History
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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History |
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Major |
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| A major in History requires 48 credit points from this table including: | |||
| (i) 12 credit points of 1000-level units | |||
| (ii) 12 credit points of 2000-level units | |||
| (iii) 18 credit points of 3000-level units | |||
| (iv) 6 credit points of 3000-level Interdisciplinary Project units | |||
Minor |
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| A minor in History requires 36 credit points from this table including: | |||
| (i) 12 credit points of 1000-level units | |||
| (ii) 12 credit points of 2000-level units | |||
| (iii) 12 credit points of 3000-level units | |||
1000 level units of study |
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| HSTY1001 History Workshop |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| HSTY1002 Age of Empires |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| HSTY1003 Forging of the Modern World |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| HSTY1004 History Workshop: Premodern |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| HSTY1005 History Workshop: Modern/Contemporary |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| HSTY1006 History Workshop: Americas |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| HSTY1007 History Workshop: Europe |
6 | Semester 2 |
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2000 level units of study |
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| HSTY2304 Imperialism, 1815-2000 This unit of study is not available in 2019 |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points of History or Ancient History |
Semester 1 |
| HSTY2607 Palestine, Israel and the Middle East This unit of study is not available in 2019 |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points in History, Arabic and Islamic Studies, Hebrew, Biblical and Jewish Studies or 12 credit points at 1000 level in History or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Arabic Language and Culture or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Jewish Civilisation, Thought and Culture N JCTC2008 or GOVT2772 |
Semester 1 |
| HSTY2608 European Film and History |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in History or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Jewish Civilisation, Though and Culture N HSTY2008 |
Semester 1 |
| HSTY2609 African-American History and Culture |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in History or 12 credit points at 1000 level in American Studies |
Semester 1 |
| HSTY2611 America in World Affairs: A History This unit of study is not available in 2019 |
6 | P 12 junior credit points of History, Ancient History or Asian Studies |
Semester 2 |
| HSTY2613 Russia's Revolutions: 1905 to Present This unit of study is not available in 2019 |
6 | P 12cp at 1000 level History units |
Semester 2 |
| HSTY2616 The Human Rights Revolution This unit of study is not available in 2019 |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points in History, Ancient History or Asian Studies |
Semester 2 |
| HSTY2618 The Age of the Crusades This unit of study is not available in 2019 |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points in History or Ancient History N HSTY2018 |
Semester 2 |
| HSTY2626 Fascism and Antifascism This unit of study is not available in 2019 |
6 | P 12 junior credit points in History, Ancient History or Asian Studies or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Jewish Civilisation, Thought and Culture N HSTY2026 |
Semester 1 |
| HSTY2629 Sex and Scandal This unit of study is not available in 2019 |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points of History or Ancient History N HSTY2029 |
Semester 2 Winter Main |
| HSTY2631 Sin City? A History of Sydney |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in History or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Ancient History or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Socio-legal Studies |
Semester 2 |
| HSTY2638 Modern China's Wars, 1895-1953 This unit of study is not available in 2019 |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points of History or 12 Junior credit points of Ancient History |
Semester 1 |
| HSTY2640 Twentieth-Century China This unit of study is not available in 2019 |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points each in either History or Asian Studies N HSTY3071 or HSTY3072 |
Semester 1 |
| HSTY2647 Renaissance Italy This unit of study is not available in 2019 |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points each in either History or Ancient History N HSTY2047 |
Semester 2 |
| HSTY2648 Australian History on Screen |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| HSTY2652 Genocide in Historical Perspective |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in History or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Jewish Civilisation, Thought and Culture |
Semester 1 |
| HSTY2654 Pacific Ties: Australia, China, America |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in History or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Ancient History or (completion of 24 credit points) Note: Department permission required for enrolment This unit will be delivered in Guilin, China. Additional travel-related costs will apply. |
Intensive July |
| HSTY2656 A House Divided: The American Civil War |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in History or 12 credit points at 1000 level in American Studies |
Semester 2 |
| HSTY2659 American Slavery |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in the History major N HSTY2059 |
Semester 2 |
| HSTY2666 American Revolutions This unit of study is not available in 2019 |
6 | P (12 junior credit points in History or 12 junior credit points in Ancient History) or (AMST1001 and (HSTY1023 or HSTY1076)) N HSTY2066 |
Semester 1 |
| HSTY2670 Black Manhattan This unit of study is not available in 2019 |
6 | P 12 junior credit points in Ancient History or (AMST1001 and (HSTY1023 or HSTY1076)) or 12 credit points at 1000 level in History or 12 credit points at 1000 level in American Studies |
Semester 2 |
| HSTY2672 Britain and the World: C.1837-1914 This unit of study is not available in 2019 |
6 | P 12 junior credit points in History, Ancient History or Asian Studies |
