History // Structure
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History
Contact information
Coordinator
Dr Jenny Spinks(Semester 1)/Dr Una McIlvenna(Semester 2)
Email: jspinks@unimelb.edu.au / una.mcilvenna@unimelb.edu.au
Currently enrolled students:
Future students:
Structure
100 credit points
Students undertaking pure honours in history must complete:
- History Thesis (50 points), consisting of subjects HIST40039 History Thesis Part 1 and HIST40040 History Thesis Part 2; and
- Three compulsory honours subjects (seminars) in history (37.5 points); and
- One elective honours subjects (seminar) in history (12.5) points.
Students undertaking combined honours in history and another program must complete:
- History Thesis (50 points), consisting of subjects HIST40039 History Thesis Part 1 and HIST40040 History Thesis Part 2; and
- HIST40030 History for Historians (12.5 points); and
- Three honours subjects in the combining discipline (37.5 points).
OR
- Honours thesis in the combining discipline (50 points); and
- One honours subject in the combining discipline (12.5 points); and
- Three compulsory honours subjects in history (37.5 points).
Total 100 points
Please be advised that the History Specialisation does not accept applications for mid-year admission. Candidates can only commence in Semester 1.
Subject Options
History Thesis
Note: the thesis requires two consecutive semesters of enrolment.
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
HIST40039 | History Thesis Part 1 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
HIST40040 | History Thesis Part 2 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
|
25 |
Compulsory subjects
These three subjects are compulsory in the pure honours stream.
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
HIST40030 | History for Historians | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST90023 | The Writing of Australian History | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST40037 | The Long History of Globalisation | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Elective subjects
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
HIST40001 | History 4A | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
HIST90026 | History, Memory and Violence in Asia | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST90027 | Middle Eastern Wars: Jihad & Resistance | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
HIST90037 | Russia and the World | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
HIST40041 | History Research Workshop | Not available in 2020 | 12.5 |
Links
http://shaps.unimelb.edu.au/students/honours
Last updated: 18 December 2020