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Search : Index : Faculty of Arts
Faculty of Arts
1. Prerequisites
2. Attendance requirement
3. Requirements for a major
4. Honours entry
5. Honours requirements
5.1. Pure honours
5.2. Combined honours
5.3. Part-time honours study
6. Studying overseas
7. Studying intensively
8. Further study
9. Career opportunities
10. For more information
Subject Lists
First year subjects
Second/third year subjects
Third year subjects
Fourth year subjects
Subjects not offered in 2002
First year subjects not offered in 2002
Second/third year subjects not offered in 2002
Fourth year subjects not offered in 2002
The Department of History is one of the leading history departments in Australia and is internationally recognised for its research strengths in Australian, European, American and Asian history. Students will benefit from the unusual breadth and diversity of the department's undergraduate and interdisciplinary teaching programs.
Talented and internationally recognised academic staff and a variety of on-line teaching initiatives, including subject-based email discussions, web-based resources and teaching modules, enrich the learning experience for students of history. Students are trained in the research and analysis of historical information, and develop excellent comprehension and communication skills. These broad-based skills are an excellent foundation for employment in a diverse range of communications, administration and museum-based careers. The optional fieldwork component emphasises the strong vocational value of history. Students interested in expanding their interests and knowledge in history can also progress to higher degree study options at the University of Melbourne.
History is a means of understanding the relationship between past and present. It is a rich and stimulating discipline, exploring the range of human societies through time and across cultures. The study of history enriches our understanding of ourselves. It provides perspective and generates critical understanding of contemporary society.
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 believe they have completed 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.
A threshold requirement for the acceptance of work for evaluation is satisfactory attendance at tutorials. This constitutes a minimum of 50 per cent attendance, unless a higher attendance has been stipulated by the lecturer in charge.
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 (87.5 points). The completion of 131-019 Varieties of History: Memory and History is highly recommended.
Students wishing to qualify for fourth year honours 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 as part of their honours program 131-084 Historical Theory and Research or alternatively 121-503 Research Methods and Design, an intensive subject available in February 2002. Please consult the honours coordinator for details.
Students undertaking pure honours in history must complete:
131-504 History Thesis or 131-505 History Thesis (MYE) (37.5 points) and;
five honours subjects in history (totalling 62.5 points) which must include:
131-434 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:
131-504 History Thesis or 131-505 History Thesis (MYE) (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 usually undertake their coursework subjects in the first year and their thesis in the second year.
The Department of History teaches a number of history subjects in Europe and the United States as one-month intensive fieldwork programs in the Summer Semester or winter non-teaching period. See individual subject entries for details:
The Department of History usually teaches subjects in intensive mode during the Summer Semester (January/February) or during the Winter Recess (July). See individual subject entries for details of subjects offered in intensive mode 2002:
In addition to the research-based MA and PhD degrees, the Department of History also offers coursework MAs in history, in gender studies, and in gender and development as well as graduate and postgraduate diplomas in history, gender 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 workforce, 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.
History Department
Third Floor, John Medley Building
The University of Melbourne
Victoria 3010
Tel: +61 3 8344 5963
Email: enquiries@history.unimelb.edu.au
Web: http://www.history.unimelb.edu.au
131-001 Age of Revolution A: American Revolution
131-002 Age of Revolution B: French Revolution
131-003 Australian History 1788-1914
131-004 Australia Since 1914
131-005 Politics and Culture in Tudor England
131-006 Religion and Civil War in Britain
131-007 The World Since World War Two: 1945-1972
131-008 The World Since World War Two: 1973-2000
131-009 Medieval World A
131-010 Medieval World B
131-011 Reason and the State
131-012 Total War in Europe: World War One
131-013 Total War in Europe: World War Two
131-116 Sex, Gender and Power: An Introduction
103-001 Computer Applications
136-032 The Ecological History of Humankind
131-018 Searching for the American Dream
131-019 Varieties of History: Memory and History
131-021 Australian Sporting Culture A: Playing
131-022 Australian Sporting Culture B: Watching
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 From the Shtetl to Postmodernity
131-034 Gender, Culture and Identity Politics
131-035 Pirates and their Enemies
131-037 Military and State in Indonesia
131-038 Gender and Development
131-039 The Rise of Modern Japan 1850s-1990s
131-040 Australian Biography and History
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
131-051 Aboriginal Histories
131-056 King Arthur: History and Legend
131-059 Celtic Irish Kingship
131-064 Environmental History of Australia
131-066 The Modern Middle East
131-071 Museums, Objects, Spectacles
131-072 South Africa Under Apartheid: 1948-1994
131-073 Human Rights in Australian History
131-075 The Graeco-Roman City in Antiquity
131-077 History and the City: 1850-2000
131-079 Slavery & Freedom in the USA: 1790-1900
131-080 American Modern: USA 1890-1990
131-083 The Decline & Fall of the Soviet Empire
131-085 Witches and Witch Hunting in Europe
131-093 Migration and Modern Australian Society
131-104 The Conquest of Ireland, 1500-1603
131-105 Modern & Contemporary Ireland Since 1790
131-115 History in the Field
131-117 German Societies and Culture 1450-1750
131-145 Contemporary American Society & Culture
131-146 Inventing Asian Traditions
131-210 Total War: Asia & the Pacific 1931-1945
131-211 The History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
131-212 Screening the Holocaust
920-144 Secular and Sacred in Australia
920-210 The Radical Reformation
100-003 Australia and America
100-210 From Mateship to Mardi Gras
107-009 The Great Archaeologists
110-075 Analysing Indonesia: Concepts and Issues
730-394 Indigenous People and the Law 1788-2000
131-084 Historical Theory and Research
131-504 History Thesis
131-505 History Thesis (MYE)
131-401 History 4A
131-410 Asia in Australian Eyes
131-416 Current Themes in American History
131-434 Reading Course
131-438 Writing History for Publication
131-440 Religion and Society in Modern England
131-447 Gender, Globalisation and Development
131-450 Remembering the Holocaust
131-451 Historians and Ritual
131-452 Representations of Gender
131-454 Art, Family & Politics: The Renaissance
131-456 Apartheid Sth Africa: Society & Politics
131-457 Orienteering: Muslim Travel and Writers
131-458 American Nation
131-459 Penal Systems in Historical Perspective
131-460 Fascist Europe
131-461 Approaches to Irish History
131-463 World War Two in Asia and the Pacific
131-465 Medieval Warfare: Agincourt to Flodden
131-466 Telling the Australian Story
131-464 Secret Life of Things: Material Culture
131-467 The Spirit of the Court
131-468 Oral History Workshop
131-469 History and New Critical Theory
100-410 Imaging Australian Life: 1900-2000
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