Pancasila (3 Credits/Compulsory)

This is a university-mandatory course for first year students. The course discusses Pancasila as Indonesian nation-state ideology, including its history, principles, values, and official manifestation in social, economy, politic, and cultural life of Indonesian state and society. The course is designed as the foundation of civics education for Indonesian citizens.

Introduction to Multiculturalism (3 Credits/Compulsory)

This is a faculty-mandatory course for first year students. The objective of this course is to introduce students with multiculturalism as an idea, as an approach/methodology, and as a field of research in humanities and its current development. The course also requires students to conduct observational research on the practice and understanding of multiculturalism in their family and their neighborhood.

English Academic Writing (3 Credits/Compulsory)

This is a faculty-mandatory course for first year students. The main objective of this course is to give students a basic skill in writing academic works in English. In this course, students learn how to write effective sentences, good vocabulary diction, and a good paragraph. Students also learn how to write an academic essay.

History of Indonesia Until 16th Century (4 Credits/Compulsory)

This is a compulsory course for first year students. This course can only be taken by students who have passed the Introduction to the History of Indonesia course. The main objective of this course is to enhance students’ skills in understanding and describing the historical process of Indonesian society from the early times to the 16th century. This course discusses, among other, the following: the early world: establishment of Nusantara society, the origin of Nusantara people, establishment of early community and culture; ancient historical era: establishment of Hindu-Buddha society and culture, agricultural and maritime based society; Politics, culture and religion; Hindu-Buddha culture; Hindu-Buddha heritage; Hinduization of Nusantara.

Indonesian Historiography (4 Credits/Compulsory)

This is a compulsory course for first year students of the BA program. This course’s main discussion is about the characteristics and the development of ideas and thoughts of Indonesian historiography tradition, as a cultural and intellectual product. This course, among other, discusses the following: historiography as cultural reflection, colonial history and colonial-centrisms; new understandings on historiography and the birth of critical history; historiography deconstruction and National History Seminar 1957; multidimensional approaches and social sciences in Indonesian historiography; political power in Indonesian historiography; and the current development of Indonesian historiography.

Dutch Language II (4 Credits/Compulsory)

This is the second course of a three consecutive course on Dutch as a language of (Indonesian) historical source. In this level, the course contains course material from Level I but to be applied to analyze more difficult and complicated sentences and texts. Moreover, the course provides old or classical Dutch texts with a higher difficulty level, which has been adjusted with the selected topics. The materials are taken from colonial publications or archives. Some materials are taken from the available Dutch textbooks, such as Bahasa Belanda Sebagai Bahasa Sumber, Tingkat Dasar, Seri Erasmus Educatief 9a, dan 9b. (Ducth as Language Source, Basic Level, Erasmus Series 9a and 9b).

Introduction to Sociology (3 Credits/Compulsory)

This is a compulsory course for first year students. The objective of this course is to give students basic knowledge of sociological theories and its development from classical until post-modern ones. In this course, students also learn how to apply certain sociological theory to understand historical events or phenomena. So, they have experience in using sociological theory as an approach in their historical research.

Creative Writing (3 Credits/Compulsory)

This is a faculty-mandatory course for second year students. The course is designed to give students the basic skill of writing popular or academic essays in Bahasa Indonesia. This includes skill in composing effective and perfect sentences, choosing appropriate words and diction, composing a solid paragraf, and in presenting ideas in convincing ways. Students also learn how to publish an article in mass media.

History of Indonesia in the 17th and 18th Century (4 Credits/Compulsory)

This is a compulsory and prerequisite course for second year students which can only be taken by students who have passed the Introduction to the History of Indonesia and History of Indonesia Until 16th Century courses. This course discusses important changes that occurred in Indonesian society from the early 17th century to late 18th century. The discussion focused on political, economic and cultural changes as a result of the strengthening of local, regional and international interactions. Some of the main topics discussed are the following: the arrival of European Powers in Nusantara, VOC and its influence in Nusantara, alliances and competitions among big kingdoms of Nusantara, the position and role of Batavia as a commercial and political city, northern coast cities of Java, relation of Bupati and VOC, Chinese people and and their activities, VOC golden age, British in Sumatra, Giyanti Agreement and the division of Java, Blambangan unrest, the development of Christianity, the fall of VOC and its impacts.

