Diploma of Higher Education in History and Politics

This wide-ranging course will develop your knowledge of different periods of history mostly after 1750 while providing a critical understanding of political issues, concepts and institutions. You’ll tackle such exciting and challenging issues as power and equality, debates in politics at the national and global level, culture and beliefs, imperialism and resistance, class and gender. Throughout the course you will be learning the skills of both the political scientist and the historian in studying historical materials and contemporary political debates; exploring how we understand, interpret and debate past events as well as analysing contested political issues and future trends; and investigating a range of critical approaches to historical and political analysis and understanding in an integrated manner.