Disciplines and areas of study
History
Program Coordinator: Dr Richard Broome (sem. 1), Dr Katie Holmes (sem. 2)
The History Program offers a wide range of units covering aspects of European, British, North American, Latin American, and Australian history, as well as some units concentrating on the history of ideas, society, or culture rather than on particular regions or countries. It is therefore possible for students to select a major that allows them to concentrate to a considerable extent on certain areas (for example, European, American or Australian history) or themes (for example, culture contact, and social history, revolutionary movements in modern history, gender, and religion). Other relevant units, which may fit into such majors, are available in other programs in the faculty. The History Program also specialises in Colonial, Post-Colonial histories and transnational perspectives.
Prerequisites
Students who have passed only one semester unit of first year history can enrol in later-year units with the permission of the program coordinator: (a C grade or better will normally be required).
All units are offered subject to the availability of appropriate staffing and minimum enrolments. Depending on staff availability, it may also be necessary to set quotas on some units.
Programs of study
Those qualifying for the degree with a major in history must include at least 130 credit points, of which 30 credit points are normally at first year level, 40 credit points at second year level and 60 credit points at third year level. However, students may take up to 205 credit points of history units as part of their degree.
Those who think they might wish to pursue an honours degree in history are encouraged to take another 20 credit points of history in their second and third years.
| Teaching period | Unit title | Unit code |
|---|---|---|
| First year units (15 credit points) | ||
| TE-SEM-1 | Conquest of the Americas: Aztecs, Incas, Mayans, Spaniards | HIS1CAM |
| TE-SEM-1 | Greece and the Balkans in the Twentieth Century | EST1GAB |
| TE-SEM-1 | Modern Europe A: from monarchies to nations 1760-1890 | HIS1MEA |
| TE-SEM-1 | Myth, Legend and History | HIS1MLH |
| TE-SEM-2 | Ancient Civilisations1 | HIS1ACA |
| TE-SEM-2 | Ancient Mediterranean Culture – the Greek Achievement | ANG1AMC |
| TE-SEM-2 | Globalisation: the rise of the modern world | HIS1DEV |
| TE-SEM-2 | Modern Europe B: the twentieth century | HIS1MEB |
| Second or third year units (20 credit points) | ||
| TE-SEM-1 | America since 1945: pop art, politics and popular culture1 | HIS2AWA/HIS3AWA |
| TE-SEM-1 | Ancient Israel Part A 1 | HIS2AIA/HIS3AIA |
| TE-SEM-1 | Antiquity, Gender and Religion | HIS2AGR/HIS3AGR |
| TE-SEM-1 | Archaeology of the Modern World | ARC2AMW/ARC3AMW |
| TE-SEM-1 | Charting the Colonial Pacific | HIS2CCP/HIS3CCP |
| TE-SEM-1 | Civil War to Civil Rights in the USA | HIS2CWU/HIS3CWU |
| TE-SEM-1 | Discover Australia: current issues and debates | AUS2DAU/AUS3DAU |
| TE-SEM-1 | Ethnic and Civil Conflict in Southern Europe and Cyprus | EST2ECC/EST3ECC |
| TE-SEM-1 | Europe Transformed | HIS2EUT/HIS3EUT |
| TE-SEM-1 | The European Union | HIS2EUU/HIS3EUU |
| TE-SEM-1 | Heritage Sites and Landscapes in Australia1 | HIS2HSL/HIS3HSL |
| TE-SEM-1 | Jesus: fact or fiction? | HIS2JFF/HIS3JFF |
| TE-SEM-1 | Latin America through Film and Popular Culture1 | HIS2LFP/HIS3LFP |
| TE-SEM-1 | Making America from Pocahontas to Prohibition | HIS2MAM/HIS3MAM |
| TE-SEM-1 | Making of Modern Italy | HIS2MMI/HIS3MMI |
| TE-SEM-1 | Memory, Myth and History | HIS2MMH/HIS3MMH |
| TE-SEM-1 | Migration to Australia in the 19th and 20th Centuries1 | HIS2MTA/HIS3MTA |
| TE-SEM-1 | Nazi Germany and Europe | HIS2NGE/HIS3NGE |
| TE-SEM-1 | Peasants and Politics in Latin America | HIS2PPL/HIS3PPL |
| TE-SEM-1 | Remembering the Past: oral history and memory1 | HIS2RTP/HIS3RTP |
| TE-SEM-2 | America’s War in Vietnam: culture and politics1 | HIS2AWV/HIS3AWV |
| TE-SEM-2 | Australian Aboriginal History1 | HIS2AAH/HIS3AAH |
| TE-SEM-2 | Australian Political Culture | POL2APC/POL3APC |
| TE-SEM-2 | Australians at War: gendered perspectives | HIS2AAW/HIS3AAW |
