Credit points

80

Major available at

  • Blacktown
  • Brisbane
  • Melbourne
  • Strathfield

Note:

Blacktown- Not on offer (2022)


Additional information

The History sequence brings the past to life by introducing students to a diverse range of societies and cultures that have shaped the modern world. History at ACU has an exciting and innovative global focus. Students will have opportunities to study European, American, Australian, Indigenous, Asian and Ancient history, and to engage with key themes such as war and peace, race and class, gender and sexuality, violence and terrorism, and film and popular culture. In exploring the people, ideas and events that have defined the past and given meaning to the present, students will develop critical skills that will equip them for rich and rewarding professional careers. With world-class analytical, written and communication skills, History graduates have gone on to exciting employment in a number of areas, including politics and policy-making, foreign affairs and diplomacy, journalism and public relations, heritage and museums, and schools and universities.


Admission requirements

Disclaimer: The course entry requirements above are for 2022 Admission.



Completion requirements

A student must complete 80 cp from the Schedule of Unit offerings, consisting of:

a. at least 10 cp from 100-level units (Part A);

b. at least 40 cp from 200-level units (Part B);

d. at least 20 cp from 300-level units (Part C).

Part A : 100-level Units

Complete at least 10 credit points from the following:

Code Title Credit Points Notes
HIST106 Australian Indigenous Peoples Past and Present 10 COMPULSORY UNIT
HIST105 Early Modern Europe 10 Europe, Britain, and the Americas
HIST112 Film and History 10 Contemporary, Comparative and Applied History
HIST114 Fall of the Roman Republic 10 Ancient World
HIST115 Global History: Six Degrees of Separation 10 Contemporary, Comparative and Applied History
HIST116 The Ancient Near East 10 Archeology

Part B : 200-level Units

Complete at least 40 credit points from the following:

Code Title Credit Points Notes
HIST208 Fascism 10 Europe, Britain, and the Americas
HIST209 Revolutionary Europe 1789-1917 10 Europe, Britain, and the Americas
HIST214 Immigrants and Refugees in Australian History 10 Asian, Australian and Indigenous Histories
HIST215 Europe Divided and United 1945-Present 10 Europe, Britain, and the Americas
HIST216 Europe in the Middle Ages and Beyond 10 Europe, Britain, and the Americas
HIST218 Oral History: Australian Women's Voices 10 Asian, Australian and Indigenous Histories
HIST222 Greek City States 10 Ancient World
HIST225 Us Foreign Policy Since 1945 10 Europe, Britain, and the Americas
HIST229 Rebels and Revolutions in Latin America 10 Europe, Britain and the Americas
HIST230 Life and Death in Pompeii 10 Ancient World
HIST240 Ancient Israel: Empires and Exile 10 Archaeology
HIST241 Persians, Greeks and Romans: Cyrus to the Caesars 10 Archaeology
HIST251 Human Rights in History 10 Contemporary, Comparative and Applied History
HIST253 Underbelly Australia: Crime and Social History 10 Asian, Australian and Indigenous Histories
HIST254 History, Myth and Legend 10 Europe, Britain, and the Americas
HIST256 War and Peace 10 Contemporary, Comparative and Applied History
HIST257 To Protect or Punish? Childhood and Youth in History 10 Contemporary, Comparative and Applied History
HIST260 Keep Calm and Carry on British History Since 1901 10 Europe, Britain, and the Americas
HIST261 The Rise of Asia in the Modern World 10 Asian, Australian and Indigenous Histories
HIST262 Money and Power in the Western World 10 Contemporary, Comparative and Applied History
HIST263 The Making of Modern America, 1865 to 1945 10 Europe, Britain, and the Americas
HIST264 From Truman to Trump the Us Since 1945 10 Europe, Britain, and the Americas
HIST265 Ancient Rome: Kingdom, Republic and Empire 10 Ancient World
HIST266 News Flash: History and the Media 10 Contemporary, Comparative and Applied History
HIST267 Diasporas and Journeys: Migration in World History 10 Contemporary, Comparative and Applied History
HUMA250 Ancient Greek History and Drama 10 Ancient World
HUMA252 Art, Politics and Society in Renaissance and Baroque Rome 10 Europe, Britain, and the Americas

Part C : 300-level Units

Complete at least 20 credit points from the following:

Code Title Credit Points Notes
HIST308 Making History 10 COMPULSORY UNIT
HIST327 Settler Colonies in Indigenous Lands 10 Contemporary, Comparative and Applied History
HIST341 History and Memory: Uses and Abuses of the Past 10 Contemporary, Comparative and Applied History
HIST342 A History of the Present 10 Contemporary, Comparative and Applied History
HUMA319 Rome Field School: Landscapes Past and Present 10 Ancient History
HUMA332 Arts and Humanities Special Project 10 *Restriction requirement for HUMA332. A quota applies to this unit. An application process applies for special projects on offer and academic merit will be considered. The student must have a GPA of at least 5.5 and be undertaking a major taught by the National School of Arts and Humanities (not including Mathematics and Design and Technology). Permission from the National Head of School is required prior to enrolling in this unit.

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