Semester 2 |
| HSTY2677 Australia: Politics and Nation |
6 | P 12 credt points at 1000 level in History or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Ancient History |
Semester 1 |
| HSTY2681 Colonialism in Modern Asia |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in History or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Asian Studies |
Semester 1 |
| HSTY2682 Portraits of Medieval Women This unit of study is not available in 2019 |
6 | P 12 junior credit points of History, Ancient History or Asian Studies N HSTY3696 |
Semester 1 |
| HSTY2689 Civility and Squalor: 18 C. British Isles This unit of study is not available in 2019 |
6 | P 12 junior credit points in junior History, Ancient History or Asian Studies N HSTY3699 |
Semester 1 |
| HSTY2693 Frontier Violence in Modern Memory This unit of study is not available in 2019 |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points of History or Ancient History |
Semester 2 |
| HSTY2696 The Empire Strikes Back This unit of study is not available in 2019 |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points of History or Ancient History |
Semester 2 |
| HSTY2700 What Do We Want? Protest in Australia This unit of study is not available in 2019 |
6 | P 12 junior credit points in HSTY or ANHS |
Semester 2 |
| HSTY2702 Gender and Medicine in Modern America This unit of study is not available in 2019 |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in History or 12 credit points at 1000 level in American Studies N HSTY2619, HSTY2697 |
Semester 1 |
| HSTY2703 Convicts and Capitalists |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in History or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Ancient History |
Semester 1 |
| HSTY2704 Vikings of the Sunrise This unit of study is not available in 2019 |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in History |
Semester 1 |
| HSTY2705 History of Capitalism This unit of study is not available in 2019 |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in History |
Semester 2 |
| HSTY2706 France in Modern Europe and Beyond This unit of study is not available in 2019 |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in History N HSTY2658 |
Semester 1 |
| HSTY2709 The Chinese World |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in the History major N ASNS1101 or HSTY1090 |
Semester 2 |
| HSTY2710 Renaissance and Reformation |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in the History major N HSTY1031 |
Semester 1 |
| HSTY2711 Revolutionary Europe 1780-1920 |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in the History major N HSTY1045 |
Semester 1 |
| ANHS2603 Ancient Greek Democracies This unit of study is not available in 2019 |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points of Ancient History or History OR 6 Junior credit points of Ancient History and 6 Junior credit points of either Classical Studies, Latin, Greek (Ancient) or Archaeology N ANHS2003 |
Semester 2 |
| ANHS2606 The City of Rome: History and Landscape This unit of study is not available in 2019 |
6 | P 6 Junior credit points in ANHS and 6 credit points in any of Ancient History, History, Archaeology, Philosophy, Greek (Ancient) or Latin or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Archaeology Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Intensive January Semester 1 |
| ANHS2609 Alexander and the Hellenistic World |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Ancient History or 12 credit points at 1000 level in History |
Semester 1 |
| ANHS2610 SPQR: The Senate and the People of Rome |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Ancient History or 12 credit points at 1000 level in History |
Semester 1 |
| ANHS2614 The Emperor in the Roman World 14-117 AD |
6 | Summer Main |
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| ANHS2618 The Later Roman Empire (AD 286-474) This unit of study is not available in 2019 |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points of Ancient History, Greek (Ancient), Latin or History OR (6 Junior credit points of Ancient History and 6 Junior credit points of either History, Latin, Greek (Ancient), Philosophy or Archaeology) |
Semester 2 |
| ANHS2622 Herodotus and His World This unit of study is not available in 2019 |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points of Ancient History or History OR (6 Junior credit points of Ancient History and 6 Junior credit points of either Latin, Greek (Ancient), History, or Archaeology) N ANHS3609 |
Semester 2 |
| ANHS2635 Augustus and the Roman Revolution This unit of study is not available in 2019 |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points in Ancient History, Greek (Ancient), Latin or History or 6 Junior credit points in Ancient History and 6 Junior credit points in History, Latin, Greek (Ancient), Philosophy or Archaeology |
Semester 1 |
| ASNS2618 Remaking Chinese Society, 1949-Present This unit of study is not available in 2019 |
6 | A Students with no prior knowledge of modern Chinese history are encouraged to read an introductory textbook (e.g., Edwin E. Moise. Modern China: A History. Second edition. Longman, 1994) before the start of the semester. P 12 Junior credit points in units of study listed in Table A N ASNS2118 |
Semester 1 |
| ASNS2627 India, China, Tibet: Cultural Relations |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Asian Studies or 12 credit points at 1000 level in History |
Summer Main |
| ASNS2631 Origins of Japanese Tradition This unit of study is not available in 2019 |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points in Asian Studies, Japanese Studies, Korean Studies, Chinese Studies, Indonesian Studies, Sanskrit, History, Ancient History or International and Global Studies This unit is available as a designated 'Advanced' unit for students who are already enrolled in the BA (Advanced) degree program. |
Semester 1 |
| ASNS2634 Samurai and Merchants: Tokugawa Japan This unit of study is not available in 2019 |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level each in either Asian Studies or History N ASNS2304 |
Semester 2 |
| ASNS2636 The Enigma of Japanese Power |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Asian Studies or 12 credit points at 1000 level in History N ASNS2306 or JPNS2316 |
Semester 2 |
| ASNS2641 Traditional Korea |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points in units of study listed in Table A N ASNS2501 |
