2009 Undergraduate Courses

2009 Postgraduate Courses

War and Society

War has long pre-occupied scholars from a broad range of disciplines. It has been a dominant element in notions of empire and nation-building, popular culture, creative writing, film, television and memory. War has both united and divided societies and it has affected public and social policy. It reaches from the international arena to the homes of individual families. War has been both demonised and glorified - and is a touchstone in debates over gender. The War and Society major is a broad interdisciplinary major that examines the way war has been represented and analysed from different disciplinary perspectives. Implicit in the major are questions about the nature of war, its definitions, its economic, political and social aspects, and its consequences.

Major Study

A major in War and Society consists of a minimum of 52 credit points. The subjects making up the major are to be chosen from the list below, with 24 credit points at 300 level including WAR 300 as the compulsory subject.

Minor Study

A minor in War and Society consists of a minimum of 28 credit points including WAR300.

Honours

See Bachelor of Arts (Honours)

Study Program

Subject Code

Subject Name

Credit Points

Sessions

Core

WAR 300

War and Society

8

Autumn

100 level

HIST107

Empires, Colonies and the 'Clash of Civilisations'

6

Spring

HIST124

The Cold War and After

6

Autumn

200 level

ARTS202

International Studies

8

Autumn/Spring

HIST203

Australians and the Great War

8

Autumn

HIST215

National Stories

8

Spring

HIST265

Gallipoli Study Tour

8

Winter

HIST232

Russia in War and Revolution

8

N/O 2009

POL 225

International Relations: An Introduction

8

Autumn

POL 230

Latin America: The Politics of Conquest

8

N/O 2009

SOC 224

Violence, Fear and Civilisation: The Evolution of States

8

Autumn

300 level

ABST300

Indigenous Theories of Decolonisation

8

Spring

ENGL337

Sex, Power and Chivalry: Medieval to Modern Literature

8

N/O 2009

HIST300

Reporting War

8

Spring

HIST322

Twentieth Century Dictatorships

8

Spring

HIST339

Australians and War: From Kokoda to Iraq

8

Spring

MACS390

Media, War and Society

8

Autumn

POL 303

Peacekeeping, Sovereignty and Global Order

8

Autumn

POL 368

Protest and Power: America in the Sixties

8

N/O 2009

Last reviewed: 30 October, 2008