Faculty of Arts School of Historical Studies

The Twentieth Century

This stream focuses on the significant and turbulent events of the Twentieth Century. Students examine the key ideologies, conflicts and socio-political developments of the century which saw the rise of globalism amid horrors and achievements unimagined in previous centuries.

First Year [25 points]
131-118 The Making of the Global World (semester 2),
and one of either
131-101 War, State and Society (semester 2)
or
131-113 Revolutions through History (semester 1)

Second Year [25 points]
131-050 The Russian Revolution
131-080 American Modern: USA 1890-1990

Third Year [25 points]
113-048 Hitler’s Germany
131-052 The Holocaust and Genocide

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