Program Requirements
The Master of History requires completion of 96 units, which must consist of:
12 units from completion of the following compulsory courses:
HIST6007 Making History
HIST6110 Approaches to History
24 units from completion of introductory courses from the following list:
HIST6022 Indigenous Australian History
HIST6107 American Voices: Aspects of Social Thought in the United States, 1900-1990
HIST6121 Electric Citizens: The Rise of the Modern Media in the United States, 1865-2000
HIST6126 American Sixties
HIST6128 Convicts and Emigrants: Australia, 1770s to 1870s
HIST6133 Human Variations and Racism in Western Culture, c. 1450-1950
HIST6136 World At War, 1939-1945
HIST6205 Europe and the Atlantic World, c.1492-1776
HIST6213 Real Men: Manhood and Identity in the Western World
HIST6214 The Great War, 1914-1919
HIST6221 The Birth of Modernity: Britain 1688-1848
HIST6223 The French Revolution and Napoleonic Europe
HIST6226 Nazi Germany
HIST6228 Enlightenment Worlds
HIST6229 Sexuality in Australian History
HIST6236 Debating Anzac
HIST6237 Digital History, Digital Heritage
HIST6238 Rock, Sex and War: Australia's 1960s - 1970s
HIST6509 Tudor-Stuart England c.1485-1714: Politics, Society, Culture
HIST6240 Democracy and Dissent
HUMN6002 Gutenberg to Google: Histories of Information
36 units from the completion of courses on the following list:
HIST8010 Biographical Practices
HIST8011 Writing Biography
HIST8015 Colonial Australia in an Imperial World
HIST8016 Settler Societies and Indigenous Encounters
HIST8017 Australia and the World at War
HIST8018 A Globalising World
HIST8021 Readings in History
HIST8022 History, Human Rights, and Globalisation
HIST8023 History Incorporated: Early Modern Bodies 1550-1750
HIST8024 Key Issues in History
HIST8025 Topics in Australian History
HUMN8009 Biography and Society
24 units from completion of elective courses offered by ANU
Unless otherwise stated, a course used to satisfy the requirements of one list may not be double counted towards satisfying the requirements of another list.
Admission Requirements
A Bachelor degree or international equivalent with an average mark of at least 65 per cent
All applicants must meet the University’s English Language Admission Requirements for Students
Applicants with a Bachelor Degree or Graduate Certificate in a cognate discipline may be eligible for 24 units (one semester) of credit.
Applicants with a Graduate Diploma or Honours in a cognate discipline may be eligible for 48 units (one year) of credit.
Cognate disciplines
Ancient History, Archaeology, History, Journalism, Museum Studies, Philosophy, Politics, Sociology, Social Sciences
Indicative fees
- Annual indicative fee for domestic students
- $24,432.00
For more information see: http://www.anu.edu.au/students/program-administration/costs-fees
- Annual indicative fee for international students
- $34,944.00
For further information on International Tuition Fees see: https://www.anu.edu.au/students/program-administration/fees-payments/international-tuition-fees
Scholarships
ANU offers a wide range of scholarships to students to assist with the cost of their studies.
Eligibility to apply for ANU scholarships varies depending on the specifics of the scholarship and can be categorised by the type of student you are. Specific scholarship application process information is included in the relevant scholarship listing.
For further information see the Scholarships website.
With internationally renowned teaching staff, and surrounded by national cultural institutions, ANU is a historian’s dream.
Studying history at ANU you can draw upon our prize-winning teaching and research in Australian, North American, early modern and modern European, and British history, and the expertise of our leading centres for Indigenous history, environmental history, and biography.
The resources of the National Library of Australia, the National Archives of Australia, the National Museum of Australia, and the National Gallery of Australia are also all at your fingertips.
The Master of History provides the theoretical grounding and practical skills you need for the advanced study of history, plus the opportunity to tailor a program according to your interests. If you’re a secondary school teacher, you are able to focus on areas in the national curriculum for history.
Career Options
Graduates from ANU have been rated as Australia's most employable graduates and among the most sought after by employers worldwide.
The latest Global Employability University Ranking, published by the Times Higher Education, rated ANU as Australia's top university for getting a job for the fourth year in a row.
Employment Opportunities
A Master of History will advance your career in government, industry, finance, politics, public relations, the services sector, teaching, the arts or in any profession requiring good management of diverse information, analytical and writing skills.Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the skills and knowledge to:
- Review, analyse, and synthesise historical materials, knowledge and theory;
- Exercise critical thinking in historical theory while developing understanding of historical interpretations and debates;
- Learn the technical skills needed to undertake independent historical research;
- Present a clear and coherent exposition of historical ideas and materials to a variety of audiences, and
- Undertake an independent research project.
Further Information
- Interested in writing a thesis? Check out the advanced version of this degree.
- Please be aware that any courses taken as part of the 24 units from completion of elective courses offered by ANU list will not count towards the advanced degree should you decide to transfer. This is because the advanced degree has no free electives, as they are in practice replaced by a 24 unit thesis.
