Postgraduate: Course rule and topic information

Graduate Certificate in
Australian Studies

(GradCertAustSt)

Program of Study

INTRODUCTION

The Graduate Certificate in Australian Studies is an 18-unit program offered by the Faculty of Education, Humanities, Law and Theology on a fee-paying basis.

COURSE AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course aims to:

• provide students with the opportunity to specialise in an area of professional interest or expertise in Australian education, Australian tourism, Australian humanities, Australian social sciences, or Australian Indigenous/Aboriginal studies;
• potentially serve as a bridging course for students who wish to develop postgraduate thesis proposals in Australian Studies;
• encourage interdisciplinary analysis of contemporary issues in Australian society and culture with a variety of outcomes;
• connect, where relevant, specialised socio-cultural investigations into Australian life with industry and/or institutional practices.

Upon graduating, students will:

• have acquired a range of advanced, long-term transferable skills relevant to their intended professions and careers;
• be equipped to enter the workforce and forge careers as skilled and knowledgeable professionals.

COURSE RULE

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Applicants must normally hold an approved degree, diploma or equivalent qualification, although the Faculty Board may, under certain circumstances and subject to specific conditions, admit others who can show evidence of fitness for candidature. Candidature must be approved by the Head of Faculty or nominee.

PROGRAM OF STUDY [November, 2008]

To qualify for the Graduate Certificate in Australian Studies, a student must complete 18 units with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic, comprising:

• the 6-unit core topic AUST3999 Issues for Australians 2; and
• 12 units of elective topics.

Electives may be selected from:

• the Bachelor of Arts major sequences topics listed below (which will be set and assessed at a level and standard appropriate to the graduate certificate);
• special topics available in that year.

Not all topics are necessarily available in a given year.

Intending candidates should discuss their options with the Chair of the Program or the Australian Studies coordinator.

Except with permission of the Faculty Board:

• a student may not include a topic which repeats work previously undertaken;
• the program must be completed within six consecutive semesters.

BACHELOR OF ARTS AUSTRALIAN STUDIES MAJOR SEQUENCE

ARCH2001	Indigenous Australian Archaeology	6
ARCH2002	Historical Archaeology of Australia	6
ARCH2003	Cultural Heritage Management	6
ARCH2004	Australian Maritime Archaeology	6
ARCH3005	Underwater and Coastal Archaeology	6
ARCH3014	Indigenous Heritage Management	6
ARCH3305	Indigenous Archaeology Field School	6
ARCH3306	Ethnoarchaeology in Aboriginal Australia	6
ARCH3307	Rock Art Field School	6
AUST2000	Australian Languages: Issues and Debates	6
AUST2004	Indigenous Australian Art Today	6
AUST2005	Travelling Australia: A Cultural Guide	6
AUST2006	Reconciliation and Indigenous Knowledges	6
AUST2007	Cultural Theory: Australian Perspectives	6
AUST2008	Sex, Gender and Media	6
AUST3000	Australian Languages: More Issues and Debates	6
CRIM2002	Crime and Society	6
GEOG2006	Australian Environmental Change	6
HIST2050	Themes in Australian Social History	6
HIST2053	Maps and Dreams: Aboriginal/Colonial Encounters in Australian History	6
HIST2064	Australian Environmental Histories	6
HIST3035	Destination Australia: Immigration History	6
HUMN2201	Settling in Australia: The Italian, Greek and French Experience	6
ITAL3502	Italians in Australia	6
INTR3004	Australian Foreign Policy	6
LEGL2001	Child Protection	6
LEGL2002	Researching Juvenile Crime	6
LEGL2003	Gender, Law and Society	6
LEGL2004	Access to Justice in Australia	6
LEGL3016	Law and Urban Change: The Impact of Built Heritage	6
LEGL3023	Cultural Heritage and the Law	6
LING2702	Language, Culture and Communication	6
LING3702	Applied Linguistics: Research Methods	6
MGRE2502	Special Topic in Modern Greek Culture	6
POLI2015	Australian Government and Public Policy	6
POLI2045	Australian Politics: Parties, Voters and Elections	6
POLI3055	Indigenous People and Politics	6
SCRN2002	National Cinemas	6
SOCI3016	Sociology of Intimacy	6
SOCI3017	Urban Sociology	6
SOCI3028	Culture and Society	6
SOCI3031	Contemporary Social Problems	6
SOCI3046	Business and Society in Australia	6
WMST2005	Sex, Gender and Identities in Australia	6
WMST2006	Gender in Australian Culture	6
WMST2008	Media and Cultural Identities: Gender, Race and Sexuality	6
WMST2009	Sex, Gender and the Law	6
WMST2011	Sexualities: Perspectives, Pleasures, Politics	6
WMST3004	Indigenous Women's Voices: Race, Gender and Colonialism	6
WMST3005	Women and Creativity	6