War and Society
War has long pre-occupied scholars from a broad range of disciplines. It has been a dominant element in notions of empire and nation-building, popular culture, creative writing, film, television and memory. War has both united and divided societies and it has affected public and social policy. It reaches from the international arena to the homes of individual families. War has been both demonised and glorified - and is a touchstone in debates over gender. The War and Society major is a broad interdisciplinary major that examines the way war has been represented and analysed from different disciplinary perspectives. Implicit in the major are questions about the nature of war, its definitions, its economic, political and social aspects, and its consequences.
Major Study
A major in War and Society consists of a minimum of 52 credit points chosen from the list of electives and the core subject, WAR 300.
Minor Study
A minor in War and Society consists of a minimum of 28 credit points including WAR 300.
Subjects |
Session |
Credit Points | |
100-Level | |||
ABST150 |
Introduction to Aboriginal Australia |
Autumn/Spring |
6 |
HIST107 |
Empires, Colonies and the Clash of Civilisations |
Spring |
6 |
HIST124 |
The Cold War and After |
Autumn |
6 |
POL 121 |
Politics in a Globalising World |
Spring |
6 |
200-Level | |||
ENGL265 |
English and the Empire |
Spring |
8 |
HIST203 |
Australians and the Great War |
Autumn |
8 |
HIST232 |
Russia in War and Revolution |
Autumn |
8 |
HIST260 |
War, Military Revolution and the Rise of the State, 1340-1660 |
Spring |
8 |
HIST288 |
Religion and Military Rule in South East Asia |
N/O 2007 |
8 |
POL 225 |
International Relations: An Introduction |
Spring |
8 |
POL 230 |
Latin America: The Politics of Conquest and Colonisation |
N/O 2007 |
8 |
SOC 224 |
Violence, Fear and Civilisation: The Evolution of States |
Autumn |
8 |
ABST300 |
Indigenous Theories of Decolonisation |
Spring |
8 |
ENGL337 |
Sex, Power and Chivalry: Medieval to Modern Literature |
Spring |
8 |
HIST300 |
Reporting War: A History |
N/O 2007 |
8 |
EURO320 |
Nations Without States in the European Union |
Autumn |
8 |
HIST322 |
Nazism, Stalinism and World War Two |
Autumn |
8 |
HIST339 |
Australians and War: From Kokoda to Iraq |
Spring |
8 |
HIST341 |
The Struggle for Europe, 1494-1713 |
N/O 2007 |
8 |
POL 303 |
Peacekeeping, Sovereignty and Global Order |
Spring |
8 |
POL 368 |
Protest and Power in America: The Sixties |
N/O 2007 |
8 |
STS 390 |
Media, War and Peace |
Spring |
8 |
SOC 334 |
Bread and Circuses |
Spring |
8 |
WAR 300 |
War and Society |
N/O 2007 |
8 |