Undergraduate - Area of study Australian studies

Clayton and Caulfield

First-year level

Students studying a sequence in Australian studies must complete two units (12 points) from the following:

• ATS1250 Cross cultural interactions on the colonial frontier
• ATS1256 Out of empire: Australia in the world
• 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
• 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*
• ATS2391/ATS3391 A world of sport: Cultures, communities and communication
• ATS2392/ATS3392 The Trip: Travelling Australia and the World
• 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**

* Taught in Prato, Italy.

** 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):

• ATS1277 Media studies
• ATS1251 Introducation to Australian Indigenous studies

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 Regional and rural societies: People, place and nature
• 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:

• ATS2391/ATS3391 A world of sport: Culture, communities and communication