The History programme teaches papers in global, oral, intellectual, religious, cultural, social, war, comparative, environmental, health, indigenous and science histories in local, national and international contexts. We also explore, methodological, intellectual, and historiographical issues at both undergraduate and graduate levels. History teaches advanced skills in high-level critical thinking, research, communication, and the gathering and assessing of complex evidence, skills in great demand from among prospective employers.

History is available as a first major for the Bachelor of Arts (BA), Bachelor of Climate Change (BCC) and the Bachelor of Social Sciences (BSocSc). History may also be taken as a second major or minor in other undergraduate degrees, subject to approval of the Division in which the student is enrolled.

To complete History as a single major for the BA, BCC or BSocSc, students must gain 135 points from papers listed for History, including 105 points above 100 level, and a further 60 points above 200 level.

To complete History as part of a double major for the BA, BCC, BSocSc or other undergraduate degree, students must gain 120 points from papers listed for History, including 90 points above 100 level, and a further 45 points above 200 level.

To complete a minor in History, students must complete 60 points from the papers listed for the History major, including at least 30 points above 100 level.

Note:

Students are encouraged to contact the Division of Arts, Law, Psychology and Social Sciences Office for programme advice.

Other qualifications

Prescriptions for:

History papers

100 Level 200 Level 300 Level 500 Level 800 Level 900 Level
Code and paper title Points
HISTY106 Violence and Resistance: Making the Modern World right arrow

Explores the long histories of violence and resistance that have shaped the modern world. Students investigate histories of colonisation, genocide...

15 25B (Hamilton)
HISTY107 Aotearoa Histories: Past and Future right arrow

This introductory paper provides students with an overview of Aotearoa New Zealand's histories through hundreds of years of Māori and Iwi history and...

15 25A (Hamilton) & 25A (Secondary School - Unistart)
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ANTHY201 Patriots, Racists, and Foreigners: Ethnicity and Identity in Global Perspective right arrow

This paper focuses on ethnicity and related categories of division such as "race" and nation. It explores how these concepts link to identity in...

15 25A (Hamilton)
HISTY200 Pacific History right arrow

This course introduces students to the history of the Pacific from first settlement through to World War II, focusing on how indigenous peoples and...

15 25A (Hamilton)
HISTY201 Histories of Everyday Life in Aotearoa right arrow

This paper examines histories of social and cultural life in Aotearoa since 1900. We investigate leisure and popular culture; food; urban and...

15 25B (Hamilton)
HISTY206 What Historians Do: Methods and Sources right arrow

The paper focuses on the fundamental and accepted practices in academic historical scholarship and surveys a variety of significant historical and...

15 25B (Hamilton)
HISTY235 Māori and Treaty History in Professional Practice right arrow

This paper examines the application of Māori and Treaty history to professional practice. It explores how these histories are relevant to historical...

15 25G (Hamilton)
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HISTY300 Gender in History right arrow

Gender in History examines the role of gender in society, culture, and the lives of individuals by introducing students to a range of historical case...

15 25A (Hamilton)
HISTY301 Sugar and Spice: Colonialism, Capitalism and the Environment right arrow

An examination of key commodities that have reshaped diets, economies and societies across the globe since the early modern period.

15 25A (Hamilton)
HISTY302 Blood, Land, DNA: Contemporary Indigenous Histories and Archives right arrow

This paper explores critical questions about power, sovereignty, and belonging in contemporary Indigenous history, focusing on Aotearoa, the Pacific...

15 25B (Hamilton)
HISTY380 Special Topic: Reproductive Histories right arrow

This paper introduces students to a specific field of historical enquiry while encouraging the development of professional-level skills in research...

15 25B (Hamilton)
INTLC317 French Culture from Versailles to the Revolution right arrow

A study of France's literary, social, and historical movements from the Golden Age of Versailles through to the Enlightenment and the Revolution it...

15 25B (Hamilton)
Code and paper title Points
ALPSS500 Academic & Professional Research & Writing right arrow

In this course, students will gain the skills and confidence to seamlessly transition from study to work. This course works to enhance the 'skills...

30 25A (Online) & 25B (Online)
ALPSS590 Directed Study right arrow

This paper allows students from the Division of Arts, Law, Psychology and Social Sciences to undertake research on a specific topic related to their...

30 25X (Hamilton)
ALPSS591 Research Project right arrow

A research report on the findings of a theoretical or empirical or practice-led investigation (up to 12,500 words maximum).

30 25X (Hamilton) & 25X (Tauranga)
ALPSS592 Dissertation right arrow

A research report on the findings of a theoretical or empirical or practice-led investigation (up to 25,000 words maximum).

60 25X (Hamilton) & 25X (Tauranga)
HISTY501 Private Lives in the Archives right arrow

This paper examines how and why the personal lives of individuals are recorded and preserved in archives, and engages with practical, ethical, and...

30 25A (Hamilton)
HISTY516 History and Theory right arrow

This paper prepares students for professional historical practice and higher study through an investigation of relevant historiographical theories...

30 25B (Hamilton)
HISTY593 History Thesis right arrow

An externally examined piece of written work that reports on the findings of supervised research.

90 25X (Hamilton)
HISTY594 History Thesis right arrow

An externally examined piece of written work that reports on the findings of supervised research.

120 25X (Hamilton)
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HISTY800 History MPhil Thesis right arrow

120 25X (Hamilton)
Code and paper title Points
HISTY900 History PhD Thesis right arrow

120 25I (Hamilton) & 25J (Hamilton) & 25K (Hamilton) & 25X (Hamilton)
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2025 Catalogue of Papers information current as of 5 Dec 2024 01:00am