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Indigenous Studies
Graduate Diploma in ArtsSpecialisation (formal)Year: 2022
Indigenous Studies
Contact information
Coordinator
Barry Judd
Email: barry.judd@unimelb.edu.au
Currently enrolled students:
Future students:
Overview
Indigenous Studies is a value-driven program guided by the principles of interdisciplinarity, intellectual exchange, and social relevance. 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.
Intended learning outcomes
See program objectives
- See program objectives
Last updated: 12 November 2022
Structure
100 credit points
Duration: 1 year full-time / 2 years part-time
The Graduate Diploma in Arts in this area of specialisation requires:
- two compulsory subjects (25 points)
- two core subjects (25 points)
- four elective subjects (50 points)
Total 100 points
Please note: students can only take 12.5 points of subject at first-year level in this program.
Subject Options
Compulsory Subjects
25 points
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
INDG40001 | Indigenous First Principles | Semester 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
INDG40002 | Reading Indigenous Australia | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
Core Subjects
25 points
Please note: Students cannot take more than 12.5 points at first-year level
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
MULT10001 | First Peoples in a Global Context | No longer available | |
INDG10001 | Indigenous Australia | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
INDG20001 | Indigenous Treaties and Titles | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
INDG20002 | Indigenous Environmental Heritage | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
INDG30001 | Being Indigenous in the 21st Century | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
INDG30002 | Indigenous Cultural Heritage | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
INDG30003 | On Country, On Campus: Wurundjeri | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
Elective Subjects
50 points
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
INDG20003 | Aboriginal Women and Coloniality | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
INDG20004 | Racial Literacy: Indigeneity & Whiteness | Not available in 2022 | 12.5 |
AIND20011 | Indigenous Art and Changing the Nation | Semester 2 (Online) |
12.5 |
INDG30004 | Aboriginal Writing | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
AHIS30005 | Contemporary Aboriginal Art | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HIST30074 | Global Histories of Indigenous Activism | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
LING20009 | Language in Aboriginal Australia | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MULT20008 | Australian Indigenous Politics | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MULT30017 | Australian Indigenous Public Policy | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MULT30022 | Indigenous Engineering and Design | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEOG30025 | Biogeography and Ecology of Fire | January (Off Campus) |
12.5 |
Links
http://arts.unimelb.edu.au/culture-communication
Last updated: 12 November 2022