HistorySubject regulations

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:

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.
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.
The qualification regulations define the admission requirements for enrolment into the MA or MSocSc in History.
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 ALPSS500 and at least 45 points from the papers listed for the subject in List A: Advanced Study of the regulations for the MA or MSocSc.
Students admitted under b) above must complete 120 points from approved 500-level papers, including at least 45 points from the papers listed for the subject in List A: Advanced Study of the regulations for the MA or MSocSc.
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.
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.

History papers

Code and paper title	Points	Occurrence/Location The study locations.
HISTY106Violence and Resistance: Making the Modern World Explores the long histories of violence and resistance that have shaped the modern world. Students investigate histories of colonisation, genocide...	15	25B (Hamilton)
HISTY107Aotearoa Histories: Past and Future 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)

Code and paper title	Points	Occurrence/Location The study locations.
ANTHY201Patriots, Racists, and Foreigners: Ethnicity and Identity in Global Perspective 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)
HISTY200Pacific History 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)
HISTY201Histories of Everyday Life in Aotearoa This paper examines histories of social and cultural life in Aotearoa since 1900. We investigate leisure and popular culture; food; urban and...	15	No occurrences
HISTY206What Historians Do: Methods and Sources The paper focuses on the fundamental and accepted practices in academic historical scholarship and surveys a variety of significant historical and...	15	25B (Hamilton)
HISTY211Modern United States This paper introduces students to histories of the modern United States, with a focus on the twentieth century. We will cover histories of race...	15	25B (Hamilton)
HISTY235Māori and Treaty History in Professional Practice 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)

Code and paper title	Points	Occurrence/Location The study locations.
HISTY300Gender in History 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)
HISTY301Sugar and Spice: Colonialism, Capitalism and the Environment An examination of key commodities that have reshaped diets, economies and societies across the globe since the early modern period.	15	25A (Hamilton)
HISTY302Blood, Land, DNA: Contemporary Indigenous Histories and Archives This paper explores critical questions about power, sovereignty, and belonging in contemporary Indigenous history, focusing on Aotearoa, the Pacific...	15	25B (Hamilton)
HISTY380Special Topic: Reproductive Histories This paper introduces students to a specific field of historical enquiry while encouraging the development of professional-level skills in research...	15	25B (Hamilton)
INTLC317French Culture from Versailles to the Revolution 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	Occurrence/Location The study locations.
ALPSS500Academic & Professional Research & Writing 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)
ALPSS590Directed Study 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)
ALPSS591Research Project 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)
ALPSS592Dissertation 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)
HISTY501Private Lives in the Archives 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)
HISTY516History and Theory This paper prepares students for professional historical practice and higher study through an investigation of relevant historiographical theories...	30	25B (Hamilton)
HISTY593History Thesis An externally examined piece of written work that reports on the findings of supervised research.	90	25X (Hamilton)
HISTY594History Thesis An externally examined piece of written work that reports on the findings of supervised research.	120	25X (Hamilton)

Code and paper title	Points	Occurrence/Location The study locations.
HISTY800History MPhil Thesis	120	25X (Hamilton)

Code and paper title	Points	Occurrence/Location The study locations.
HISTY900History PhD Thesis	120	25I (Hamilton) & 25J (Hamilton) & 25K (Hamilton) & 25X (Hamilton)

2025 Catalogue of Papers information current as of 26 Jun 2025 01:00am

HistorySubject regulations

Other qualifications

GradCert(Hist) and GradDip(Hist)

PGCert(Hist), PGDip(Hist), BA(Hons), BSocSc(Hons), MA and MSocSc

MPhil

PhD

History papers