This course offers students the opportunity to complete intensive study in a topic relating to Indigenous peoples. The course content will vary from year to year following both changes in the discipline and the interests and expertise of teaching staff.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
- Describe concepts and arguments arising from the field of Indigenous Studies
- Evaluate those concepts and arguments to a level consistent with the expectations of the discipline
- Explain issues, arguments, and responses through written and/or oral form
Indicative Assessment
Tutorial and Wattle participation (10%) [LO 1, 2, 3]
Individual assessment tasks to a total of 4000 words which may include an essay and oral presentation and/or examination (90%) [LO1, 2, 3]
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Workload
Students are expected to complete 130 hours of study for this course which includes 36 hours of contact with teaching staff and 94 hours of independent learning. Contact hours will be delivered as either:
a) a two (2) hour lecture and one (1) hour tutorial each week for 12 weeks; or
b) 36 hours of lectures and tutorials taught intensively over two weeks.
Requisite and Incompatibility
Prescribed Texts
Readings and texts required for this course will be posted on the course Wattle site.
Assumed Knowledge
Students must have knowledge of Indigenous Studies research and debates.
Majors
Minors
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
If you are a domestic graduate coursework or international student you will be required to pay tuition fees. Tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.
- Student Contribution Band:
- 1
- Unit value:
- 6 units
If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees. Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.
| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 6.00 | 0.12500 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2018 | $2820 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2018 | $4320 |
Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links
ANU utilises MyTimetable to enable students to view the timetable for their enrolled courses, browse, then self-allocate to small teaching activities / tutorials so they can better plan their time. Find out more on the Timetable webpage.
