Australian Indigenous Studies Thesis

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2012:

30 minute supervision meeting every two weeks, or similar, as agreed by supervisor and candidate across two consecutive semesters.

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Admission into the postgraduate diploma or fourth year of Australian Indigenous Studies.

MULT50001 Research Principles and Practices must be undertaken concurrently with the first semester of the year-long minor thesis.

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For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Description, Subject Objectives, Generic Skills and Assessment Requirements of this entry.

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Topic selected in consultation with coordinator and supervisor. Enrolment in the thesis is across two consecutive semesters and students must enrol in the subject in each semester to ensure they are meeting the full 37.5 point requirement for the year-long subject.

Students who successfully complete this subject will:

• gain experience in research in Australian Indigenous Studies.

A thesis of 12 000 words written over two consecutive semesters 100% (due at the end of the second semester of enrolment).

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This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

Students who successfully complete this subject will:

• have a sophisticated understanding of the role of theory in Australian Indigenous Studies;
• develop the ability to undertake high-level individual research; and
• gain a developed understanding of the ethical requirements of research in Australian Indigenous Studies.