Major - Australian Studies

Not offered from 2020 -  please refer to Indigenous and Australian Studies

To be read in conjunction with the program of study requirements for the degree in which you are enrolled:

• Bachelor of Applied Geographical Information Systems
• Bachelor of Arts
• Bachelor of Arts - Enhanced Program for High Achievers
• Bachelor of Arts and Science
• Bachelor of Arts, Master of Teaching (Early Childhood)
• Bachelor of Arts, Master of Teaching (Primary R-7)
• Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood), Bachelor of Arts
• Bachelor of Education (Primary R-7), Bachelor of Arts

A student may complete a major sequence of 36 units in Australian Studies by completing two Year 1 topics (9 units), two Year 2 topics (9 units) and two Year 3 topics (9 units) plus two additional topics (9 units) from the Year 2 or Year 3 topics listed in the program of study below.

A student may complete a minor sequence of 22.5 units in Australian Studies by completing two Year 1 topics (9 units), two Year 2 topics (9 units) plus and additional topic (4.5 units) from the Year 2 or Year 3 topics listed in the program of study below.

A minor in Australian Studies is not available to students who commenced the Bachelor of Education (Primary R-7), Bachelor of Arts from 1 January 2019.

A student may complete an extended major sequence in Australian Studies by completing the prescribed major topics (36 units), plus an additional two topics (9 units) from the Year 2 or Year 3 topics listed below.

An extended major in Australian Studies is not available to students enrolled in the double Bachelor of Education/Bachelor of Arts degrees.

• Course aims
• Learning outcomes
• Program of study
• Honours

Course aims

The Australian Studies major is designed to reflect the overall academic goals of the University.

The major aims to:

• equip students with a thorough grounding in contemporary issues and debates in Australian Studies
• produce graduates with a critical understanding of the various ways identities are formed and represented within Australia
• equip students to apply multi-disciplinary and cross-disciplinary understandings of Australian culture and society
• furnish students with the critical and cross-disciplinary skills required to apply their learning in everyday social, educational and professional settings
• furnish students with a thorough knowledge of local and regional Australian issues and an ability to locate them within a global context
• produce graduates who communicate effectively in a range of mediums, and who are able to critically engage in everyday situations and contexts
• encourage learning and transferable skills in both independent and collaborative contexts
• encourage students to connect across boundaries and value ethical behaviour through a cross-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary understanding of Australian culture and society.

Learning outcomes

• be able to demonstrate a thorough knowledge in contemporary issues and debates in Australian Studies;
• be able to demonstrate a critical understanding of the ways identities are formed and represented within Australia, and apply multi-disciplinary and cross-disciplinary understandings of Australian culture and society;
• have developed the critical and cross-disciplinary skills required to apply their learning in everyday social, educational and professional settings;
• communicate effectively in a range of mediums.

Program of study

The following is the program of study for a 36 unit major sequence in Australian Studies and should be read in conjunction with the course rule for the degree in which you are enrolled.

Major - Australian Studies

Year 1 topics

AUST1001  Australian Studies: Identities  (4.5 units)

plus 4.5 units from the year 1 topics listed below

 AUST1004  An Introduction to Aboriginal Studies  (4.5 units)
 HIST1203  Creating a Nation: A Brief History of Australia to 1939  (4.5 units)
 HIST1803  'The Lucky Country' ? Australia and the World since 1939  (4.5 units)
 POLI1003  An Introduction to Democracy and Government  (4.5 units)

Year 2 topics

 AUST2500  Australian Studies: Social and Political Cultures  (4.5 units)

plus 4.5 units from the year 2 topics listed below

 ARCH2202  Australian Indigenous Archaeology  (4.5 units)
 AUST2610  Australian Studies: Indigenous Australian Art  (4.5 units)
 AUST2611  Australian Languages: Issues and Debates 1  (4.5 units)
 AUST2612  Reconciliation and Indigenous Knowledges  (4.5 units)
 GEOG2711 Australian Environmental Change  (4.5 units)
 HIST2015  Maps and Dreams: Indigenous-Settler Relations in Australian History  (4.5 units)
 POLI2011  Australian Public Policy: Applications, Issues and Dilemmas  (4.5 units)
 POLI2019  Parties, Voting Behaviour and Elections in Australia  (4.5 units)
 POLI2020  Australian Indigenous Politics  (4.5 units)

plus an additional 4.5 units from the year 2 topics listed above or from the year 3 Option topics listed below.

Year 3 topics

 AUST3330 Reading Australian Culture (4.5 units)
 AUST3333 Australian Studies: Issues for Australians (4.5 units)

plus an additional 4.5 units from the year 2 topics listed above or from the year 3 Option topics listed below.

Year 3 Option topics

 AUST3611  Australian Languages: Issues and Debates 2  (4.5 units) 
 GEOG3761 Caring as Country: Indigenous Environmental Management (4.5 units)
 HIST2022  Memory and the Politics of Difference: Sex, Race and Belonging (4.5 units)
 HIST3007  Body Politics in Australian History  (4.5 units)
 INTR3001  Australian Foreign Policy  (4.5 units)

Honours

Refer to Honours - Australian Studies