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History
Contact information
Coordinator
Professor David Goodman
Email: d.goodman@unimelb.edu.au
Currently enrolled students:
Future students:
Structure
100 credit points
Major
The BA major comprises eight subjects from the lists below:
Level 1
- One Arts Foundation Subject
- One level 1 History subject
Level 2
- 37.5 points of level 2 subjects
Level 3
- 37.5 points of level 3 subjects, including the compulsory capstone subject HIST30060 Making History.
Total 100 points
Minor
The BA minor comprises six subjects from the lists below:
Level 1
- One Arts Foundation Subject
- One level 1 History subject
Level 2
- 25 points of level 2 subjects
Level 3
- 25 points of level 3 subjects
Total 75 points
Subject Options
Level 1 Subjects
One Arts Foundation Subject and one of the following:
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
HIST10012 | The World Since World War II | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST10015 | Dictators & Democrats: The Modern World | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST10016 | Europe: From Black Death to New Worlds | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Level 2 Subjects
37.5 points of the following:
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
HIST20059 | American History: Revolution to WWII | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST20060 | Total War: World War II | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST20065 | Rebels and Revolutionaries | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST20072 | Pirates and their Enemies | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
HIST20069 | Modern European History 1789 to 1914 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST20077 | Britain in the Wider World 1603-1815 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST20013 | The Holocaust & Genocide | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST20010 | The First Centuries of Islam | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST20068 | The French Revolution | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST20034 | Modern Southeast Asia | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST20070 | Australia in the World | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
HIST20071 | American History from JFK to Trump | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST20078 | Crisis Continent: Europe's 20th Century | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
HIST20052 | Venice and Cultures of Consumption | November (Off Campus) |
12.5 |
HIST20035 | Modern & Contemporary Ireland Since 1790 | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
HIST20073 | Town and Country in China and the West | Not available in 2019 | 25 |
HIST20075 | Migrant Nation: History Culture Identity | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
HIST20079 | Global France, 1600 - 1789 | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
HIST20080 | Witch-Hunting in European Societies | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST20081 | Reacting to the Past | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST20082 | The Great War 1914 to 1918 | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
HIST20084 | Red Empire: The Soviet Union and After | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Level 3 Subjects
25 points of the following as well as the compulsory capstone subject below:
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
HIST30071 | City Visions: Melbourne Intensive | Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST30004 | A History of Sexualities | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST30015 | The Modern Middle East | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST30066 | Cold War Cultures in Asia | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST30064 | Controversies in Australian History | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST30065 | USA and the World | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HPSC30034 | Magic, Reason, New Worlds, 1450-1750 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST30006 | The Renaissance in Italy | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST30010 | Hitler's Germany | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST30059 | Race in America | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
HIST30068 | A History of Violence | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
HIST30051 | Venice and Cultures of Consumption | November (Off Campus) |
12.5 |
HIST30070 | Town and Country in China and the West | Not available in 2019 | 25 |
HIST30073 | Crime, Punishment and Media 1500 - 1800 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST30074 | Global Histories of Indigenous Activism | Not available in 2019 | 12.5 |
Level 3 Capstone Subject
The capstone is compulsory for students completing a major in History. The capstone in not available in the minor or as breadth studies.
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
HIST30060 | Making History | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Links
http://shaps.unimelb.edu.au/history
Last updated: 2 February 2021