UNSW Handbook Plan - Aboriginal Studies

Aboriginal Studies - ATSIA23429


	Faculty: ADMIN - Div. Registrar & Deputy Princi
	School: Nura Gili (Indigenous Progrms)
	Contact: nuragili@unsw.edu.au
	Program: 3429 - Media (Comms & Journalism)
	Award(s):
	Bachelor of Media (Minor)

Plan Outline

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies provides an integrated, progressive exploration of Indigenous cultures, society and epistemologies and Australian race relations historically and in contemporary Australian society. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies places Indigenous experience and Indigenous conceptual frameworks at the centre of the program. All courses are taught by academic staff of Nura Gili with input from elders from the local Indigenous community and Indigenous specialists. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies critiques received notions of Australian history and identity, policy and contemporary relations between non-Indigenous and Indigenous Australians.

Plan Structure

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies may be taken as a minor sequence. This requires the completion of 36 units of credit in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies' approved courses (listed below). Students must complete the program gateway course at Level 1 (ATSI1001) and 2 core courses from Level 2 (ATSI2001, ATSI2002) and may choose electives from Level 2 (ATSI2003, ATSI2004, ATSI2005) and at least one course at Level 3 of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (ATSI3001, ATSI3002, ATSI3003, ATSI3004, ATSI3005, ATSI3006).

Level 1
Core gateway course - 6 UOC

ATSI1001 Aboriginal People and Society (6 UOC)

Level 2
Core courses - 12 UOC

ATSI2001 Aboriginal Australia (6 UOC)
ATSI2002 Aboriginal Australia (6 UOC)

Elective courses

ATSI2003 Indigenous Material Culture (6 UOC)
ATSI2004 Popular Culture Indigenous Aus (6 UOC)
ATSI2005 Australia: Representations (6 UOC)

Level 3
Elective courses - 6 UOC (minimum) from:

ATSI3001 Colonisation & Indig. Identity (6 UOC)
ATSI3002 Indigenous Australia (6 UOC)
ATSI3003 Cultural Heritage Management (6 UOC)
ATSI3004 Aboriginal People & Social Wk (6 UOC)
ATSI3005 Whiteness - Identity & Diff. (6 UOC)

ATSI3006 Indigenous Studies Professional Development: Cultural, Social & Ethical Responsibility (6 UOC)

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