History

Program of Study Credit Points
Prescribed Units for this Minor, Major or Extended Major
Complete the following unit:		 6 cps
Unit Code Unit Title Unit cps  
HINQ100 What is History? 6  
And
Minor or Major - complete 6 credit points from the following units:
Extended Major - complete 12 credit points from the following units:
6 cps or
12 cps
HIST111 Medieval Europe 6  
HIST113 Early Modern Europe: From Reformation to Revolution 6  
HIST150 Colonial Australia 6  
HIST151 Modern Australia 6  
Listed Units for this Minor, Major or Extended Major
Minor - complete 12 credit points from the following units:
Major - complete 30 or 36 credit points from the following units:
Extended Major - complete 48 or 54 credit points from the following units:
12 cps or
30 or 36 cps or
48 or 54 cps
HIST300 Sex, Sin, and Heresy in Early Medieval Europe 6  
HIST301 Power and Propaganda in the European Reformations 6  
HIST303 Witch Hunting, 1400-1700 6  
HIST308 Crusader Europe, 1095-1453 6  
HIST310 Being Bad: Sinners, Crooks, Deviants and Psychos 6  
HIST313 Liberty and Democracy in the British World, 1780-1860 6  
HIST317 Mr Punch’s Britain! A Cartoon History -1841-1914 6  
HIST324 Ashes to Ashes: Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918-1945 6  
HIST328 Modern Europe in War and Peace: 1918 to Yesterday 6  
HIST329 Australia and the World: An International History 6  
HIST330 Local and Community History 6  
HIST331 War and Australian Society in the 20th Century 6  
HIST332 History as Film 6  
HIST333 Waking the Dead: Death, Burials and Memorials 6  
HIST335 Heritage Conservation 6  
HIST336 Blood and Guts: The History of Medical Practice 6  
HIST337 History and Museums 6  
HIST338 Australian Frontiers: Rural and Regional Histories 6  
HIST339 The Family in History 6  
HIST343 Islam in the Modern World 6  
HIST351 Convict Australia 6  
HIST354 Aboriginal History Since the Late 18th Century 6  
HIST357 War, Nations and Empires: Modern Europe, 1789-1914 6  
HIST361 The Cold War and Popular Culture 6  
HIST363 The First World War, 1914-1918: History and Memory 6  
HIST368 The Swinging Sixties: The 1960s in America, Britain and Australia 6  
HIST369 Spain and the New World, 1474-1700 6  
HIST376 Oral History 6  
ISLM344 Islam and the West: the Clash of Civilisations? 6  
With permission of the Head of School, candidates may complete the following unit towards this Major or Extended Major: 0 or 6 cps
HUMS301 Special Option 6  
Course Requirements 72 or 96 or 120 cps
To achieve an overall total of 144 credit points candidates must complete:
If candidates have completed a Minor - a further 120 credit points comprising 12 credit points of Core Units; a Major of 48-60 credit points; and Elective Units of 48-60 credit points.
If candidates have completed a Major - a further 96 credit points comprising 12 credit points of Core Units; and a Minor of 24 credit points; and Elective Units of 60 credit points.
If candidates have completed an Extended Major - a further 72 credit points comprising 12 credit points of Core Units; and Elective Units of 60 credit points.
Elective Units can be selected from any unit offered by the University subject to candidates meeting overall course requirements and prerequisite and timetabling requirements for individual units.		  
Total 144 cps

Note for students contemplating studying Honours in History:
The entry requirements for the Bachelor of Arts with Honours in History is a GPA of 5.0 (Credit) in all units completed in a Bachelor of Arts. In addition, a candidate for History honours in the Bachelor of Arts with Honours degree shall have passed 48 credit points of which 36 credit points must be at 300-level in any of the History majors, including 18 credit points at Distinction level or better at 300-level from these units.

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