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Major and Minor sequences by campus

Core Unit

Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
HIST308 10 Historiography (Pre: 20 cp in 200/300-level History units)

Ancient World

Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
HIST108 10 The Ancient Near East (Inc: HIST202 The Ancient Near East)
HIST109 10 Greek City States (Inc: HIST222 Ancient Greece 750BC – 404BC)
HIST200 10

Fall of the Roman Republic (Pre: 10 cp from 100-level unit in History)

HIST230 10 Pompeii in Context

Australia, Asia and the Pacific

Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
HIST102 10 Australia to 1900
HIST106 10 Australian Indigenous Peoples – Past and Present
HIST107 10 Modern Australia
HIST204 10 Tracing Family History (Pre: 10 cp from 100-level unit in History or Australian Studies)
HIST205 10

Australian Social History (Pre: 10 cp from 100-level unit in History)

HIST211 10

Modern China (Pre: 10 cp from 100-level unit in Asian Studies or History)

HIST212 10

Modern Japan (Pre: 10 cp from 100-level unit in Asian Studies or History)

HIST213 10

Pacific History (Pre: 10 cp from 100-level unit in History)

HIST214 10

Immigrants in Australian History (Pre: 10 cp from 100-level unit in Australian Studies or History)

HIST218 10 Women in Australian History (Pre: 10 cp from 100-level unit in Australian Studies, History, or Gender Studies)
HIST219 10

History and Cultures of Southeast Asia (Pre: 10 cp from 100-level unit in Asian Studies or History)

HIST228 10

Australian Popular Culture (Pre: 10 cp from 100-level unit in Australian Studies or History)

HIST325 10

Transnational Perspectives on Australian History (Pre: 10 cp from 200-level unit in History)


Europe and the Americas

Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
HIST105 10 Early Modern Europe
HIST208 10 European Fascism, 1870–1945 (Pre: 10 cp from 100-level unit in History)
HIST209 10 Germany 1866–1945 (Pre: 10 cp from 100-level unit in History)
HIST215 10 Later Modern Europe (Pre: 10 cp from 100-level unit in History)
HIST216 10 Medieval Europe (Pre: 10 cp from 100-level unit in History)
HIST210 10 European Expansion 1500-1800 (Pre: 10 cp from 100-level unit in History)
HIST224 10 Rise of the United States (Pre: 10 cp from 100-level unit in History)
HIST225 10

US Foreign Policy since 1945 (Pre: 10 cp from 100-level unit in History)

HIST229 10

Rebels and Revolutions in Latin America (Pre: 10 cp from 100-level unit in History)

THCT101 10 The Church in History

Contemporary and Comparative History

Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
HIST326 10 History of Western C hildhood (Pre: 10 cp from 200-level unit in History. Inc: ENGL212 Historical Aspects of Children’s Literature)
HIST327 10

Indigenous Peoples in Settler Colonies (Pre: 10 cp from 200-level unit in History. Inc: HIST104 Indigenous Peoples in Settler Colonies)

HIST328 10 Gender in World History (Pre: 10 cp from 200-level unit in Gender Studies or History. Inc: HIST201 Global Approaches to Women’s History)
HIST329 10 Comparative History of Immigrant Peoples (Pre: 10 cp from 200-level unit in History. Inc: HIST206 Comparative History of Immigrant Peoples)
HIST330 10

Contemporary World History (Pre: 10 cp from 200-level unit in History. Inc: HIST226 Contemporary World History)

HIST331 10

Human Rights in History (Pre: 10 cp from 100-level unit in History. Inc: HIST227 Human Rights in History)