History of Europe and America (4 Credits/Compulsory)

This is a compulsory course for second year students. The course is designed to introduce students with the main issues in the history of Europe and America. This includes the early rise of ‘the West’ in ancient Greek, the Christian ‘dynamic’ in the middle ages, the Enlightenment and the revolution, and the rise of the modern Era. Students also learn about the rise of secular state humanism and democracy in Europe and America; and the industrial revolution, European expansion and colonialism, and the rise of modern states.

History of Asia I (4 Credits/Compulsory)

This is a compulsory course for second year students. The objective of this course is to give students knowledge about the regional history of Asia. Asia is an important region as it gives important influence on many aspects of Indonesian history. This can be seen from the following events: the spreading of world religions from Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam; the emergence of anti-colonial resistances; the rise of nationalism and other ideologies, regime changes, transnational movements, and many more. The course covers the following areas: 1) East Asia that includes Cina, Japan, and Korea; 2) South Asia that includes India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Srilanka; 3) West Asia that includes Arabian peninsula, Iran, Irak, Israel, Afghanistan; and 4) Southeast Asia that includes Kamboja, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Brunei, Filipina, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapura, Timor Leste. Specifically, the course discusses critically the early formation of Asia as a ‘region’, globalization process, colonialism and the rise of national movement and nationalism, decolonization and the rise of independent states, and the cold war.

Historical Method and the Practice of Historical Research I (5 Credits/Compulsory)

This is a compulsory course for second year students. The course discusses the connection between historical method, methodology and historiography, and basic concepts in historical method, source and evidence, and the organization of academic historical writing. Specifically, the course offers students the discussion of principles and regulation that are systematically designed for the purpose of collecting historical sources, criticizing historical sources, analysis, synthesis, and writing in accordance with academic standards in terms of format, footnote, bibliography, and referencing. The course is combined with the research practice, during which students have to do individual research and write a historical research report. In this course, students are expected to acquire a basic skill in preparing and conducting a historical research and writing historical construction using primary and secondary sources.

Dutch Language III (4 Credits/Compulsory)

This is the third and last part of three consecutive courses on Dutch as a language of (Indonesian) historical sources. As with two previous courses, in this course the students are aimed to understand the six aspects of Dutch language (spelling, words, phrases, sentences, sentence relations, time division). The course is then followed by applying the lessons given on reading materials that are designed in accordance with its topics or substances. In this level, reading materials are taken from colonial archives of the 19th and 20th century, so that the course includes the practice of understanding historical texts.

History of Indonesia in the 19th and 20th Century (4 Credits/Compulsory)

This course is compulsory and a prerequisite for another more-advanced course. Only students who have passed the Introduction of Indonesian History, Indonesian History up to the 16th History, and History of Indonesia in the 17th and 18th century. This course aims to introduce students concerning significant issues from the 19th and 20th century. This course will cover the issues from the studied period, chronologically and thematically. The studied periods began from the rise of colonial state, British transitional period, liberal experiments and failures, The effects of Java war, cultivation system, resistances against colonial state, liberal period, ethic politics, politics and non-politics around the national awakening, economic depression 1930, the fall of colonial state, Japanese colonization, decolonization, democratic experiments, the end of Soekarno regime, and 1965’s tragedy and its aftermath.

