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.
Relevant Degrees
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 |