International Students
The University of Queensland offers Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies for credit to any student eligible to enter the University.
A full program is available, but many international students come to Australia for only one or two semesters and focus on four (one semester) or eight (two semesters) of the 14 courses taught by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit. Run by Indigenous Australians, much of the Unit's teaching is undertaken by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, who provide diverse Indigenous perspectives on the issues they cover.
Indigenous Studies Program
The course content is interdisciplinary and is designed to accommodate the requirements of a broad range of students, especially those with backgrounds in the arts, humanities, and the social sciences. The Unit's courses examine Indigenous Australian worldviews and approaches to knowledge, music and dance, Aboriginal women, politics, Torres Strait Islander studies and issues in research with Indigenous people. Two independent project courses allow students to pursue topics of special interest in more detail. Courses offered by the Unit include:
Semester One (February to May)
Survey of major themes in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies from an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspective. Thorough introduction to various government departments and agencies involved in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander affairs.
The course addresses historical and contemporary issues identified as relevant by Aboriginal women today.
The course looks at the writing of Indigenous Australians and the way in which it reflects and recreates dimensions of Indigenous Australian consciousness.
Supervised independent research in an area of Indigenous Australian studies.
A critical examination of the underlying features of the Aboriginal political movement in contemporary Australian society.
Survey of major themes in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies from an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspective. Thorough introduction to various government departments and agencies involved in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander affairs.
Semester Two (July to October)
Detailed examination of selected topics in traditional and contemporary Torres Strait Islander society and culture from a Torres Strait Islander perspective.
A detailed examination of selected topics in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander society.
The study of Indigenous novelists, playwrights and storytellers. This provides a foundation for testing theoretical and ideological persuasions of Black Australian critics and creative writers.
Supervised independent research in an area of Indigenous Australian studies.
Understanding the way musical patterns are exhibited in Indigenous Australian cultural systems. Issues covered include gender, world music, change and enviroment.
The course examines the conceptual and practical issues that arise in working amongst Indigenous people.
This course explores conflict transformation processes such as peacebuilding, reconciliation and alternative dispute resolution through the lens of relations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples.
A full-time study workload is four of these courses per semester. All courses have equal weighting.
For international student enrolment details, contact:
Manager
Study Abroad Office
International Education Directorate
Level 2, JD Story Building
The University of Queensland
Brisbane QLD 4072
AUSTRALIA
Tel: +61 7 3365 7941
Fax: +61 7 3365 1794
Email: studyabroad@uq.edu.au
Web: www.uq.edu.au/studyabroad/
For full course details, contact:
The Director
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit
6th Floor Gordon Greenwood Building
The University of Queensland
Brisbane QLD 4072
AUSTRALIA
Tel: +61 7 3365 6699
Fax: +61 7 3365 6855
Email: atsis@uq.edu.au
Web: http://www.atsis.uq.edu.au/