Race, Gender and Colonialism (4.5 units)
Select 13.5 units from the following:
HIST3001 Destination Australia: Migration Since 1900 (4.5 units)
HIST3003 Romantics and Revolutionaries: European Culture and History, 1789-1918 (4.5 units)
HIST3004 Britannia's Rise and Fall: Colonial and Postcolonial Experiences (4.5 units)
HIST3005 The Holocaust (4.5 units)
HIST3006 Empires: Ancient, Medieval and Modern (4.5 units)
HIST3007 Crimes of the Flesh: Sex and 'Deviance' in Australian History (4.5 units)
HIST3008 Australian Environmental Histories (4.5 units)
HIST3009 Civil War Era America (4.5 units)
HIST3010 One Nation Under God? Religion in American Public Life (4.5 units)
HIST3045 Guns and Butter: The United States in the Long 1960s (4.5 units)
HIST3046 The Great War: A Global History (4.5 units)
Refer to Honours - History
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