Western Historiography (4 Credits/Compulsory)

This course is compulsory and a prerequisite for another more-advanced course. Only students who have passed from the Indonesian historiography and historical method are eligible for this course. This course aims to provide knowledge to students concerning historiographical developments in other parts of the world, namely: Europe, South and East Asia, and Asia Minor. Among other topics, this course encompasses discussion concerning historiographical developments in Greek-and-Roman period, middle-ages, West Asia/Islam in the 14th and 15th century, Renaissance, European Historiography from the 17th and 18th century, Romantic period, and European Modern History.

Oral History (4 Credits/Compulsory)

This course is compulsory and a prerequisite for another more-advanced course. Only students who have passed  the introduction to history, historical method, and historical method and historical writing practice 1. Oral history course aims to provide students with techniques and strategy in collecting historical sources in the form of oral narrative through the interview of historical actors and witnesses. This course trains students to collect, interact, and adapt with informants to gather as much as historical information. Therefore, this course consists of both in-class lectures as well as interviews with the targeted informants.  This course’s principal aim is to train students in composing themes, preparing and conducting interviews, composing transcripts, and utilizing oral information for historical research. Discussion of this course encompasses theories of oral history, the differences between oral history and oral tradition, the development of oral history, function and benefit of oral history, oral history preparation,  strategy of oral history interview, issues in oral history interview,  oral history transcripts, and the usage of oral history information.

History of Southeast Asia (3 Credits/Compulsory)

This course is compulsory for the third semester and above. This course is a regional history course with thematic learning. The primary aim of this course is for students to master substantial knowledge concerning the history of Southeast Asia since colonialism until the post-colonial period. To achieve this goal, students will learn as follows: conceptual and substantial knowledge concerning the formation of early Southeast Asian communities, colonialism, nationalism concept, and the rise of nation states, collaboration of Southeast Asian countries and ASEAN, foreign politics, and contemporary conflicts and issues.

Introduction to Anthropology (3 Credits/Compulsory)

This is a compulsory course for first year students. The objective of this course is to give students basic knowledge of anthropological theories and its development from classical until post-modern ones. In this course, students also learn how to apply certain anthropological theories to understand historical events or phenomena. So, they have experience in using anthropological theory as an approach in their historical research.

History of Asia II (3 Credits/Compulsory)

This is a compulsory course for undergraduate students of the Department of History, Faculty of Cultural Sciences UGM. In addition to providing knowledge to students regarding the study of regional history, the implementation of this course is also based on the consideration that the Asian region has an important influence on Indonesian history in various aspects. Events that occur in Asia affect events that occur in Indonesia. Therefore, this course discusses the civilizations that have emerged in Asia and the relationship between regions in Asia as a basis for knowledge of Asian history on various social, economic, political, and cultural aspects of the post-colonial period. Through this course, students are expected to have knowledge and be able to explain the process of the formation of the Asian Region covering the West Asia, East Asia, Central Asia, South Asia and Southeast Asia regions.

Indonesian Cultural Practice (Gamelan, Batik, and Traditional Dances) (3 Credits/Compulsory)

This course allows students to learn practical knowledge concerning Javanese ensembles (Gamelan), textile technology (Batik), and traditional dances. The core aim of this course is to equip students with artistic skills in performing, preserving, and promoting Indonesian culture.

Principles of Historical Methodology and Theory (5 Credits/Compulsory)

This is a compulsory and prerequisite course that can only be taken by students who have passed the Introduction to History and Historical Methods and the Practice of Historical Research I course. This course aims to provide knowledge on the principles of historical theory and methodology, which are the main competence of students in historical research. The course is basically an advanced course on historical research methods that includes the discussion of philosophical views of history or speculative historical theories; and analytical historical theories which includes fact and fiction in history, truth and objectivity of history, periodization, causality and historical explanation, the use of auxiliary sciences, and types of historical writings.

