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.