Available to students in other Western Sydney University programs?  No

The Secondary Modern History Education Major will provide students with 60 credit points of Modern History discipline knowledge and 20 credit points of Modern History pedagogy and curriculum knowledge. Together with completion of subjects in the Bachelor of Education (Secondary), this Major will enable students to meet requirements to graduate from the Bachelor of Education (Secondary) with the Modern History teaching area. The Secondary Modern History Education Major will span the Foundation and Development phases of the Bachelor of Education (Secondary), enabling students to develop strong pedagogical content knowledge, an understanding of evidence-based pedagogies, and skills in using assessment and feedback to guide and enhance student learning.

Location

Location (Specialisation)

Campus	Mode	Advice
Bankstown City Campus	Internal	SecondaryEnquiries@westernsydney.edu.au
Penrith Campus	Internal	SecondaryEnquiries@westernsydney.edu.au

Major Structure

• Please note: Subjects that are part of the majors are subject to availability. Students may need to travel to different campuses to complete some of these subjects.

Students must successfully complete 80 credit points as follows.

Start-year intake

Plan of Study Grid

Year 1
Autumn session		Credit Points
HUMN 1039	Modern European History and Politics	10
	Credit Points	10
Spring session
Select one Alternate subject (from the pool of alternate subjects listed below)		10
	Credit Points	10
Year 2
Autumn session
HUMN 2067	History of the Ancient World	10
	Credit Points	10
Spring session
Select one Alternate subject (from the pool of alternate subjects listed below)		10
Select one Alternate subject (Level 3) (from the pool of alternate subjects listed below)		10
	Credit Points	20
Year 3
Autumn session
HUMN 3104	Historical Methodologies	10
	Credit Points	10
Spring session
TEAC 3055	History Curriculum 7-10	10
	Credit Points	10
Year 4
Spring session
TEAC 4021	Modern History Curriculum 11-12	10
	Credit Points	10
	Total Credit Points	80

Mid-year intake

Plan of Study Grid

Year 1
Spring session		Credit Points
HUMN 1039	Modern European History and Politics	10
	Credit Points	10
Autumn session
Select one Alternate subject (from the pool of alternate subjects listed below)		10
	Credit Points	10
Year 2
Spring session
HUMN 2067	History of the Ancient World	10
Select one Alternate subject (from the pool of alternate subjects listed below)		10
	Credit Points	20
Autumn session
Select one Alternate subject (Level 3) (from the pool of alternate subjects listed below)		10
	Credit Points	10
Year 3
Spring session
TEAC 3055	History Curriculum 7-10	10
	Credit Points	10
Autumn session
HUMN 3104	Historical Methodologies	10
	Credit Points	10
Year 4
Spring session
TEAC 4021	Modern History Curriculum 11-12	10
	Credit Points	10
	Total Credit Points	80

Alternate Subjects

Students complete three of the following subjects, with at least one subject at Level 3:

Subject List

Subject	Title	Credit Points
Level 1 Subject
HUMN 1054	When Worlds Collide: European Empires and the World, c.1600-1950	10
Level 2 Subjects
HUMN 2034	Keeping the Past	10
HUMN 2001	A History of Modern Global Buddhism	10
HUMN 2074	Origins of the Secular West	10
Level 3 Subjects
HUMN 3013	Australian Colonial History	10
HUMN 3015	Australian History Around Us	10
HUMN 3017	Australian Indigenous History from Federation to Reconciliation	10
HUMN 3018	Australian Indigenous History: From first contact to 'dying race'	10
HUMN 3019	Britain in the Age of Botany Bay, 1760-1815	10
HUMN 3024	Comparative Nationalism	10
HUMN 3026	Convicts and Settlers - Australian History 1788 - 1840	10
HUMN 3032	Dictators, Democrats and Dreamers: Indonesia 1942 to now	10
HUMN 3035	Enlightenment and Revolution	10
HUMN 3040	From Vindication to Liberation: A Comparative History of Feminism	10
HUMN 3046	History of Modern China to 1949	10
HUMN 3047	History of Muslim Civilisations and Ideas	10
HUMN 3111	History of the People's Republic of China	10
HUMN 3115	Medieval Europe from the Fall of the Roman Empire to the Reformation	10
HUMN 3060	Modern Japanese History	10
HUMN 3062	Napoleon: the Making of a Legend	10
HUMN 3076	Sultans, Colonists and Nationalists: Indonesia C1200-1942	10
HUMN 3080	The History of Southeast Asia	10
HUMN 3081	The International Relations of the Middle East Since 1945	10
HUMN 3087	Twentieth Century Australia	10
HUMN 3093	War	10
HUMN 3094	War and Society in the Twentieth Century	10
HUMN 3092	WWII in Asia and the Pacific	10

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