Campus
City West

Duration
1.5 year(s) full-time

Program Code
DMAG

Study as
Full-time or part-time

Aim

To provide students with: the skills and understandings which will enable them to work effectively as professionals in a range of Indigenous contexts; and appropriate theoretical frameworks within which they are able to apply understandings and critical analysis gained from studying courses that provide Aboriginal world views.

Content & Structure

The Master of Aboriginal Studies consists of 54 units completed over three distinct stages:
Stage 1 comprising a core of 18 units which consists of 4 x 4.5 unit courses (the equivalent of the Graduate Certificate in Aboriginal Studies); and
Stage 2 which consists of a further 18 units,including a 9 unit Aboriginal research methodologies course and two 4.5 unit courses (the equivalent of the Graduate Diploma in Aboriginal Studies); and 
Stage 3 which involves negotiating and completing a research project within an Aboriginal context on a topic deemed to be important to Aboriginal people, and the completion of a minor thesis (18,000 words).

What courses you'll study

Course name Area and cat no. Units Reference  
STAGE ONE
Indigenous Perspectives on Globalisation SOCU 5012 4.5
Law and Land SOCU 5013 4.5
Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing SOCU 5011 4.5
Aboriginal Futures SOCU 5010 4.5
STAGE TWO
The Politics of Representation POLI 5016 4.5
Aboriginal Contexts: Directed Study 1 SOCU 6002 4.5
Aboriginal Research Methods and Ethics SOCU 6001 9
STAGE THREE
Aboriginal Studies Minor Thesis 1 SOCU 7001 9 Rule(s): 1
Aboriginal Studies Minor Thesis 2 SOCU 7002 9 Rule(s): 1

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