HI5422 - Aboriginal History
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2007 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 1 |
| Administered by: | Discipline of History |
available to graduates
This subject examnines the history of interactions between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians, from earliest contacts through to the present day. Key issues include: conflict and dispossession, indigenous adaptations and accommodations to the European presence; changing government policies toward indigenous peoples; and the role of racial ideas. These issues are examined in the context of debates over the history of race relations in Australia.
Learning Outcomes
- to acquire a complex awareness of the major issues that have shaped relations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians;
- to understand the diverse interpretations of the history of Indigenous/non-Indigenous relations;
- to develop advanced skills of historical research, analysis and writing;
- to gain a detailed understanding of the social, cultural and political contexts within which relations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians have developed.
Graduate Qualities
- The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments;
- The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
- The ability to speak and write logically, clearly and creatively;
- The ability to use and interpret different media;
- A coherent and disciplined body of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics in at least one discipline area;
- The ability to learn independently and in a self-directed manner;
- A commitment to lifelong learning and intellectual development.
| Prerequisites: | must hold an undergraduate degree |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | HI2422 and HI3422 and HI3455 |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 30-Mar-2007 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Assoc. Professor Russell McGregor. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (40%); quizzes or tests (10%); tutorial attendance and participation (10%); essays (40%). |
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