Course description
Specialisation Requirement
* at least 50 points of Core Subjects with no more than 12.5 points at first-year level
Core subjects
First year subjects
Subject Semester Credit Points
100-181 Australian Indigenous Studies
This subject will provide students with an introduction to the complexity, challenges and richness of Australian Indigenous life and cultures. Social and political issues will be considered through engagement with specific issues both local and natio... Semester 2 12.50
175-108 Intercultural Communication
This subject involves the main components of communicative events across cultures, the main linguistic approaches to analysing them, how they vary in a range of cultures from around the world, and the difficulties and misunderstandings these differen... Semester 2 12.50
191-110 Law in Society
Law in Society introduces students to theories and concepts of law and practices of law in contemporary Australian society. It will also provide a foundation both for socio-legal studies subjects in later years and for later subjects in disciplines s... Semester 2 12.50
Second/third year subjects
Subject Semester Credit Points
102-005 Exploring Central Australia
Exploring Central Australia is an interdisciplinary subject designed to guide students towards a 'shaping' experience of Central Australia. It is a subject designed to prompt academic inquiry in the context of a first-hand encounter - an in... Semester 2 12.50
106-045 Aboriginal Writing
This subject studies Aboriginal fiction, poetry and drama, as well as life stories and criticism, focusing on questions of reading positions (particularly for non-Aboriginal students) and representation. It pays particular attention to the diversity ... Semester 2 12.50
106-063 Aboriginal Cultural Studies
This subject studies Aboriginal dance, theatre and popular music, cultural and sporting festivals and governmental arts funding agencies and Aboriginal arts organisations. It focuses on theoretical and political issues which arise from Aboriginal cul... Semester 1 12.50
106-204 Indigenous Histories in Sports
This subject investigates the identity of Australia as a sporting nation and how this identity has been informed by Indigenous sports people. Through the context of sport, this subject seeks to critique cultural, social and political themes that have... Semester 1 12.50
106-205 Indigenous Histories in Film
This subject will explore the historical constructions in documentary and feature films of the inter-relations between Indigenous and non- Indigenous Australians since 1788 until the present. A major focus of this subject will be to examine the way I... Semester 2 12.50
107-030 Contemporary Aboriginal Art
This subject will not be available in 2009 12.50
131-051 Aboriginal & Pacific Islander Histories
This subject will not be available in 2009 12.50
175-018 Language in Aboriginal Australia
This subject develops an appreciation of the role of language in Aboriginal Australia, traditionally and today. On completion of the subject, students should have a general knowledge of the linguistic features which characterise Australian Aboriginal... Semester 1 12.50
191-314 Crimes of the Powerful
This subject analyses the crimes and harms of the powerful. It explores the types of harm: financial, physical and environmental that are perpetrated by government corporations and individual white-collar offenders. Various case studies of government... Semester 2 12.50
131-300 Colonising Australia
At a time when Australian history is as contested as ever, this subject looks back at some of the key historical moments and themes that shaped late eighteenth and nineteenth century Australia. From debates over its ‘discovery’... Semester 1 12.50
166-392 On Country Learning: Indigenous Studies
This subject provides an in depth study of the historic Indigenous political struggle for racial equality, land justice, heritage control, and for self determination, by focusing on the Yorta Yorta as a case study. It embraces a number of relevant In... Semester 1 12.50
106-242 Aboriginal Land, Law and Philosophy
Aboriginal Land, Law and Philosophy will provide students who have completed the first year introductory Australian Indigenous Studies 100-181 subject with a more detailed and complex understanding of some of the key themes in this study area. It wil... Semester 2 12.50
