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History is a means of understanding the relationship between the past and the present. It is a rich and stimulating discipline, with its interest in the range of human societies through time and across cultures. An historical perspective also offers important critical insights into contemporary society and debates. The study of history enriches our understanding of ourselves. History trains us in acquiring and analysing information, and in comprehension and communication, skills which are an excellent foundation for any career.
There are no prerequisites for First Year History subjects.
The prerequisite for a Second/Third Year History subject is usually the completion of two First Year subjects in History (25 points). Students who have done suitable alternative First Year subjects are advised to consult with the Department for permission to enrol. Exemptions may also be granted where Second/Third Year subjects are taken as part of an approved interdepartmental program with its own entry requirements.
The prerequisite for a Third/Fourth Year subject in History is usually three Second/Third Year subjects in History (37.5 points).
A threshold requirement for the acceptance of work for evaluation is satisfactory attendance at tutorials. This is a minimum of 50% attendance.
A Major in History usually consists of nine 12.5 point subjects, totalling 112.5 points. It comprises:
two First Year subjects in History (25 points) and;
seven Second/Third Year subjects in History (totalling 87.5 points). The completion of 131-019 Varieties of History:Memory & History is highly recommended.
Students wishing to qualify for Fourth Year Honours study in History must complete 131-084 Historical Theory and Research as part of their Major.
The prerequisites for entry to Fourth Year Honours in History are:
completion of all the requirements for the BA and;
completion of a Major in History including 131-084 Historical Theory and Research and;
an average grade of H2B or higher of the Second/Third Year subjects within the Major.
Entry to Honours must be approved by the History Honours coordinator and the Faculty of Arts Honours course adviser.
Students entering Honours at mid-year or by lateral entry must complete 131-084 Historical Theory and Research as part of their Honours program. Please consult the Honours coordinator for details.
Students undertaking pure Honours in History must complete:
131-087 History Honours Thesis (37.5 points) and;
five Honours subjects in History (totalling 62.5 points) which must include:
131-098 Reading Course (12.5 points) and;
two 'advanced' subjects and two 'theory and method' subjects.
or
three 'advanced' subjects and one 'theory and method' subject.
Students undertaking combined Honours in History and another area of study must complete:
131-087 History Honours Thesis (37.5 points) and;
two Honours subjects in History (totalling 25 points) which must include:
one 'theory and method' subject and;
one 'advanced' subject and;
three Honours subjects in the combined area of study (totalling 37.5 points).
or
Honours thesis in the combined area of study (37.5 points) and;
two Honours subjects in the combined area of study (totalling 25 points) and;
three Honours subjects in History (totalling 37.5 points) which must include:
one 'theory and method' subject and;
two 'advanced' subjects.
Students undertaking Fourth Year Honours part-time would normally undertake their coursework subjects in the First Year and their thesis in the Second Year.
In addition to the research-based MA and PhD by thesis, the Department of History also offers coursework MAs in History, in Women's Studies, and in Gender and Development as well as Graduate and Postgraduate Diplomas in History, Women's Studies, and Gender and Development. These involve a shorter thesis and seminars. They are ideal for those who wish to pursue study on a broader basis and with the support offered by weekly seminars. Brochures are available from the Department.
History graduates use their disciplinary skills in a variety of activities. They teach at all levels; they work in archives, libraries, museums, and as professional consultants in the expanding field of public history. They are also to be found in a growing range of occupations that require information skills. Here their ability to conduct research, to locate and evaluate different forms of evidence, and to express their findings clearly and effectively is at a premium. Virtually all jobs stress the need to study, assess and analyse, to communicate, to write reports and to make presentations; the study of history provides the opportunity to acquire such skills. Thus our graduates find employment in the communications industry (journalism, publishing, public relations, advertising), in administration (public service and corporate agencies, especially planning and policy units) and, more generally, in finance and service industries.
