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History - HISTB13704

Stream Summary

Faculty: ARTSC - Faculty of Arts&Social Science

School: School of Humanities

Contact: humanities@unsw.edu.au

Program: 3704 - Engineering / Arts

Award(s):

Bachelor of Arts (Major)

Information valid for students commencing 2013.
Students who commenced prior to 2013 should go to the Handbook's Previous Editions

Stream Outline

History is the study of humanity in all its dimensions. It explores the diversity of human experience, the richness of difference in ideas, culture and institutions. We look into many pasts to try to understand today’s world, to recognize what we share and to measure how profoundly our lives today differ and why. Our interests cover social, cultural, intellectual, political and military history, and we teach and conduct research in histories of gender, ethnicity and religion in world history.

UNSW’s History program is distinctive among Australian universities in pioneering Transnational history which concerns the circulation of peoples, ideas, technologies and institutions across national boundaries since the emergence of nation states as an important phenomenon in world history. History teaches clear thinking, analysis, written and oral communication skills. These attributes are the foundation of citizenship and ideal qualities for employment across a range of careers.

The ultimate aim of the UNSW BA with a major stream in History is to develop historically informed graduates who are critical, reflective and creative. Specifically, a major stream in History seeks to:

Impart the fascination and rigour of historical enquiry through relating events to the widely varying contexts of the past
Provide perspectives on current issues and debates which draw on History’s distinctive capacity for exploring the nature of change over time. In so doing, students will be encouraged to engage in a dialogue between what is familiar from the present and the otherness of the past.
Explore the way in which we understand and construct the past and the way in which such understanding helps shape present identities.

Stream Structure

A student who wishes to gain a major stream in History must complete 54 units of credit including 12 uoc at Level 1, at least 18 uoc at level 2 and at least 18 uoc at level 3 including the capstone course.

Level 1

The two history courses offered at Level 1 cover World History from the beginnings of human existence to the 20th century. They are ARTS1270 Global History and ARTS1271 The History Matrix. ARTS1270 is a compulsory course.
To fulfil the requirements at level one, students must complete: