History (2022)

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.

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• Prescriptions for the GradCert(Hist) and GradDip(Hist)
• Prescriptions for the PGCert(Hist), PGDip(Hist), BA(Hons), BSocSc(Hons), MA and MSocSc
• Prescriptions for the MPhil
• Prescriptions for the PhD
• 100 Level
• 200 Level
• 300 Level
• 500 Level
• 800 Level
• 900 Level

• Prescriptions for the GradCert(Hist) and GradDip(Hist)

  A Graduate Certificate and Graduate Diploma are available to graduates who have not included History at an advanced level in their first degree.

  For further details, contact the Division of Arts, Law, Psychology and Social Sciences Office.

• Prescriptions for the PGCert(Hist), PGDip(Hist), BA(Hons), BSocSc(Hons), MA and MSocSc

  To complete a BA(Hons) or BSocSc(Hons) in History, students must gain 120 points from approved 500 level papers, including at least 30 points in research (normally HISTY591).

  To be eligible to be considered for enrolment in the MA or MSocSc in History, a student must have completed either:

  a) a BA or BSocSc with a major in History (or equivalent) and have gained at least a B average across the 300 level papers, or for a qualification considered by the Academic Board to be equivalent, or

  b) a BA(Hons) or BSocSc(Hons) in History (or equivalent) with at least second class honours (second division), or a PGDip in History (or equivalent) with at least a B average, or for a qualification considered by the Academic Board to be equivalent and

  c) have satisfied the prerequisites for graduate study in the subject(s) being presented for the Degree, at levels considered appropriate by the Academic Board.

  Completion requirements for the MA or MSocSc in History vary according to admission criteria:

  Students admitted under a) above must complete 180 points from approved 500 level papers, including either a 120 point thesis, or a 90 point thesis or a 60 point dissertation.

  Students admitted under b) above must complete a 120 point thesis, a 90 point thesis and a further 30 points from approved 500 level papers, or a 60 point dissertation and a further 60 points from approved 500 level papers.

• Prescriptions for the MPhil

  The Master of Philosophy is a one year research-based degree in which students undertake a programme of approved and supervised research that leads to a thesis which critically investigates an approved topic of substance and significance, demonstrates expertise in the methods of research and scholarship, displays intellectual independence and makes a substantial original contribution to the subject area concerned, and is of publishable quality.

• Prescriptions for the PhD

  The Doctor of Philosophy is a three year research-based degree in which students undertake a programme of approved and supervised research that leads to a thesis which critically investigates an approved topic of substance and significance, demonstrates expertise in the methods of research and scholarship, displays intellectual independence and makes a substantial original contribution to the subject area concerned, and is of publishable quality.

• 100 Level

  Code	Paper Title	Points	Occurrence / Location
  HISTY107	New Zealand Histories: Fresh Perspectives	15.0	22A (Hamilton)
  This introductory paper provides students with an overview of Aotearoa New Zealand's histories through hundreds of years of Maori and Iwi history and British Colonial invasions, to the present. Students explore popular overarching myths and narratives of Aotearoa NZ history, key events, peoples and leading scholarship in the field....
  HISTY117	Global Histories	15.0	22B (Hamilton)
  This course offers an introduction to the field of global history. As well as looking at specific events, the course examines some of the major global interactions and transformations that have driven social and cultural change across time.

• 200 Level

  Code	Paper Title	Points	Occurrence / Location
  HISTY200	Pacific History	15.0	22B (Hamilton)
  This course introduces students to the history of the Pacific from first settlement through to World War II, focusing on how indigenous peoples and diverse newcomers have engaged with each other and the Pacific's oceanic environment.
  HISTY206	History in Practice: Historical Methods and Research	15.0	22A (Hamilton)
  The paper focuses on the fundamental and accepted practices in academic historical scholarship and surveys a variety of significant historical and theoretical approaches to the discipline.
  HISTY235	Māori and Treaty History in Professional Practice	15.0	22G (Hamilton)
  This paper examines the application of Maori and Treaty history to professional practice. It explores how these histories are relevant to historical work in the private and public sectors today.
  POLSC201	Modern Political Thinkers	15.0	22A (Online)
  This course examines the ideas of a number of modern political thinkers such as Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Hegel, and Marx.

• 300 Level

  Code	Paper Title	Points	Occurrence / Location
  HISTY300	Gender in History	15.0	22B (Hamilton)
  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 studies and methodologies.
  HISTY301	Sugar and Spice: Commodities in Global History	15.0	22B (Hamilton)
  An examination of key commodities that have reshaped diets, economies and societies across the globe since the early modern period.
  HISTY330	Researching Iwi Māori History	15.0	22A (Hamilton)
  This paper explores the history of Maori and iwi peoples from Pacific origins to the present. It addresses the turning points, myths, discourses and narratives that have been mobilised to present Maori and iwi historical experiences. Students will examine the popular methods, theories, sources, and questions that have driven resear...
  HISTY380	Special Topic	15.0	22A (Hamilton)
  This paper introduces students to a specific field of historical enquiry while encouraging the development of professional-level skills in research and presentation.
  HISTY390	Directed Study	15.0	No occurrences
  A Directed Study is a taught paper enabling an undergraduate student to undertake a piece of extended historiographical research. Students enrolled in this paper work on a focused piece of research and are individually supervised.
  INTLC317	French Culture from Versailles to the Revolution	15.0	22B (Hamilton)
  A study of France's literary, social, and historical movements from the Golden Age of Versailles through to the Enlightenment and the Revolution it inspired.

• 500 Level

  Code	Paper Title	Points	Occurrence / Location
  HISTY512	Environmental History	30.0	22B (Hamilton)
  Environmental History explores the ways in which human societies, cultures, and economies have imagined and shaped, as well as been shaped by, the natural world across time and place from the development of agriculture to 20th century environmental movements.
  HISTY516	History and Theory	30.0	22A (Hamilton)
  This paper prepares students for professional historical practice and higher study through an investigation of relevant historiographical theories and methodologies.
  HISTY591	Dissertation	30.0	22A (Hamilton), 22B (Hamilton) & 22D (Hamilton)
  A report on the findings of a theoretical or empirical investigation.
  HISTY592	Dissertation	60.0	22X (Hamilton)
  A report on the findings of a theoretical or empirical investigation.
  HISTY593	History Thesis	90.0	22X (Hamilton)
  An externally examined piece of written work that reports on the findings of supervised research.
  HISTY594	History Thesis	120.0	22I (Hamilton) & 22X (Hamilton)
  An externally examined piece of written work that reports on the findings of supervised research.

• 800 Level

  Code	Paper Title	Points	Occurrence / Location
  HISTY800	History MPhil Thesis	120.0	22X (Hamilton)
  No description available.

• 900 Level

  Code	Paper Title	Points	Occurrence / Location
  HISTY900	History PhD Thesis	120.0	22I (Hamilton), 22J (Hamilton), 22K (Hamilton) & 22X (Hamilton)
  No description available.