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INDG-MAJ · Major · 48 credit points

Indigenous studies

Available in Bachelor of Arts

Rules for completing this course

No more than 12 credit points at Level 1 may be credited to the major and at least 18 credit points must be at Level 3.

Level 1 gateway units

12 cp

You must complete the following units

  • ATS1250Social justice and Indigenous Australians6 cp
  • ATS1254Culture, power and difference: Indigeneity and Australian identity6 cp

Level 2 cornerstone unit

6 cp

You must complete 6 credit points from the following units

  • ATS2553Indigenous justice in Australia6 cp
  • ATS2354Interrogating racism: Indigenous Australians and the state6 cp

Level 3 capstone unit

6 cp

You must complete 6 credit points from the following units

  • ATS3359Hearing the country: Studies in Indigenous Australian ethnoecology6 cp
  • ATS3543Australia's ancient Indigenous past: A 65,000 year archaeological odyssey6 cp

Level 2 and 3 elective units

24 cp

You must complete 24 credit points selecting from the following units and/or from any cornerstone or capstone units not already taken, with at least 12 credit points at Level 3.

  • ATS3634Indigenous peoples globally6 cp
  • ATS3852Researching social justice6 cp
  • ATS3935Professional practice6 cp
  • ATS2019Beyond 'Primitive' Art: Understanding meaning and symbolism in Indigenous art6 cp
  • ATS2020Colonialism in comparison: Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific6 cp
  • ATS2277Artefacts, objects and remains: Making sense of archaeological sites6 cp
  • ATS2281Aboriginal languages6 cp
  • ATS2311First Nations Australian film and television6 cp
  • ATS2355Race and power: Imagining Indigenous Australia6 cp
  • ATS2359Hearing the country: Studies in Indigenous Australian ethnoecology6 cp
  • ATS2551Writing resistance: Understanding the power of Indigenous story-telling through literature6 cp
  • ATS2757Towards decolonisation: The United Nations, rights and Indigenous peoples6 cp
  • ATS3020Colonialism in comparison: Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific6 cp
  • ATS3129Arts internship12 cp
  • ATS3222Developing research literacy6 cp
  • ATS3328The archaeology of world rock art6 cp
  • ATS3354Interrogating racism: Indigenous Australians and the state6 cp

Domestic field trip

  • ATS3544Practical archaeology in the field12 cp

Source: 2027 handbook entry