Faculty of Arts

 Australian Studies

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    First/second year subject
    Second/third year subject

Conveners: Dr June Senyard (Department of History) and Michael Cathcart (Australian Centre)

The Faculty of Arts offers an interdepartmental program in Australian Studies housed in the Australian Centre and the Department of History. Defining Australia and Australians has been a major preoccupation of our culture. The Australian Studies program allows students to integrate analyses of Australian culture and society from across disciplines and to apply different methodological and theoretical approaches to the ways in which ideas of identity and tradition have been communicated.

The program provides opportunities for the concentrated study of sport, language and everyday life as distinctive aspects of an Australian cultural tradition.

 1. Prerequisites

The program commences at first year and there are no prerequisites for entry at this level.

Students may, however, enter at second year after the completion of 25 points at first year in subjects which focus on Australia. If in doubt, please consult the convener of Australian Studies.

 2. Requirements for a Major

A Major in Australian Studies usually consists of nine 12.5 point subjects, totalling 112.5 points. It comprises:

• Two first-year subjects (25 points) which must focus upon Australia or be taken from the list of first-year subjects in Australian Studies below, and;

• Seven second/third-year subjects in Australian Studies (equivalent to 87.5 points), which must include:

  • Three subjects from the list of core subjects below, and;

  • Four subjects from the list of optional subjects below.

  Students who wish to include a subject which is not listed must seek approval from the convener of Australian Studies.

 3. Australian Studies subjects

 3.1. First year

It is recommended that students take two of the following first-year subjects toward an Australian Studies Major.

Recommended first-year subjects
Australian Studies		Semester
	100-002 Australia Now: Environments, Cultures, Institutions	1 and 2
History
	131-003 People in the Great South Land: The Australian Experience	1
	131-004 Australia Since 1914: Memories, Identities and Histories	2
Political Science
	166-001 Australian Politics: Institutions, Parties and Issues	1
	166-003 Australian Society: Class, Gender, Race, Ethnicity and Sexuality	1
	166-010 Introduction to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies	1
	166-002 Contemporary Issues in Australian Politics: Citizenship and Globalisation	2
	166-004 Change and Conflict in Australian Society	2

 3.2. Core second/third-year subjects

Students must take three of the following core second/third-year subjects toward their Australian Studies Major. These subjects are intended to provide a survey of Australian culture and society.

Core subjects
Australian Studies		Semester
	100-002 Australia Now: Environments, Cultures, Institutions	1 and 2
	100-003 Australia and America: Comparing New Worlds	1
History
	131-051 Koori and Non-Koori Histories: Colonial and Post-Colonial Interchanges in Australia	1
	131-053 Migration and Australian Society	1
	131-073 From Subject to Citizen: The Making of Australian Citizenship	2
	131-026 The Australian Way of Life	Not Offered
English
	106-054 Australian Literature	2
Cinema Studies
	107-085 Australian Cinema	Not Offered
Geography
	121-021 Environmental Politics and Management	1
	121-020 Australia and the Pacific Rim in a Global Economy	1
History & Philosophy of Science
	136-042 Science in Australian Society	Not Offered
Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
	175-018 Aboriginal Languages and Societies	Not Offered
Political Science
	166-015 Transforming Australian Culture: State, Society and the Australian Way of Life	1
	166-038 Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies	2

 3.3. Optional second/third-year subjects

Students must take four of the following optional subjects at second/third year toward their Australian Studies Major.

