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All areas of study information should be read in conjunction with the relevant course entry in the Handbook. The units listed for this area of study relate only to the 'Requirements' outlined in the Faculty of Arts component of any bachelors double degrees.
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DescriptionClaytonOffered by the Centre for Australian Indigenous StudiesThe Centre for Australian Indigenous Studies (CAIS) offers units that aim to encourage students to understand the past and contemporary experiences of Australian Indigenous peoples. Students will acquire a general knowledge of many different aspects of Australian Indigenous cultures and of how these cultures have undergone change and adaptation. Such understanding will require students to construct critical arguments and analyse topics studied in their historical and contemporary contexts. Units in Australian Indigenous studies aim to assist students to develop a good knowledge base about key issues in Indigenous societies, including the ongoing relationship between Indigenous and settler Australians, points of contestation and how this has shaped the position of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians in contemporary society, and understanding Indigenous relationships to each other and to the land. Units offered by Australian Indigenous studies take an interdisciplinary approach to the contemporary experiences of Australian Aborigines by including the study of kinship and political systems in urban and remote societies, and the contrasts between Indigenous and non-Indigenous societies. CAIS offers a first-year sequence and later-year units and students do not necessarily have to chose an Australian Indigenous studies unit at first year to make up a minor or major sequence in Australian Indigenous studies. The first-year sequence is jointly offered by CAIS and anthropology. Teaching in the centre includes lectures and small tutorial and seminar groups, which encourage debate and inquiry. Presentations, written summaries and essays incorporate reflective, analytical and oral skills specific to Indigenous studies as well as to the arts degree. A number of Arts faculty units offered in anthropology, Australian studies, Indigenous archaeology, geography, history, politics, linguistics, environmental science, sociology, visual culture and women's and gender studies complement units offered in Indigenous studies. Honours can be undertaken in Australian Indigenous studies and combined honours may also be taken with other disciplines provided that all honours requirements have been met in both disciplines and subject to the approval of the honours coordinators or heads of the relevant schools. The academic staff includes Professor Lynette Russell (CAIS Director), Dr Barry Judd, Dr Stephen Pritchard, Dr Karen Hughes, Dr Jane Lydon and Deputy Director Assoc. Professor John Bradley. A major aim of the centre is to provide excellent and culturally appropriate undergraduate, honours and postgraduate courses. Gippsland and off-campusOffered by the School of Humanities, Communications and Social SciencesAustralian Indigenous studies at Gippsland is an interdisciplinary major offering a range of units that are designed to introduce students to the historical, social and political aspects of Australian Indigenous society. The major will provide an understanding of the relationships between Indigenous Australians and the dominant society as well as developing students with a sound knowledge and sensitivity to work within Aboriginal communities. The study program consists of units covering topics such as Australian Indigenous societies, issues in Aboriginal education, art, literature, politics, human rights, and Indigenous women and international issues. UnitsClaytonFirst-year levelStudents studying a sequence in Australian Indigenous studies must complete two units (12 points) from the following:
At Clayton, it is also possible (with approval) to count a first-year sequence in anthropology, history (with an Australian focus) or sociology as the first part of the major sequence. The CAIS enrolment advisers must approve this type of enrolment. Students who have been enrolled prior to 2000 will need to seek enrolment advice from CAIS if they wish to proceed towards a major or minor sequence in Australian Indigenous studies. Second/Third-year levelStudents studying a minor or major in Australian Indigenous studies must have completed the first-year sequence. In addition:
Available units include:
Units not offered in 2011
Gippsland and off-campus leaningFirst-year levelStudents studying a sequence in Australian Indigenous studies must complete two units (12 points) from the following: Students who have been enrolled prior to 2000 will need to seek enrolment advice from CAIS if they wish to proceed towards a major or minor sequence in Australian Indigenous studies. Second/Third-year levelStudents studying a minor or major in Australian Indigenous studies must have completed the first-year sequence. In addition:
Available units include:
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