History
Bachelor of Arts
Studying History at Deakin is a rewarding and challenging investigation into the making of our modern world.
We introduce you to a range of studies, focusing especially on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and covering different regions of the world – Australia, America, Europe, Asia and the Pacific, as well as international history more generally.
Undergraduate and honours teaching and postgraduate supervision are provided in a range of research areas, which are listed below. There are also opportunities to undertake internships in public history contexts, such as museums.
Students completing a History major emerge with a range of skills relevant to future vocations as well as other studies. While learning about the past, the study of history trains you in an ability to conduct research, analyse evidence, and communicate interpretations based on that evidence. Studying history will train you how to examine and critically assess and compare differing ideas and interpretations, as you explore the most interesting aspects of our recent past.
In 2004 the history team at Deakin won a Faculty Award for excellence in teaching.
Students who perform well in their undergraduate degree are encouraged to enrol in the Bachelor of Arts (Honours). This course is a pre-requisite for enrolment for Higher Degree by Research courses. Staff supervise honours and higher degree by research students in areas such as:
- Australian political history
- The history of international relations and European colonialism
- Migration history
- American history
- Women’s history
- French history
- The Holocaust
- Pacific history
- The history of anthropology
- Southeast Asian history
- The history of science
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