Comments about Graduate Certificate in Australian Studies - On Campus - Bedford Park - South Australia
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Objectives
The course aims to: * provide students with the opportunity to specialise in an area of professional interest or expertise in Australian education, Australian tourism, Australian humanities, Australian social sciences, or Australian Indigenous/Aboriginal studies; * potentially serve as a bridging course for students who wish to develop postgraduate thesis proposals in Australian Studies; * encourage interdisciplinary analysis of contemporary issues in Australian society and culture with a variety of outcomes; * connect, where relevant, specialised socio-cultural investigations into Australian life with industry and/or institutional practices. Learning outcomes Upon graduating, students will: * have acquired a range of advanced, long-term transferable skills relevant to their intended professions and careers; * be equipped to enter the workforce and forge careers as skilled and knowledgeable professionals.
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Entry requirements
Applicants must normally hold an approved degree, diploma or equivalent qualification, although the Faculty Board may, under certain circumstances and subject to specific conditions, admit others who can show evidence of fitness for candidature. Candidature must be approved by the Head of Faculty or nominee.
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Academic title
Graduate Certificate in Australian Studies
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Course description
The Graduate Certificate in Australian Studies is an 18-unit program offered by the Faculty of Education, Humanities, Law and Theology on a fee-paying basis.
PROGRAM OF STUDY [November, 2008]
To qualify for the Graduate Certificate in Australian Studies, a student must complete 18 units with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic, comprising:
* the 6-unit core topic AUST3999 Issues for Australians 2; and
* 12 units of elective topics.
Electives may be selected from:
* the Bachelor of Arts major sequences topics listed below (which will be set and assessed at a level and standard appropriate to the graduate certificate);
* special topics available in that year.
Not all topics are necessarily available in a given year.
Intending candidates should discuss their options with the Chair of the Program or the Australian Studies coordinator.
Except with permission of the Faculty Board:
* a student may not include a topic which repeats work previously undertaken;
* the program must be completed within six consecutive semesters.
BACHELOR OF ARTS AUSTRALIAN STUDIES MAJOR SEQUENCE
ARCH2001
Indigenous Australian Archaeology
6
ARCH2002
Historical Archaeology of Australia
6
ARCH2003
Cultural Heritage Management
6
ARCH2004
Australian Maritime Archaeology
6
ARCH3005
Underwater and Coastal Archaeology
6
ARCH3014
Indigenous Heritage Management
6
ARCH3305
Indigenous Archaeology Field School
6
ARCH3306
Ethnoarchaeology in Aboriginal Australia
6
ARCH3307
Rock Art Field School
6
AUST2000
Australian Languages: Issues and Debates
6
AUST2004
Indigenous Australian Art Today
6
AUST2005
Travelling Australia: A Cultural Guide
6
AUST2006
Reconciliation and Indigenous Knowledges
6
AUST2007
Cultural Theory: Australian Perspectives
6
AUST2008
Sex, Gender and Media
6
AUST3000
Australian Languages: More Issues and Debates
6
CRIM2002
Crime and Society
6
GEOG2006
Australian Environmental Change
6
HIST2050
Themes in Australian Social History
6
HIST2053
Maps and Dreams: Aboriginal/Colonial Encounters in Australian History
6
HIST2064
Australian Environmental Histories
6
HIST3035
Destination Australia: Immigration History
6
HUMN2201
Settling in Australia: The Italian, Greek and French Experience
6
ITAL3502
Italians in Australia
6
INTR3004
Australian Foreign Policy
6
LEGL2001
Child Protection
6
LEGL2002
Researching Juvenile Crime
6
LEGL2003
Gender, Law and Society
6
LEGL2004
Access to Justice in Australia
6
LEGL3016
Law and Urban Change: The Impact of Built Heritage
6
LEGL3023
Cultural Heritage and the Law
6
LING2702
Language, Culture and Communication
6
LING3702
Applied Linguistics: Research Methods
6
MGRE2502
Special Topic in Modern Greek Culture
6
POLI2015
Australian Government and Public Policy
6
POLI2045
Australian Politics: Parties, Voters and Elections
6
POLI3055
Indigenous People and Politics
6
SCRN2002
National Cinemas
6
SOCI3016
Sociology of Intimacy
6
SOCI3017
Urban Sociology
6
SOCI3028
Culture and Society
6
SOCI3031
Contemporary Social Problems
6
SOCI3046
Business and Society in Australia
6
WMST2005
Sex, Gender and Identities in Australia
6
WMST2006
Gender in Australian Culture
6
WMST2008
Media and Cultural Identities: Gender, Race and Sexuality
6
WMST2009
Sex, Gender and the Law
6
WMST2011
Sexualities: Perspectives, Pleasures, Politics
6
WMST3004
Indigenous Women's Voices: Race, Gender and Colonialism
6
WMST3005
Women and Creativity
6
