Single subject — no qualification is awarded on completion. Credits toward the qualifications listed below.
This subject is FEE-HELP eligible, so eligible students can defer the $2,245 fee as a government loan and pay nothing upfront.
Fees and funding are indicative only. Confirm your eligibility and final costs with the provider.
A student visa requires a full-time CRICOS-registered course, and single subjects have no CRICOS registration. If you’re studying in Australia on a student visa, you’ll need a full qualification instead.
See CRICOS-registered alternativesHistory lives all around us—in heritage-listed buildings, our local museums, our streets, memes and community memorials. But why are some places protected while others are destroyed? How do communities fight to preserve their stories, and what happens when people remember the past differently? You'll discover how local communities research their own histories, how museums choose stories to tell, and how digital technologies are revolutionizing our encounters with the past. Whether analyzing a campaign to save a historic building or a major exhibition on frontier violence, you'll understand how public history shapes who we are. This unit introduces how history works in the real world, shaping community and national identity, politics, and cultural memory. You'll journey through global approaches to heritage, from colonial collecting and Indigenous requests for repatriation, learning practical skills that heritage and history professionals use daily: assessing cultural significance, developing conservation plans, managing collections, and creating interpretations that bring the past to life. By unit's end, you'll see history and heritage everywhere, and understand the forces determining which stories survive in the public realm.
History and Heritage is a standalone subject at Macquarie University in NSW. Completing it does not award a qualification. Credit may apply toward the qualifications listed on this page.
No qualification credit mapping has been indexed for this subject yet. The provider may still grant credit toward a related award — confirm with Macquarie University before enrolling.
Macquarie University is the awarding provider. Recorded study modes are Online. Typical duration is listed as 13 weeks. The subject is listed at 25 credit points. Eligible students may defer fees through FEE-HELP.
Details on this page are compiled from the provider's published subject information and government registers. Fees, intakes and credit rules can change — confirm current details with Macquarie University before enrolling.
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