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La Trobe University
University Handbook 2008

Single degrees

Bachelor of Arts in Contemporary European Studies (ABACE) – Melbourne (Bundoora)

This three-year degree consists of 360 credit points (120 credit points at each year level). Students complete core and Elective units at each year level as shown below. Students may study either full-time or part-time.

First year (120 credit points)

Students must complete:

  • the five core units (75 credit points) listed below, and
  • three Elective units (45 credit points) offered at the university.
Teaching period First year core units Unit code
TE-SEM-1 Modern Europe A: from monarchies to nations 1760-1890 HIS1MEA
TE-SEM-2 Windows on Contemporary Europe: cultures in transformation EST1WEA
TE-SEM-2 Modern Europe B: the twentieth century HIS1MEB
  • 30 credit points of a European language

Second year (120 credit points)

Students must complete:

  • the two second year core units (40 credit points) listed below
  • at least two units at second year level (40 credit points) from List A below, and
  • two second year level Elective units (40 credit points) either from List A or other units offered at the university.
Teaching period Second year core units Unit code
TE-SEM-1 Europe Transformed HIS2EUT
and one of
TE-SEM-2 European Travel and Art ARH2ETA
TE-SEM-2 Revolutions in Central Europe POL2RCE

Third year (120 credit points)

Students must complete:

  • the two third year core units (40 credit points) listed below
  • at least two units at third year level (40 credit points) from List A below, and
  • two third year level Elective units (40 credit points) either from List A or other units offered at the university.
Teaching period Third year core units Unit code
TE-SEM-1 The European Union HIS3EUU
? and one of ?
TE-SEM-2 The Politics of Economic Regions POL3PER
TE-SEM-2 Imagining Europe: cultural perception of European identity1 EST3IEU
List A (all units 20 credit points)

Students should check individual discipline listings for availability of the following units.

Unit name Unit code
Being and world PHI2BAW/PHI3BAW
Contemporary Italian Cinema CST2CIC/CST3CIC
Cultural Interactions2 (15 Credit Points) THS3CUI
Culture, Race and Difference ANT2CRD/ANT3CRD
Discourse, Body, Knowledge PHI2DBK/PHI3DBK
Ethnic and Civil Conflict in Southern Europe and Cyprus EST2ECC/EST3ECC
Freud PHI2FRD/PHI3FRD
From Lenin to Stalin: the first decades of Soviet society HIS2FLS/HIS3FLS
Genocides and the Holocaust: Europe, Asia, Africa HIS2GAH/HIS3GAH
Global Trading Issues2 ECO2GTI
Greek Language units at second or third year level
History of Modern Political Thought POL2HMP/POL3HMP
Human rights law2 (15 Credit Points) LAW2HRL/LAW3HRL
Imaging Contemporary Greece: cinema, song and text EST2ICG/EST3ICG
International Business Environment2 (15 Credit Points) ECO2IBE
International Business Law2 (15 Credit Points) LAW2IBL/LAW3IBL
International Monetary Economics2 (15 Credit Points) ECO3IME
International Relations: the Cold War and the great powers POL2INR/POL3INR
International Tourism2 (15 Credit Points) THS3INT
International Trade2 (15 Credit Points) ECO3ITR
Ireland in the Nineteenth Century HIS2IRL/HIS3IRL
Irish Revolution, 1890-1925 HIS2IRR/HIS3IRR
Italian Language units at second or third year level
Late Imperial Russia HIS2LIR/HIS3LIR
Law of the European Community 2 (15 Credit Points) LAW2LEC
Love, Desire and the Master-Slave Dialectic PHI2LDM/PHI3LDM
The Making of Modern Italy HIS2MMI/HIS3MMI
Making of the Modern Worldview PHI2MMW/PHI3MMW
Modern World Economy2 (15 Credit Points) ECO2MWE
Nations and States POL2NAS/POL3NAS
Nazi Germany and Europe HIS2NGE/HIS3NGE
Origins of Postmodernism ARH2OPM/ARH3OPM
Plato and the Meaning Of Being PHI2PAM/PHI3PAM
The Politics of Economic Regions POL2PER/POL3PER
Revolutions in Central Europe POL2RCE/POL3RCE
Riots and Rebellion HIS2RAR/HIS3RAR
Spain Today SPA2SPT/SPA3SPT
Spanish Language units at second or third year level
Theory, Culture and Society SOC2TCS/SOC3TCS
Transterritorial Hellenism: a journey through some sites EST2TTH/EST3TTH
  • Key: 2 Normal unit prerequisites not required for enrolment in these units.

Honours degree

Students who have completed the requirements for the Bachelor of Arts in Contemporary European Studies degree with a high level of performance in all units will be eligible to be considered for admission to the honours year. The honours year will consist of one fourth-year core unit, one fourth-year Elective unit and a research thesis.

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