History

The History discipline in the History and Politics Program concentrates on modern history and specialises in Australian, Southeast Asian and European history. The Program also offers subjects in the history of the United States, the ancient world and early modern European history. The Program's teaching schedule includes regional and thematic studies reflecting current historical research. Specialist topics taught in the Program include the social and political consequences of war, revolution and colonialism, feminist and cultural history, labour history and representation and history.

History is offered at all undergraduate levels: 100-level (first year), 200-level (second year) and 300-level (third year). 100-level subjects are each worth 6 credit points, 200-level and 300-level subjects are each worth 8 credit points.

Major Study: A major in History consists of 52 credit points, 24 of which must be at 300-level. Within their majors, students may concentrate in Australian, Southeast Asian or European history, or choose from a variety of subjects offered by the Program. As students progress through the levels of a History major, the subjects offered become more sophisticated in approach. 300-level subjects place greater emphasis on comparative and theoretical aspects of the discipline and encourage students to undertake original research.

Entry into any 200-level history subject requires a pass in at least one of the 100-level subjects. Entry into any 300-level subject requires 14 credit points of history, at least 8 of which must be at 200-level.

Honours: Students with demonstrated ability and an interest in historical research may undertake honours, a fourth year of specialised historical enquiry and research. Students should discuss honours course requirements with the Program's honours co-ordinator at the conclusion of their 200-level subjects.

Subject to Program approval, students may include AUST101 or STS112 to meet pre-requisites for some upper level subjects. Students undertaking a major in History may also take the following subjects as contributing to the major: FREN210; POL368; POL230.

Note: Certain History subjects are well-suited to programs containing a major in Australian Studies and Resource and Environmental Studies.

History And Politics Joint Major
The History and Politics Program also offers a Joint Major for students with an interest in both disciplines. The Major offers students the opportunity to explore two disciplines without the need to complete two separate majors (sometimes known as a Double Major), and it offers students the opportunity to combine the specialist areas offered by the History and Politics Program. The Joint Major consists of a minimum of 76 credit points. A minimum of 38 credit points must be taken from History subjects and a minimum of 38 credit points must be taken from Politics subjects. Students taking the Joint Major must have completed at least one 100-level subject, one 200-level subject and one 300-level subject drawn from the History schedule and at least one 100-level subject, one 200-level subject and one 300-level subject drawn from the Politics schedule. The balance can be made up from any subjects from 100- to 300-level, providing pre-requisites have been met for the subjects chosen, or the waiving of pre-requisites has been approved by the subject co-ordinator, the Head of Program or the Professor of Politics where appropriate.

100-Level	Credit Points
HIST107	Plunder, Profit and 'Progress': Colonialism in
	the Asia-Pacific, 1500-1900	6
HIST108	War, Revolution and Dictatorship in Europe, 1918-1945	6
HIST121	Dispossessed, Diggers and Democrats: Australia, 1788-1888	6
HIST124	The Cold War and After	6

200-Level
HIST205	Ancient History (Greece and Rome)	8
HIST210	The European Union: Postwar European Integration, 1945-1995 8
HIST218	Consensus, Conflict and Culture: Australia 1888-1988	8
HIST219	Film and History	8
HIST232	Russia in War and Revolution, 1850 to the Present	8
HIST250	The Scientific Revolution: History, Philosophy and
	Politics of Science	8
HIST251	Changing Images of Nature and the Environment	8
HIST275	The Growth of the United States, 1865-1919	8
HIST276	America's Rise to Globalism Since 1919	8
HIST286	From Ancient Kingdoms to Colonies in Southeast Asia,
	1500-1870	8
HIST287	Southeast Asian Transformations	8
HIST288	Religion and Military Rule in Mainland Southeast Asia, 1930-2000	8

300-Level
HIST315	Comparative Settler Capitalism	8
HIST318	The Making of the Modern Australian Woman	8
HIST325	Theory and Method of History	8
HIST334	Regional History	8
HIST336	Australians and War, 1914-1972	8
HIST338	Advanced Topics in the History of Science, 1500-1800	8
HIST360	Death, War and Society, Europe 1350-1650	8
HIST361	Fascism and the Authoritarian Right in Twentieth
	Century Europe	8
HIST363	Revolutions in World History	8
HIST379	Culture and Identity in Indonesian History, 1870-1999	8
HIST380	Twentieth Century Australian Literary Culture	8
HIST388	Vietnam in War and Revolution: Indo-Chinese Societies,
	1860-2000	8
HIST394	Consumption and Production in Australian and Southeast Asian Histories	8

400-Level
HIST401	History IV (Honours)	48
HIST430	Joint Honours in History and another Discipline	48