Australian Studies

Australian Studies is an interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary course of study. It includes Aboriginal studies, history, politics, literature, media, sociology, science and technology and gender in its ambit. It has been designed to introduce students to the various ways Australian issues are addressed and analysed by a variety of interdisciplinary and disciplinary approaches. The major examines questions about national identity, social, cultural and political diversity, race, and gender. By crossing between disciplines, this major offers a rich insight into the complexities and contradictions that contribute to the notions of 'Australian'.

Major Study

A major in Australian Studies consists of a minimum of 52 credit points; a minimum of 6 credit points at 100-level, 8 credit points at 200-level and 24 credit points at 300-level. The major is made up of the three core subjects: AUST101 or AUST102, ABST200 or HIST203 and AUST300 or SOC305. The balance of credit points is made up by taking subjects with Australian content offered by the following Programs within the Faculty: Aboriginal Studies, Communication and Cultural Studies, English, History, Politics, Science Technology and Society and Sociology.

Students should ensure that they have the necessary prerequisites to take the subjects of their choice, or have had the prerequisites waived by the Convenor of the relevant Program.

Minor Study

A minor in Australian Studies consists of a minimum of 28 credit points including one of the nominated core subjects at 100-level, and one of the nominated core subjects at 200-level. The balance of credit points can be taken from the list of subjects for the major, provided that no more than 12 credit points are taken at 100-level. Students may not cross-count any subjects from the minor in any other minor or major study.

Honours

Those interested in Honours in Australian Studies should consult the Honours co-ordinator of the School of History and Politics. A notice board with information on Australian Studies can be found in the History and Politics corridor on the second floor of the Arts building (Bldg 19).

Study Program


Subject	Title	Session	Credit Points
100-Level Core
AUST101 Or	Australian Studies: Cultures and Identities	Autumn	6
AUST102	Australian Studies: Narrating the Nation (Students may use AUST101 or AUST102 as an elective if they have not selected it as a core subject).	Spring	6
100-Level Electives
ABST150	Introduction to Aboriginal Australia	Autumn (W'gong), Spring (W'gong),(Batemans Bay, Bega, Moss Vale, Shoalhaven)	6
ENGL113	Contemporary Writing in Australia	N/O 2007	6
HIST109	Living Australia, 1880-2000	Spring	6
POL 111	Australian Politics	Autumn	6
POL 141	Change and Debate in Contemporary Australian Politics	Summer 07/08	6
SOC 103	Aspects of Australian Society	Autumn	6
STS 120	Technology in Society: East and West	Spring	6
200-Level Core
ABST200	Aboriginal Identities: History and Contested Knowledge	Spring	8
or	(Students may use ABST200 or HIST203 as an elective if they have not selected it as a core subject).
HIST203	Australians and the Great War	Autumn	8
200-Level Electives
MACS219	Cinema in Australia	Spring)	8
HIST239	A Cultural History of Water	Spring	8
HIST255	Australia and Asia: Connections and Comparisons	N/O 2007	8
POL 222	Australian Public Policy	Spring	8
POL 290	Women in Society: Productive and Reproductive Labour	Autumn	8
SOC 205	Sociology of the Family	Spring	8
SOC 222	Crime, Criminality and Criminalisation	N/O 2007	8
SOC 242	Contemporary Issues in Society	Autumn	8
300-Level Core
AUST300	Twentieth Century Australian Culture	Autumn	8
or	(Students may use AUST300 or SOC305 as an elective if they have not selected it as a core subject).
SOC 305	Race and Ethnic Studies	Spring	8
300-Level Electives: 16 credit points from:
MACS330	The Practices of Everyday Life	Spring	8
MACS357	Television Cultures	Spring	8
ENGL346	Contemporary Canadian/Australian Literatures	N/O 2007	8
ENGL375	Australia Fair: Nation, 'Race' and Culture	Spring	8
HIST318	The Making of the Modern Australian Woman	Autumn	8
HIST339	Australians and War: from Kokoda to Iraq	Spring	8
HIST340	New Approaches to Australian Urban and Rural Working Class History	N/O 2007	8
HIST342	Sickness and Death: Social History and Public Health in Australia	Spring	8
HIST350	Debates in Australian Cultural History	Autumn	8
HIST394	Commodification History	Spring	8
POL 302	Foundations of Australian Political Culture	N/O 2007	8
SOC 308	Social Policy and the Neoliberal State	Spring	8
SOC 310	The Third Sector	Autumn	8
SOC 330	Gender and Society	Spring	8