Indigenous Studies minor // Structure

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Structure

75 credit points

This minor requires the completion of:

  • 25 credit points of Level 1 electives and Arts Discovery subjects including:
    • A minimum of 12.5 credit points of Level 1 electives
  • 25 credit points of Level 2 Core Subjects
  • 25 credit points of Level 3 Selective and elective subjects including
    • A minimum of 12.5 credit points of Level 3 Selective Subjects

Notes:

The Level 3 elective subject MULT30022 Indigenous Engineering and Design must be taken within the breadth component of the degree.

Level 1 electives

Code Name Study period Credit Points
INDG10001 Indigenous Australia
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
INDG10002 First Peoples in a Global Context
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5

Level 2 Core Subjects

Code Name Study period Credit Points
INDG20001 Indigenous Treaties and Titles
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
INDG20002 Indigenous People & Ecological Collapse
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5

Level 3 Selective Subjects

Code Name Study period Credit Points
INDG30002 Indigenous Cultural Heritage
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
INDG30003 On Country, On Campus: Wurundjeri
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
Winter Term (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5

Level 3 electives

Code Name Study period Credit Points
AHIS30005 Contemporary Aboriginal Art
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
INDG30004 Aboriginal Writing Not available in 2025 12.5
GEOG30025 Biogeography and Ecology of Fire
Summer Term (Off Campus)
 12.5
MULT30017 Australian Indigenous Public Policy Not available in 2025 12.5
MULT30022 Indigenous Engineering and Design
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
POLS30028 On Country Learning: Indigenous Studies
April (Off Campus)
 12.5
HIST30078 Urban Indigenous History
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
GEND30006 Trauma, Memory, Bodies
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
PHYC30025 Astronomy and Society in the Space Age
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5

Links

http://www.culture-communication.unimelb.edu.au/study/indigenous-studies

Last updated: 4 March 2025