This plan is for a Minor in Australian Studies. 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.

All minors from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences require a total of 24 Upper Level units of credit from a particular School. No more than 12 units of credit of Level 1 courses may be taken.