History
Convener: Dr John Knott
Introduction
History comprehends all aspects of human experience. History courses offered in the School of Humanities explore that experience, help students to develop critical and analytical skills, and encourage them to ask questions which lead to an understanding of past and present societies.
Within these courses it is possible for students to pursue their particular interests, for example in politics, economics, philosophy, and religion. Our courses also explore the historical significance of ideas, technologies, and cultures. Some courses cover broad themes across national boundaries, while others explore the theories and values that underlie all historical explanations. There are courses that investigate Australian society, and others which examine aspects of Western societies and cultures in Europe and North America. Students can include in their History major courses on aspects of Asian History offered by the Faculty of Asian Studies.
History is, therefore, an important discipline within an Arts degree, and in the various combined degrees (eg Arts/Law, Arts/Science, Arts/ Economics). History courses are also included in many of the majors offered within the Faculty of Arts, notably Australian Studies, Gender, Sexuality and Culture, Indigenous Australian Studies, Political Communications and Religious Studies.
While students who have studied history before coming to University will be able to extend their knowledge and interest, no prior grounding in history is required to take these courses.
Apart from Faculty requirements there is no limit on the number of History courses that may be included in the pass degree course.
Students may take the Arts degree with honours in the Honours School of History.
All courses are of one semester's duration, and are worth 6 units, with the exception of HIST2134 20th Century Australia, which is a full year, 12 unit course.
The Major
A History major consists of a minimum of 42 units, made up of a maximum of twelve units in first-year History courses, with a minimum of 30 units in later-year courses offered or approved for the major.
Alternatively the History pass major may consist of 42 units from later-year courses offered or approved for the major where the first-year History courses are counted as part of another major or where exemption from the first-year History courses has been granted by the Convener. At least 30 units must be in History courses taught in the School of Humanities. Courses that are jointly taught will count as History courses if they are listed as such.
General requirements
In all History courses students will be required to submit written work by the due dates, attend tutorial classes and present prescribed tutorial exercises. Tutorial attendance is compulsory even if specific marks are not allotted for tutorial participation, and students who miss more than three tutorials in any semester in any particular History course may be excluded from assessment in that course. Students are expected to possess prescribed text-books and course readings and will be expected to use them in tutorials and, in some instances, in examinations.
Assessment
Methods of assessment will be discussed with students early in each semester. A student's final grade in a course will usually take into account some or all of the following elements: essays and other exercises undertaken in the course; contributions to tutorials; a final examination or, alternatively, a synoptic essay. In first-year courses the
final examination is compulsory; in later-year courses there is normally a choice between a final examination and a synoptic essay.
Prerequisites
For all later-year courses forming part of a History major the prerequisites are any first-year courses to the value of twelve units offered by History, unless otherwise specified.
Approved History courses taught by other Programs, Schools and Centres
The following courses, up to a maximum of 12 units, may be counted towards a History major.
English, School of Humanities
Jane Eyre: Histories and Fictions ENGL2074 - offered Sem 2
Gender, Sexuality and Culture, School of Humanities
Race, Gender and Nation GEND2019 - offered Sem 1 Trauma, Memory and Culture GEND2021 - offered Sem 1
Classics, School of Languages Studies
Artefacts and Society in the Greco-Roman World ANCH2009
Economy and Society in Ancient Greece ANCH2011
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome ANCH2012
World of Athens ANCH2010
Victims and Perpetrators of the Imperialistic Roman Republic ANCH2013
Centre for Asian Societies and Histories, Faculty of Asian Studies
Chinese Southern Diaspora ASHI3002
Colonialism and Resistance: Indonesia, Malaysia and the Phillipines ASHY2011
Gender and Power in East Asia ASHI2016
History of Modern Japan: Imperial Japan 1895-1945 ASHI2029
Indonesia: Politics, Society and Development ASHI2516
Modem Japanese Society ASHI2009
Pre-Modern Japan: History and Culture ASHI2261
Religion and Politics in India 1193-1858 ASIA2161
Religion and Politics in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, 1858 to the present ASIA2163
State, Society and Politics in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Phillipines ASIA2012
Vietnam in the Twentieth Century ASHI2413