Undergraduate Indigenous Studies
Welcome to the Centre for Australian Indigenous Studies (CAIS) where students have opportunities to gain knowledge and understanding of Australian Indigenous cultures, traditions and histories. Our courses have strong links with the Programme for Australian Indigenous Archaeology, a new initiative of the School of Geography and Environmental Science.
Units offered
A major or minor sequence in Australian Indigenous Studies is offered to Bachelor of Arts students at Clayton. Students wishing to complete this major are recommended to take a first-year sequence in Australian Indigenous Studies.
Units for majors and minors
Elective units
The major/minor units listed may be studied as electives in Arts and other combined degrees. Students intending to undertake Combined/Double Major Studies in Australian Indigenous Studies and other disciplines should seek enrolment advice and approval from the respective schools.
First Year
Semester 1
Semester 2
Summer Semester
- View the Indigenous Studies Summer School page for further information.
Second Year
Semester 1
- AAS2010 Social Justice & Indigenous Australians
- AAS2055 Power, Knowledge, Aborigines: Between Representation and Reality
- AAS2070 Australian Aboriginal Women
Semester 2
- AAS2020 Interrogating Racism: Indigenous Australians and the State
- AAS2080 Contesting Laws: Culture, Colonialism and Land
- AAS2090 Hearing the Country: Studies in Indigenous Australian Ethnoecology
- AAS2110 Indigenous Heritage in the Contemporary World
Third Year
- AAS3010 Social Justice & Indigenous Australians
- AAS3055 Power, Knowledge, Aborigines: Between Representation and Reality
- AAS3070 Australian Aboriginal Women
Semester 2
- AAS3020 Racism and Prejudice
- AAS3080 Contesting Laws: Culture, Colonialism and Land
- AAS3090 Hearing the Country: Studies in Indigenous Australian Ethnoecology
- AAS3110 Indigenous Heritage in the Contemporary World
Teaching staff
- Dr Stephen Pritchard (Coordinator)
- Dr John Bradley
- Dr Barry Judd
- Dr Karen Hughes.
Inquiries and enrolment advice
Inquiries are welcomed about courses and unit information:
CAIS Enrolment Adviser
Centre for Australian Indigenous Studies
Room 216, Building 55 (Museum of Art Building)
Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800
Telephone: +61 3 9905 4200
Fax: +61 3 9902 0321
Email: cais@arts.monash.edu.au