People learn about the past to study change over time because it is useful, challenging and endlessly fascinating. In all walks of life, people familiar with events, institutions and ideas of the past have had a head start in making sense of the present.
The study of history is not memorising 'facts', it is about learning to locate information, analyse and interpret sources, engage in reasoned argument, not to make judgement calls on the basis of incomplete information, and consider all aspects of human life.
The history program allows you to specialise in Australian, European (medieval and modern) or American history. It bridges the humanities and social sciences, and complements studies in other faculties.
Potential graduate career pathways:
Business and Management
- Administrator
- Business Analyst
- Business Developer
- Business Owner
- CEO
- Entrepreneur
- Executive Officer
- Inventor
- Manager
- Human Resource Manager
- Office Manager
- Personal Assistant
- Receptionist
- Salesperson
Cultural Heritage
- Archivist
- Art Historian
- Arts Administrator
- Conservator
- Cultural Curator
- Director
- Heritage Officer
- Historian
- Librarian
- Lobbyist
- Museum Guide
- Researcher
- Tour Guide
Environment
- Ecologist
- Environmental Planner
- Environmental Policy Advisor
- Environmental Scientist
- Environmentalist
- Park Ranger
- Sustainability Adviser
- Town Planner
- Vegetation Management Officer
Foreign Affairs
- Ambassador
- Consular Officer
- Demographer
- Diplomat
- Economic Affairs Officer
- Foreign Affairs Delegate
- Immigration Officer
- International Development Coordinator
- International Aid Worker
- Policy Advisor
- Political Analyst
- Trade Commissioner
Government (Local, State and Federal)
- Administrator
- Adviser, Community
- Community Development Officer
- Councillor
- Election Campaign Manager
- Electoral Officer
- Events Coordinator
- Manager
- Mayor
- Media Adviser
- Policy Analyst/Adviser
- Political Analyst/Adviser
- Politician
- Program Manager
- Public Servant
- Secretary (CEO)
Law and Enforcement
- Barrister
- Corrections Officer
- Customs Officer
- Detective
- Immigration Officer
- Law Clerk
- Lawyer
- Legal Secretary
- Paralegal
- Police Officer
- Solicitor
Languages
- Immigration Officer
- International Business Manager
- International Aid Worker
- International Development Coordinator
- Interpreter
- Teacher
- Translator
- Tutor
Research
- Academic
- Researcher
- Market Researcher
- Social Researcher
- Sociologist
Teaching
- Academic
- Lecturer
- Teacher
- Tutor
Tourism
- Interpreter
- Tour Guide
- Tour Operator
- Translator
- Travel Agent
- Travel Writer
- Volunteer Tourism
Undergraduate courses with a specialisation in History:
History can also been undertaken as student electives from other courses across the University of Tasmania and is a complimentary area of study for students undertaking vocationally oriented degree programs such as Social Science, Education and Law.
Postgraduate courses with a specialisation in History:
