Courses Handbook 2009

311107 v.1 History Major


Introduction

This major enables students to examine the development of social, political, cultural and economic forces, noting how such developments shape society over time. Particular attention is paid to Australia, selected overseas societies, ideas and research methods. More generally, students are encouraged to examine how history shapes the way they think.

Course Structure Hrs/Wk Credit
Year 2
  SELECT OPTIONAL UNITS TO THE TOTAL VALUE OF:   100.0
  100.0
Year 3 Semester 1
310999 v.1   History 311 - Provocative Histories 3.0 50.0
  50.0
Year 3 Semester 2
311000 v.1   History 312 - Interpreting Histories 3.0 50.0
  50.0
Optional Units to Select from in Year 2 Hrs/Wk Credit
2487 v.6   History 211 - Medieval Europe - Living, Dying and Remembering 3.0 25.0
2838 v.6   History 219 - Colonial Australia 3.0 25.0
2840 v.7   History 220 - Comparative History of the Working Class in 20th Century Australia 3.0 25.0
2878 v.6   History 216 - Modern India 3.0 25.0
2879 v.6   History 217 - Twentieth Century Australia 3.0 25.0
2880 v.5   History 218 - Western Australia from 1829 3.0 25.0
2955 v.6   History 231 - Indonesia in the 19th and 20th Centuries 3.0 25.0
310991 v.1   Cultural Contexts of Crime 216 3.0 25.0
310992 v.1   Demonisation in Theory and Practice 217 3.0 25.0
311005 v.1   Oil, God and War: the Making of the Modern Middle East 226 3.0 25.0
311006 v.1   Other Lives - The Power of Autobiography in History and Anthropology 212 3.0 25.0
311012 v.1   Race, Bodies and Culture 213 3.0 25.0
311017 v.1   South Africa - The Politics of Memory 214 3.0 25.0
8375 v.7   History 262 - South Asia 1500 BC-1700 AD 3.0 25.0
9532 v.7   History 241 - Japanese Modernisation since 1868 3.0 25.0
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