Course list for the History Extended Major
Information valid for students commencing 2014
History
Extended Major
24 units consisting of:
6 units for compulsory gateway courses -
| Course Code | Units | Course Title |
| HIST1201 | 2 | Australian History: Current Issues in Historical Perspective |
| HIST1400 | 2 | The Medieval and Early Modern World |
| HIST1601 | 2 | Big History |
and 2 units for compulsory cornerstone course -
| Course Code | Units | Course Title |
| HIST2312 | 2 | The History Makers |
and 10 units to 12 units from -
History of Asia and the Middle East
| Course Code | Units | Course Title |
| HIST2014 | 2 | From Buddha to Bruce Lee: Asian Visual Cultures |
| HIST2020 | 2 | The Vietnam War |
| HIST2100 | 2 | The Rise of Modern China |
| HIST2101 | 2 | Contemporary China: The People's Republic, Hong Kong & Taiwan since 1949 |
| HIST2107 | 2 | The Modern Middle East |
| HIST2109 | 2 | Southeast Asia: History, Society & Culture |
| HIST2119 | 2 | Modern Southeast Asia: Freedom, Power and the State |
| HIST2138 | 2 | Modernity in the Islamic World: Radicalism and Democracy |
| HIST2139 | 2 | Environmental Issues in Asia: Historical Perspectives |
| HIST2140 | 2 | Indian History and Religion Study Tour |
| RELN2300 | 2 | Rituals, Priests & Kings: A History of Hinduism |
| HIST2619 | 2 | Japan and the World |
Making Europe: Medieval and Early Modern History
| Course Code | Units | Course Title |
| HIST2013 | 2 | Medieval Study Tour |
| HIST2400 | 2 | The Dark Ages |
| HIST2411 | 2 | Witchcraft & Demonology in Early Modern Europe & Its Colonies |
| HIST2412 | 2 | The British Isles: 1500-1700 |
| HIST2416 | 2 | Medieval Heresy |
| HIST2615 | 2 | Ages of Crusades |
Western Modernity: the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
| Course Code | Units | Course Title |
| HIST2211 | 2 | America in Film |
| HIST2245 | 2 | Australians at War |
| HIST2247 | 2 | The Making of Modern Australia: Society & Culture since 1901 |
| HIST2403 | 2 | The Soviet Union: Revolution to Devolution (1917-1991) |
| HIST2404 | 2 | Imperial Britain: Society & Culture in the Age of Empire (1780-1880) |
| HIST2405 | 2 | Churchill's Britain: Crisis and Conflict (1875-1945) |
| HIST2407 | 2 | Germany from Bismarck to Hitler (1870-1933) |
| HIST2408 | 2 | Germany from Hitler to Reunification (1933-1991) |
| HIST2414 | 2 | The Radical Right & Fascism in Europe |
| HIST2707 | 2 | The Anatomy of a Super Power: the US since 1945 |
Themes in World History
| Course Code | Units | Course Title |
| HIST2030 | 2 | Body, Brain and Mind: the History of the Biomedical and Social Sciences, 1600-1900 |
| HIST2120 | 2 | Trafficking Bodies from the Ancient World to the Present |
| HIST2304 | 2 | Monarchy, Revolution and Modernity |
| HIST2602 | 2 | Empires: From Columbus to Coca-Cola |
| HIST2603 | 2 | Sex in History |
| HIST2611 | 2 | Body, Fashion & Consumption in History |
| HIST2702 | 2 | The City in History: Urban Spectacle from Europe to the New World |
| HIST2704 | 2 | Genocide & Persecution, Revenge & Reconciliation |
and 2 units for compulsory capstone course -
| Course Code | Units | Course Title |
| WRIT3613 | 2 | Making History |