Bibliography of History of Indonesia (3 Credits/Compulsory)

This is a compulsory course designed to give a chance for students to enrich their historiographical knowledge about Indonesian history. The course provides identification, classification, and systematic reading on the main works and reference on the studies of Indonesian history, thematic or general ones. The course topics include an introduction on the importance and relation between bibliography and historical studies on Indonesia in general, literature on economic history of Indonesia, on political history of Indonesia, and on social and cultural history of Indonesia. The course’s main topic and subtopics explore various intellectual traditions, the engaged historians and their institutions. The mapping of intellectual traditions also means identification of their readers and audience and their relationship with the state and institutions that give financial support for them. Learning process is designed to be a combination of lecture, discussion, and student independent assignments to read, analyze, and classify the available historical literature.

Social History of Indonesia (4 Credits/Compulsory)

Social History of Indonesia is an obligatory course for students, offered in the fifth/odd semester. Social phenomena have always been a prelude to political events. Therefore, students must have learned the social history of 19th and 20th century Indonesia before they understand the political impacts in the same period. Prerequisite courses are the introduction to Indonesian history. Based on this course, students will learn elaborately concerning the social history of 19th and 20th.  Social history is close to other social sciences such as economics, anthropology, geography and cultural sciences such as literature, fine arts, and motion. However, these sciences help explain the associated social problems. Thus, students understand the position of Indonesian Social History with the history of the field of science.

Classical Malay Language and Jawi Writing System (3 Credits/Elective)

This is an elective course for students who have passed courses on Dutch and English as source language. This course is arranged to provide knowledge and skill to students to read and understand text and historical-and-literature documents written in Malay language and Arabic letters (Jawi and Pegon). Topic of this course covers the importance of Malay-language sources in the study of Indonesian history, the use of Malay language in Indonesia, treasure of Malay sources language in Indonesia, principles of Malay grammar, Jawi, and Pegon, introduction to literature works in Malay, introduction to Malay manuscripts, introduction to archive and documents in Malay, introduction to Malay language readings in Islam-Pesantren tradition, this course covers a combination of lecture, independent work, and library visit.

Introduction to Statistics (3 Credits/Elective)

This is an elective course for second year students. The objective of this course is to give students basic knowledge of statistics and its use in historical research. In this course, students learn how to apply data collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation using certain programs such as SPSS to understand historical events or phenomena. So, they have experience in using statistics as an approach and technique in their historical research.

History Seminar and the Practice of Historical Research II (5 Credits/Compulsory)

This is a compulsory course for third year students, who have completed and passed the theoretical and practical courses in previous semesters. In this course students are required and helped to extract all knowledge they acquired from the entire courses in the program to be  formulated and combined in a well-structured and well-planned historical research to produce a thesis proposal, which can be developed into a solid BA thesis. For that reason, the course provides a platform and process of discussion and assistantship for students to determine research topics and develop it as a well-structured and well-planned research proposal. During the course work, students are also introduced to libraries and archival institutions, in Yogyakarta as well in Jakarta, which preserve historical documents and sources beneficial for their research. With such a scheme, the course could familiarize students with the real academic world that they are going to embrace in their post-college life and career.

Economic History of Indonesia (4 Credits/Compulsory)

This is a compulsory course for third year students. It discusses certain economic aspects of Indonesian past, thematically and in chronological order. The objective of this course is to give students a systematic understanding about the changes, continuities and discontinuities in the economic history of Indonesia; and the impacts of economic policies on societies in Indonesia throughout the 19th and 20th century. Several topics to be discussed in the course are Javanese economy under colonial transition period, the Raffles’ land rent policy, the impacts of Java war, the Cultivation System and its short and long-term impacts,  Tax-license policies and its impacts, the introduction of Agrarian Law of 1870 and economic liberalization, industrialization and agrarian changes, economic development in the Outer Islands, the emergence of new economic sectors: mining, forestry, rubber plantation, etc.; the economic aspects of the Ethical Policy, the 1930 economic depression and its impacts, the Japanese economic expansion, the war economy in the 1940s, economic decolonization and indonesianization, the economic aspects of the Cold War, and the New Order’s development policies and its afterward.

