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Indigenous Studies // Structure

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Structure

100 credit points

This major requires the completion of:

  • 25 credit points of Level 1 subjects including

    • 12.5 credit points of Level 1 electives and 12.5 credit points of Arts Discovery (for a single major)

      OR

      25 credit points of Level 1 electives (for a double major)

  • 25 credit points of Level 2 Core Subjects
  • 12.5 credit points of Level 2 electives
  • 12.5 credit points of Level 3 Capstone 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:

Students must undertake the Arts Discovery subject as part of the course requirements and the Arts Discovery can be counted in one major only. For this major, you will need to complete two Level 1 subjects.

If you are completing a single major the correct enrolment for this major at level 1 is: The Arts Discovery subject and One Level 1 elective subject

If you are completing a double major the correct enrolment for this major at level 1 is: The Arts Discovery subject and One Level 1 Elective subject OR Two Level 1 Elective subjects

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 2 electives

Code Name Study period Credit Points
AIND20011 Indigenous Art and Changing the Nation
Semester 2 (Online)
 12.5
INDG20003 Aboriginal Women: Activism & Leadership Not available in 2025 12.5
INDG20004 Racial Literacy: Indigeneity & Whiteness Not available in 2025 12.5
LING20009 Language in Aboriginal Australia
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
MULT20008 Australian Indigenous Politics
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5

Level 3 Capstone Subject

Code Name Study period Credit Points
INDG30001 Being Indigenous in the 21st Century
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
January (Off Campus)
 12.5
HIST30074 No longer available
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

Links

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

Last updated: 7 November 2024