Conjoint: BA/BGlobalSt major in History

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You can study different cultures, regions, themes and time periods to gain an appreciation of the lives and experiences of people in the past. You can also understand how societies have changed over time.
Study opportunities include New Zealand history, Māori and Indigenous histories, pre-modern and modern Europe, American history and the histories of Asia, Australia and the Pacific.

You can choose from courses which focus on a variety of themes, cultures, regions and time periods. You can study New Zealand history, Māori and Indigenous histories, European history, American history and the histories of Asia, Australia and the Pacific.
You will learn both historical content and historical skills: critical and creative thinking, and the ability to research, assess, interpret and present historical information.

Our graduates have careers in government, museums, the public service, business, teaching and libraries, and as researchers with the Waitangi Tribunal, Office of Treaty Settlements, and Manatū Taonga/Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Others have continued their study of history at institutions such as Harvard University and the University of Oxford.

You can take a major in History as one of your two BA majors (a double major).
You will need to pass at least 120 points (eight courses) towards each of your majors, including at least 45 points (three courses) at Stage III.

Complete 120 points comprising:

120 points from Elective Courses

Selected courses must include at least 45 points at level 300.

Elective Courses

Complete exactly 120 points from the following:

ASIAN 100 - Images of Asia (15 points)

EUROPEAN 100 - Europe and the World (15 points)

HISTORY 103 - Global History (15 points)

HISTORY 104 - Pacific History: An Introduction (15 points)

HISTORY 107 - Titiro Whakamuri: Histories of Aotearoa New Zealand (15 points)

HISTORY 108 - Rise and Fall of the USA (15 points)

HUMS 101 - Europe: Medieval to Modern (15 points)

ANCIENT 255 - The Later Roman Empire (15 points)

ARTHIST 225 - Imaging the Renaissance (15 points)

HISTORY 201 - Special Topic (15 points)

HISTORY 205 - Bloodlands: Global Warfare (15 points)

HISTORY 208 - African-American Freedom Struggles: USA 1900-2000 (15 points)

HISTORY 210 - Health, Medicine and Society (15 points)

HISTORY 217 - Nazi Germany and its Legacies (15 points)

HISTORY 224 - Old Regime and Revolution: France, 1750-1815 (15 points)

HISTORY 225 - Samurai and Scholars: Early Modern China and Japan (15 points)

HISTORY 227 - Waitangi: Treaty to Tribunal (15 points)

HISTORY 233 - Australian History Since 1788 (15 points)

HISTORY 239 - Medieval Cultures: Faith, Power, Identities (15 points)

HISTORY 241 - Making Sense of the Sixties: the USA 1954-1974 (15 points)

HISTORY 243 - Body and Blood: Religious Cultures and Conflicts c. 50-1650 (15 points)

HISTORY 250 - The Global Cold War (15 points)

HISTORY 252 - New Zealand Cultural History (15 points)

HISTORY 257 - Progress and Poverty: The USA, 1877-1919 (15 points)

HISTORY 259 - Special Topic: Capitalism and Consumerism in United States History (15 points)

HISTORY 270 - Ireland since 1798 (15 points)

HISTORY 271 - Atlantic Revolutions (15 points)

PACIFIC 214 - Pacific History: New Zealand in the Pacific from 1900 (15 points)

POLITICS 229 - Mana Māori Motuhake / Māori Politics and Public Policy (15 points)

ANCIENT 355 - The Later Roman Empire (15 points)

ARTHIST 325 - Imaging the Renaissance (15 points)

HISTORY 300 - Thinking History: Approaches to the Past (15 points)

HISTORY 308 - African-American Freedom Struggles: USA 1900-2000 (15 points)

HISTORY 309 - Bloodlands: Global Warfare (15 points)

HISTORY 317 - Nazi Germany and its Legacies (15 points)

HISTORY 318 - Special Topic (15 points)

HISTORY 324 - Old Regime and Revolution in France c.1750-1815 (15 points)

HISTORY 327 - Waitangi: Treaty to Tribunal (15 points)

HISTORY 333 - Australian History Since 1788 (15 points)

HISTORY 335 - Samurai and Scholars: Early Modern China and Japan (15 points)

HISTORY 339 - Medieval Cultures: Faith, Power, Identities (15 points)

HISTORY 341 - Making Sense of the Sixties: the USA 1954-1974 (15 points)

HISTORY 350 - The Global Cold War (15 points)

HISTORY 352 - New Zealand Cultural History (15 points)

HISTORY 356 - Body and Blood: Religious Cultures and Conflicts c.50-1650 (15 points)

HISTORY 357 - Progress and Poverty: The USA, 1877-1919 (15 points)

HISTORY 359 - Special Topic: Capitalism and Consumerism in United States History (15 points)

HISTORY 367 - Health, Medicine and Society (15 points)

HISTORY 370 - Ireland since 1798 (15 points)

HISTORY 371 - Atlantic Revolutions (15 points)

HUMS 300 - Critiquing the Museum (15 points)

MAORI 396 - Tikanga: Ancestral Ways (15 points)

PACIFIC 314 - Pacific History: New Zealand in the Pacific from 1900 (15 points)