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Major: Indigenous Studies

Major Details

Indigenous Studies

IND02

Department:
Department of Indigenous Studies - Warawara
Faculty:
Faculty of Arts

This major must be completed as part of an award. The general requirements for the award must be satisfied in order to graduate.

Requirements for the Major:

Completion of a minimum of 24 credit points including the following prescribed units:

Credit points

100 level

Required
3
Introducing Indigenous Australia (3)
 

200 level

Required
3
Culture, Creation and Characters: Indigenous Australian Literature (3)
 
Required
6cp from
 
Australian Film and Television (3)
 
 
The Ecological Humanities: Australians and their Environment (3)
 
 
The Ecological Humanities: Australians and their Environment (3)
 
 
Indigenous-Settler Relations from 1750 (3)
 
6
Australian Environmental History (3)
 

300 level

Required
6
Indigenous Research Matters (6)
C
Required
6cp from
 
Contemporary Indigenous Australia (3)
 
 
Racialised Punishment and the Construction of Nation (3)
 
 
Aboriginal Education Issues and Approaches (3)
 
 
Pre-War Australia from Stage to Webpage (3)
 
 
Resource Management (3)
 
 
Asia-Pacific Development (3)
 
 
Indigenous Peoples and the Law (3)
 
 
Indigenous Peoples and the Law (3)
 
6
Activism and Social Change (3)
 

TOTAL CREDIT POINTS REQUIRED TO SATISFY THIS MAJOR

24
Note:
Units marked with a C are Capstone units.
Additional Information
Graduate Capabilities

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Cognitive capabilities
(K) discipline specific knowledge and skills
(T) critical, analytical and integrative thinking
(P) problem solving and research capability
(I) creative and innovative


Interpersonal or social capabilities
(C) effective communication
(E) engaged and ethical local and global citizens
(A) socially and environmentally active and responsible

Personal capabilities
(J) capable of professional and personal judgement and initiative
(L) commitment to continuous learning

Recognition of Prior Learning

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Program Standards and Quality

The program is subject to an ongoing comprehensive process of quality review in accordance with a pre-determined schedule that complies with the Higher Education Standards Framework. The review is overseen by Macquarie University's peak academic governance body, the Academic Senate and takes into account feedback received from students, staff and external stakeholders.

Assessment Regulations

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