All the history courses in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences are designed to develop critical intelligence through the study of the past. The School offers a variety of approaches to history, each emphasising the basic disciplinary skills of assimilating and weighing evidence, analysing historical problems, constructing and testing historical hypotheses and presenting conclusions clearly and logically.

These skills are important to both Arts and Science students. The critical and analytical skills that history can impart are useful in whichever specialised branch of the Services cadets may choose.

All major and minor sequences in History begin with Level I History. Students have maximum flexibility in completing major or minor sequences. They are able to select their own combinations of single-session courses at upper-level.

In 2007, the first-year courses will consist of two session-long subjects focussed on the major military and civil conflicts of the twentieth century. As well as the conflicts themselves, students will examine their causes and consequences, in order to gain an understanding of the major forces which have marked the century. At the upper-level students are able to choose from a wide range of courses dealing with the military, social and cultural history of Australia, Asia, Europe and the United States.


Minor
A minor sequence in History comprises of two Level I courses

and 12UOC of upper-level History courses (listed below).


Major

A major sequence in History comprises of two Level I courses

and 36UOC from the following upper-level History courses.

The School of Humanities and Social Sciences offers a fourth-year honours program consisting of coursework and sub-thesis which expands and further develops the intellectual skills of our best students. Admission to honours in History is at the discretion of the Head of School. Interested students should contact the School Administrator within HASS.