Other Units:

  • Riawunna offers a number of other second/third year Aboriginal Studies units in alternate years. Contact the Co-ordinator for further information on what will be offered in 2000.

    Honours Program:

  • Riawunna offers an Honours seminar, worth 25% in an approved honours program, entitled Ritual and Belief in Aboriginal Desert Cultures. Graduates with an interest in pursuing Master of Arts (by research) or Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) degrees should contact Dr Shayne Breen or the Director.

  • Honours in Aboriginal Studies (Full time/Part time)

    Enrolment code: HAB400/401

    Coordinator: Dr. Shayne Breen

    The Honours program is made up of the following components:

    a) A coursework seminar in Semester One called 'Research Methodologies and Social Theory' focusing on an intensive analysis of Indigenous and western research methodologies and theory, and giving particular attention to the formulation of theoretical positions, the uses of concepts, and the issue of objectivity. Attendance for 24 contact hours as 8 x 3 hour fortnightly seminars, held alternately in Launceston and Hobart, ie, staff and students travel to the other campus every four weeks. Assessment by 2,500 word essay, class participation, and a 2 hour exam in June, together worth 20% of the overall course assessment.

    b) A coursework seminar in Semester One called 'Indigenous Culture and Country' focusing on spirituality, kinship and economy in the past and present in a range of places drawn from Central Australia, the Kimberley, the Torres Strait Islands, Cape York and Arnhem Land. Attendance and assessment as for point a) above. Fortnightly classes for both seminars will be held on the same day.

    c) A 3,000 word independent research project based on a course of supervised reading and worth 20% of the overall assessment, taken in Semester One (full-time) or, for part time students, in Semester Two of the first year of enrolment.

    d) A thesis with a maximum length of 12,000 words worth 40% of the overall course and based on the student's own research, including regular contact with an appointed supervisor, and regular attendance at a series of meetings called 'Thesis Workshop' at which students report on the progress of their research.

    prerequisites: completion of an undergraduate degree which meets the Faculty's minimum GPA, with a major in Aboriginal Studies or in a cognate discipline such as History, Sociology, Anthropology, Archaeology, Law, or another allied discipline.

    campus and mode: Ltn & Hbt int

    weight: 100%/50%

    courses: R4A

    Return to: Aboriginal Studies Home Page