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Indigenous Studies minor // Structure

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Structure

50 credit points

This minor requires the completion of:

  • 25 credit points of Level 2 minor core subjects
  • 12.5 credit points of Level 3 minor core subject
  • 12.5 credit points of Level 3 minor elective subject

Notes:

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

Foundation subjects

A Minor begins at second year. Each discipline has one or more first-year Foundation subjects which provide excellent preparation for the Minor.  It is recommended students take one foundation subject in the discipline.

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 minor core subjects

Code Name Study period Credit Points
INDG20002 Indigenous People & Ecological Collapse
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
INDG20005 Indigenous Cultural Expression
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5

Level 3 minor core subjects

Code Name Study period Credit Points
INDG30003 On Country, On Campus: Wurundjeri
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
June (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
INDG30005 Indigenous Treaties and Titles
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5

Level 3 minor elective subjects

Code Name Study period Credit Points
AHIS30005 Contemporary Aboriginal Art
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
INDG30004 Aboriginal Writing Not available in 2026 12.5
GEOG30025 Biogeography and Ecology of Fire
Summer Term (Off Campus)
 12.5
POLS30039 Australian Indigenous Public Policy
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
MULT30022 Indigenous Engineering and Design
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
POLS30028 On Country Learning: Indigenous Studies
July (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: 15 January 2026