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.

The major in History begins with Level I History. Students have maximum flexibility in completing the major. They are able to select their own combinations of single-session courses at Level II and III.

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.

A major in History comprises of two Level I courses

Plus 36UOC which must be from Level II and III courses, with at least 18UoC at Level III.

Level II Courses:

Students may also include one or more of the following courses as part of a history major if they obtain permission from the relevant Head of School.

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.