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 (School of Social and Environmental Inquiry)

The University of Melbourne and the Faculty of Arts currently teach a range of subjects across many disciplines 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 interdisciplinary 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 commitment is needed to complete the academic requirements of each subject.

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.

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

A co-major in Australian Indigenous studies requires the completion of subjects totalling 100 points (usually eight 12.5-point subjects), which must be taken alongside, and separate to, a major in another area of study. The co-major comprises:

• two compulsory first-year subjects (25 points):

• 121-104 Introduction to Indigenous Cultures

• and

• 166-120 Indigenous People and the State

• six second/third-year subjects (75 points):

• four of these subjects (50 points) must be selected from the list of specialist subjects below;

• the remaining subjects (25 points) may be selected from the lists of 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-enrolling). 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 School of Social and Environmental Inquiry

School of Social and Environmental Enquiry
221 Bouverie Street
Carlton VIC 3010
Phone: +61 3 8344 9311
Fax: +61 3 9349 4218

First year subject

121-104 Introduction to Indigenous Cultures

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