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La Trobe University
University Handbook 2010

Single degrees

Bachelor of European Studies (ABEST) – Melbourne (Bundoora)

This three-year degree consists of 360 credit points (120 credit points at each year level). Students complete core and Elective subjects 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 four core subjects (60 credit points) listed below, and
  • four Elective subjects (60 credit points) offered at the university.
Teaching period First year core subjects Subject code
TE-SEM-1 Modern Europe A: from monarchies to nations 1760-1890 HIS1MEA
TE-SEM-1 A European language subject
TE-SEM-2 Windows on Contemporary Europe: cultures in transformation EST1WEA
TE-SEM-2 A European language subject

Second year (120 credit points)

Students must complete:

  • the two second year core subjects (40 credit points) listed below
  • at least two subjects at second year level (40 credit points) from List B below, and
  • two second year level Elective subjects (40 credit points) either from List B or other subjects offered at the university.
Teaching period Second year core subjects Subject code
TE-SEM-1 Twentieth Century Europe HIS2TCE
TE-SEM-2 Nations and States POL2NAS

Third year (120 credit points)

Students must complete:

  • the third year core subject (20 credit points) listed below,
  • at least one subject at third year level from List A below (20 credit points),
  • at least two subjects at third year level from List B below (40 credit points), and
  • two third year level Elective subjects (40 credit points) either from List A or B or other subjects offered at the university.
Teaching period Third year core subjects Subject code
TE-SEM-1 The European Union HIS3EUU
List A
Teaching period Third year core subjects Subject code
TE-SEM-1 European Cultural History HIS3EUT
TE-SEM-2 European Travel and Art (not available in 2010) ARH3ETA
TE-SEM-2 The Politics of Economic Regions (not available in 2010) POL3PER
TE-SEM-2 Revolutions in Central Europe (not available in 2010) POL3RCE
List B

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

Subject name Subject code
Being in the World: Heidegger and Nietzsche on hope and despair PHI2BAW/PHI3BAW
Contemporary European 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
French Language subjects at second or third year level
Freud PHI2FRD/PHI3FRD
From Lenin to Stalin: the first decades of Soviet society HIS2FLS/HIS3FLS
Genocides and the Holocaust: Europe, Asia, Africa HIS2GAH/HIS3GAH
Greek Language subjects 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
Italian Language subjects 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 Western Worldview: earthly paradise or dead end? PHI2MMW/PHI3MMW
Modern World Economy2 (15 credit points) ECO2MWE
Nazi Germany and Europe HIS2NGE/HIS3NGE
Plato and the Meaning Of Being PHI2PAM/PHI3PAM
Riots and Rebellion HIS2RAR/HIS3RAR
Spanish Language subjects at second or third year level
Theory, Culture and Society SOC2TCS/SOC3TCS
Transterritorial Hellenism: a journey through some sites EST2TTH/EST3TTH

Key: 2 Normal subject prerequisites not required for enrolment in these subjects.

Honours degree

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