History

Major/Minor/Specialisation !BH-ARTS-SPC+1018 (2015)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2015.

Year and Campus: 2015
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 of at least H2A (75%) in second and third year subjects within the major, or equivalent.

Learning Outcomes:

See course objectives

Structure & Available Subjects:

Students undertaking pure honours in history must complete:

  • HIST40036 History Thesis (50 points); and
  • Three compulsory honours subjects (seminars) in history (37.5 points); and
  • One elective honours subjects (seminar) in history (12.5) points.

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

  • HIST40036 History Thesis (50 points); and
  • HIST40030 History for Historians (12.5 points); and
  • Three honours subjects in the combining discipline (37.5 points).

OR

  • Honours thesis in the combining discipline (50 points); and
  • One honours subject in the combining discipline (12.5 points); and
  • Three compulsory 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
25

Compulsory subjects

These three subjects are compulsory in the pure honours stream.

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:

Elective subjects

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Semester 2
12.5
Links to further information: http://history.unimelb.edu.au/
Related Course(s): Bachelor of Arts (Degree with Honours)

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