Bachelor of Arts
Australian History
| Program of Study | Credit Points | ||
| Prescribed Units for this Major Complete the following units: |
12 cps | ||
| Unit Code | Unit Title | Unit cps | |
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| HIST150 | Colonial Australia | 6 | |
| HIST151 | Modern Australia | 6 | |
Listed Units for this Major |
36 cps | ||
| HIST329 | Australia and the World: An International History | 6 | |
| HIST330 | Australian Local History | 6 | |
| HIST333 | Waking the Dead: Death, Burials and Memorials | 6 | |
| HIST335 | Heritage Conservation | 6 | |
| HIST337 | History and Museums | 6 | |
| HIST338 | Australian Frontiers: Rural and Regional Histories | 6 | |
| HIST339 | The Family in Australian History | 6 | |
| HIST351 | Convict Australia | 6 | |
| HIST354 | Aboriginal History Since the Late 18th Century | 6 | |
| HIST361 | The Cold War and Popular Culture | 6 | |
| HIST368 | The Swinging Sixties: The 1960s in America, Britain and Australia | 6 | |
| HIST376 | Oral History | 6 | |
| Course Requirements | 96 cps | ||
| To achieve an overall total of 144 credit points candidates must complete a further 96 credit points by completing a second Major and Elective Units. Elective Units can be selected from any unit offered by the University subject to meeting overall course requirements and prerequisite and timetabling requirements for individual units. | |||
| Total | 144 cps | ||
| Suggested Elective Units to complement this Major: | |||
| ARPA101 | The Archaeology of Civilisations | 6 | |
| ARPA104 | Archaeology: Studying the Human Past | 6 | |
| ARPA302 | Aboriginal Archaeology | 6 | |
| ARPA351 | Australian Rock Art in World Perspective | 6 | |
| ARPA352 | Public Archaeology and Management | 6 | |
| ASST100 | Asian Pasts | 6 | |
| HIST111 | Medieval Europe | 6 | |
| HIST165 | Europe and the New World | 6 | |
| HIST304 | The Age of the Vikings | 6 | |
| HIST305 | Byzantine History AD 330-1056 | 6 | |
| HIST307 | An Age of Uncertainty: Later-Plantagenet England | 6 | |
| HIST308 | The Crusades | 6 | |
| HIST318 | Victims of Whiggery: The Tolpuddle Martyrs England | 6 | |
| HIST324 | Ashes to Ashes: Germany 1918-1945 | 6 | |
| HIST328 | Europe in War and Peace, 1914 to the Present | 6 | |
| HIST342 | Gandhi and Non-Violent Action in the 20th Century | 6 | |
| HIST343 | Islam in the Modern World | 6 | |
| HIST348 | Russia: from Kievan Rus to Lenin | 6 | |
| HIST357 | Vienna to Versailles: Modern Europe, 1789-1918 | 6 | |
| HUMS100 | Colliding Worlds | 6 | |
| HUMS101 | The Art of Good Thinking | 6 | |
| HUMS102 | Learning Life-Long Academic Skills | 6 | |
| HUMS301 | Special Option A | 6 | |
| HUMS303 | Special Option C | 6 | |
| IDIG101 | Issues in Contemporary Indigenous Societies | 6 | |
| PAIS101 | Beyond Lies and Spin: Why Politics Matters | 6 | |
| PAIS102 | Political Ideologies | 6 | |
| PAIS103 | International Relations: An Australian Perspective | 6 | |
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Suggested Full Time Course Plan
The following are standard patterns of enrolment or pathways for candidates studying on a full-time or part-time basis. They take into account unit pre-requisite, co-requisite and timetabling requirements. Candidates can each year choose to study less units than the full-time pattern or more units than the part-time pattern, but if doing so should use these standard patterns as guides as to how best to structure their studies.
For candidates studying Full-Time = 48 cps per year or 24 cps per semester. This equates to a workload of approximately 40-48 hours per week.
| Year | Notes | Semester 1 | Semester 2 |
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| 1 | In their 1st year candidates should enrol in these 2 Prescribed Units for this Major, 2 Units from Second Major and 4 Elective Units. | HIST150 |
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| 2 | In Yr 2 candidates should enrol in 2 Listed Units for this Major, 4 Units from Second Major and 2 Elective Units. | Listed Unit |
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| 3 | In Yr 3 candidates should enrol in 4 Listed Units for this Major, 2 Units from Second Major and 2 Elective Units. | Listed Unit |
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Note: Prescribed, Listed and Elective Units may vary within each Major. |
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Suggested Part Time Course Plan
For candidates studying Part-Time = 24 cps per year or 12 cps per semester. This equates to a workload of approximately 20-24 hours per week.
| Year | Notes | Semester 1 | Semester 2 |
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| 1 | In their 1st year candidates should enrol in these 2 Prescribed Units for this Major and 2 Units from Second Major. | HIST150 |
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| 2 | In Yr 2 candidates should enrol in 2 Listed Units for this Major and 2 Units from Second Major. | Listed Unit |
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| 3 | In Yr 3 candidates should enrol in 2 Listed Units for this Major and 2 Units from Second Major. | Listed Unit |
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| 4 | In Yr 4 candidates should enrol in 2 Listed Units for this Major and 2 Units from Second Major. | Listed Unit |
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| 5 | In Yr 5 candidates should enrol in 4 Elective Units. | Elective Unit |
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| 6 | In Yr 6 candidates should enrol in 4 Elective Units. | Elective Unit |
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Note: Prescribed, Listed and Elective Units may vary within each Major. |
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