Australian Studies

Australian Studies is an interdisciplinary course of study. It includes Aboriginal studies, history, politics, literature, media, sociology, science and technology and gender in its ambit. It has been designed to introduce students to the various ways Australian issues are addressed and analysed by a variety of interdisciplinary and disciplinary approaches.

Major Study: A major in Australian Studies consists of a minimum of 52 credit points. The major is made up of the three core subjects: AUST101, either AUST246 or HIST 218, and AUST300. The balance of credit points is made up by taking subjects with Australian content offered by the following Programs within the Faculty: Aboriginal Studies, Communications and Cultural Studies, English, History and Politics, Science Technology and Society and Sociology. A list of some of these subjects can be seen below. To complete the major, students will need to take a minimum of 12 credit points at 100-level (AUST101 plus one 100-level subject from the list), a minimum of 16 credit points at 200-level (AUST246 or HIST 218 plus one 200-level subject from the list) and a minimum of 24 credit points at 300-level (AUST300 plus two 300-level subjects from the list).

Students should ensure that they have the necessary prerequisites to take the subjects of their choice or have had the prerequisites waived by the Head of the relevant Program. Those interested in Honours in Australian Studies should consult the Australian Studies co-ordinator. A notice board with information on Australian Studies can be found adjacent to the History and Politics Program Office.

Co-ordinator: Dr Catriona Elder, History and Politics Program.

100-Level (a minimum of 12 cp, including AUST101)
Core
AUST101	Australian Studies: Cultures and Identities	6
Electives 6 cp from
ABST100	Introduction to Aboriginal Cultures	6
ABST150	Introduction to Aboriginal Australia	6
ENGL113	Contemporary Writing in Australia	6
HIST121	Dispossessed, Diggers and Democrats: Australia 1788-1880s	6
POL111	Australian Politics	6
POL141	Change and Debate in Contemporary Australian Politics	6
SOC103	Aspects of Australian Society	6
STS120	Technology in Society: East and West	6
200-Level (a minimum of 16 cp, including AUST246 or HIST 218)
Core
AUST246	A Sociology of Australia's Indigenous People: Contemporary Issues and Debates	8
or
HIST218	Consensus, Conflict and Culture: Australia 1888 - 1988	8
Electives 8 cp from
ABST200	Aboriginal History Since Invasion	8
CCS215	Race, Gender, Colonialism: Studies in Australian Culture	8
CCS219	Australian Screen	8
ENGL231	Australian Drama and Theatre	8
ENGL244	Children's Literature in Australia	8
ENGL260	Nineteenth-Century Australian Literary Culture	8
HIST218	Consensus, Conflict and Culture: Australia 1888 - 1988	8
POL222	Australian Public Policy	8
POL226	Australian Political Thought	8
POL290	Women in Society: Productive and Reproductive Labour	8
SOC205	Sociology of the Family	8
SOC222	Sociology of Crime and Justice	8
SOC242	Contemporary Issues in Society	8
STS220	Technology in Society, East and West	8
300-Level (a minimum of 24 cp, including AUST300)
Core
AUST300	Twentieth Century Australian Literary Culture*	8
Electives 16 cp from
ABST300	Indigenous Theories of De/Colonisation	8
ABST301	Research Methods and Issues in Aboriginal Studies	8
CCS330	The Practices of Everyday Life	8
CCS352	Flashpoints: Contestations in Contemporary Australian Culture	8
CCS357	Television Cultures	8
ENGL346	Comparative Australian/Canadian Writing	8
ENGL359	Contemporary Australian Drama	8
HIST315	Comparative Settler Societies	8
HIST318	The Making of the Modern Australian Woman	8
HIST336	Australians and War	8
HIST394	Commodification History	8
SOC305	Race and Ethnic Studies	8
SOC307	Urban Society	8
SOC308	Social and Public Policy	8
SOC330	The Sociology of Gender Relations	8
SOC341	Special Topic in Sociology	8

* Students please note: Students may enrol in the subject Twentieth Century Australian Literary Culture under one of the following subject codes: AUST300, ENGL371 or HIST380. All students in the subject attend the one lecture group and any one of the subject codes will be accepted in any of the majors containing the subject.

Example: Students majoring in English normally enrol in the subject as ENGL371 Twentieth Century Australian Literary Culture. If, however, they have studied the subject as HIST380 or AUST300, it can still count as an English subject at 300 level. This also applies for Australian Studies and History.

Double majors: Students who are attempting any two of the three majors may use this subject as the one subject which they can count across two majors. (The 8 credit point value of the subject is only counted once).