2009 Undergraduate Courses

2009 Postgraduate Courses

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

Last reviewed: 8 December, 2008