Overview
The history major sequence brings the past to life by introducing you to a diverse range of societies and cultures that have shaped the modern world. History at ACU has an exciting and innovative global focus. You will have the opportunity 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, you will develop critical skills that will equip you for a rich and rewarding professional career.
Career opportunities
With high-developed 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 sites and museums, and in schools and universities.
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Completion requirements
A student must complete 80 cp from the Schedule of Unit offerings, consisting of:
a. at least 10 cp from 100-level units (Part A)
b. at least 40 cp from 200-level units (Part B)
d. at least 20 cp from 300-level units (Part C)
*Students in the Bachelor of Education (Secondary), Bachelor of Education (Primary and Secondary) and Bachelor of Education (Secondary and Special Education) must complete 60 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of no more than 2 units at 100-level and at least 2 units at 300-level.
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
COMPULSORY UNIT
- HIST115Global History: Six Degrees of Separation10 CP
Contemporary, Comparative and Applied History
- HIST116The Ancient Near East10 CP
Archeology
- HIST117K-POP into Korean History, Societies and Cultures10 CP
Asian, Australian and Indigenous Histories
- HIST118The Medieval World, 400-150010 CP
Ancient World
Complete at least 40 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
Archaeology
- HIST241Persians, Greeks and Romans: Cyrus to the Caesars10 CP
Archaeology
- HIST250Introduction to Philippines History and Culture10 CP
Ancient History
- 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
- HUMA207More than a Museum: Modern Rome10 CP
- HUMA250Ancient Greek History and Drama10 CP
Ancient World
- HUMA252Art, Politics and Society in Renaissance and Baroque Rome10 CP
Europe, Britain, and the Americas
Complete at least 20 credit points from the following:
- HIST308Making History10 CP
COMPULSORY UNIT
- 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
Contemporary, Comparative and Applied History
- 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
- HIST350Women in the Later Roman Empire10 CP
Ancient History
- HUMA319Rome Field School: Landscapes Past and Present10 CP
Ancient History
- 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.
