Everything has a history. From a national constitution to modern consumer culture, from the rise of empires to environmental crises, from the human species to your family, history teaches you about the forces that have made the world in which you live. It helps you to understand the present by understanding its past.
The ANU is a national leader in History and offers a wide range of courses covering Australia, America, Asia and Europe. Courses trace themes such as empire, terrorism, revolution, war, gender, race, technology and the environment. Some focus on philosophies that underlie historical analysis or techniques of historical research. History is a core discipline in the humanities and social sciences. It gives students knowledge and skills that are valued in any professional context. Our students successfully pursue careers in journalism, management, politics, policy, museums, diplomacy, teaching, academia and many other fields.
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of a Bachelor degree with a Major in History, graduates will be able to:
Demonstrate understanding of multiple periods or cultures of the past.
Demonstrate understanding of key conceptual approaches to interpreting the past.
Examine historical issues by undertaking research according to the methodological and ethical conventions of the discipline.
Analyse historical evidence, scholarship and changing representations of the past.
Construct an evidence-based argument or narrative in audio, digital, oral, visual or written form.
Identify and reflect critically on the knowledge and skills developed in their study of History and their relationship to the contemporary world.
Relevant Degrees
Requirements
This major requires the completion of 48 Units which include:
12 units from completion of the following course(s):
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| HIST2110 | Approaches to History | 6 |
| HIST3007 | Making History | 6 |
A maximum of 12 units may come from completion of courses from the following list:
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| EURO1004 | Europe in the Modern Era | 6 |
| HIST1206 | Three American Revolutions, 1765 - 1876 | 6 |
| HIST1208 | Myths and Legends; Women and Men in Australian History | 6 |
| HIST1209 | Terror to Terrorism: A History | 6 |
| HIST1213 | Australia, the Region and the World: 1939-2007 | 6 |
| HIST1214 | Clash of Empires: 1450 to the Present | 6 |
A minimum of 12 units must come from completion of courses from the following list:
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| HIST2022 | Indigenous Australian History | 6 |
| HIST2107 | American Voices: Aspects of Social Thought in the United States | 6 |
| HIST2121 | Electric Citizens: The Rise of the Modern Media in the United States, 1865-2000 | 6 |
| HIST2126 | American Sixties | 6 |
| HIST2128 | Convicts and Settlers: Australia 1770s to 1870s | 6 |
| HIST2133 | Human Variations and Racism in Western Culture, c. 1450-1950 | 6 |
| HIST2136 | World at War, 1939-1945 | 6 |
| HIST2140 | Europe in the 20th Century | 6 |
| HIST2141 | The Cold War: 1945-1989 | 6 |
| HIST2205 | Europe and the Atlantic World, c.1492–1776. | 6 |
| HIST2213 | Real Men: Masculinities in Western History | 6 |
| HIST2214 | The Great War, 1914-1918 | 6 |
| HIST2219 | Tudor-Stuart England, c.1485-1714: Politics, Society and Culture | 6 |
| HIST2220 | Medieval History | 6 |
| HIST2221 | The Birth of Modernity: Britain 1688-1848 | 6 |
| HIST2223 | The French Revolution and Napoleon | 6 |
| HIST2224 | Colonialism, Sex, Race and Gender: Historical Episodes | 6 |
| HIST2226 | Nazi Germany | 6 |
| HIST2227 | Australian Political History | 6 |
| HIST2228 | Enlightenment Worlds | 6 |
| HIST2229 | Sexuality in Australian History | 6 |
| HIST2230 | Latin America: Conquest and Colonisation | 6 |
| HIST2231 | Exploration: Columbus to the Moon | 6 |
| HIST2232 | Crime and Justice: Historical Dilemmas | 6 |
| HIST2233 | How the Camera Changed History: A century of photography and cinema | 6 |
| HIST2234 | The Reach of History: Presenting the past in the public domain | 6 |
| HIST2236 | Debating Anzac | 6 |
| HIST2237 | Digital History, Digital Heritage: the past in a digital present | 6 |
| HIST2238 | Human Rights in History | 6 |
A maximum of 12 units may come from completion of courses from the following list:
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| ANCH2014 | Homer and the Trojan War | 6 |
| ANCH2015 | Travellers and Geographers in Antiquity | 6 |
| ANCH2016 | Bad neighbours: Law and life in ancient Athens | 6 |
| ANCH2017 | Emperors and Madmen: The Early Roman Empire | 6 |
| ANCH 2019: Greek and Roman warfare | ||
| ANCH2022 | Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic World | 6 |
| ASIA2009 | Modern Japan: the state and the society from Meiji to the present | 6 |
| ASIA2016 | The Mongol Empire in World History | 6 |
| ASIA2037 | History of Modern China | 6 |
| ASIA2040 | Modern Korea | 6 |
| ASIA2041 | Mainland Southeast Asia: Colonial and Postcolonial Predicaments | 6 |
| ASIA2044 | History of China: The Imperial Period (221 BC - 1800) | 6 |
| ASIA2072 | Taiwan: History and Culture | 6 |
| ASIA2085 | Southeast Asia in World History | 6 |
| ASIA2163 | Religion and Politics in South Asia | 6 |
| ASIA2270 | India in the Age of Asian Empires: South Asian History to 1757 | 6 |
| ASIA2413 | Vietnam: History And Contemporary Society | 6 |
| ASIA2516 | Indonesia: Politics, Society and Development | 6 |
| ENGL2074 | Jane Austen History and Fiction | 6 |
| GEND2021 | Trauma, Memory and Culture | 6 |
| MEAS2000 | Iranian History and Culture | 6 |
| MEAS2002 | Turkish History: Ottoman State to Modern Turkey | 6 |
| MEAS2003 | Modern Turkey: History, Culture and Regional Relations | 6 |
| MEAS2108 | Gallipoli: History and National Imagination | 6 |
| PASI2002 | Australia in Oceania in the 19th and 20th centuries | 6 |
| POLS2100 | Genocide - Post 1945 | 6 |
| SOCY2053 | Imagining the Future: The Social Origins of Utopias and Science Fiction | 6 |