Australian Studies

Major/Minor/Specialisation !B-ARTS-MAJ+1007 (2010)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2010.

Year and Campus:	2010

Coordinator

Dr Sara Wills
Email: s.wills@unimelb.edu.au

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Overview:	The Australian Centre coordinates the University of Melbourne’s vibrant interdisciplinary program in Australian Studies and provides an examination of contemporary Australian culture, society and institutions in their global context. Some subjects incorporate field trips and encourage students to explore Australian life through interactive learning and an exchange of ideas.Principal areas of focus include: memory, lifenarrative and belonging; migration, ethnicity and marginality; national identity, community and place; histories of poverty and welfare; Arts and creative production; and Indigenous and non-Indigenous relations.
Objectives:	see course objectives
Structure & Available Subjects:	A major in Australian Studies consists of 100 points of study, comprising : Level 1 Contesting Australia; and One *Interdisciplinary Foundation Subject* Level 2/3 (normally 37.5 points at each year level) Four Australian Studies subjects (50 points) One elective at either level 2 or 3; and Researching Australia: Issues, Agendas (level 3 Compulsory Capstone subjects) A minor sequence in Australian Studies consists of 75 points of study comprising : Level 1 Contesting Australia; and one *Interdisciplinary Foundation Subject* Level 2 25 points of Australian Studies at level 2 Level 3 25 points of Australian Studies at level 3 All subjects except the Australian Studies Capstone Subject are available in the minor and as breadth studies.
Subject Options:	Level 1 Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: AUST10001 Contesting Australia Semester 1 12.50 Level 2 Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: AUST20001 Australia and America Semester 1, Semester 2 12.50 AUST20002 Exploring Central Australia Semester 2 12.50 AUST20005 Migrant Nation: Culture and Identity Semester 1 12.50 102-213 Face, Place, Race: Images of Australia Not offered in 2010 AUST20007 Australia Now Semester 1, Semester 2 12.50 Level 3 Capstone The capstone subject is compulsory for students completing a major in Australian Studies. Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: AUST30001 Researching Australia: Issues, Agendas Semester 2 12.50 Level 3 Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: AUST30003 Exploring Central Australia Semester 2 12.50 AUST30004 Witness: War and the Australian Media Semester 1 12.50 670-310 From Mateship to Mardi Gras Not offered in 2010 12.50 AUST30007 Face, Place, Race: Images of Australia June 12.50 Level 2 Electives Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: HIST20046 Controversies in Australian History March 12.50 131-051 Aboriginal Histories Not offered in 2010 12.50 ENGL20009 Wild Writing: The Australian Imaginary Semester 2 12.50 AIND20007 Key Thinkers and Concepts Semester 1 12.50 Level 3 Electives Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: HIST30058 Remaking Australia: Change Since 1900 Semester 2 12.50 HIST30056 Colonising Australia Semester 1 12.50 POLS30007 Change & Conflict in Australian Society Semester 1 12.50
Links to further information:	http://www.australian.unimelb.edu.au/
Related Course(s):	Bachelor of Arts

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