School of Social &
Cultural Studies
Albany Campus, AucklandHistoryHistory helps give a society a sense of identity and purpose. It helps satisfy
our curiosity about what happened in the past, gives us a sense of perspective
and takes a long-term view of any current situation. By studying history we begin
to understand the effects time and place have on individuals and societies; by
studying the past we can understand contemporary world problems or the state of
affairs in our own country.
But these are only some of the effects of studying
history. The study of history also requires us to read critically, to sift and
evaluate evidence, to construct arguments and to express them in concise, coherent
prose. These skills of research and analysis are of far wider application than
the writing of history. They are in increasing demand not just in the more traditional
areas of employment for Arts graduates - teaching, research and librarianship,
for example - but in a whole range of occupations in business, government, tourism,
the media, information management. A broad-based Arts degree will provide generic
skills and interests that will serve for a lifetime.
Programme Co-ordinator:
Michael Belgrave
Staff: Adam
Claasen, Peter
Lineham
Papers offered in 2010
First Year
Papers
- 148.109
European Roots, Semester 2
- 148.120 Blockbusters & Biopics: History at the Movies, Semester 1
Second Year Papers - 148.205*#
Modern New Zealand Politics, Semester 1
- 148.220 The Second World War, Semester 2
Third Year Papers
- 148.301 English Radicalism, Semester 2
- 148.331 Germany's Long Century 1871-1991, Semester 1
- 148.337 Maori Response to Colonisation, Semester 1
*May also be credited towards a Politics major.
#May also be credited towards a Sociology major
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