Campus
City West

Duration
4 year(s) full-time

Program Code
DBGM

SATAC Code
424491 (Internal)

Study as
Full-time or part-time

Entry Requirements
Selection Rank (Internal): 69.00 (for 2014)
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Prerequisites
None

Assumed Knowledge
None

Aim

To prepare intending middle/secondary school teachers as specialists in Aboriginal Studies and a second teaching area who are skilled, committed and flexible professionals with the capacities to promote effective and inclusive learning in a variety of education settings and a range of community contexts.

Content & Structure

The program is equivalent to four years of full-time study, that is 144 units.

The program includes courses in:

  • Aboriginal Studies (9 x 4.5 unit courses = 40.5 units); 
  • a further sub-major or minors of the student's choice which will provide at least a second teaching area in schools (6 x 4.5 unit courses = 27 units);
  • Education Studies which include theoretical courses regarding learning, curriculum and the social contexts of education, reflective practice placements in schools and courses related to the curriculum and methodology of teaching the two selected Learning Areas (13 x 4.5 unit courses plus 1 x 9 unit course = 67.5 units);
  • 1 x 4.5 unit Aboriginal Studies elective (=4.5 units);
  • 1 x 4.5 unit Free Elective course selected from undergraduate courses across UniSA (= 4.5 units).

The emphasis in the first two years is on Aboriginal Studies with the Education Studies being emphasised in the second half of the program.

What courses you'll study

Course name Area and cat no. Units Reference  
FIRST YEAR
First Semester (Study Period 1, 2 or 3)
Australian Politics and Power POLI 1013 4.5
Contemporary Aboriginal Issues HUMS 1034 4.5
Australian Society and Cultures HUMS 1009 4.5
Sub-major 1 4.5 Note(s): 1,2
Second Semester (Study Period 4, 5 or 6)
Sub-major 2 4.5 Note(s): 1,2
Aboriginal People, History and Colonialism HUMS 2010 4.5
Aboriginal Cultures HUMS 1035 4.5
Sub-major 3 4.5 Note(s): 1,2
SECOND YEAR
First Semester (Study Period 1, 2 or 3)
Colonial Experiment: Australian History 1788 - 1918 HUMS 1053 4.5
Approaches to Learning EDUC 4157 4.5
Language and Multiliteracies EDUC 1063 4.5
Rethinking the Middle Years EDUC 4198 4.5
Second Semester (Study Period 4)
Contesting Curriculum EDUC 4158 4.5
Second Semester (Study Period 4, 5 or 6)
Rights and Racism HUMS 2008 4.5
Australian Society, Aboriginal Voices LANG 2007 4.5
Sub-major 4 4.5 Note(s): 1,2
THIRD YEAR
First Semester (Study Period 1, 2 or 3)
Humanities and Social Sciences 1 EDUC 4070 4.5
Sub-major 5 4.5 Note(s): 1,2
Teaching the Second Learning Area 1 4.5 Note(s): 3
Reflective Practice 1 EDUC 4094 4.5 Note(s): 4
Second Semester (Study Period 4, 5 or 6)
Teaching the Second Learning Area 2 4.5 Note(s): 3
Reflective Practice 2 EDUC 4043 4.5 Note(s): 5,7
Humanities and Social Sciences 2 EDUC 4071 4.5
Inclusive Approaches to Diverse Student Needs EDUC 4196 4.5
FOURTH YEAR
First Semester (Study Period 1, 2 or 3)
Reflective Practice 3 EDUC 4055 9 Note(s): 6,7
Humanities and Social Sciences 3 EDUC 4072 4.5
Education, Change and Society EDUC 4169 4.5
Second Semester (Study Period 4, 5 or 6)
Aboriginal Studies elective 4.5 Note(s): 8
Indigenous Australians and the Human Services WELF 2015 4.5
Free Elective 4.5 Note(s): 9
Sub-major 6 4.5 Note(s): 1,2
For options for Teaching the Second Learning Area 1 & 2 see Electives listings below: Note(s): 1,3,10