History
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WHY STUDY HISTORY?
History develops and understanding of the world in which we live through the study of the historical events and forces that have shaped it: war, revolution, ideas, economics and social, political and popular movements. All our courses are designed to develop critical intelligence through the study of the past. The School offers a variety of approaches to history, each emphasising the basic disciplinary skills of assimilating and weighing evidence, analysing historical problems, constructing and testing historical hypotheses and presenting conclusions clearly and logically.
TEACHING AREAS
The School offers courses on modern world history and the history of Australia, Britain, France, Germany, Russia (and the Soviet Union), USA, China and Japan. Courses focus on a wide range of themes and approaches, including social, economic, cultural, and political history as well as military and diplomatic history and strategic studies.
HISTORY IN A SERVICE CAREER
Effective military leadership in the contemporary world can often depend upon a capacity to understanding and analyse, quickly and accurately, the social, political and cultural dynamics of complex and changing situations in unfamiliar environments. The study of history develops the intellectual skills necessary to reach such an understanding. More generally, the historian's skills of research, analysis, and clear communication of complex issues are of enormous value in large and permanently evolving organisations such as the armed services.
FURTHER STUDY IN HISTORY
The School has a strong honours program. It also has a flourishing postgraduate program which attracts military and civilian, full-time and part-time students. In the Master of Defence Studies program the School teaches, on campus and by distance learning, a variety of courses concerning Australian defence and foreign policy and regional issues. The School also has a postgraduate research program across the full range of its teaching areas leading the degrees of MA (Hons) and PhD.
POSTGRADUATE STUDIES IN HISTORY
You don't have to be in uniform to do a research degree in history at ADFA
University Scholarships are available.
Holders of APAs welcome.
We can offer supervision in a wide variety of areas leading to the degree of MA (Hons) and PhD.