Historians seek to understand societies by studying change and continuity over time. 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, studying 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, Europe, the Americas, and Asia, from ancient times to the recent past. Courses trace themes such as empire, war, terrorism, politics, economics, culture, ideas, identity, crime, health and the environment. Some focus on particular nations or regions, while others focus on global and transnational processes. Some courses focus on concepts and philosophies that underlie historical analysis or techniques of historical research. All our courses develop student skills in historical theory and method.
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 academia, museums, government, diplomacy, NGOs, journalism, management, teaching and many other fields.
If you do not have room in your degree to do a Major, a Minor in History still provides an excellent complement to many other subjects such as law, politics, international relations, archaeology, anthropology, sociology, philosophy, literature and art history. It can also teach valuable skills for students in the sciences
Learning Outcomes
- demonstrate understanding of at least one period or culture of 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; and
- construct an evidence-based argument or narrative in audio, digital, oral, visual or written form.
Relevant Degrees
Requirements
The History Minor requires the completion of 24 units, which must include:
a maximum of 12 units at 1000 level.
A minimum of 18 units must come from completion of courses from the following list:
HIST1209 Terror to Terrorism: A History (6 units)
HIST1214 Empires in Global History (6 units)
HIST2022 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History (6 units)
HIST2070 Emperors, Pilgrims and Crusaders: The World of Byzantium (6 units)
HIST2110 Approaches to History (6 units)
HIST2136 World at War, 1939-1945 (6 units)
HIST2141 The Cold War: 1945-1989 (6 units)
HIST2196 From the Romans to the Anglo-Saxons: Early Medieval Europe c. 400-1000 CE (6 units)
HIST2205 Europe and the Atlantic World, c.1492-1776. (6 units)
HIST2206 The Great War’s Battlefields: A Study Tour of Gallipoli, the Western Front and Paris (12 units)
HIST2211 Global Environmental History Since 1945 (6 units)
HIST2214 The Great War. The Conflict that Changed the World (6 units)
HIST2221 Britain in the Age of Revolutions and Empires 1688-1848 (6 units)
HIST2226 Nazi Germany (6 units)
HIST2227 Australian Political History (6 units)
HIST2231 Exploration: From Captain Cook to the Astronauts (6 units)
HIST2240 Democracy and Dissent: Europe Since 1945 (6 units)
HIST2242 The Soviet Union: From the Russian Revolution to the Collapse of Communism (6 units)
HIST2252 Twentieth Century America: Building a Global Hegemon (6 units)
HIST3007 Making History (6 units)
HIST3012 Topics in History (6 units)
HIST3110 Approaches to History (6 units)
HIST3142 Indigenous History, Memory, and Politics (6 units)
A maximum of 6 units from the completion of the following list:
ARCH2004 Australian Archaeology (6 units)
ARCH2055 Archaeological Field Schools and Fieldwork Practice (6 units)
ARCH2058 European Prehistory from Cultivation to the Celts (6 units)
ASIA2009 The Making of Modern Japan: From Samurai to Economic Superpower and Beyond (6 units)
ASIA2016 The Mongol Empire in World History (6 units)
ASIA2037 History of Modern China (6 units)
ASIA2040 The Making of Modern Korea (6 units)
ASIA2044 Chinese History: The Imperial Period (221 BC - 1800) (6 units)
ASIA2072 Taiwan: History and Culture (6 units)
ASIA2270 India Past and Present: The Impact of Pre-colonial History on India Today (6 units)
ASIA2307 History of Empire in Asia (6 units)
ASIA3011 Samurai Society and Social Control in Japan (6 units)
ASIA3030 History of the State System in Southeast Asia (6 units)
ASIA3272 Truth and Falsity in Indian History and Politics (6 units)
CLAS2014 Democrats, Tyrants, and Emperors: The Art of Government in the Ancient Mediterranean (6 units)
CLAS2015 Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic World: An Age of Transformation and Discovery (6 units)
CLAS3001 Rome: The Eternal City from Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages (6 units)
CLAS3003 Faith and Belief in the Ancient Mediterranean (6 units)
ENGL2022 Jane Austen History and Fiction (6 units)
MEAS2000 Iranian History and Culture (6 units)
MEAS2003 Modern Turkey: History, Society and Culture (6 units)
MEAS2006 Gallipoli: A Transnational History (6 units)
PASI2002 Australia in Oceania in the 19th and 20th Centuries (6 units)
PASI2007 War in the Islands: The Second World War in the Pacific (6 units)
POLS2100 Genocide in the Modern World (6 units)
18 units from completion of the following course(s):
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| EURO 1004: Europe in the Modern Era |
6 units from completion of the following course(s):
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| ANCH 1013: The World of Ancient Greece | ||
| ANCH 1014: Rome: Republic to Empire | ||
| ANCH 2009: Artefacts & Society | ||
| ANCH 2016: Law and life in ancient Athens | ||
| ASIA2009 | The Making of Modern Japan: From Samurai to Economic Superpower and Beyond | 6 |
| ASIA2016 | The Mongol Empire in World History | 6 |
| ASIA2037 | History of Modern China | 6 |
| ASIA2040 | The Making of Modern Korea | 6 |
| ASIA2041 | Mainland Southeast Asia: Colonial and Postcolonial Predicaments | 6 |
| ASIA 2045: Lies, Conspiracy, Propaganda | ||
| ASIA2072 | Taiwan: History and Culture | 6 |
| ASIA 2163: Rels & Pols: South Asia | ||
| ASIA2516 | Indonesia: Politics, Society and Development | 6 |
| ASIA 3002: Chinese Sthern Diaspora | ||
| ASIA3011 | Samurai Society and Social Control in Japan | 6 |
| ASIA3030 | History of the State System in Southeast Asia | 6 |
| ENGL 2074: Jane Austen Hist & Fict | ||
| GEND 2021: Trauma, Memory & Culture | ||
| MEAS2000 | Iranian History and Culture | 6 |
| MEAS 2002: Turkish History | ||
| MEAS2003 | Modern Turkey: History, Society and Culture | 6 |
| MEAS1002 | Islam: History and Institutions | 6 |
| MEAS 2108: Gallipoli | ||
| PASI2002 | Australia in Oceania in the 19th and 20th Centuries | 6 |
| POLS 2061: Classical Marxism | ||
| POLS 2092: Fascism and Antifascism | ||
| POLS2100 | Genocide in the Modern World | 6 |
| POLS 2115: Revolution! | ||
| SOCY 2053: Imagining the Future |
6 units from completion of the following course(s):
Courses in the subject area of History (HIST)
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