Details
Structure
Students must complete eight (8) units totalling 120 credit points:
Unit Code | Unit Title | Credit Points |
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HIS1107 | Australian History: Colonisation, Nationalism and Identity | 15 |
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POL1106 | Ideas that have Shaped the Modern World | 15 |
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POL2105 | Australian Government: The Challenges of a Modern Democracy | 15 |
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POL3124 | Hitler and Stalin: Studies in Power, Ideology and Propaganda | 15 |
For more detailed unit information for this Major take a look at our Handbook. To organise your life for next semester visit the Teaching timetable.
Student handbookNotes
Learning Outcomes
- Apply broad discipline knowledge to a range of historical and political events.
- Communicate historical and political knowledge and ideas clearly, coherently and with independence.
- Demonstrate a global outlook with respect for cultural diversity, including Indigenous cultural competence.
- Demonstrate autonomy, accountability and judgement for own learning, scholarship and professional practice.
- Generate creative solutions that respond to historical and political issues.
- Think critically to conceptualise and synthesise complex historical and political events.
- Use digital technologies to access, evaluate and synthesise relevant historical and political sources.
- Work collaboratively and demonstrate initiative to implement social, sustainable, and ethical values through critical analysis of archival material.
Career Opportunities
Employment opportunities
This major is useful for a wide range of careers including the public service, journalism, policy/research positions with political parties, and with national and international non-government agencies.
Possible future job titles
Research/Policy Officer, Journalist, State/Federal Member of Parliament Employee, Diplomatic Servant, Historian, Researcher, Politician, Public Servant, Policy Analyst, Political Staffer, Consultant, Mining Company Analyst, Historical Film Advisor, Heritage Consultant, Teacher