Credit points

40

Minor available at

  • Blacktown
  • Brisbane
  • Canberra
  • Melbourne
  • Strathfield

Note:

The Canberra offering is only available to students in teaching degrees.


Additional information

The History sequence brings the past to life by introducing students to a diverse range of societies and cultures that have shaped the modern world. History at ACU has an exciting and innovative global focus. Students will have opportunities to study European, American, Australian, Indigenous, Asian and Ancient history, and to engage with key themes such as war and peace, race and class, gender and sexuality, violence and terrorism, and film and popular culture. In exploring the people, ideas and events that have defined the past and given meaning to the present, students will develop critical skills that will equip them for rich and rewarding professional careers. With world-class analytical, written and communication skills, History graduates have gone on to exciting employment in a number of areas, including politics and policy-making, foreign affairs and diplomacy, journalism and public relations, heritage and museums, and schools and universities.


Admission requirements

Disclaimer: The course entry requirements above are for 2024 Admission.



Completion requirements

A student must complete 40 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of:

a. at least 10 cp of 100-level units (Part A)

b. at least 20 cp of 200- and/or 300-level units (Part B)

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Schedule of unit offerings

Complete at least 10 credit points from the following:

  • HIST105Early Modern Europe10 CP

    Europe, Britain, and the Americas

  • HIST106Australian Indigenous Peoples Past and Present10 CP

    Asian, Australian and Indigenous Histories

  • HIST115Global History: Six Degrees of Separation10 CP

    Contemporary, Comparative and Applied History

  • HIST116The Ancient Near East10 CP

    Ancient World

  • HIST117K-POP into Korean History, Societies and Cultures10 CP

    Asian, Australian and Indigenous Histories

Complete at least 20 credit points from the following:

  • HIST207Fall of the Roman Republic10 CP

    Ancient World

  • HIST208Fascism10 CP

    Europe, Britain, and the Americas

  • HIST209Revolutionary Europe 1789-191710 CP

    Europe, Britain, and the Americas

  • HIST214Immigrants and Refugees in Australian History10 CP

    Asian, Australian and Indigenous Histories

  • HIST215Europe Divided and United 1945-Present10 CP

    Europe, Britain, and the Americas

  • HIST216Europe in the Middle Ages and Beyond10 CP

    Europe, Britain, and the Americas

  • HIST218Oral History: Australian Women's Voices10 CP

    Asian, Australian and Indigenous Histories

  • HIST222Greek City States10 CP

    Ancient World

  • HIST225Us Foreign Policy Since 194510 CP

    Europe, Britain, and the Americas

  • HIST229Rebels and Revolutions in Latin America10 CP

    Europe, Britain, and the Americas

  • HIST230Life and Death in Pompeii10 CP

    Ancient World

  • HIST240Ancient Israel: Empires and Exile10 CP
  • HIST241Persians, Greeks and Romans: Cyrus to the Caesars10 CP
  • HIST251Human Rights in History10 CP

    Contemporary, Comparative and Applied History

  • HIST253Underbelly Australia: Crime and Social History10 CP

    Asian, Australian and Indigenous Histories

  • HIST254History, Myth and Legend10 CP

    Europe, Britain, and the Americas

  • HIST256War and Peace10 CP

    Contemporary, Comparative and Applied History

  • HIST257To Protect or Punish? Childhood and Youth in History10 CP

    Contemporary, Comparative and Applied History

  • HIST260Keep Calm and Carry on British History Since 190110 CP

    Europe, Britain, and the Americas

  • HIST261The Rise of Asia in the Modern World10 CP

    Asian, Australian and Indigenous Histories

  • HIST262Money and Power in the Western World10 CP

    Contemporary, Comparative and Applied History

  • HIST263The Making of Modern America, 1865 to 194510 CP

    Europe, Britain, and the Americas

  • HIST264From Truman to Trump the Us Since 194510 CP

    Europe, Britain, and the Americas

  • HIST265Ancient Rome: Kingdom, Republic and Empire10 CP

    Ancient World

  • HIST266News Flash: History and the Media10 CP

    Contemporary, Comparative and Applied History

  • HIST267Diasporas and Journeys: Migration in World History10 CP

    Contemporary, Comparative and Applied History

  • HIST268Aboriginal and Torres Strait Communities: Sharing Histories of Australia10 CP
  • HIST308Making History10 CP
  • HIST327Settler Colonies in Indigenous Lands10 CP

    Contemporary, Comparative and Applied History

  • HIST334Film and History10 CP

    Contemporary, Comparative and Applied History

  • HIST335The Global Spanish Empire: Conquest to Collapse10 CP
  • HIST341History and Memory: Uses and Abuses of the Past10 CP

    Contemporary, Comparative and Applied History

  • HIST342A History of the Present10 CP

    Contemporary, Comparative and Applied History

  • HUMA207More than a Museum: Modern Rome10 CP
  • HUMA252Art, Politics and Society in Renaissance and Baroque Rome10 CP

    Europe, Britain, and the Americas

  • HUMA319Rome Field School: Landscapes Past and Present10 CP
  • HUMA332Arts and Humanities Special Project10 CP

    *Restriction requirement for HUMA332. A quota applies to this unit. An application process applies for special projects on offer and academic merit will be considered. The student must have a GPA of at least 5.5 and be undertaking a major taught by the National School of Arts and Humanities (not including Mathematics and Design and Technology). Permission from the National Head of School is required prior to enrolling in this unit.

  • HUMA250Ancient Greek History and Drama10 CP

    Ancient World

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