• Offered by School of Archaeology and Anthropology
  • ANU College ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
  • Classification Transitional
  • Course subject Anthropology
  • Areas of interest Anthropology
  • Academic career PGRD
  • Course convener
    • Dr Yasmine Musharbash
  • Mode of delivery In Person
  • Co-taught Course
  • Offered in First Semester 2019
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Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

By participating fully in this course you should expect the following out comes:
  1. An understanding of the public debates and reporting of issues in Indigenous affairs in Australia and an ability to deconstruct them
  2. An understanding of the nature of the diverse Indigenous social orders in Australia
  3. An understanding of the anthropological debates around the concepts of culture and tradition and how these relate to Indigenous affairs
  4. An understanding of the complexities of policy making in this area and why achieving positive outcomes is often difficult
  5. An understanding of the nature of the Australian state and its significance for understanding Indigenous affairs

Indicative Assessment

By negotiation but to involve 6000 words of writing.

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Workload

Two hours of lectures and one hour of tutorial per week

Requisite and Incompatibility

You are not able to enrol in this course if you have successfully completed ANTH2017

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
Domestic fee paying students
Year Fee
2019 $3360
International fee paying students
Year Fee
2019 $5160
Note: Please note that fee information is for current year only.

Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links

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The list of offerings for future years is indicative only.
Class summaries, if available, can be accessed by clicking on the View link for the relevant class number.

First Semester

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
4217 25 Feb 2019 04 Mar 2019 31 Mar 2019 31 May 2019 In Person View

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