Students enroll in one required course and one elective course for a total of 8 BU units. Note: Syllabi are for course approval and reference only. Students will receive up-to-date syllabi when their courses begin.
Required Course
All students enroll in the following required course:
CAS AN 368 Australian Culture & Society
Major focus on Australia’s global and national development as a multicultural nation with European roots, traditional western alliances and an imagined future in the Asia-Pacific region. The themes of continuity and change in relation to the Aboriginal population are explored in some detail.
Units: 4
BU Hub areas:
Historical Consciousness
Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy
Research and Information Literacy
Elective Courses
All students enroll in one of the following elective courses:
CAS AH 374Australian Art & Architecture
Australia owns the world’s oldest continuing art tradition (indigenous Australian art) and the youngest tradition. This course focuses on key artists, in an historical and an international context, against themes of landscape, urbanism, abstraction, realism, the noble savage, and modernism.
Units: 4
BU Hub areas:
Critical Thinking
CAS EC 464The Pacific Rim: Economic and Political Orders
The course focuses on the origins and dynamics of the ‘miracle’ Asia/Pacific economic growth, emphasising its impact on Australia. This region was the crucible for a global shift in political, economic and strategic power from the ‘developed’ western economies to Asia/Pacific.
Units: 4
BU Hub areas:
Aesthetic Exploration
Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy
CAS PO 260The Australian Political System
An introduction to the study of Australian politics and government, focusing on basic institutions such as Federation, the Constitution, pressure groups, political parties, Parliament, and Cabinet; and the major political institutions and processes in Australia; approaches used in the study of politics; and experience and expertise in oral and written analysis. Suter.
