Graduate Diploma in Arts - Australian Indigenous Studies (GD-ARTS_SPEC_5)

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Overview

Australian Indigenous Studies is a value-driven program guided by the principles of interdisciplinarity, intellectual exchange, and social relevance. Australian Indigenous Studies offers students perspectives on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and culture. Subjects offered reflect the rich diversity of the field. Themes include contemporary Indigenous cultural production, key thinkers and concepts, Settler and Indigenous environmental ethics, Aboriginal women and coloniality, and issues relating to land, law and philosophy.

Last updated: 4 March 2025

Structure

100 credit points

Duration: 1 year full-time / 2 years part-time

The Graduate Diploma in Arts in this area of specialisation requires:

three compulsory subjects (37.5 points)
elective subjects (62.5 points)

Total 100 points

Please note: students can only take 12.5 points of elective subjects at first-year level

Please note: students wishing to vary the selection of subjects must consult with the program coordinator. Students are not permitted to take more than one optional subject (12.5 points) from the list of level 2 or 3 subjects - i.e. a maximum of 12.5 points from either list of options

Subject Options

Compulsory Subjects

37.5 points

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
AIND30007	Critical Debates in Indigenous Studies	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
AIND40001	First Principles	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
CULS40001	Cultural Policy and Power	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5

Elective Subjects

62.5 points

Please note: students can only take 12.5 points of elective subjects at first-year level

Code	Name	Study period	Credit Points
		Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
AIND20005	Aboriginal Land, Law and Philosophy	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
AIND20007	Key Thinkers and Concepts	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
AIND20008	Aboriginal Women and Coloniality	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
AIND20009	Racial Literacy: Indigeneity & Whiteness	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
AIND20010	Australian Environmental Philosophy	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
AIND30008	Historicising the Colonial Mythscape	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
AIND30010	Aboriginal Cultural Studies	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
AIND30011	Aboriginal Writing	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
AHIS30005	Contemporary Aboriginal Art	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
LING20009	Language in Aboriginal Australia	Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5
MULT10001	Aboriginalities	Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)	12.5

Links

http://arts.unimelb.edu.au/culture-communication