Course rule and topic information

Bachelor of Arts

History major sequence

The following is the program of study [November, 2008] for a 33-unit major sequence in History within a Bachelor of Arts and should be read in conjunction with the course rule for the BA.

First Year

9 units from the following:

ASST1001	Discovering Asia	4.5
HIST1201	Convicts, Race and Gender in Australia, 1788-1840	4.5
HIST1203	A Brief History of Australia	4.5
HIST1702	New World Nations, 1800-1918	4.5
HIST1703	Turning Points in World History	4.5
HIST1704	History's Killing Fields	4.5
HIST1801	Modern Europe, 1900-1945	4.5
HIST1802	Europe, 1945 to the Present	4.5
HIST1803	'The Lucky Country'? Australia Since 1939	4.5

Second and Third Years

24 units from the following:

AMST2004	Twentieth Century America	6
AMST3009	The American Civil War	6
ARCH2002	Historical Archaeology of Australia	6
ARCH2004	Australian Maritime Archaeology	6
ARCH2301	The Museum*	6
CUTU2101	Museums and Exhibitions*	6
HIST2023	Nazi Germany: Its Origins and Nature 1870-1945	6
HIST2035	Social Change in Latin America	6
HIST2037	Turning Points in World History #	6
HIST2044	History’s Killing Fields	6
HIST2050	Themes in Australian Social History	6
HIST2051	War and Society: Waterloo to Kosovo	6
HIST2052	The British Diaspora Since 1600	6
HIST2053	Maps and Dreams: Aboriginal/Colonial Encounters in Australian History	6
HIST2054	Globalisation in World History	6
HIST2055	Revolutionary China 1925-1976	6
HIST2056	The Holocaust	6
HIST2057	Museums*	6
HIST2058	Film and History	6
HIST2059	Colonies, Empire and Revolution: North America 1500-1800	6
HIST2060	India 1857-1947: The Road to Freedom	6
HIST2061	Imperialism and its Discontents: Empires Ancient and Modern	6
HIST2062	Body Politics in Australian History	6
HIST2063	Memory and the Politics of Difference: Sex, Race and Belonging	6
HIST2064	Australian Environmental Histories	6
HIST3021	Culture in Victorian England, 1851-1901	6
HIST3028	Origins of International Migration, 1700-1914	6
HIST3035	Destination Australia: Immigration History	6
HIST3040	Change and Conflict in Russia, 1860-1930	6
HIST3041	The Great Powers and the Origins of the Modern Middle East	6
HIST3042	Twentieth Century Freedom Struggles	6
HIST3043	The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Empire	6
WMST2005	Sex, Gender and Identities in Australia	6
WMST2006	Gender in Australian Culture	6
WMST3004	Indigenous Women's Voices	6

* Students may only count one of ARCH2301, CUTU2101 and HIST2057 towards their degree.

# Not available to students who have completed HIST1703.