Master of Arts (History)
Postgraduate Coursework 2008

Duration

This qualification is normally completed in 1 year of full time study or 2 - 4 years part time.

Entry Requirements

A Bachelor degree with a major in History or equivalent.

Completion Requirements

8 units of study (totalling 48 credit points) comprising 1 core unit, a 2 unit supervised dissertation of 10,000 words (worth 12 credit points), plus 5 electives from the History postgraduate course offerings.

Units of Study

Semester

Credit Pts

Core

HSTY 6987

Writing the Past (Core)

Elective

EUST 6900

European Identity and Cultures

GCST 6903

Debates in Cultural Studies

GCST 6905

Philosophy in the Feminine

HSTY 5906

Love and Marriage in the Australian Colonies

HSTY 6915

Dissertation Part 1 *

1, 2

HSTY 6916

Dissertation Part 2 *

1, 2

1, 2

1, 2

China in the Twentieth Century

HSTY 6985

Perspectives on the Italian Renaissance

HSTY 6992

Monuments and History

HSTY 6994

Globalism, Internationalism and the UN

HSTY 6995

Histories of the Arab-Israel Conflict

HSTY 6996

Literary London

HSTY 6997

Writing History for Publication

PACS 6909

Cultures of Violence

PACS 6917

Religion, War and Peace

USSC 6914

Key Issues in American Culture

WMST 6904

Modernism, Modernity and Modern Culture

Notes:
*	Department permission required
	Note for candidates undertaking elective HSTY 6994 Globalism, Internationalism and the UN: Please contact the coordinator, Associate Professor Glenda Sluga, at the latest by 18 July, 2008 (glenda.sluga@arts.usyd.edu.au). There will be an introductory meeting on Tuesday 22 July, with 6 additional hours of attendance required, drawing from a choice of public lectures, a postgraduate master class with visiting international academics from Harvard and Birkbeck, and combined staff/student seminars during the week 22-28 July. This attendance will be assessed and will count towards overall attendance and assessment requirements for the course. Semester seminars will then continue regularly from Tuesday 29 July in completion of those requirements.

Attendance Pattern

Classes are predominantly scheduled in the evenings to accommodate those students with daytime commitments.

Further Study

Students who have already completed the requirements for the Master of Arts (History) and gained an average mark of 75 may apply to transfer to candidature for the Master of Letters (History). They will have completed 6 coursework units of study as a part of the requirements for the Master of Arts (History) as well as 2 units of the dissertation. Those admitted in this way undertake an 4 additional units: 2 elective units of study and 2 units of MLitt Treatise (10,000 words).

Candidates intending to use the Master of Arts (History) degree as a qualification for entry to an M.Phil or Ph.D should consult the Program Coordinator prior to enrolment.