History Major

Major/Minor/Specialisation !105-AA-MAJ+1029 (2011)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2011.

Year and Campus:	2011

Coordinator

Dr Barbara Keys
Email: bkeys@unimelb.edu.au

Contact

Arts & Music Student Centre

Overview:	This major can be taken by students enrolled in the pre-2008 Bachelor of Arts - please refer to the course overview for details.
Objectives:	see course objectives
Structure & Available Subjects:	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). Students who commenced their degree before 2007 will need to complete 112.5 points toward this major in order to complete the major. For the specific major structure you must follow, refer to the handbook produced in the year you commenced your degree, available online at https://psc.unimelb.edu.au/. If you have any questions about the major structure or subjects, please contact the Arts & Music Student Centre.
Subject Options:	Level 1 History Subjects Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: HIST10005 Age of Revolutions: America and France Semester 2 12.50 HIST10006 Making Sense of America: U.S. Since 1945 Semester 2 12.50 HIST10007 Medieval Plague, War and Heresy Semester 1 12.50 HIST10008 The World That Made Us: 1945 to Today Semester 1 12.50 AUST10001 Contesting Australia Semester 1 12.50 ANCW10001 Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia Semester 1 12.50 ANCW10002 Myth, Art and Empire: Greece and Rome Semester 2 12.50 JEWI10001 A History of Israel: Good Bad & Disputed Semester 1 12.50 Level 2 History Subjects Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: HIST20001 Searching for the American Dream Not offered in 2011 25 131-039 The Rise of Modern Japan 1850s-1990s Not offered 2010 HIST20007 The Rise and Fall of the Roman Republic Semester 1 12.50 HIST20009 Renaissance Nuremberg & Central Europe Not offered in 2011 25 HIST20010 Great Empires of Islamic Civilisation Semester 2 12.50 HIST20013 The Holocaust & Genocide Semester 1 12.50 HIST20019 The Graeco-Roman City in Antiquity Summer Term 25 HIST20020 Asia, the Pacific & the West in History March 12.50 HIST20025 Witches and Witch Hunting in Europe Semester 2 12.50 HIST20034 Modern Southeast Asia Semester 1 12.50 HIST20035 Modern & Contemporary Ireland Since 1790 Semester 2 12.50 HIST20043 The USA & the World:Democracy and Empire Semester 1 12.50 HIST20046 Controversies in Australian History Semester 2 12.50 HIST20052 Venice and Cultures of Consumption November 12.50 HIST20057 Medieval and Renaissance Europe Not offered in 2011 12.50 HIST20061 Aboriginal Histories Not offered in 2011 12.50 HIST20058 Total War in Europe: World War One Semester 2 12.50 HIST20060 Total War in Europe: World War Two Not offered in 2011 12.50 HIST20059 U.S. History to 1941: Claiming Freedom Not offered in 2011 12.50 AUST20001 Australia and America Semester 1, Semester 2 12.50 AUST20002 Exploring Central Australia Not offered in 2011 12.50 ANCW20008 Augustan Rome Semester 2 12.50 AUST20005 Migrant Nation: Culture and Identity Semester 1 12.50 AUST20007 Australia Now Semester 1, Semester 2 12.50 ANCW20003 Egypt Under the Pharaohs Semester 1 12.50 HIST20064 The Russian Revolution 1890-1924 Semester 1 12.50 HIST20065 Rebels and Revolutionaries Semester 2 12.50 Level 3 History Subjects Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: HIST30001 Searching for the American Dream Winter Term 25 HIST30006 The Renaissance in Italy Not offered in 2011 12.50 HIST30007 Imperial Rome: Mediterranean Superpower Semester 2 12.50 HIST30008 Renaissance Nuremberg & Central Europe Not offered in 2011 25 HIST30010 Hitler's Germany Semester 1 12.50 HIST30014 Making China Modern January 12.50 HIST30018 The Graeco-Roman City in Antiquity January 25 HIST30019 Asia, the Pacific & the West in History March 12.50 HIST30045 Power, Identity and Jewish History Not offered in 2011 12.50 HIST30048 Ireland Down Under Semester 1 12.50 HIST30026 The History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict Semester 2 12.50 AUST30004 Witness: War and the Australian Media Semester 1 12.50 AUST30005 From Mateship to Mardi Gras Not offered in 2011 12.50 HIST30056 Colonising Australia Semester 1 12.50 HIST30058 Remaking Australia: Change Since 1900 Not offered in 2011 12.50 HIST30004 A History of Sexualities Semester 2 12.50 HIST30015 The Modern Middle East Semester 1 12.50 ANCW30016 From Pericles to Cleopatra Not offered in 2011 12.50 ANCW30002 New Kingdom Egypt, the Aegean & the East Semester 2 12.50 HIST30034 The Crusades Not offered in 2011 12.50 HIST30007 Imperial Rome: Mediterranean Superpower Semester 2 12.50 HIST30022 Age of Stalin 1924 - 1953 Semester 2 12.50 HIST30051 Venice and Cultures of Consumption November 12.50 HIST30059 Race in America Semester 1 12.50 HIST30061 Transitional Europe, 1815 to the Present Not offered in 2011 12.50
Related Course(s):	Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of Arts & Bachelor of Commerce Bachelor of Arts & Bachelor of Music Bachelor of Arts (Combined Theology) Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science Bachelor of Arts and Sciences Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical) and Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical) and Bachelor of Arts

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