| TE-SEM-2 | Early Imperial Russia1 | HIS2EIR/HIS3EIR |
| TE-SEM-2 | Film, History and Narrative1 | HIS2FHN/HIS3FHN |
| TE-SEM-2 | Food, Drink and World History: ancient world to modern Australia | HIS2FDA/HIS3FDA |
| TE-SEM-2 | From Lenin to Stalin: Soviet society 1917-1941 | HIS2FLS/HIS3FLS |
| TE-SEM-2 | Gender Relations in Australian Society 1 | HIS2GRA/HIS3GRA |
| TE-SEM-2 | Genocides and the Holocaust: Europe, Asia, Africa | HIS2GAH/HIS3GAH |
| TE-SEM-2 | Imagining Contemporary Greece: cinema, song and text | EST2ICG/EST3ICG |
| TE-SEM-2 | Ireland in the Nineteenth Century1 | HIS2IRL/HIS3IRL |
| TE-SEM-2 | Irish Revolution 1890-19251 | HIS2IRR/HIS3IRR |
| TE-SEM-2 | Israel, Jews and the Nations1 | HIS2IJN/HIS3IJN |
| TE-SEM-2 | Landscape and the Human World | SOC2LL/SOC3LL |
| TE-SEM-2 | Late Imperial Russia 1812-19171 | HIS2LIR/HIS3LIR |
| TE-SEM-2 | Living with Colonialism: resistance and accommodation | HIS2LWC/HIS3LWC |
| TE-SEM-2 | Medieval Europe 600-1200 (on-line unit) | ARH2MEU/ARH3MEU |
| TE-SEM-2 | Native American Endurance | HIS2NAE/HIS3NAE |
| TE-SEM-2 | People, Power and Protest: transforming modern Australia | HIS2PPP/HIS3PPP |
| TE-SEM-2 | Revolutions in Central Europe | POL2RCE/POL3RCE |
| TE-SEM-2 | Riots and Rebellions | HIS2RAR/HIS3RAR |
| TE-SEM-2 | Slaves and Slavery: from Africa to the Americas1 | HIS2SAS/HIS3SAS |
| TE-SEM-2 | Transterritorial Hellenism: a journey through some sites | EST2TTH/EST3TTH |
| TE-SEM-2 | US Civil Rights Movement 1954 -1968 | HIS2UCR/HIS3UCR |
| TE-SEM-2 | The World since 1945 | HIS2WOR/HIS3WOR |
| Summer unit | ||
| TE-SEM-S | The Ottoman Empire (offered in Turkey) | HIS2OTT/HIS3OTT |
| Third year units (20 credit points) | ||
| TE-SEM-1 | Reading Course A | HIS3RCA |
| TE-SEM-2 | Reading Course B | HIS3RCB |
| TE-SEM-2 | Reflective and Narrative History2 | HIS3RHB |
- Key: 1 Not available in 2008.
- 2 A special honours unit, students must apply to undertake this unit.
Other units approved for a major in history
Students qualifying for a degree by taking a major in history should note that no more than 15 credit points at first year and no more than 20 credit points at second and third year of units from this category might be credited towards a major in history.
| Unit title | Unit code |
|---|---|
| First year units (15 credit points) | |
| Introduction to Asia: Japan and Indonesia | AST1IJI |
| Introduction to Asia: China and India | AST1ICI |
| Second or third year units (20 credit points) | |
| Historical Archaeology in Australia | ARC2HAA/ARC3HAA |
| Radio Theory and History | MST2RTH/MST3RTH |
Honours
Coordinator: Dr Adrian Jones (Semester 1), Dr Tim Minchin (Semester 2).
An honours degree in history requires intensive study of the discipline during both third and fourth years. Separate honours studies commence in third year. To be eligible to apply for the Honours year students are normally expected to have completed at least 130 credit points of history units with a B grade average. While it is strongly recommended that students who wish to undertake Honours complete the special, third year honours preparation unit HIS3RHB, it is not compulsory to take the unit for admission to Honours. Students are encouraged to take at least 150 credit points of history units. Before the end of their second year, students who wish to enter the honours program should contact the Honours Coordinator. Students are advised to consult beforehand the history lecturers and tutors with whom they are studying, as a high standard is expected in the course.
History honours at fourth year consists of two components of coursework, each of which counts for 20% of the final mark; an examination in the general seminar which counts for 10% of the final mark; and a thesis of 12000 to 15000 words, which counts for 50% of the final mark.
A full description of these units (including the unit name, unit code, credit points, campus/location, unit coordinator, class requirements, assessment, prerequisites, and readings) appears at the end of each discipline entry. A full description of HIS units appears below. For the most recent descriptions of all units, please access the unit database at www.latrobe.edu.au/udb_public.