Bachelor of Arts (Indigenous Studies)
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SSK10 Tertiary Learning Strategies
Get your study off to a good start. In this unit, you will be introduced to, or updated with, knowledge and skills relevant to studying at a tertiary level. You will explore topics including the organisation of time and resources, approaches to assignment writing, relating reference material to assignment writing, protocols of in-text referencing (Harvard/Author-Date) and techniques for compiling a bibliography.
Back to the top ▲ABT11 Research Methods 1A
Learn about research issues and methods within the social sciences, specifically the approaches, methodologies and issues relevant to research within indigenous contexts. Specific topics covered include: The role of social research within society; Different theoretical approaches and research paradigms; Research problems; Selection and definition; Research methodologies, characteristics, advantages and disadvantages; Data collection, analysis and presentation and Ethics in research.
Back to the top ▲ABT13 Aboriginal Cultures
Gain an insight into to the diversity and richness of Aboriginal cultures. You will explore topics such as: The Dreaming; Indigenous Australian social systems; Land and boundaries; Social groups; Kinship; Economic organisation; Political systems; Spiritual construct; Art forms; Concepts of culture and Ethnocentrism and race.
Back to the top ▲ABT14 Contemporary Aboriginal Issues
Explore the diversity of the social and political situations in which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples live considering the frameworks of race, class and gender. You will gain an understanding of the current issues which impact upon Indigenous Australians. For example, politics, employment, health, housing, native title, sovereignty, self-determination and reconciliation. This unit highlights Aboriginal perspectives on all of these issues.
Back to the top ▲ABT15 Aborigines, History and Colonialism
Develop an understanding of Aboriginal histories and the effects of colonisation. The unit presents you with contemporary sources and evidence describing Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal encounters. You will also examine the diversity of contacts, conflicts and responses in Aboriginal history since 1788 and Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal perspectives on Australian Aboriginal history.
Back to the top ▲ABT21 Australian Society, Aboriginal Voices
Contemporary Aboriginal writing is a new genre of Australian literature. This unit discusses the importance of 'Aboriginal voices' within society. The unit will encourage you to read extensively from a range of Aboriginal authors from different regions including rural, urban and remote regions. You will also examine Aboriginal writing, as both literature and history, from a number of different historical and theoretical perspectives. There will also be a wider reference to other forms of expression such as cinema, performance and visual arts - showing the implicit connections between them and the emerging literature. The unit will also introduce you to important critical writing that is creating shifting perspectives in thinking about Australian identity, history and social responsibility.
Back to the top ▲ABT23 Archaeology and Aboriginal Studies
Examine the nature of archaeology and its contributions to an understanding of Aboriginal cultures in Australia and the history of the relationship between the discipline and Aboriginal communities. Topics covered include: Nature of archaeology; Introduction to human evolution; The evolution of culture; Archaeological perspectives on human occupation in Australia; Regional case studies; Relationships between Aboriginal communities and archaeology; Cultural heritage and Legislation.
Back to the top ▲ABT24 Rights and Racism
Gain a theoretical and historical context for understanding Australian racism and race relations. The unit aims to develop your understanding of Aboriginal/white relations to incorporate other racial, ethnic, class and gender divisions. Topics studied include: Theories and concepts of racism; Discourse on race; The intersections between racism, class and gender; The politics of representation and difference; Debates surrounding
native title and Indigenous rights; History of racism in colonial and contemporary Australia.
Back to the top ▲ABT31 Comparative Indigenous Studies
Explore the impact of European colonialism on the Indigenous peoples of Australia, New Zealand and the United States. You will be presented with strategies used by these Indigenous peoples to respond to the impact of colonialism and the nature of contemporary Indigenous political struggles in the three countries. Topics include: Approaches to comparative studies; Pre-invasion cultures; Colonialism; Cultural hegemony and ideological reproduction; Diversity of social situations; Racism;
Resistance and contra-acculturative movements; Land rights and treaties; Social-economic situations; and Contemporary political movements.
Back to the top ▲ABT32 Australian Ethnographies
This unit provides you with the opportunity to examine a wide range of ethnographic texts that represent Indigenous Australians in different historical periods and across different regions. Students will learn to locate these texts within their social and historical contexts as well as within the changing theoretical paradigms that have influenced the discipline of Aboriginal studies. As part of your studies, you will also develop skills in critically evaluating ethnographic texts in contexts that are relevant to professional practice.
Back to the top ▲CPT110 Introduction to Information Technology
This unit provides a general introduction to the field of information technology. Topics include an introduction to online learning, the history of computing, the internals of computer hardware and software and how they interact, desktop application software (with particular emphasis on word processors and spreadsheets), and the technologies behind the Internet, including a section on basic web site creation.
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