Graduate Diploma in Local, Family and Applied History

Graduate Diploma

The Graduate Diploma in Local Family and Applied History is designed specifically for students who are interested in the pursuit of local, family and applied history for personal, community or professional reasons.

Key details

Degree Type

Graduate Diploma

Duration

1.5 years full-time, 6 years part-time

Course Code

GradDipLocFamAppHist

Study Mode

Online

About this course

The Graduate Diploma in Local Family and Applied History is designed specifically for students who are interested in the pursuit of local, family and applied history for personal, community or professional reasons. It offers training in, for example, family and local history sources and approaches, heritage conservation, history and museums, monuments and memorials, oral history, and history in film. It also offers an opportunity to pursue professional development through work experience in an applied history area; locates local, family and applied history within broader practices in researching and presenting history; and introduces the wide variety of work opportunities - paid and voluntary - available to

professional historians.

Pathways:

The Graduate Diploma in Local, Family and Applied History (GDLFAH) provides a good foundation for further study in history through the Master of History and, if 500 level units are included in a GDLFAH programme, they can be credited towards the Master of History.

GDLFAH can also provide a route to a Master of Philosophy degree or PhD.

Entry requirements

A candidate shall:

(a) hold an AQF Level 7 Bachelor degree in a non-relevant discipline;

or

(b) hold an AQF Level 7 Bachelor degree in a relevant discipline*.

* Relevant disciplines include:

Ancient History

Archaeology

English

History

Indigenous Studies

International Studies

Politics

Study locations

Armidale

Online

What you will learn

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

demonstrate advanced knowledge of the development and nature of local, family and applied history as a specific area of historical inquiry and practice;
employ various methodologies to pursue historical research and inquiry, including methods of evidence location, evaluation, interpretation and application;
apply and communicate the results of historical research effectively in a variety of media and forms, and for different audiences;
demonstrate an understanding of the ethical and social responsibilities of local, family and applied historians to the communities with whom they work and to the discipline of history more broadly; and
demonstrate of advanced knowledge the ways in which local, family and applied history is practised in community, professional and academic settings.

Career pathways

UNE local, family and applied history awards are well established and well recognised in providing skills and experience suited to paid and volunteer work in the following areas: cultural and heritage tourism; family and history organisations and activities; family history and genealogy; history and heritage consultancies; local and community history research and writing; local council planning and heritage; local museums; teaching history.

Graduate outcomes

Graduate satisfaction and employment outcomes for Humanities, Culture & Social Sciences courses at University of New England (UNE).

94.1%

Overall satisfaction

85.6%

Skill scale

81.7%

Teaching scale

83.7%

Employed full-time

$89.4k

Average salary

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