Even the largest of courses break into small tutorial groups for discussion. There is a large postgraduate programme involving advanced thesis and course work degrees. Members of the Department are also involved in many professional and public institutions, business and community activities. 8th floor, Room 837 Mungo MacCallum Building, telephone 9351 2862. The Department is situated on levels 4 and 6 of the West Wing of the Main Quadrangle and in the adjoining 7th and 8th floors of the Mungo MacCallum Building and the 7th floor of the Christopher Brennan Building.
History is a rigorous discipline aiming to understand past human cultures.
History furnishes students with a liberal education and provides them with a sense of the past, an appreciation of context, continuity and tradition, an understanding of the processes of change, and a perspective on present culture. Graduates of this Department have found satisfying careers in such fields as advertising, public relations, museums, arts administration, the law, politics, research, media and journalism, as well as more traditional fields such as academia, teaching and public administration. The Department of History at the University of Sydney is the oldest in Australia, one of the largest and offers a wide range of historical subjects and areas. It has the largest Honours School and Postgraduate Research School in New South Wales, and one of the largest in Australia. It affords all students great opportunities to further their historical studies.