Major - Indigenous and Australian Studies

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

A student may complete a major sequence of 36 units in Indigenous and Australian Studies by completing two Year 1 topics (9 units), three Year 2 topics (13.5 units) and three Year 3 topics (13.5 units) selected from the topics listed in the program of study below.

A student may complete a minor sequence of 18 units in Indigenous and Australian Studies by completing two Year 1 topics (9 units), one Year 2 topic (4.5 units) plus an additional topic (4.5 units) from the Year 2 or Year 3 topics listed in the program of study below.

The minor sequence is not available to students who commenced the Bachelor of Arts, Master of Teaching (Primary) from 1 January 2020.

Aims
Learning outcomes
Program of study
Honours

Aims

The Indigenous and Australian Studies major aims to:

equip students with a thorough grounding in contemporary issues and debates in Indigenous and Australian Studies
encourage students to connect across boundaries and value ethical behaviour through a cross-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary understanding of Indigenous cultures and Australian society
produce graduates with a critical understanding of the various ways Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders identities are formed and represented within Australia
produce graduates with the capacity to critically examine ideas of representation, power and privilege through key sites of knowledge production, including social and cultural institutions in Australia.

Learning outcomes

On completion of a major students will be able to:

analyse the contribution made by Indigenous peoples to Australian life and culture
explain broad understanding of Indigenous histories and cultures
critically consider the political, legal and cultural issues facing Indigenous people today
explain the application of "race" within Australia
critically respond to the debates and viewpoints around the issues of reconciliation
consider, from a broad understanding, how Indigenous peoples, both in Australia and internationally, view their history and culture.

Program of study

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

Major - Indigenous and Australian Studies

Year 1 topics

Select 9 units from the following:

INDG1000 Indigenous Studies: An Introduction (4.5 units)
INDG1001 Race and Representation: Indigenous Identities (4.5 units)
HIST1803 'The Lucky Country'? A Brief History of Australia (4.5 units)

Year 2 topics

Select 13.5 units from the following:

ARCH2202 Archaeology of the First Australians (4.5 units)
HIST2015 Maps and Dreams: Indigenous-Settler Relations in Australian History (4.5 units)
HIST2066 Outpost of Empire? South Australian History, 1834 to the Present (4.5 units)
INDG2001 Black Poetics: Indigenous Literary Studies (4.5 units)
INDG2002 Indigenous Australian Art (4.5 units)
INDG2004 Reconciliation and Indigenous Knowledges (4.5 units)
SCME2101 Australian/Indigenous Media (4.5 units)
SOCI2021 Racism, Power and Identity (4.5 units)
WMST2016 Indigenous Women’s Voices: Race, Gender and Colonialism (4.5 units)

Year 3 topics

Select 13.5 units from the following:

GEOG3761 Caring as Country: Indigenous Environmental Management (4.5 units)
HIST3001 Destination Australia: Migration Since 1900 (4.5 units)
INDG3001 Colonial Intimacies and the Economy: Mathematics of Genocide (4.5 units)
INDG3002 Decolonising Institutions: Indigenous Critical Creative Praxis (4.5 units)
WMST3014 Global Feminist Activism (4.5 units)

Note: Students must complete at least 4 INDG coded topics throughout the major.

Honours

Refer to Honours - Indigenous and Australian Studies

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