The Strategic and Defence Studies Centre’s Historical International Security (HINS) minor offers students in security, international relations, and related field studies the opportunity to establish a firm historical foundation on which to view past events, current challenges, and future contingencies as they conduct undergraduate analysis and enter their post-graduation careers.
Learning Outcomes
- Gain an appreciation for the role of historical analysis in understanding and developing public policy across all governmental organisations, NGOs, and IGOs
- Better comprehend the regional and worldwide interplay of historical influences and current events/trends
- Practice a multi-perspective approach to historical and contemporary analysis
- Employ history to enhance comprehension of extant and emerging crises/flashpoints
Relevant Degrees
Requirements
This minor requires the completion of 24 units, which must include:
24 units from the following Historical International Security courses:
STST1004 How Nations Fight: From Tsushima to Taiwan
STST2005 Why Nations Fight: The Causes of International Conflict
ASIA2009 Modern Japan: the state and the society from Meiji to the present
ASIA2037 History of Modern China
ASIA2085 Southeast Asia in World History
ASIA2271 The Making of South Asia
ASIA2307 History of Empire in Asia
ASIA3088 The Korean War
HIST1209 Terror to Terrorism: A History
HIST1214 Clash of Empires: 1450 to the Present
HIST2110: Approaches to History
HIST2136 World at War, 1939-1945
HIST2227 Australian Political History
HIST2240 Democracy and Dissent: Europe Since 1945
MEAS1001 Introduction to the Modern Middle East
MEAS2001 New States of Eurasia: Emerging Issues in Politics and Security
PASI2002 Australia in Oceania in the 19th and 20th centuries
24 units from completion of the following course(s):
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| ASIA2009 | The Making of Modern Japan: From Samurai to Economic Superpower and Beyond | 6 |
| ASIA2037 | History of Modern China | 6 |
| ASIA 2045: Lies, Conspiracy, Propaganda | ||
| ASIA 2085: Southeast Asian History | ||
| ASIA2271 | The Making of South Asia | 6 |
| ASIA2307 | History of Empire in Asia | 6 |
| HIST1209 | Terror to Terrorism: A History | 6 |
| HIST1214 | Empires in Global History | 6 |
| HIST2136 | World at War, 1939-1945 | 6 |
| HIST2214 | The Great War. The Conflict that Changed the World. | 6 |
| HIST2227 | Australian Political History | 6 |
| HIST 2238: Human Rights in History | ||
| HIST2240 | Democracy and Dissent: Europe Since 1945 | 6 |
| MEAS1001 | Introduction to the Modern Middle East | 6 |
| MEAS2001 | New States of Eurasia: Emerging Issues in Politics and Security | 6 |
| MEAS 2108: Gallipoli | ||
| PASI2002 | Australia in Oceania in the 19th and 20th centuries | 6 |
| WARS2004 | War in the Islands: The Second World War in the Pacific | 6 |
| POLS2069 | Politics in Russia | 6 |