Contemporary History of Indonesia (3 Credits/Elective)

Contemporary History of Indonesia is an elective course which is designed for third year students in the History Department. The course is designed based on the idea that the contemporary period is a crucial period in history to determine the direction of this country, both at present and in the future. It is also a response to reality where many contemporary problems still continue and become part of national problems. The objective of this course is to promote  comprehensive understanding about Indonesian contemporary history encompassing the Indonesian revolution period to the current contemporary issues. The scope of contemporary history of Indonesia includes the period of Japanese invasion, Revolution and Independence of Indonesia, period of liberal and guided democracy, period of 1965, New Order period, and the Reform period. Given the broad scope of the issue in economic, social, and politic in contemporary Indonesia, the class is expected to collaborate with other courses such as Economics and politics courses. Hence, this course is intended to be an interdisciplinary course.

Social Demography (3 Credits/Elective)

This is an elective course that offers insights and applicable skills on social demography that students are expected to use in their historical research. Social demography, in this context, is a tool that history students can use to approach demographic issues that cover natality, mortality, migration, and other kinds of demographic distribution. The main objective of this course is to increase students’ interest in the following fields: scope of social demography, data source of social demography, demographic theories and growth, and demographic analyzing technique. By the end of the course, students are expected to apply the learned demography theories in supporting their historical research.

History of Australia and Pacific Islands (3 Credits/Elective)

This is an elective course for third year students. This course is based on the idea that Australia and the Pacific are such significant regions for the existence and independence of Indonesia. This region is not only adjacent, but has a strong influence on the security, political and economic aspects of Indonesia. The main objective of this course is to enhance the knowledge and understanding of the history of Australia and the Pacific, from early settlements up to the modern era. Some of the main subjects of this course are the following: pre-contact Australia, European explorations, establishment of Australian Federation, involvement of Australia in World War II, political dynamics in modern Australia, and the dynamics of the relations of Australia with Indonesia and other Southeast Asian countries.

Javanese Language (3 Credits/Elective)

This course is an elective that teaches students on the usage of Javanese language in historical research and study. In this course, students are expected to have a basic-level understanding of Javanese (equivalent to level A1) and preliminary experiences in studying Javanese alphabets (Hanacaraka). This course will consist of the following subjects: 1.) Introduction to Javanese language, 2.) History of Javanese language, 3.) Javanese language in oral medium, 4.) Javanese text 1: literature works, 5.) Javanese text 2: historiographies, 6.) Javanese in modern media, 7.) Application of Javanese Sources in Historical Research. By the end of the course, students are expected to read text and gather information from a Javanese text that they can use to support their research.

Rural History of Indonesia (3 Credits/Elective)

This course is an elective that shares with students concerning the rural history of Indonesia, especially Java and Sumatra from the pre-17th century until the 20th century. In this course, students will learn historical dynamics of the rural areas that tend to fall outside the argument of rapidly changing global history. In other words, villages, as the core subject of this course are often seen as static. This course will consist of the following subjects: 1.) Theoretical Perspectives in the Rural History of Indonesia, 2.) Traditional Village, 3.) Rural socio-economic institution, 4.) Socio-economic dynamics of Indonesian villages, 5.) Village and Working Opportunities, 6.) Village and Colonial Policies. By the end of the course, students are expected to conduct research concerning rural history, with non-conventional sources, and incorporating rural perspective in their historical studies.

KKN (Community Service) (3 Credits/Compulsory)

KKN is a university-mandatory course in which students participate directly in community service. In accordance with their respective field of study, one group of students consisting of three academic clusters or more, must participate in problem-identification, problem-analysis and problem-solving activities in an interdisciplinary manner for a minimum of 288 hours of 50 days. This course’s main objective is for students to help solve the nation’s problems: poverty and unemployment; acceleration of less developed and marginalized areas; conflict and disaster prone areas; and inequality.

