European History Major

Total units 48 Units

Areas of interest History
Major code EHIS-MAJ

Academic career Undergraduate

Europe is a continent steeped in history and Europe's past continues to shape its present. Students enrolling in the Major in European History will have the opportunity to study modern and contemporary history with an emphasis on Europe’s intellectual and material impact on the wider world. This major gives students an opportunity to understand events, individuals and processes which have shaped contemporary Europe and much of the modern world.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

recognise and reflect on the political, social, economic, and cultural factors that have shaped Europe over the past millennium.
evaluate competing accounts of European historical development and changing representations of Europe's past.
analyse primary historical evidence from a wide range of sources and in a variety of media and forms.
interpret the past using a variety of theoretical and thematic approaches.

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Requirements

This major requires the completion of 48 units, which must include:

12 units from completion of the following course(s):

Code	Title	Units
EURO1004	Europe in the Modern Era	6
HIST1209	Terror to Terrorism: A History	6
HIST1214	Clash of Empires: 1450 to the Present	6
HIST1215	The Twentieth Century World	6

12 units from completion of the following course(s):

Code	Title	Units
HIST2110	Approaches to History	6
HIST3007	Making History	6

24 units from completion of the following course(s):

Code	Title	Units
HIST2133	Human Variations and Racism in Western Culture, c. 1450-1950	6
HIST2136	World at War, 1939-1945	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
HIST2226	Nazi Germany	6
HIST2228	Enlightenment Worlds	6
HIST2236	Debating Anzac	6
HIST2237	Digital History, Digital Heritage: the past in a digital present	6
HIST2238	Human Rights in History	6
HIST2240	Democracy and Dissent: Europe Since 1945	6
HIST2242	The Soviet Union: From the Russian Revolution to the Collapse of Communism	6
HIST2243	Vikings, Crusades, Mongols: Shaping Medieval Europe, c. 850–1300	6

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