Australian Indigenous Studies Major

Total units 48 Units

Areas of interest Australian Indigenous Studies
Major code AUIS-MAJ

Academic career Undergraduate
Academic Contact Ms Mary Spiers Williams

The major in Australian Indigenous Studies enables students with an interest in Australian Indigenous Studies to take a set of interrelated courses in different disciplines without the normal prerequisite required in each course. The major is interdisciplinary, in which it is possible to combine courses from anthropology, archaeology, art, history, linguistics, music, public policy, and gender studies for a broadly based understanding of Australian Indigenous societies and cultures, both past and present.

Taken together, the courses provide a comprehensive insight into Australian Indigenous Studies including Indigenous epistemologies; Indigenous occupation and adaption on the Australian continent; Indigenous socio-cultural, ceremonial, artistic and linguistic practices past and present; impacts of European colonisation; histories of relationships between Indigenous and other Australians; the situation of Indigenous peoples in Australia today; and related issues of representation.

Learning Outcomes

demonstrate an informed understanding of Australian Indigenous history and culture, and policies pertaining to Indigenous Australians
demonstrate an ability to analyse the ways in which history and culture informs Australian Indigenous perspectives on a range of topics, including responses to policy
demonstrate an informed understanding of Australian Indigenous cultures and traditions
demonstrate a comparative knowledge of Australian Indigenous concerns in the global context

Relevant Degrees

Bachelor of Arts (BARTS)

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Requirements

Advice to Students

ANIP3003, ANIP3005, ARTV2921, and INDG3004 must be completed on an Australian Indigenous Studies topic to count towards this major.

This major requires the completion of 48 units from the following lists including:

• A maximum of 12 units of courses at 1000 level

• A minimum of 12 units of courses at 3000 level

24 units from the completion of the following course(s):

INDG1001 - Indigenous Peoples, Populations and Communities (6 units)

INDG1002 - Indigenous Peoples and Civil, Political and legal Rights in Australia (6 units)

INDG3006 – Indigenous Research: Practice, collaboration and ethics (6 units)

HIST2022 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History (6 units)

A minimum of 6 units from the completion of the following:

ANTH2005 - Traditional Australian Indigenous Cultures, Societies and Environment (6 units)

LING2016 - Language and Society in Indigenous Australia (6 units)

ARTH2098 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art (6 units)

INDG3001 - Public policy development and implementation and Indigenous Australians (6 units)

ARTV2921 - Environment Studio: field based research and studio practice in visual arts (6 units)

INDG3003 - The Indigenous Economy (6 units)

INDG2001 - Indigenous Cultural and Natural Resource Management (6 units)

INDG3005 - Special Topics in Indigenous Studies (6 units)

INDG2002 - Contemporary Australian Indigenous Music Studies (6 units)

HLTH3001 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health (6 units)

INDG2003 - Gamilaraay - introduction to an Australian Indigenous Language (6 units)

INDG2004 - Continuing Gamilaraay (6 units)

INDG2005 - Introduction to an Australian Indigenous Language (36 units)

INDG2006 - Continuing Australian Indigenous Language (36 units)

A maximum of 12 units from the completion of the following list:

ANIP3005 - Australian National Internship B (12 units)

ANIP3003 - Australian National Internships Program Internship A (6 units)

INDG3004 - Indigenous Studies Supervised Research Project (6 units)

A maximum of 6 units from the completion of the following list:

GEND2021 - Trauma, Memory and Culture (6 units)

ARCH2004 - Australian Archaeology (6 units)

ANTH3017 - Indigenous Worlds: Challenges of Emergence, Recognition, and Change (6 units)

HIST2241 - Global Aboriginal and Native Histories (6 units)

HIST2142 - Indigenous memory and history: On page, stage and screen (6 units)

A minimum of 12 units must come from completion of courses from the following list:

Code	Title	Units
	ANTH 1004: Intro Indigenous Aust Stud
INDG1001	Indigenous Peoples, Populations and Communities	6
AUST1001	Learning an Indigenous Australian Language	6

A maximum of 36 units may come from completion of courses from the following list:

Code	Title	Units
ANTH2005	Traditional Australian Indigenous Cultures, Societies and Environment	6
ARCH2004	Australian Archaeology	6
HUMN2051	Introduction to Cultural Heritage Management	6
ARTH2098	Australian First Nations Art and Culture	6
	ARTV 2021: Indig Aust Visual Cult
	AUST 2008: Indigenous language 2
GEND2021	Trauma, Memory and Culture	6
HIST2022	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History	6
INDG3001	First Nations peoples, the state and public policy in Australia	6
	INDG 3002: Indigenous Peoples & Developmt
LAWS4238	Indigenous Australians and the Law	6
LING2016	Language and Society in Indigenous Australia	6
LING2022	Language Policy and Language Politics	6

A maximum of 12 units may come from completion of courses from the following list:

Code	Title	Units
ANIP3003	Australian National Internships Program Internship A	6
	MUSI 2214: Music Research Project 1
MUSI3313	Writing about Music 2: Sources and Methods	6
ANTH2017	Culture, Social Justice and Aboriginal Society Today	6
	MUSI 2213: Indigenous Music and Media
ANIP3005	Australian National Internship B	12

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