The Pacific Studies major employs an interdisciplinary framework to explore important historical and contemporary issues in Oceania, and to critically examine the ways in which knowledge about the region, and the region itself, have been framed, constructed and represented, with a particular focus on indigenous epistemologies and voices. Students engage with scholarly and policy debates of critical contemporary importance in the region, including gender, climate change, globalization, the arts, development, and peace, conflict and intervention. The linguistic diversity of Oceania is reflected in the core courses of the major, which are infused with indigenous voices and languages. Electives provide students with opportunities to further explore the Pacific through the disciplinary lenses of archaeology, anthropology, indigenous studies, political science, literature, philosophy, and visual arts.
Relevant Degrees
Requirements
This major requires the completion of 48 units, which must consist of:
24 units from completion of the following course(s):
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| PASI1011 | Navigating Pacific Studies Online Course | 6 |
| PASI1012 | Pacific Worlds: critical inquiry in Oceania | 6 |
| PASI2001 | Pacific Studies in a Globalizing World | 6 |
| PASI2002 | Australia in Oceania in the 19th and 20th centuries | 6 |
24 units from completion of the following course(s):
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| ARCH2005 | The Archaeology of the Pacific Islanders | 6 |
| ARCH3019 | Topics in Pacific Archaeology | 6 |
| ARCH3022 | Long-term Biodiversity and Climate Change in Asia-Pacific | 6 |
| ASIA2301 | The Peopling of Asia & the Pacific | 6 |
| ASIA3006 | Practical Assignment in Asia and the Pacific | 6-12 |
| ASIA3012 | Readings in Asian Societies and Histories | 6 |
| FREN2022 | French Literature and The Pacific | 6 |
| FREN2026 | New Caledonia: Field Work and Research | 6 |
| HIST2231 | Exploration: Columbus to the Moon | 6 |
| PASI2003 | Environment, Conflict and Development in the Western Pacific | 6 |
| PASI2006 | War in the Islands: The Second World War in the Pacific | 6 |
| PASI2020 | An introduction to Languages of the Pacific | 6 |
| PASI3001 | The Contemporary Pacific: Society, Politics and Development | 6 |
| PASI3005 | Pacific Islands Field School | 6 |
| PASI3006 | Navigating the Pacific: Mapping the study and research resources | 6 |
| PASI3002 | Oceanic Encounters: Gender and Sexuality in the Pacific | 6 |
| PASI3012 | Readings in Indigenous Studies | 6 |
| POLS2055 | Pacific Politics | 6 |
