历史为所有人文和社会科学提供了重要的框架。这是现在与过去之间正在进行的对话：关于如何理解和解释过去，以及我们应该赋予过去的意义。对当前的了解和对未来的期望与对历史的了解是齐头并进的。历史研究进一步促进了重要专业技能的获得，例如发起原始询问，进行档案研究和文献分析以及解释证据的能力。在昆士兰大学，该专业的主题包括：大帝国，种族灭绝，全球历史，欧洲基金会和伊斯兰文明。
History provides an essential framework for all the humanities and social sciences. It is an on-going dialogue between the present and the past: about how the past should be understood and interpreted, and about the meanings we should assign to the past. An informed understanding of the present and our expectations for the future go hand-in-hand with knowledge of history. The study of history further promotes the acquisition of important professional skills such as the ability to initiate an original inquiry, conduct archival research and documentary analysis and interpret evidence. At UQ, topics within this major include: Great Empires, Genocide, Global History, The Foundations of Europe and Islamic Civilisation.