Diploma in Arts (Aboriginal Studies)

• Level 1
  • First semester
  • Second semester

• Level 2 and Level 3
  • First semester
  • Second semester

Course code: 2448
The Diploma in Arts (Aboriginal Studies) is offered at the Clayton and Gippsland campuses (a first-year sequence is also available at Caulfield). The diploma is a 48-point course, which can be taken concurrently with any other Monash University degree course, and is designed to enable students to explore Australian Indigenous cultures, histories and traditions. The course aims to provide students with an understanding of Australian Indigenous cultures and will enable students to become actively and constructively involved in the process of reconciliation. The diploma comprises eight six-point units taken from the Centre for Australian Indigenous Studies (CAIS) offerings.

Level 1

• AIS1010 Introduction to Australian Indigenous societies I

• AIS1020 Introduction to Australian Indigenous societies II
• AIS1040 Australian Indigenous literature

Level 2 and Level 3

• AIS2010 / AIS3010 Social Justice and Indigenous Australians (Clayton only - first semester)
• AIS2040 / AIS3040 Aboriginal People and the Law (Clayton, Gippsland and distance education - first semester)
• AIS2070 / AIS3070 Australian Aboriginal Women (Clayton and Gippsland - first semester)
• AIS2807 / AIS3807 Australian Indigenous Health (Gippsland and distance education - first semester)
• AIS2809 / AIS3809 Tourism and Indigenous Australia (Gippsland and distance education - first semester)

• AIS2020 / AIS3020 Racism and Prejudice (Clayton only - second semester)
• AIS2030 / AIS3030 Land Rights and Native Title (Clayton, Gippsland and distance education - second semester)
• AIS2806 / AIS3806Archaeology of Indigenous Australia (Clayton, Gippsland and distance education - second semester)
• AIS2808 / AIS3808 Human Rights and the Indigenous Australian Experience (Gippsland and distance education - second semester)

It is planned that second/third units will be offered also at Caulfield in 2003

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