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Undergraduate: Course rule and topic information

Bachelor of Arts

Australian Studies major sequence


The following is the program of study [November, 2008] for a 33-unit major sequence in Australian Studies within a Bachelor of Arts and should be read in conjunction with the course rule for the BA.

33 units comprising:

First Year

AUST1001

Australian Studies: Identities

4.5

and one of the following:

AUST1004

An Introduction to Aboriginal Studies

4.5

ENGL1004

Writing Australia

4.5

HIST1203

A Brief History of Australia

4.5

HIST1803

'The Lucky Country'? Australia Since 1939

4.5

Second and Third Years

AUST3998

Issues for Australians (compulsory final topic), or

6

AUST3999

Issues for Australians 2 (by negotiation)

6

plus 18 units from the following:

ARCH2001

Archaeology of Indigenous Australia

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 Australian 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

6

WMST3005

Women and Creativity

6