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Ancient History

Teaching area rules

First Teaching Area

A first teaching area in Ancient History requires completion of a major or a minor from the Ancient History table of units of study.
Students must complete as part of, or in addition to, the major or minor, 6 credit points of ARCO-coded units and 6 credit points of HSTY-coded units.

Second Teaching Area

A second teaching area in Ancient History requires 24 credit points from the Ancient History table of units of study, comprising:
(i) a maximum of 12 credit points at 1000 level and a minimum of 12 credit points at 2000 or 3000 level units of study, of which

(a) 12 credit points in ANHS-coded units of study

(b) 6 credit points in ARCO-coded unit of study

(c) 6 credit points in HSTY-coded unit of study

Ancient History cannot be taken in conjunction with Modern History as your other teaching area.
For eligible units, please consult the tables of units of study for the subject areas of Ancient History in this handbook. Availability of these units is subject to change.