Australian Studies - AUSTA24043
Stream Summary
Faculty: ARTSC - Faculty of Arts&Social Science
School: School of Humanities and Languages
Contact: hal@unsw.edu.au
Program: 4043 - Social Work (Honours) / Arts
Award(s):
Bachelor of Arts (Minor)
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Stream Outline
Students commencing from 2016 should refer to the relevant stream version for their program. Please click here for a complete list of programs in which Australian Studies can be studied.
Australian Studies occupies a unique position in the Australian tertiary curriculum as it offers both Australian and international students the opportunity to examine Australian culture and society from the perspectives of a variety of complementary disciplines and other area studies: English, History, Politics, Sociology, Social Policy, Indigenous Studies, Environmental Studies, Film Studies, Music and Art History.
Aims of the Minor Stream
The subject-specific aims of the Australian Studies minor stream are:
- to develop informed understanding of Australian society, culture and experience
- to discern relationships between the various disciplinary methods employed to understand Australia in its transnational context
- to foster critical and creative engagement with Australia in its relationships with the world through reasoned and open-minded debate
- to consider the value of Australian ethical and aesthetic responses
- to internationalise Australian experiences and so foster understanding of other cultures.
Stream Structure
- ARTS1190 Australian Legends (6 UOC)
The following courses from other subject areas can be counted towards the Australian Studies minor stream:
- ARTS2031 Australian Literature (6 UOC)
- ARTS2062 Australian Cinema (6 UOC)
- ARTS2270 The Fatal Shore? (6 UOC)
- ARTS2271 Australia 1901-2008 (6 UOC)
- ARTS2845 Sex, Human Rights & Justice (6 UOC)
- ARTS2846 Multiculturalism (6 UOC)
- ARTS2873 Fieldwork Voices (6 UOC)
- ATSI2004 Popular Culture Indigenous Aus (6 UOC)
- ATSI2011 Indigenous Political History (6 UOC)
- ATSI2012 Indigenous Politics (6 UOC)
- BEES6601 Sydney Environment (6 UOC)
- GEOS2641 Urban Environments (6 UOC)
- GEOS2711 Australian Climate &Vegetation (6 UOC)
- GEOS2721 Aust. Surface Enviro & Land (6 UOC)
- PLAN2122 History, Heritage & Built Env (6 UOC)
The following courses from other subject areas can be counted towards the Australian Studies minor stream:
- ARTS3131 Playing Australia (6 UOC)
- ARTS3279 Winners and Losers (6 UOC)
- ARTS3292 Migrants and Refugees (6 UOC)
- ARTS3814 Australian Foreign Policy (6 UOC)
- ARTS3845 Australian Politics: Debates (6 UOC)
- ARTS3846 Political Actors (6 UOC)
- ARTS3874 Culture and Human Rights (6 UOC)
- ARTS3875 Researching Culture & Society (6 UOC)
- ATSI3017 Indigenous Histories (6 UOC)
- BIOS3161 Life in Arid Lands (6 UOC)