Faculty of Arts Australian Indigenous Studies

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1. Time commitment to study
2. Completing an Australian Indigenous studies co-major
    2.1. Australian Indigenous studies subjects
3. For more information
Subject Lists
    First year subject

Convenor: Professor Marcia Langton (SAGES)

The University of Melbourne and the Faculty of Arts currently teach a range of subjects across many departments in the field of Indigenous studies. The appointment of Professor Marcia Langton to the Chair of Australian Indigenous Studies created the opportunity to bring together this teaching and research into a coordinated interdepartmental program in Australian Indigenous studies.

1. Time commitment to study

As well as scheduled contact hours for lectures, tutorial and seminars a considerable additional time committment is needed to complete the academic requirements of each subect.

A subject-specific time commitment to study will be provided by your lecturer or tutor at the beginning of semester to help you schedule your workload and successfully manage your time during the semester. In addition, general estimates of the total time commitment required to study a 12.5-point single semester subject in the Faculty of Arts can be found on Time commitment to study.

2. Completing an Australian Indigenous studies co-major

The Faculty of Arts offers BA students the opportunity to undertake a co-major in Australian Indigenous studies. The co-major must be taken in conjunction with another BA major. The structure of the co-major varies according to the combining major. There are four co-major options with Australian Indigenous studies:

• a major in anthropology or geography;

• a major in history;

• a major in political science;

• a major in other areas of study in the humanities.

It is not possible to complete an Indigenous studies co-major without also completing a separate major in another area.

A co-major in Australian Indigenous studies requires the completion of subjects totalling 112.5 points (usually nine 12.5-point subjects), which must be taken alongside, and separate to, a major in another area of study. The co-major comprises:

• two first-year subjects (25 points):

• 121-104 Introduction to Indigenous Cultures

• and

• 166-120 Indigenous People and the State

• seven second/third-year subjects (87.5 points):

• four of these subjects (50 points) must be selected from the list of second/third-year or third/fourth-year specialist subjects below;

• the remaining subjects (37.5 points) may be selected from the list of second/third-year or third/fourth-year specialist or comparative subjects below.

Students enrolled in some BA combined degrees (arts/engineering, arts/geomeng, arts/law, arts/social work, arts/teaching, and arts/medicine) will not be able to complete a co-major in Australian Indigenous studies without over-enrolling their arts course, see Taking extra subjects (over-enroling). BA combined degree students wishing to complete a co-major in Australian Indigenous studies should choose their first-year subjects carefully to ensure that they complete the correct prerequisite subjects for both majors.

2.1. Australian Indigenous studies subjects

Students are advised to check subject prerequisites before enrolling. Students wishing to undertake subjects below that are taught by the Faculty of Education or the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences must contact these faculties before enrolling for course advice and to obtain written permission to enrol.

3. For more information

Prospective students are advised to consult with the Australian Indigenous Studies Program Office, housed in the School of Anthropology, Geography and Environmental Studies (SAGES):

221 Bouverie Street
The University of Melbourne
Victoria 3010
Tel: +61 3 8344 9156
Fax: +61 3 8344 9162
Email: indigenous-studies@unimelb.edu.au
Web: http://www.indigenous.unimelb.edu.au

First year subject

121-104 Introduction to Indigenous Cultures

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