Optional subjects
Australian Studies		Semester
	100-002 Australia Now: Environments, Cultures, Institutions	1 and 2
	100-003 Australia and America: Comparing New Worlds	1
History
	131-021 Australian Sporting Culture A: Playing	1
	131-032 Contesting Genders: From Wollstonecraft to De Beauvoir	1
	131-040 Making Melbourne Marvellous: The Central City Through 150 Years	1
	131-051 Koori and Non-Koori Histories: Colonial and Post-Colonial Interchanges in Australia	1
	131-053 Migration and Australian Society	1
	131-064 The Browning of Australia: Australian Environment History	1
	131-067 War and Australian Society 1788-1918	1
	131-022 Australian Sporting Culture B: Watching	2
	131-027 War and Australian Society Since 1919	2
	131-034 Gender, Culture and Society	2
	131-073 From Subject to Citizen: The Making of Australian Citizenship	2
	131-071 Museums, Objects, Spectacles: Exhibiting Histories and Cultures	Not Offered
	131-020 The Oral Tradition in Australia	Not Offered
	131-026 The Australian Way of Life	Not Offered
English
	106-033 Postcolonial Writing	1
	106-045 Aboriginal Writing	1
	106-064 Contemporary Cultural Studies	1
	106-067 Feminist Cultural Studies	2
	106-054 Australian Literature	2
	106-050 Australian Authorship	Not Offered
Art History
	107-025 Postcolonialism and the Cinema	Not Offered
	107-080 Commodity Culture: Myth, Meaning and Advertising	Not Offered
	107-028 Myths and Legends: Australian Art 1860-1945	Not Offered
	107-030 Contemporary Aboriginal Art	Not Offered
	107-077 Television and Australian Import Culture	Not Offered
Cinema Studies
	107-087 Contemporary Australian Cinema: Narrative and Identity	2
	107-085 Australian Cinema	Not Offered
	107-037 Film and the Body	Not Offered
Geography
	121-019 Urban Geography: The Post-Modern City	1
	121-016 Landscapes of Power: New Cultural Geographies	1
	121-021 Environmental Politics and Management	1
	121-034 Field Class: Environmental Studies and Sustainable Development	1
	121-017 Society and Environments	2
	121-032 Australian Quaternary Environments	2
History & Philosophy of Science
	136-007 Ethnic Nationalism and the Modern World	1
	136-042 Science in Australian Society	Not Offered
Political Science
	166-015 Transforming Australian Culture: State, Society and the Australian Way of Life	1
	166-041 Australian Public Policy and Public Sector Change: Current Trends	2
	166-022 Public Policy Making in Australia	1
	166-027 Australia in the International Political Economy	1
	166-035 Australian Foreign Relations	1
	166-028 Political Psychology: The Public Emotions and the Public Self	2
	166-038 Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies	2
	166-012 Australian Political Economy	Not Offered

 4. Combined Honours entry

Currently there is no pure Honours program in Australian Studies. This means that students must combine fourth year Honours in Australian Studies with another area of study.

The prerequisites for entry to combined Honours in Australian Studies are:

• Completion of all the requirements for the BA, and;

• Completion of a Major in Australian Studies, and;

• An average grade of H2B or higher over the second/third-year subjects within the Major, and;

• Admission to Honours in another area of study within the Arts Faculty.

Entry to Honours must be approved by the convener of Australian Studies and the Faculty of Arts Honours course adviser.

 5. Combined Honours requirements

Please note that the Australian Studies combined Honours program does not offer its own Honours subjects or Honours thesis. Therefore students undertaking combined Honours in Australian Studies may enrol in Honours subjects from any area of study within the Faculty, provided that those subjects are judged to have substantial Australian content. The decision as to which subjects fulfil this requirement must be made in consultation with a program convener. Students wishing to undertake their thesis in Australian Studies usually enrol in 131-087 History Honours Thesis.

Combined Honours in Australian Studies and another area of study must take one of the following forms:

• 131-087 History Honours Thesis(37.5 points), and;

• Two Honours subjects withsubstantial Australian content from any area of study (equivalent to 25 points), and;

• Three Honours subjects in the combined area of study (equivalent to 37.5 points).

or

• Honours thesis in the combined area of study (37.5 points), and;

• Two Honours subjects in the combined area of study (equivalent to 25 points), and;

• Three Honours subjects with substantial Australian content from any area of study (equivalent to 37.5 points).

 6. Further study

A range of multi-disciplinary postgraduate courses are offered to meet the needs of both established professionals and others wishing to pursue further research in the area of Australian Studies.

 7. Career opportunities

A degree with a Major in Australian Studies is of relevance to graduates entering education, librarianship, the public service, the media or other roles where an understanding of preoccupations in Australian cultural production is of significance.

 8. For more information

Please contact

Dr June Senyard
History Department
Third Floor, John Medley Building
The University of Melbourne
Parkville Victoria 3052
Telephone: +61 3 9344 5963
Web: http://www.history.unimelb.edu.au

or

Michael Cathcart
The Australian Centre
131 Barry Street
Carlton 3053
Telephone: +61 3 9344 7235
Web: http://www.australian.unimelb.edu.au

First/second year subject

100-002 Australia Now: Environments, Cultures, Institutions

Second/third year subject

100-003 Australia and America: Comparing New Worlds

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