History Major

Major/Minor/Specialisation !105-AA-MAJ+1029 (2009)

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Year and Campus:	2009

Coordinator

Discipline Chair: Professor Elizabeth Malcolm

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Overview:	Requirements for a major A major in history usually consists of eight 12.5-point subjects, totalling 100 points. It comprises: One first-year subject in history (12.5 points); and Seven second/third-year subjects in history (87.5 points).
Subject Options:	Level 1 History Subjects Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: 131-101 War, State and Society Not offered in 2009 12.50 131-113 Revolutions Through History Not offered in 2009 12.50 131-118 Making the Global World: 1750-2001 Not offered in 2009 12.50 131-119 Age of Revolutions: America and France Semester 1 12.50 131-120 Making Sense of America: U.S. Since 1945 Semester 2 12.50 131-166 Medieval Plague, War and Heresy Semester 2 12.50 131-122 The World That Made Us: 1945 to Today Semester 1 12.50 102-110 Contesting Australia Semester 1 12.50 107-102 Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia Semester 1 12.50 107-104 Myth, Art and Empire: Greece and Rome Semester 2 12.50 Level 2 History Subjects Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: 131-018 Searching for the American Dream Semester 2 25.00 131-024 The Body: History, Sex & Gender Not offered in 2009 12.50 131-039 The Rise of Modern Japan 1850s-1990s Summer 12.50 131-041 The Renaissance in Italy Not offered in 2009 12.50 131-042 The Rise and Fall of the Roman Republic Semester 1 12.50 131-044 Renaissance Nuremberg & Central Europe Not offered in 2009 25.00 131-046 Great Empires of Islamic Civilisation Semester 2 12.50 131-052 The Holocaust & Genocide Semester 1 12.50 131-058 The Rise & Fall of the German Empire Not offered in 2009 12.50 131-062 Making China Modern Not offered in 2009 12.50 131-066 The Modern Middle East Not offered in 2009 12.50 131-075 The Graeco-Roman City in Antiquity Summer 25.00 131-076 Asia, the Pacific & the West in History Semester 1 12.50 131-082 Age of Stalin 1924 - 1953 Not offered in 2009 12.50 131-083 The Decline & Fall of the Soviet Empire Not offered in 2009 12.50 131-085 Witches and Witch Hunting in Europe Not offered in 2009 12.50 131-206 The French Revolution Not offered in 2009 12.50 131-217 Modern Southeast Asia Semester 1 12.50 131-219 Modern & Contemporary Ireland Since 1790 Semester 2 12.50 131-233 Civil War and Revolution in Britain Not offered in 2009 12.50 131-236 The USA & the World:Democracy and Empire Not offered in 2009 12.50 131-240 Controversies in Australian History Semester 2 12.50 131-253 China and the World, 1368-2001 Not offered in 2009 12.50 131-272 Venice and Cultures of Consumption Not offered in 2009 12.50 131-273 'La Serenissima': The Myth of Venice Not offered in 2009 12.50 131-225 Terrorism in Modern Conflict Not offered in 2009 12.50 131-276 Medieval and Renaissance Europe Semester 1 12.50 131-051 Aboriginal & Pacific Islander Histories Not offered in 2009 12.50 131-277 Total War in Europe: World War One Semester 1 12.50 131-279 Total War in Europe: World War Two Semester 2 12.50 131-274 Famine in World History Semester 1 12.50 131-275 A History of Israel: Good Bad & Disputed Semester 1 12.50 131-281 U.S. History to 1941: Claiming Freedom Semester 1 12.50 102-003 Australia and America Semester 1, Semester 2 12.50 102-005 Exploring Central Australia Semester 2 12.50 107-229 Augustan Rome Semester 2 12.50 136-217 Science: Revolutions and Evolutions Semester 2 12.50 110-202 Chinese Studies: Culture and Empire Semester 1 12.50 102-211 Migrant Nation: Culture and Identity Semester 1 12.50 102-214 Australia Now Semester 1, Semester 2 12.50 107-211 Egypt Under the Pharaohs Semester 1 12.50 Level 3 History Subjects Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: 671-370 Searching for the American Dream Semester 2 25.00 671-371 The Body: History, Sex & Gender Not offered in 2009 12.50 671-374 The Rise of Modern Japan 1850s-1990s Summer 12.50 671-375 The Renaissance in Italy Not offered in 2009 12.50 671-376 Imperial Rome: Augustus to Theodosius I Semester 2 12.50 671-377 Renaissance Nuremberg & Central Europe Not offered in 2009 25.00 671-378 Great Empires of Islamic Civilisation Not offered in 2009 12.50 671-379 Hitler's Germany Semester 1 12.50 671-380 The Russian Revolution 1890-1924 Semester 2 12.50 671-381 The Holocaust & Genocide Not offered in 2009 12.50 671-382 The Rise & Fall of the German Empire Not offered in 2009 12.50 671-383 Making China Modern Semester 2 12.50 671-387 The Graeco-Roman City in Antiquity Summer 25.00 671-388 Asia, the Pacific & the West in History Semester 1 12.50 673-392 The Decline & Fall of the Soviet Empire Not offered in 2009 12.50 671-392 Witches and Witch Hunting in Europe Not offered in 2009 12.50 673-393 Power, Identity and Jewish History Semester 2 12.50 673-396 Ireland Down Under Semester 1 12.50 673-397 The French Revolution Not offered in 2009 12.50 671-394 Total War: Asia & the Pacific 1931-1952 Not offered in 2009 12.50 671-395 The History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict Semester 2 12.50 672-301 Terrorism in Modern Conflict Not offered in 2009 12.50 672-304 Civil War and Revolution in Britain Not offered in 2009 12.50 672-305 The USA & the World:Democracy and Empire Not offered in 2009 12.50 672-312 China and the World, 1368-2001 Not offered in 2009 12.50 674-300 'La Serenissima': The Myth of Venice Not offered in 2009 12.50 670-308 Exploring Central Australia Semester 2 12.50 670-309 Witness: War and the Australian Media Semester 1 12.50 670-310 From Mateship to Mardi Gras Semester 2 12.50 670-373 Classical Athens Not offered in 2009 12.50 110-053 Taiwan & Beyond: Chinese Settler Culture Semester 1 12.50 131-300 Colonising Australia Semester 1 12.50 131-301 Remaking Australia: Change Since 1900 Semester 2 12.50 671-373 A History of Sexualities Semester 1 12.50 672-303 Inventing Asian Traditions Semester 1 12.50 671-384 The Modern Middle East Semester 1 12.50 673-362 From Pericles to Cleopatra Semester 1 12.50 131-302 New Kingdom Egypt, the Aegean & the East Semester 2 12.50 672-306 The Crusades Semester 2 12.50
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Overview:

Requirements for a major

A major in history usually consists of eight 12.5-point subjects, totalling 100 points. It comprises: