Humanities and Social Sciences

Aboriginal Studies

Undergraduate Studies

Aboriginal Studies is an interdisciplinary program. Selected subjects from a number of disciplines, mainly (but not exclusively) in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, can be taken for the purposes of satisfying the requirements of the Bachelor of Arts (ABA) degree.

Subjects offered in the Aboriginal Studies sub-major reflect the broad range of interests in Australian Indigenous and related issues held by staff at the University. The subjects on offer range from those that have exclusive or high level focus on Indigenous issues, to other subjects, which may be relevant to Aboriginal Studies for a number of other reasons.

Because Aboriginal Studies has a substantive rather than disciplinary focus, an Aboriginal Studies sub-major is an excellent complement to a recognised major discipline, such as Anthropology, Archaeology, History, Legal Studies or Politics.

A sub-major in Aboriginal Studies consists of 110 credit points of designated Aboriginal Studies subjects, including at least 30 credit points at first-year level, 40 credit points at second year and 40 credit points at third year.