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Ancient History

Unit of study table (Table A)

Major

A major in Ancient History requires 48 credit points from this table including:
(i) 6 credit points of 1000-level core units
(ii) 6 credit points of 1000-level selective units
(iii) 12 credit points of 2000-level selective units
(iv) 6 credit points of 3000-level core units
(v) 12 credit points of 3000-level selective units
(vi) 6 credit points of 3000-level interdisciplinary project unit

Minor

A minor in Ancient History requires 36 credit points from this table including:
(i) 6 credit points of 1000-level core units
(ii) 6 credit points of 1000-level selective units
(iii) 12 credit points of 2000-level selective units
(iv) 6 credit points of 3000-level core units
(v) 6 credit points of 3000-level selective units

 

Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites
C: Corequisites N: Prohibition

1000-level core units of study

ANHS1601
Ancient Rome: City, Culture, Empire
6 N ANHS1004 or ANHS1005

1000-level selective units of study

ANHS1600
Ancient Greece: Societies, Concepts, Cultures
6 N ANHS1003
ANHS1602
Greek and Roman Myth
6 N CLCV1001
LATN1600
Introduction to Latin 1
6 N LATN2620 or HSC Latin or IB Latin
GRKA1600
Introduction to Ancient Greek 1
6 N GRKA2620 or HSC Classical Greek or IB Classical Greek

2000-level selective units of study

ANHS2603
Ancient Greek Democracies

6 N ANHS2003
P 12 Junior credit points of Ancient History or History or (6 Junior credit points of Ancient History and 6 Junior credit points of either Classical Studies, Latin, Ancient Greek or Archaeology)
ANHS2605
Ancient Greek Religion
6 12 credit points at 1000 level in Ancient History, Ancient Greek or History or (6 credit points at 1000 level in Ancient History and 6 credit points at 1000-level in either Latin, Ancient Greek, History, Philosophy or Archaeology)
ANHS2606
The City of Rome: History and Landscape

6 P (6 Junior credit points in ANHS and 6 credit points in any of Ancient History, History, Archaeology, Philosophy, Ancient Greek or Latin) or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Archaeology
ANHS2609
Alexander and the Hellenistic World

6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level from any combination of Ancient History, Latin, Ancient Greek, History, Philosophy, Archaeology
ANHS2610
The Roman Republic from Rise to Revolution
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level from any combination of Ancient History, Latin, Ancient Greek, History, Philosophy, Archaeology
ANHS2614
The Emperor in the Roman World 14-117 AD

6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level from any combination of Ancient History, Latin, Ancient Greek, History, Philosophy, Archaeology
ANHS2615
Comedy and Society in Greece and Rome
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level from any combination of Ancient History, Latin, Ancient Greek, History, Philosophy, Archaeology, English
ANHS2616
Tragedy and Society in Greece and Rome

6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level from any combination of Ancient History, Latin, Ancient Greek, History, Philosophy, Archaeology, English
ANHS2618
The Later Roman Empire: AD 284-476

6 P 12 Junior credit points of Ancient History Greek Ancient Latin or History or 6 Junior credit points of Ancient History and 6 Junior credit points of either History Latin Greek Ancient Philosophy or Archaeology
ANHS2619
The World of Ancient Epic

6 P 12 credit points at 1000-level from any combination of Ancient History, Latin, Ancient Greek, History, English
ANHS2622
Herodotus and His World
6 N ANHS3609
P 12 credit points at 1000 level from any combination of Ancient History, Latin, Ancient Greek, History, Philosophy, Archaeology, English
ANHS2634
Julius Caesar and the Roman Republic

6 P 12 credit points at 1000-level from any combination of Ancient History, Latin, Ancient Greek, History, Archaeology
ANHS2635
Augustus and the Roman Revolution
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level from any combination of Ancient History, Latin, Ancient Greek, History, Philosophy, Archaeology
ANHS2637
Ancient Sparta and Modern Ideology
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in any combination of Ancient History, Latin, Ancient Greek, History, Philosophy or Archaeology
N ANHS3637
ARCO2007
Ancient Greece
6 N ARCA2612
12 credit points at 1000 level in Archaeology or 6 credit points at 1000 level in Archaeology and 6 credit points at 1000 level in Ancient History
BBCL2609
Historical Jesus to Written Gospels

6 P 12 Junior credit points including at least (6 in (BBCL1001 or BBCL1002 or HBRW1111 or HBRW1112 or RLST1002) and (6 in Hebrew, Biblical and Jewish Studies, Ancient History, Anthropology, Archaeology, History, English, Philosophy, Studies in Religion, Arabic Studies or 6 Senior credit points in (BBCL2603 or BBCL2607 or BBCL2610))) or (12 credit points at 1000 level in Biblical Studies and Classical Hebrew or Jewish Civilisation, Thought and Culture or Ancient History)
N BBCL2003
GRKA2600
Intermediate Greek 1
6 P HSC Classical Greek or IB Classical Greek or GRKA1601 or GRKA2621
GRKA2601
Intermediate Greek 2
6 P GRKA2600
HSTY2677
Being Australian
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in History or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Ancient History
LATN2600
Intermediate Latin 1
6 P HSC Latin or IB Latin or LATN1601 or LATN2621
LATN2601
Intermediate Latin 2
6 P LATN2600
PHIL2613
Plato and Aristotle
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Philosophy or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Ancient History
N PHIL3013 or PHIL2013

3000-level units of study

Core
ANHS3635
Historiography Ancient and Modern

6 P 12 credit points at 2000-level from Ancient History; or 6 credit points at 2000 level from Ancient History and 6 credit points at 2000 level from (History, Archaeology, Philosophy, Ancient Greek, or Latin)
Selective
ANHS3602
Law and Disorder at Rome
6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Ancient History or History or Philosophy or Ancient Greek or Latin
ANHS3608
The Long Fifth Century BCE: 546-371 BCE

6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Ancient History
ANHS3636
Rome and Carthage in an Age of Empires
6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level from Ancient History; or 6 credit points at 2000 level from Ancient History and 6 credit points at 2000 level from (History or Archaeology or Philosophy or Ancient Greek or Latin)
ANHS3638
Humans and Other Animals in Antiquity
6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Ancient History
ARCO3011
Pompeii and Herculaneum
6 N ARCA2627
P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Archaeology or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Ancient History or (6 credit points at 2000 level in Archaeology and 6 credit points at 2000 level in Ancient History or Art History or History)
RLST3604
Ancient Egyptian Religion and Magic

6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Studies in Religion or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Ancient History
N RLST2636

Interdisciplinary project unit of study

If you are completing two majors and both of your majors are from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, please select the Interdisciplinary Impact unit of study for your first major, and the Industry and Community Project unit of study for your second major.
If you are completing two majors but only one of your majors is from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, please select the Interdisciplinary Impact unit of study for that major.
If you are completing one major only and that major is from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, please select the Interdisciplinary Impact unit of study for your major.
FASS3999
Interdisciplinary Impact
6 P Completion of at least 90 credit points
FASS3333
Industry and Community Project
6 C Interdisciplinary Impact in any major
P 72 credit points