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Students who commenced study in 2012 should refer to this area of study entry for direction on the requirments; to check which units are currently available for enrolment, refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your area of study.
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.
Notes
- Unit codes that are not linked to their entry in the handbook are not available for study in the current year.
- The sequence of units and units available differ between campuses. Refer to the individual campus entries below. There are only selected units offered at Caulfield and Peninsula campuses so students will need to travel to Clayton to complete a major.
Description
The interdisciplinary nature of Australian studies provides students the opportunity to undertake units from a range of disciplines within the school, enabling them to develop a broad understanding of Australian cultures, lifestyles and societies.
Units
Clayton and Caulfield
First-year level
Students studying a sequence in Australian studies must complete two units (12 points) from the following:
- ATS1250 Aboriginal peoples, gender, and the colonial frontier
- ATS1256 Out of empire
- ATS1257 Democracy and nation
- ATS1258 Cultural tourism
- ATS1259 Australian idol: Exploring contemporary Australia
- ATS1260 Sport and society in Australia
- ATS1301 Australian physical environments: Evolution, status and management
- ATS1353 Australian politics and government
- ATS1365 Introduction to sociology I
- ATS1366 Introduction to sociology II
- ATS1920 Study Australia: Learning about the country and learning study skills
- VSA1010 Contemporary visual culture
Second/Third-year level
Students studying a minor or major in Australian studies must have completed the first-year sequence. In addition:
- a minor requires completion of a further two units (12 points) from the units listed below
- a major requires completion of a further six units (36 points) from the units listed below. A minimum of three units must be taken at third year level.
Units include:
- ATS2340/ATS3340 Introduction to peace and security studies
- ATS2353/ATS3353 Social justice and Indigenous Australians
- ATS2354/ATS3354 Racism and prejudice
- ATS2357/ATS3357 Australian Aboriginal women
- ATS2359/ATS3359 Hearing the country: Studies in Indigenous Australian ethnoecology
- ATS2363/ATS3363 Aborigines: Sport, race and gender
- ATS2385/ATS3385 ANZAC legends: Australians at war
- ATS2386/ATS3386 Broken earth: Journeys through the Australian landscape
- ATS2387/ATS3387 Beyond Gallipoli: Australians in two world wars (Prato)
- ATS2388/ATS3388 Gallipoli journey: ANZAC and the Ottomans (overseas)
- ATS2389/ATS3389 Gallipoli's shadow: Australia at war (Prato)
- ATS2390/ATS3390 Anzac journey: Gallipoli and the Ottomans (overseas)
- ATS2391/ATS3391 A world of sport: Cultures, communities and communication
- ATS2392/ATS3392 Home and away: The management and development of the Australian and international tourism industry
- ATS2393/ATS3393 Australian sports writing
- ATS2395/ATS3395 Australia in a globalising world
- ATS2396/ATS3396 Where do you get it? Consumerism in Australia
- ATS2510/ATS3510 Gender and authority in Australian literature
- ATS2584/ATS3584 Australia's black history
- ATS2587/ATS3587 Twentieth century Australia: From Anzac to apology
- ATS2707/ATS3707 Australia and the world
- ATS2889/ATS3889 Indigenous knowledge in cross-cultural praxis: Aboriginal community field unit
- ATS3898 Special topics in sustainability
- ECC2830 Industrial organisation in Australia*
* This unit cannot be included in an arts double degree course. Further, non-arts units are prohibited for students fulfilling a core arts requirement, for example, non-arts units cannot count towards the 96-point arts core necessary to qualify for the Bachelor of Arts degree.
Gippsland
First-year level
Students studying a sequence in Australian studies must complete the following two units (12 points):
Second/Third-year level
Students studying a in Australian studies must have completed the first-year sequence. In addition:
- a minor requires completion of a further two units (12 points) from the units listed below
Units include:
- ATS2568/ATS3568 Rights and justice in Australia
- ATS2569/ATS3569 Australian history: Professional and political contexts
- ATS2731/ATS3731 Globalisation and change in regional Australia
- ATS2733/ATS3733 Work and technology
- ATS2894/ATS3894 Accommodating minorities in Australia?
- ATS2895/ATS3895 Gender, race and journalism
- ATS2939/ATS3939 Sociology of race and ethnic relations
- ATS2365/ATS3365 Australian Indigenous literature
- ATS2367/ATS3367 Australian Indigenous women
- ATS2369/ATS3369 Indigenous Australian human rights
- ATS2391/ATS3391 A world of sport: Cultures, communities and communication
Peninsula
The following unit is available:
Relevant courses
Diplomas
Associate degree
- 4074 Associate Degree in Arts and Social Sciences
Bachelors
Single degrees
- 0002 Bachelor of Arts
- 3920 Bachelor of Arts - at Sunway
- 4073 Bachelor of Arts and Social Sciences
- 1638 Bachelor of Arts as a Participant in the Dean's Scholars Program
- 3914 Bachelor of Arts (Criminal Justice)
- 3907 Bachelor of Arts (English Language)
- 3910 Bachelor of Arts (Global)
- 4077 Bachelor of Arts (International)
- 2396 Bachelor of Arts (Journalism)
- 1366 Bachelor of Arts (Languages)
- 1708 Bachelor of Arts (Professional Communication)
- 1712 Bachelor of Arts (Psychology)
- 1719 Bachelor of Behavioural Science
- 2476 Bachelor of Communication - at Sunway
- 1731 Bachelor of Community Welfare and Counselling
- 4042 Bachelor of Journalism
- 0202 Bachelor of Letters
- 1144 Bachelor of Performing Arts
- 1275 Bachelor of Professional Communication
- 4086 Bachelor of Social Science
Double degrees
- 3277 Bachelor of Aerospace Engineering and Bachelor of Arts
- 0550 Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Business (Accounting)
- 0553 Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Business (Banking and Finance)
- 0555 Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Business (Management)
- 0556 Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Business (Marketing)
- 0542 Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Commerce
- 0170 Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Economics
- 1541 Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Education-primary
- 1641 Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Education-secondary
- 0080 Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws
- 3054 Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Music
- 0530 Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science
- 3426 Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Social Work
- 0002 Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Theology
- 3779 Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Visual Arts
- 1807 Bachelor of Arts and Social Sciences and Bachelor of Business and Commerce
- 1806 Bachelor of Arts and Social Sciences and Bachelor of Community Welfare and Counselling
- 4208 Bachelor of Arts and Social Sciences and Bachelor of Education
- 4089 Bachelor of Arts and Social Sciences and Bachelor of Visual and Media Arts
- 4403 Bachelor of Arts (Global) and Bachelor of Commerce
- 3537 Bachelor of Arts (Global) and Bachelor of Science
- 2131 Bachelor of Arts (Journalism) and Bachelor of Science
- 1798 Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) and Bachelor of Community Welfare and Counselling
- 1941 Bachelor of Business and Commerce and Bachelor of Communication
- 4423 Bachelor of Business and Commerce and Bachelor of Professional Communication
- 4075 Bachelor of Community Welfare and Counselling and Diploma of Community Services (Alcohol, Other Drugs and Mental Health)
- 4076 Bachelor of Community Welfare and Counselling and Diploma of Disability
- 0116 Bachelor of Engineering and Bachelor of Arts
- 3281 Bachelor of Mechatronics Engineering and Bachelor of Arts
- 1945 Bachelor of Professional Communication and Diploma of Professional Writing
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