MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS

Arts Undergraduate Handbook 1996

Published by Monash University
Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia

Caution Copyright © Monash University 1996
ISBN 1320-6222

Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996

Australian studies

The study of our own country is central to an appreciation of Australia's place in the world and, as the centenary of federation approaches, there is a growing interest in both the past and the future of our society. By undertaking an integrated program of Australian studies, students will gain the knowledge and skills which will equip them to understand and interpret the culture we inhabit. The interdisciplinary focus of the degree will enrich this process of identification and representation, while students will receive the specific benefits of vocationally oriented knowledge in areas such as cultural tourism, heritage and the environment.

Within the Faculty of Arts, there is a wide range of courses in both humanities and social science areas which contain material on Australia. Students enrolled in the BA can pursue an interest in Australian studies in one of two ways. They can choose a program of study in the general Bachelor of Arts which will allow them to take subjects with an Australian focus or content (and this is possible in a variety of disciplines), or enrol in the Bachelor of Arts (Australian Studies). There are two core subjects namely AUS2010 (Australian popular culture) and AUS2020 (Heritage and cultural tourism).

Students can also undertake two summer school courses, AUS1010S (Out of empire) and AUS1020S (Democracy and nation), details below.

For postgraduate courses, please refer to the entry under National Centre for Australian Studies in the Arts graduate handbook.

Bachelor of Arts in Australian studies

The BA (Australian Studies) will require students to complete two majors: a thematic major comprising approved Australian subjects (including the two core subjects) and a major in a discipline. In addition to the minimum of fifty-two points taken in the thematic major, students are required to complete a further twenty-four points of approved Australian subjects, at least twelve of which should be usually be in their disciplinary major, thus making a mimimum total of seventy-six points in approved Australian subjects. Students undertaking a major in a language will complete the additional twenty-four points in subjects other then their language major.

Students will be admitted to the degree at the first-year level, during which they will take, as part of their thematic major, at least two of the following subjects:

+ ENH1080 Inventing Australia: Australian cultural stereotypes

+ HSY1030 Australia: immigrant nation

+ HSY1040 Land, people and power: contemporary Australian history

+ PLT1020 Australian politics and government

+ AUS1010S Out of empire

+ AUS1020S Democracy and nation

In their second year, students will take the two core subjects: AUS2010 (Australian popular culture) and AUS2020 (Heritage and cultural tourism). Brief descriptions of these subjects which will not be offered until 1997, are attached.

Honours students will be required to present a dissertation of between 12,000 and 15,000 words, and undertake a subject to be offered by the National Centre for Australian Studies and two approved Australian subjects offered by other departments or centres.

Australian studies in the Bachelor of Arts

A list of the subjects with Australian content that can be taken either as units within the BA or as part of sequences in designated disciplines in the specialised degree in Australian studies are given below. Full details are to be found in the entries for the relevant department or centre. Some listings are subject to change and students should consult the appropriate departments.

Approved Australian subjects

First year

+ AUS1010S Out of empire (summer school)

+ AUS1020S Democracy and nation (summer school)

+ ECO1520 Economic history: Japan and Australia

+ ENH2150 Inventing Australia: Australian cultural stereotypes

+ GES1020 Physical systems and the environment

+ HSY1030 Australia: immigrant nation

+ HSY1040 Land, people and power: contemporary Australian history

+ PLT1020 Australian politics and government

+ SCY1010 Introduction to sociology I

+ SCY1020 Introduction to sociology II

+ VSA1010 Contemporary visual culture

+ VSA1040 Australian film and television

Second and third year

Economics

+ ECO2510 Australian economic history

+ ECO2830 Industrial organisation in Australia

English

+ ENH2150/3150 Australian urban fictions

+ ENH2290/3290 Publishing in Australia

+ ENH2690/3690 Authority and identity in Australian literature

Geography

+ GES2170 Biogeography: the status of Australian vegetation

+ GES2630 Property and the real estate markets

+ GES3840 Dilemmas of policy and planning

History

+ HSY2260/3260 Australian Aboriginal history

+ HSY2290/3290 Twentieth-century Australia: nation and identity

+ HSY2430/3430 Melbourne: a short history of a great city

+ HSY2650/3650 Cities of the New World

+ HSY2740/3740 Culture and society in Australia

Japanese studies

+ JPS2810/3810 Australia-Japan social relations

+ JPS2910/3910 Australia-Japan economic relations

Koorie studies

+ KRS2010 Koorie studies 1

+ KRS2020 Koorie studies 2

+ KRS3010 Koories and social justice

+ KRS3020 Racism and prejudice

Linguistics

+ LIN2370/3370 Aboriginal languages of Australia

Politics

+ PLT2170 Politics and the media in Australia

+ PLT2290 Australia and Asia

+ PLT2410/3410 Politics and Australian culture

+ PLT2700 Australian state politics

+ PLT2870 Australian democracy

+ PLT2910/3910 Australian political economy

+ PLT3160 Australian and postmodernity

Sociology

+ SCY2230 Australian society: a developmental perspective

+ SCY3000, 3001, 3002 Advanced sociology (approved options)

+ SCY3004, 3005, 3006 Advanced sociology (approved options)

Visual Arts

+ VSA2230/3230 Australian art: 1880s to the present

+ VSA2270/3270 Australian architecture: 1788 to the present

+ VSA2710/3710 Alternatives in documentary film - an Australian focus

+ VSA2770/3770 Television studies

Women's studies

+ WMN2110 Representations of women and gender in Australian society

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