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HIST-MAJ · Major · 48 credit points

History

Available in Bachelor of Arts

Rules for completing this course

No more than 12 credit points at Level 1 may be credited to the major and at least 18 credit points must be at Level 3.

Level 1 gateway units

12 cp

You must complete the following units

  • ATS1610The making of the modern world, 1750 to the present6 cp
  • ATS1611The Medieval and Early Modern world, 1050-17506 cp

Level 2 cornerstone units

6 cp

You must complete 6 credit points from the following units

  • ATS2792Understanding Australia: From the deep past to the present6 cp
  • ATS2884Changing history6 cp

Level 3 capstone unit

6 cp

You must complete the following unit

Level 2 and 3 elective units

24 cp

You must complete 24 credit points selecting from the following units and/or from any cornerstone or capstone units not already taken, with at least 12 credit points at Level 3.

  • ATS2106An environmental history of the world: People and our planet6 cp
  • ATS2110The history of slavery: From antiquity to the present6 cp
  • ATS2189Conflict and coexistence 1: Jews, Christians and Muslims from antiquity through the middle ages6 cp
  • ATS2288The Roman Empire in the age of Augustus6 cp
  • ATS2309Global France: A history from the revolution to today6 cp
  • ATS2556Power struggles: anti-colonialism and anti-racism in history6 cp
  • ATS2558Rebellion and revolt: Protest movements in the post-World War II world6 cp
  • ATS2579From demons to depression: A history of pre-modern mental health6 cp
  • ATS2595The rise and fall of Nazi Germany6 cp
  • ATS2600The Holocaust6 cp
  • ATS2620Modern Japan: From Samurai to Pokemon6 cp
  • ATS2633Global cities: Past, present and future6 cp
  • ATS2806Capitalism and inequality in historical perspective6 cp
  • ATS2827Encountering Empire6 cp
  • ATS2828Battlelines: Combatants and civilians in the history of war6 cp
  • ATS2829People and plagues: Diseases that changed history6 cp
  • ATS2848The economic history of the modern world6 cp
  • ATS3079Modern China: From the Middle Kingdom to Mao and beyond6 cp
  • ATS3124Life in the Soviet Union6 cp
  • ATS3230Sex, gender and power in the ancient Near East6 cp
  • ATS3415Innovation and social change: The history of technology6 cp
  • ATS3438The body: A human history6 cp
  • ATS3475Secrets and lies: Espionage and diplomacy in the medieval world6 cp
  • ATS3476The Vietnam War6 cp
  • ATS3479Cultural heritage studies6 cp
  • ATS3580The modern Middle East6 cp
  • ATS3582Palestinians and Israelis: Entangled histories6 cp
  • ATS3584The Indigenous history of modern Australia6 cp
  • ATS3611A history of God6 cp
  • ATS3623Nationality, ethnicity and conflict6 cp
  • ATS3659No Planet B: The climate crisis in historical perspective6 cp
  • ATS3890Egypt's golden age6 cp
  • ATS3908American empire: The United States from colonies to superpower6 cp
  • ATS3935Professional practice6 cp
  • ATS3986Sitting on penguins: The history of Antarctica6 cp

International study tours

  • ATS3893The Renaissance in Florence6 cp
  • ATS3921Medieval Italy: Sites of encounter6 cp
  • ATS2893The Renaissance in Florence6 cp
  • ATS2921Medieval Italy: Sites of encounter6 cp
  • ATS2995Science, society and culture in European history6 cp
  • ATS3284Final journey: Remembering the Holocaust12 cp
  • ATS3311Text and community in Medieval and Renaissance Italy12 cp
  • ATS3995Science, society and culture in European history6 cp

Source: 2027 handbook entry