Semester 1 |
| ASNS2642 Modern Korea |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points in units of study listed in Table A N ASNS2502 |
Semester 2 |
| ASNS2660 Islam, Trade and Society-Arabia to SE Asia |
6 | P (12 Junior credit points from Asian Studies) or (12 Junior credit points from History or 12 Junior credit points from Ancient History) or (12 Junior credit points of Indonesian Studies) N ASNS2402 |
Semester 1 |
| ASNS2661 History of Modern Indonesia This unit of study is not available in 2019 |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points in units of study listed in Table A |
Semester 1 |
| ASNS2672 Japan in East Asia This unit of study is not available in 2019 |
6 | P 12 Junior credit points from Table A |
Semester 1 |
| USSC2604 Sex, Race and Rock in the USA This unit of study is not available in 2019 |
6 | P 12 junior credit points from one of the following subject area; American Studies, Anthropology, Music, Gender Studies, Cultural Studies, English, European Studies, Government and International Relations, History, International and Global Studies, Media and Communications, Performance Studies, Philosophy, Political Economy or Sociology N HSTY2057 |
Semester 2 |
3000 level units of study |
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| HSTY3700 The East is Red: China 1949-1997 |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in the History major |
Semester 1 |
| HSTY3702 Century of Crisis? England 1603-1688 |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in the History major |
Semester 2 |
| HSTY3704 American Indian Holocaust? |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in the History major N HSTY2663 |
Semester 2 |
| HSTY3705 Reconquest? A history of medieval Spain |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in the History major N HSTY2695 |
Semester 2 |
| HSTY3706 Venice Floating City: Myth and History |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in the History major N HSTY2645 |
Semester 1 |
| HSTY3707 France 1500-1800 |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in the History major |
Semester 1 |
| HSTY3708 Australia: Environmental History |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in the History major N HSTY 2615 |
Semester 2 |
| HSTY3710 Contemporary Europe |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in the History major N HSTY2605: Contemporary Europe |
Semester 2 |
| HSTY3711 History and Grand Strategy |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in the History major |
Semester 2 |
| HSTY3901 History in the Making |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in History |
Semester 1 |
| HSTY3902 History Beyond the Classroom |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in History |
Semester 2 |
| HSTY3903 History and Historians |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in History |
Semester 2 |
| ANHS3635 Historiography Ancient and Modern |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Ancient History or 12 credit points at 2000 level in History N ANHS2691 or ANHS2692 or ANHS2612 |
Semester 2 |
| ASNS3002 Modern Japanese Social History This unit of study is not available in 2019 |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Asian Studies or 12 credit points at 2000 level in History |
Semester 1 |
| ASNS3664 Transforming Southeast Asia |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Asian Studies or 12 credit points at 2000 level in History N ASNS2664 |
Semester 2 |
| JCTC3002 The Holocaust: History and Aftermath This unit of study is not available in 2019 |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Jewish Civilisation, Thought and Culture or 12 credit Points at 2000 level in European Studies or 12 credit points at 2000 level in History |
Semester 2 |
| JCTC3003 The Modern Jewish Experience This unit of study is not available in 2019 |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Jewish Civilisation, Thought and Culture or 12 credit points at 2000 level in European Studies or 12 credit points at 2000 level in History or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Modern Hebrew |
Semester 1 |
| ITLN3662 Machiavelli and Renaissance Italy This unit of study is not available in 2019 |
6 | P 6 Senior credit points in any of European Studies, European or Middle Eastern or Classical Languages or Studies or Asian Studies or Government or History or Ancient History or Philosophy or Studies in Religion or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Italian Studies or History |
Semester 1 |
| USSC3603 Dissent and Protest in America |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in American Studies or 12 credit points at 2000 level in History |
Semester 2 |
Interdisciplinary Project units of study |
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| HSTY3998 Industry and Community Project |
6 | P Interdisciplinary Impact in any major |
Intensive December Intensive February Intensive January Intensive July Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| HSTY3999 Interdisciplinary Impact |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in History N Interdisciplinary Impact in another major |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
Honours |
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| Honours in History requires 48 credit points from this table including: | |||
| (i) 12 credit points of 4000-level seminar core units | |||
| (ii) 36 credit points of 4000-level thesis units | |||
Honours seminar units of study |
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| HSTY4101 Approach Seminar |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| HSTY4102 Field Seminar |
6 | Semester 1 |
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Honours thesis units of study |
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| HSTY4201 History Honours Thesis 1 |
12 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| HSTY4202 History Honours Thesis 2 |
24 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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Advanced coursework |
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| The requirements for advanced coursework in History are described in the degree resolutions for the Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Advanced Studies. | |||
| 24-36 credit points of advanced study will be included in the table for 2020. | |||