Indigenous Studies // Structure
Indigenous Studies
Contact information
Coordinator
Dr Cameo Dalley
Email: cameo.dalley@unimelb.edu.au
Currently enrolled students:
Future students:
Structure
100 credit points
This major 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
- 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:
Please note: Students must undertake an Arts Discovery subject as part of the course requirements and the Arts Discovery subject can be counted in one major only. For this major, you will need to complete two Level 1 subjects.
If you are completing a double major the correct enrolment for this major at level 1 is: An Arts Discovery subject and one Level 1 Elective subject for the first major and two Level 1 Elective subjects for the second major.
The Level 2 elective UNIB20022 Indigenous Cultures and Knowledges and 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 |
| HIST20088 | Indigenous History | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| UNIB20022 | Indigenous Cultures and Knowledges | Not available in 2025 | 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 | 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: 19 March 2025