BA Thesis (6 Credits/Compulsory)

Thesis is a compulsory exit test for every student. Students who want to begin their thesis work must have passed the History Seminar and the Practice of Historical Research II course. A BA Thesis in the department of history must be a novel historical research conducted independently by students supervised by an appointed lecturer. A BA thesis must consist of a minimum sixty pages and mandatory use of primary sources in the form of documents, publications, or transcripts of oral history. By the end of the process, a student must undergo a panel-styled thesis defense attended by three lecturers that act as examiners and supervisors. The panel has the right in deciding students’ thesis status: pass, pass with revision, or fail and subject to reexamination. As the final phase, it is imperative for students to submit their thesis to the university repository.

History of Islamic Societies (3 Credits/Elective)

History of Islamic Societies is the second compulsory course with English as the training language. This course can only be taken by students in their VI semester. This course is given in order to fulfill the demand for a regional historical course on the development of Islamic societies and is an important factor in the dynamics of the regions of both West, South and and Southeast Asia. The course offer students on the history of spread of Islam and its institutionalization in various parts of the world. It also explores the challenges and opportunities faced by Islamic societies in these diverse regions. The course also discuss a variety of themes in a chronological fashion. Southeast Asia and Indonesia receives a greater share within the course because of the importance of Islam in the region. Several subtopics that will be discussed are: westernization, colonization and its response; decolonization and the alliance of the Islamic world, Islam and nation-building, economic liberalization in the Muslim world and  conflict and alliances in the Muslim world.

History of Javanese Culture (3 Credits/Elective)

This course is an elective course for bachelors students at the History Department. Aside from enriching the students with social and cultural analysis of Javanese society, in which the department aims to become a center of excellence (kajian unggulan). Another major reason for the course is that Javanese society and culture has a strong effect in the development of national identity and culture. The function of Javanese culture in the development of a multicultural society is important. Conflicts related to different social and cultural groups, such as religious conflict, may very well be based not only on matters concerning social inequality and poverty. The ability to conduct multidimensional analysis is stressed in this class. As a result, we approach the issues with a transdisciplinary lens and deny mono-deterministic causes and hegemonic single interpretations in the academic analysis of social and humanities.

Contemporary World History (3 Credits/Elective)

This course is an elective course. The objective of the course is to promote comprehensive understanding about global development in socio-politics, conflict and war between countries. Students enrolled in this class have already attended the Regional History course in the previous semester. The period studied in this course spans from 1945 to 2005.

History of Indonesian Culture (3 Credits/Elective)

This course is an elective course for bachelors students at the History Department. The course discusses the concepts of culture and civilization, the relationship between cultural forms as a dominant factor in the cultural development and the birth of local genius, the early hunter-gatherer societies, technological progress and social organization and the appreciation of the arts. The course also looks at the development of technological development, the development of social organizations and the effect of Indianization in religion and culture, including the various arts. We also look into the effect of Islam and changes to the culture: in government system, societal structures, arts and architecture, cultural performances and literature. We also look into the effect of the Dutch colonialism on the changing culture due to scientific and technological development, architecture and the performing arts and literature. We also look into the cultural debates on culture during the colonial period in developing the base of the base of Indonesian national culture and national development.

Biography (3 Credits/Elective)

The biography course is a course that combines history and art study. It is aimed to provide basic training and knowledge in methods to obtain facts through a scientific procedure and display them through artistic forms.  The course is aimed to develop and apply students’ ability in historical reconstruction through the reconstruction of particular persons or communities. The class discusses the varieties of biographies, themes in biographical writings, biography in historiography, methods and methodologies in biographical writings. Aside from these discussions, the course also provides students with practical and applied knowledge on sources. The method used in the course is student-centered learning through lectures, discussions and tasks, field practice, presentations of the results and writing of the results. Evaluation of the course is based on the mastery of theory regarding biographies, ability to uncover information on the subject/communities being researched, creativity of writing and personal discipline.