Australian Studies

Australian Studies is an interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary course of study. It includes Aboriginal studies, history, politics, literature, sociology and gender. 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. The major examines questions about national identity, social, cultural and political diversity, race and gender. By crossing between disciplines, this major offers a rich insight into the complexities and contradictions that contribute to the notions of 'Australian'.

Major Study

A major in Australian Studies consists of a minimum of 52 credit points; a minimum of 6 credit points at 100-level, 8 credit points at 200-level and 24 credit points at 300-level. The major is made up of two core subjects: either AUST101 or AUST102 at first year level and AUST350. The balance of credit points is made up by taking subjects with Australian content offered by the following Programs within the Faculty: Aboriginal Studies, Media and Cultural Studies, English, History, Politics and Sociology.

Students should ensure that they have the necessary prerequisites to take the subjects of their choice, or have had the prerequisites waived by the Convenor of the relevant Program.

Minor Study

A minor in Australian Studies consists of a minimum of 28 credit points including one of the nominated core subjects at 100-level. The balance of credit points can be taken from the list of subjects for the major, provided that no more than 12 credit points are taken at 100-level. Students may not cross-count any subjects from the minor in any other minor or major study.

Honours

See Bachelor of Arts (Honours)

Study Program

Core
AUST101	Australian Studies: Cultures and Identities	6	Autumn
or
AUST102	Australian Studies: Narrating the Nation	6	Spring
and
AUST350	Debates in Australian Cultural History	8	Autumn
100 level
ABST150	Introduction to Aboriginal Australia	6	Autumn/Spring
ENGL131	Narrating Contemporary Australia	6	N/O 2009
POL 141	Change and Debate in Contemporary Australian Politics	6	N/O 2009
SOC 103	Introduction to Sociology	6	Autumn
200 level
ABST200	Aboriginal Identities: History and Contested Knowledge	8	Spring
ENGL260	Nineteenth Century Australian Literature	8	Autumn
HIST203	Australians and the Great War	8	Autumn
HIST220	Living Australia: The Autobiography of Working Class Australia	8	Spring
HIST239	Water in Australia: An Environmental History	8	Spring
HIST255	Australia and Asia: Connections and Comparisons	8	Spring
MACS225	Australian Content: Media, Narrative and Celebrity	8	Autumn
POL 222	Australian Public Policy	8	Spring
POL 290	Women in Society: Productive and Reproductive Labour	8	Autumn
SOC 205	Sociology of the Family	8	N/O 2009
SOC 222	Crime, Criminality and Criminalisation	8	N/O 2009
SOC 242	Contemporary Issues in Society	8	Spring
300 level
ENGL346	Contemporary Canadian Australian Literatures	8	N/O 2009
ENGL375	Australia Fair: Post-Federation Australian Literature	8	Spring
HIST318	The Making of the Modern Australian Woman	8	Autumn
HIST339	Australians and War: From Kokoda to Iraq	8	Spring
HIST342	Sickness and Death: Social History and Public Health in Australia	8	Spring
HIST394	Commodification History	8	Spring
POL 302	Foundations of Australian Political Culture	8	Spring
SOC 305	Race and Ethnic Studies	8	N/O 2009
SOC 308	Social Policy and the Neoliberal State	8	Spring
SOC 310	The Third Sector	8	Autumn
SOC 330	Gender and Society	8	Autumn