Australian Studies provides an interdisciplinary exploration of Australian culture and society. Its concerns are wide-ranging. Aboriginal issues, the environment, gender identity and politics, and the shaping of cultural icons and institutions are central to its themes.
The Level 1 core courses offer students an introduction to important issues and debates in Australian Studies. Upper Level courses are taught and administered through different schools in the Faculty and offer a range of interdisciplinary and disciplinary approaches. Courses may be studied individually and are all designed to be self-contained. They are available to all students within the Faculty and many from outside. As well as providing the basis for a major sequence, Australian Studies courses also form excellent 'extensions' to majors in English, Geography, History, History and Philosophy of Science, Politics and International Relations, Sociology and Anthropology and Film and Theatre.

Australian Studies may be taken as a major sequence. This requires the completion of 42 units of credit in Australian Studies' approved courses (listed below). Students must complete the program's two introductory core courses at Level 1 (AUST1001 and AUST1003) as well as at least one Upper Level Aboriginal course (AUST2004;2005;2012). The remaining 24 units of credit (or four courses) may be selected either from other A-list core offerings (with AUST numbers) or from the B-list of Upper Level electives.