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Indigenous Studies
Indigenous Studies is an interdisciplinary major that is designed to equip students to think reflexively about issues that impact on Indigenous individuals and communities on a local, national and global scale. Indigenous Studies emphasises the role of Indigenous people as active knowledge producers rather than simply the subjects of other people's knowledge.
Indigenous Studies is anchored in the critical study of Australian Indigenous experiences. This includes a focus on cultural, political, economic and social factors that have shaped, and continue to shape, the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. This is enriched through the study of international Indigenous experiences and engagement with a range of Indigenous perspectives and organizations on a global scale.
Indigenous Studies explores the controversies, complexities and contradictions that shape what it means to be Indigenous in Australia and the world today.
Major Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this major students will be able to:
- Identify how Indigenous Studies has developed as a focus of scholarly inquiry and how it relates to other areas of study.
- Evaluate the ideologies and paradigms that continue to shape both popular and scholarly understandings of Indigenous peoples.
- Analyse, both critically and reflectively, Indigenous peoples’ understandings of themselves and the world.
- Evaluate the major social and political influences that have underpinned the history of colonisation and resistance.
Subjects Required for Major Study
A major in Indigenous Studies consists of at least 48 credit points as outlined below.
The major consists of four core subjects that all students must undertake and other elective subjects offered by the Indigenous Studies Unit together with a choice of subjects offered by other participating Faculties. Students are advised to consult with the Indigenous Studies Unit about available subjects prior to enrolment.
Subject Code | Subject Name | Credit Points | Session(s) |
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Core | |||
ONE from the following: | |||
INDS150 | Introduction to Indigenous Australia | 6 | Autumn |
INDS130 | Indigenous Knowledge in Global Contexts | 6 | Spring |
Plus: | |||
INDS207 | Critical Themes in Indigenous Studies | 6 | Autumn First Offered 2017 |
INDS208 | Working with Indigenous Communities | 6 | First offered 2017. |
INDS305 | Research and Indigenous Communities (Capstone) | 6 | Autumn First Offered 2018 |
Plus at least FOUR subjects from the following. At least THREE must be at 300 level As part of the four subjects either of the following 100 level subjects not already taken as a core can be selected: | |||
INDS130 | Indigenous Knowledge in Global Contexts | 6 | Spring |
INDS150 | Introduction to Indigenous Australia | 6 | Autumn |
Other Electives | |||
INDS205 | Redefining Eden: Indigenous Peoples and the Environment | 6 | First Offered 2017 |
INDS206 | Indigenous Self-Representation in Contemporary Texts | 6 | Spring First Offered 2017 |
INDS302 | Indigenous Thinkers: Global Perspectives | 6 | Spring First Offered 2018 |
INDS303 | Indigenous Youth and Cultural Production | 6 | Spring First Offered 2018 |
INDS304 | Special Topic in Indigenous Studies | 6 | Autumn/Spring First Offered 2018 |
AUST101 | Australian Studies and Identities | 6 | Autumn |
CST 130 | Cultures in Context | 6 | Spring |
PHIL151 | Critical Reasoning | 6 | Spring |
SOC103 | Introduction to Sociology | 6 | Autumn |
CAVA123 | Australian Aboriginal Arts | 6 | Autumn |
CAVA232 | Contemporary Indigenous Art: Theory and Practice | 6 | Autumn |
HIST292 | Water in Australia: An Environmental History | 6 | Spring First Offered 2017 |
MEDI243 | Comparative Indigenous Health Issues | 6 | Autumn |
PHIL218 | Ethics | 6 | Spring First Offered 2017 |
SOC225 | Youth Cultures | 6 | Spring First Offered 2017 |
SOC227 | Gender and Sexualities | 6 | Autumn First Offered 2017 |
SOC234 | Social Research Methods | 6 | Spring First Offered 2017 |
PHIL226 | Global Ethics | 6 | Autumn First Offered 2017 |
CST 361 | Cultures of Sex, Gender and Sexuality | 6 | Autumn First Offered 2018 |
CST 371 | Race and Place | 6 | Spring First Offered 2018 |
ENGL381 | Animals and Ecology in Literature and Film | 6 | Autumn First Offered 2018 |
HIST351 | Debates in Australian Cultural History | 6 | Autumn First Offered 2018 |
LAW 344 | Indigenous Peoples and Legal Systems | 6 | Not Offered in 2016 |
MEDI341 | Research in Indigenous Health | 6 | Autumn |
MEDI343 | Indigenous Community Development: Social and Emotional Wellbeing | 6 | Spring |
HAS 331 | Social Determinants of Indigenous Health | 8 | Spring |
Minor Study
A 24 credit point minor in Indigenous Studies is available.
Honours
Credit Arrangements
Credit and articulation arrangements are available from the Course Finder. Refer to UOW's credit arrangements for information on how to apply for credit.
Other Information
Further information is available at:
UOW Course Finder
Email: lha-enquiries@uow.edu.au