Specialise in History for your Diploma in Arts at Massey History is a topic as large as our recorded past. Our cultural heritages, literatures, arts, religions, politics, economics, social behaviours, buildings and landscapes all derive from past influences. Massey offers a range of topics so you can explore your own particular interests. Topics you could study include: the history of New Zealand and the Pacific focus on the history of Britain/Europe study pre-industrial society or colonisation social and political history, or contemporary history. A Diploma in Arts in History is a good fit if you: enjoyed history at school want to learn more about historical events and why they happened.