In the modern work force, education does not end at graduation. It continues with specialist training and the development of skills throughout one's working life. The special value of history is that it lays a foundation for such further study that is broader and more durable than a more narrowly vocational first degree. As historians we are always learning, always enriching our comparative perspective on our own society.
Please contact:
History Department
Third Floor, John Medley Building
The University of Melbourne
Victoria 3010
Tel: +61 3 9344 5963
Email: enquiries@history.unimelb.edu.au
Web: http://www.history.unimelb.edu.au
131-003 People in the Great South Land
131-004 Australia Since 1914
131-007 Towards the 21st Century: 1945-1972
131-008 Towards the 21st Century: 1973-2000
131-011 Reason and the State
131-012 Total War in Europe: World War One
131-013 Total War in Europe: World War Two
131-014 Great Civilisations A
131-015 Great Civilisations B
131-016 Europeans and Conquest A
131-017 Europeans and Conquest B
136-032 The Ecological History of Humankind
131-018 Searching for the American Dream
131-019 Varieties of History:Memory & History
131-021 Australian Sporting Culture A: Playing
131-022 Australian Sporting Culture B: Watching
131-023 Reformation England 1485-1560
131-024 The Body: History, Sex & Gender
131-026 Picturing the Australian Way of Life
131-028 Birth of Industrial Society in Britain
131-030 Jews in the Modern World: 1900-2000
131-031 The Crisis Zones of Europe
131-033 Contesting Genders: From Greer to Queer
131-034 Gender, Culture and Society
131-035 Pirates and their Enemies
131-037 Military and State in Indonesia
131-038 Gender and Development
131-039 Japan and the World 1850s-1990s
131-041 The Renaissance in Italy
131-046 Great Empires of Islamic Civilisation
131-047 From Great Exhibition to Great War
131-048 Hitler's Germany
131-049 Late Medieval Monasticism & Governance
131-051 Aboriginal Histories
131-052 The Holocaust & Genocide
131-059 Celtic Irish Kingship
131-062 China from the Manchus to Mao
131-064 Environmental History of Australia
131-065 Film and History
131-066 The Modern Middle East
131-067 War & Australian Society 1788-1918
131-071 Museums, Objects, Spectacles
131-072 South Africa Under Apartheid, 1948-1994
131-075 The Graeco-Roman City in Antiquity
131-076 Asian History: Comparative Perspectives
131-077 Cities of the New World
131-078 On the Edge of History
131-079 Slavery & Freedom in the USA: 1790-1900
131-080 American Modern: USA 1890-1990
131-082 Age of Stalin 1924 - 1953
131-083 The Decline & Fall of the Soviet Empire
131-085 Witches and Witch Hunting in Europe
131-105 Modern & Contemporary Ireland Since 1790
131-106 Holy War, Piracy or Commerce?
131-145 Contemporary American Society & Culture
131-146 Inventing Asian Traditions
103-001 Computer Applications
107-009 The Great Archaeologists
110-075 Inventing Indonesia: Past and Present
131-070 Chinese Overseas: Diasporan Histories
131-084 Historical Theory and Research
131-087 History Honours Thesis
131-150 History Honours Thesis (MYE)
131-045 Historians and Ritual
131-063 Representations of Gender
131-088 Asia in Australian Eyes
131-089 The Struggle for Russia's Past
131-090 Australian Sport: Makers & Readers
131-092 Art, Family & Politics: The Renaissance
131-095 Historians & Autobiography
131-096 The Historian at Work
131-098 Reading Course
131-099 Writing History for Publication
131-100 Religion and Society in Modern England
131-103 American Nation
131-107 Orienteering: Muslim Travel and Writers
131-108 Penal Systems in Historical Perspective
131-109 Approaches to Irish History
131-130 Approaches to Social History
131-131 History 4A
131-132 Gender, Globalisation and Development
131-138 Oral History Workshop
131-139 Applications in Public History
131-140 Telling the Australian Story
131-141 The Spirit of the Court
131-142 Medieval Warfare: Agincourt to Flodden
131-143 Current Themes in American History
131-144 Postcolonial Histories
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