Disciplines and areas of study
Aboriginal studies
Program Coordinator: Dr Raymond Madden
Students qualify for a degree with an Aboriginal studies sub-major by taking approved combinations of subjects from anthropology, archaeology, behavioural health sciences, English, genetics and human variation, history, legal studies, linguistics, religious studies, and sociology. Subjects either focus explicitly on aspects of Aboriginal societies or offer thematic, theoretical, or methodological approaches directly relevant to Aboriginal studies.
Program of study
Students qualifying for a degree with an Aboriginal studies sub-major must accrue at least 110 credit points from the subjects listed below, including 30 credit points at first year, 40 credit points at second year and 40 credit points at third year.
Important notice: not all of the subjects listed below will be available every year.
Aboriginal Studies Subject
| Teaching period | Subject title | Subject code |
|---|---|---|
| First year subject (15 credit points) | ||
| TE-SEM-1 | Introduction to Aboriginal Australia | ABS1IIA |
| Second and third year subjects | ||
| Weeks 26 - 33 | Encountering Aboriginal Victoria | ABS2EAV / ABS3EAV |
Additional subjects from other disciplines
| Subject title | Subject code | |
|---|---|---|
| First year subjects (15 credit points) | ||
| Culture and Globalisation: introduction to anthropology | ANT1CAG | |
| Dawn of Humanity | ARC1DOH | |
| Discovering Archaeology | ARC1DAR | |
| Our Global Village: introduction to anthropology | ANT1FET | |
| Myth, Legend and History | HIS1MLH | |
| Representation and Participation in Australian Politics | POL1RAP | |
| Sex, Gender and Diversity | GSD1SGD | |
| Second or third year subjects (20 credit points) | ||
| Aboriginal Australia | ANT2ABA/ANT3ABA | |
| Aborigines and the State | ANT2AAS/ANT3AAS | |
| Ancient Technologies | ARC2ANT/ARC3ANT | |
| Anthropological Concepts and Practice | ANT2ACP/ANT3ACP | |
| Applied Cultural Heritage Management | ARC2ACH/ARC3ACH | |
| Applied Anthropology | ANT2APA/ANT3APA | |
| Archaeology of Indigenous Victoria | ARC2AIV/ARC3AIV | |
| Australian Aboriginal History | HIS2AAH/HIS3AAH | |
| Australian Cinema | CST2CAC/CST3CAC | |
| Contemporary Australian Politics and Public Policy | POL2CAP/POL3CAP | |
| Contemporary Feminist Thought | ENG2CFT/ENG3CFT | |
| Core Issues in Anthropology | ANT2CIA/ANT3CIA | |
| Culture, Race and Difference | ANT2CRD/ANT3CRD | |
| Discover Australia: current issues and debates | SOC2DAU/SOC3DAU | |
| Discrimination and the Law | LST2DAL/LST3DAL | |
| Doing Anthropology | ANT2MQA/ANT3MQA | |
| Ice Age Australia | ARC2ICE/ARC3ICE | |
| Intercultural Communication | LIN2CCC/LIN3CCC | |
| Inventing the Bush | ENG2ITB/ ENG3ITB | |
| Kinship, Gender and Marriage | ANT2KAM/ANT3KAM | |
| Managing Archaeology | ARC2MAN/ARC3MAN | |
| Memory, Myth and History | HIS2MMH/HIS3MMH | |
| People, Power and Protest: transforming modern Australia | HIS2PPP/HIS3PPP | |
| Re-situating Modernism: decolonising contexts | ENG2REM/ENG3REM | |
| Twentieth-century Australian Literature: inventing the past | ENG2TAL/ENG3TAL | |
| Third year subjects (30 credit points) | ||
| Community and Cross-cultural Perspectives on Human Nutrition | NUT3CPN | |
| Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics | GEN3EEG | |
Honours
Students interested in undertaking an Honours year in Aboriginal Studies should contact the Program coordinator.