Semester 1 2024
Please see below for a list of textbooks required for each unit.
Most units also require a unit reader. Readers cost $15-45 each and will be available for purchase at the start of the semester.
A limited number of book grants are available for undergraduate students halfway through the year. Please keep an eye on your student email for further details from the Associate Dean of Studies at this time.
HIS101: Western Societies from Antiquity to the Present
TBA
HIS203: Early Church and Roman Empire
- Robert Louis Wilken. The First Thousand Years: A Global History of Christianity. Yale, 2012. ISBN: 978-0300198386
- A unit reader containing primary sources will be available for purchase.
HIS303: Humanists and Reformers
TBA
HIS304: Enlightenment Europe and the Creation of the Modern World
- Ian Davidson, The French Revolution: From Enlightenment to Tyranny, Pegasus Books, 2018
- Isaac Kramnick (ed), The Portable Enlightenment Reader, New York: Penguin, 1996
LIT101: Composition and Literature
- The Odyssey by Homer (trans. by Emily Wilson)
- ‘Oedipus the King’, from The Three Theban Plays (trans. by Robert Fagels)
LIT201: Literature of the Western World: Medieval and Renaissance
- Dante, Inferno (trans. Michael Palma). Norton Critical Edition, 2010. ISBN: 978-0393977967
- Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales (trans. Sheila Fisher). Norton, 2021. ISBN: 78-0393427899
- Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (trans. Simon Armitage). London: Faber and Faber, 2008. ISBN: 9780571223282
- Shakespeare, William. Hamlet. London: Penguin, 2015. ISBN: 9780141396507
- Shakespeare, William. King Lear. London: Penguin, 2015. ISBN: 9780141396460
- Shakespeare, William. Macbeth. London: Penguin, 2015. ISBN: 9780141396316
LIT301: Search for Meaning
- F. Scott Fitzgerald. The Great Gatsby. Penguin.
- Ernest Hemingway. Fiesta: or The Sun Also Rises. Vintage.
- Arthur Miller. The Death of a Salesman. Penguin.
- Subject Reader including poems and short stories by selected authors
LIT302: Australian Literature
- Carey, Peter. True History of the Kelly Gang. UQP, 2000.
- Tranter, John. The Floor of Heaven. UQP, 2007.
- Williamson, David. The Club. Currency Press, 2013.
- LIT302: Australian Literature Reader
PHI101: Introduction to Philosophy
No textbook required
PHI201: Medieval Philosophy
TBA
PHI301: Modern Philosophy
No textbook required
PHI303: Philosophy of Language
No textbook required
THE101: Theological Foundations of Christian Culture
No textbook required
THE201: Sacramental Theology
No textbook required
THE301: Theology of the Post-Conciliar Era
No textbook required
THE303: Moral and Sexual Integrity
No textbook required
SCI303: History and Philosophy of Science
Unit reader
LAN101: Classical Latin I
- TBA
LAN203: Classical Latin III
- TBA
LAN301: Language and Culture in Late Republican Rome
- TBA
GRE101: Classical Greek I
- TBA
GRE201: Classical Greek III
- TBA
GRE302: The Genres of Greek Literature
- TBA
RED501 Historical Context of Catholic Teaching
No textbook required.
RED502 Catechesis in Sacramental Theology
- TBA
RED503 Challenges and Strategies in Religious Education
- TBA
RED504 Introduction to Biblical Studies
- TBA