Overview
This specialisation is for students commencing from 2023.
The Indigenous Studies Minor will build your foundational knowledge to understand the field of Indigenous Studies. In your first year you will study the level one course offerings (i.e. ATSI1011 Indigenous Australia and ATSI2012 Aboriginal Sydney). This introductory approach is critical to … For more content click the Read More button below.
If you are interested in developing depth knowledge across a range of issues in Indigenous studies, then you should consider studying the Indigenous Studies Major.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Collaborate effectively with others.
- Professionals
- Leaders
2.
Critically and creatively navigate the different disciplinary bodies of knowledge and perspectives.
- Professionals
- Scholars
3.
Engage proactively with complex problems.
- Leaders
- Scholars
- Professionals
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Continuously acquire knowledge and skills and reflect on existing knowledge and skills for personal and career fulfilment.
- Leaders
- Scholars
- Professionals
5.
Recognise debates in policy and practice in Indigenous affairs.
- Scholars
- Professionals
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Undertake rigorous and engaged scholarly inquiry and analysis.
- Scholars
- Professionals
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Contribute to and work effectively within diverse communities in local, national and/or international contexts.
- Professionals
- Global citizens
8.
Engage with Indigenous knowledges and perspectives.
- Scholars
- Global citizens
9.
Communicate and debate complex ideas in a range of different contexts using a variety of suitable media.
- Scholars
- Professionals
10.
Exhibit initiative and self-direction.
- Leaders
- Professionals
11.
Demonstrate intercultural responsiveness.
- Global citizens
- Professionals
12.
Identify key social and political influences that have underpinned the development of settler-colonial states and polities.
- Scholars
- Global citizens
13.
Act ethically, respectfully and responsibly.
- Professionals
- Global citizens
14.
Identify diverse scholarly traditions concerning Indigenous histories, societies and the impact of colonialism.
- Scholars
Available in Program(s) Single degree program(s) in which this specialisation is available:
Bachelor of Social Sciences - BSocSci3325 - Social Sciences
Bachelor of Media - BMedia3341 - Media
Bachelor of Arts - BA3409 - Arts
Bachelor of Economics - BEc3543 - Economics
Bachelor of Economics - BEc3543 - Economics
Bachelor of Design - BDes4825 - Design
Bachelor of Fine Arts - BFA4830 - Fine Arts
Specialisation Structure
Students must complete 24 UOC.
Level 1 Core Courses12 Units of Credit:
Level 2 Prescribed Electives12 Units of Credit:
Level 3 Prescribed Electives12 Units of Credit:
Specialisation Constraints
Maturity Rule
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You are responsible for ensuring that you enrol in courses according to your program requirements and by following the advice of your Program Authority. myUNSW enrolment checks that you have met enrolment requirements such as pre-requisites for individual courses but not that you are enrolling in courses that will count towards your program requirements.
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