Indigenous Studies

Intended learning outcomes

On completion of this major, students should be able to:

• Identify, analyse and discuss the social, intellectual, economic and political contexts of Indigenous, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, from local on-country perspectives through to international views
• Develop a detailed knowledge and critical understanding of how discourses and representations of Indigenous identities function in Australian society.
• Recognise Indigenous values (locally, nationally and internationally) and constructively engage them within cross-cultural contexts such as commercial, political, social or educational sectors, guiding new initiatives, interactions and/or critical thinking
• Critically understand the role of Indigenous leadership within the social, intellectual, economic and political contexts of national identity
• Articulately communicate the knowledge systems underpinning Indigenous peoples and their broader cultural and disciplinary context, coupled with an understanding of the fundamental contribution of research
• Apply an independent approach to knowledge that uses rigorous methods of inquiry and appropriate methodologies that are applied with intellectual honesty, self-awareness, and ethical integrity;
• Appreciate the value of an interdisciplinary approach to the study of Indigenous studies;
• Develop a deep and nuanced intellectual positioning, from which to critically engage with complex and changing social and political issues;
• Communicate effectively, from their own informed intellectual positioning, in a variety of oral and written formats;
• Act as informed and critically discerning participants, with a respect for ethical values, within the scholarly community, in the workforce and as citizens.