Objectives

On completion of their course, students undertaking the history and politics major are expected to have developed:

• the intellectual and critical skills necessary for independent learning;
• a broad and deep historical and political knowledge of their society, nation and Australia's place in the world;
• an understanding of the ethical, methodological and theoretical issues and debates associated with the disciplines of history and politics;
• sound foundations for a lifelong and critical interest in history and politics;
• a range of skills which will equip them for employment and postgraduate opportunities;
• the practical skills of citizenship and leadership that rest on their expert knowledge of history and politics

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