History

Major/Minor/Specialisation !104-AA-SPC+1023 (2012)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2012.

Year and Campus: 2012
Overview:

The minimum entry requirement for history honours is completion of all the requirements for the BA, with a major in history, and an average grade over the second/third year subjects within the major equivalent to at least an H2A (75%).

Objectives:

See course objectives

Structure & Available Subjects:

Students undertaking pure honours in history must complete:

  • History Thesis (37.5 points); and
  • History for Historians (12.5 points); and
  • Four honours subjects (seminars) in history (50 points).

Students undertaking combined honours in history and another program must complete:

  • History Thesis (37.5 points); and
  • Two honours subjects in history (25 points); and
  • Three honours subjects in the combining discipline (37.5 points).

or

  • Honours thesis in the combining discipline (37.5 points); and
  • Two honours subjects in the combining discipline (25 points); and
  • Three honours subjects in history (37.5 points).

Total 100 points

Subject Options:

History Thesis

Note: the thesis requires two consecutive semesters of enrolment.

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Semester 1, Semester 2
18.75

Compulsory subject

This subject is only compulsory in the pure honours stream.

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:

History honours subjects

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Not offered in 2012
12.50
Semester 2
12.50
Links to further information: http://history.unimelb.edu.au/
Related Course(s): Bachelor of Arts (Degree with Honours)

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