The War Studies minor at the ANU provides students with foundation knowledge of the causes, conduct and consequences of warfare. Beyond traditional military history, it considers war’s complexity as a political, military, social and cultural phenomenon with profound and diverse influences and effects. Founded on the study of history, the War Studies minor allows students to explore war and warfare in a multidisciplinary context and embraces the insights offered by other fields including: political science, international relations, cultural and gender studies and law. Students who complete the minor will be equipped with both theoretical and empirical insights enabling them to identify major trends in the interpretation of war and warfare. Furthermore, the completion of the major will contribute to students’ abilities to conduct research, assess evidence, and persuasively argue in written and oral forms.
Learning Outcomes
Explain the key theories, ideas, concepts and approaches to the study of war
Identify the causes, conduct, consequences, and ethics of war on states, societies and cultures
Summarise the processes and disciplinary approaches through which current knowledge about the causes, conduct, and consequences of warfare has developed
Analyse the political, military, social, cultural, and ethical impacts of war in their regional and global contexts
Relevant Degrees
Requirements
This minor requires the completion of 24 units from the following courses:
12 units from the completion of the following courses:
WARS1001 - War in the Modern World, 1789 to today (6 units)
WARS2001 - Theories of War: An historical and global perspective (6 units)
12 units from the completion of the following courses:
ANTH2130 - Violence and Terror (6 units)
ARTH2082 - Art, War and Conflict (6 units)
ASIA3029 - Reconciliation and the memory of conflict in Asia (6 units)
HIST1209 - Terror to Terrorism: A History (6 units)
HIST2136 - World at War, 1939-1945 (6 units)
HIST2141 - The Cold War: 1945-1989 (6 units)
HIST2206 - The Anzac Battlefields and Beyond: A Study Tour of Gallipoli, London, Paris and the Western Front (12 units)
HIST2214 - The Great War, 1914-1918 (6 units)
HIST2226 - Nazi Germany (6 units)
HIST2172 - Remembering Anzac: A study tour of commemorative landscapes, museums & memorials across Australasia (12 units)
MEAS2006 - Gallipoli: A Transnational History (6 units)
POLS3033 - Environment, Human Security and Conflict (6 units)
WARS1003 - War and Society in Modern History (6 units)
WARS2002 - The Vietnam Wars: 1941-1989 (6 units)
WARS2003 - The Korean War (6 units)
WARS2004 - War in the Islands: The Second World War in the Pacific (6 units)
WARS3001 - Study Tour: Walking the Ground - War Studies in the Field (6 units)
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