A candidate must successfully complete units totalling 240 credit points (cp) as detailed below. All units are valued at 10 credit points unless indicated.
Unit type | Credit Points | Specific requirements |
Common Units (2 units) | 20cp | Common units totalling 20 credit points as detailed below.
CUC107 Cultural Intelligence and Capability (replaced by IAS201 from 2024) Plus either: CUC100 Academic Literacies Through Exploring Sustainability (replaced by LAL100 from 2024) OR CUC106 Design and Innovation: Communicating Technology
Select Common Units to find out more about individual units and advanced standing options. |
Core Units (10 units) | 100cp | Compulsory Core units totalling 100 credit points as detailed below.
IND130 Ethics and Protocols in Indigenous Contexts (previously ATI130) (replaced by IAS142 from 2020) INL100 Linguistics for Indigenous Languages 1 (previously LGA100) (replaced by IAS163 from 2020) INL120 Linguistics for Indigenous Languages 2 (previously LGA200) (replaced by IAS164 from 2020 - replaced by IAS268 (not available in 2023) or IAS269 from 2022) INL130 Language in Society (previously LMA200) (replaced by IAS165 from 2020) IND200 Cultural Capabilities (replaced by IAS201 from 2020) IND230 Language Maintenance and& Identity (previously ATI100) (replaced by IAS252 from 2020, no longer offered 2024) LGA210 Semantics (replaced by IAS265 from 2020) INL300 Linguistics Applications in Indigenous Language Analysis (replaced by IAS365 from 2020 - not available in 2024) IND300 Safe Spaces (no longer available from 2020. Students should discuss with the course coordinator a suitable replacement unit) INR300 Indigenous Research Ethics and Methodologies (no longer available from 2020. Students should discuss with the course coordinator a suitable replacement unit) |
Specialist Electives A (6 units) | 60cp | Units totalling 60 credit points selected from the list of available units detailed below. Note: A minimum of 30cp must be selected from 300-level units. EST202 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages and Literacies INL220 Resource Production and Use (replaces LGA220 and LGA310 from 2016) (replaced by IAS264 from 2020) INR200 Research with Indigenous People (replaced by IAS322 from 2020) LMA210 Languages in Contact (replaced by IAS267 from 2020) INL360 Language Centre Management (replaced by IAS366 from 2020 - not available in 2024) LMA310 Community Language Planning (replaced by IAS363 from 2020) LGA320 Dictionary Making (replaced by IAS364 from 2020 - not available in 2024) IND390 Indigenous Knowledge Project x 2 (repeatable) (no longer available from 2020) INL221 Indigenous Language Maintenance and Revitalisation (replaced by IAS361 from 2020 - no longer offered from 2022) LMA220 Language Acquisition (no longer available from 2020) |
Specialist Electives B (4 units) | 40cp | Units totalling 40 credit points selected from the list below. Indigenous Languages and Culture CAS110 Introduction to Yolngu Languages and Culture (replaced by IAS161 from 2020) (repeatable) (replaced by YOL161 from 2023) CAS111 Yolngu Languages and Culture 2 (replaced by IAS162 from 2020) (repeatable) (replaced by YOL162 from 2023) CAS205 Yolngu Life and Literature (replaced by IAS261 from 2020) (repeatable) (replaced by YOL261 from 2023) CAS206 Yolngu Matha Conversation (replaced by IAS262 from 2020) (repeatable) (replaced by YOL262 from 2023) CAS305 Yolngu Texts and Conversations 2 (replaced by IAS362 from 2020) (repeatable) INL210 Learning an Indigenous Australian Language (replaces CAL210 from 2019) (replaced by IAS161 from 2020) (repeatable) - not available in 2024) CAL211 Learning a Central Australian Language 2 (replaced by IAS162 from 2020) (repeatable) - not available in 2024) CAL305 Central Australian Languages - Texts and Narrative (replaced by IAS261 from 2020) (repeatable) - not available in 2024) IND390# Indigenous Knowledge Project (can only be completed once as a specialist elective B unit) (replaced by IAS403 from 2020) (repeatable) INL390# Indigenous Language Project (can only be completed once as a specialist elective B unit) (replaced by IAS406 from 2020) Indigenous Language Teaching (new for 2019) EST202 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages and Literacies EST211 Learning Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Language in Schools not available in 2024) EST311 Teaching Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Language in Schools not available in 2024) IND390* Indigenous Knowledge Project (can only be completed once as a specialist elective B unit) (replaced by IAS403 from 2020) Indigenous Social Science Units chosen from the Bachelor of Applied Social Science, taking into account any pre-requisites that may apply. |
Electives (2 units) | 20cp | Select units totalling 20 credit points may be selected from undergraduate units offered by the University. |
| 240 | Total Credit Points |
Course Rules (unless otherwise indicated in the above course structure) (240cp)
- A maximum of 100 credit points may be taken from 100 level units.
- A minimum of 60 credit points must be taken from 300 level units or above.
- See the Higher Education Course Rules (Award Requirements) in the Units and Courses Policy.
If course commenced prior to 2023:
No more than 20 credit points shall be counted with a grade of "PC" in a Bachelor AQF Level 7 course award and no more than 10 credit points at "PC" may be received at the highest level of the program of learning.
Course Changes - 2023
IAS161 replaced by YOL161.
IAS162 replaced by YOL162.
IAS261 replaced by YOL261.
IAS262 replaced by YOL262.
Course Changes and Transitional Arrangements - 2020 Students who have completed IND130 should not complete IAS142. Students who have completed INL100 should not complete IAS163. Students who have completed INL120 should not complete IAS164. Students who have completed INL130 should not complete IAS165. Students who have completed IND200 should not complete IAS201. Students who have completed IND230 should not complete IAS252. Students who have completed LGA210 should not complete IAS265. Students who have completed INL300 should not complete IAS365. Students who have completed INL220 should not complete IAS264. Students who have completed INL221 should not complete IAS361. Students who have completed INR200 should not complete IAS322. Students who have completed LMA210 should not complete IAS267. Students who have completed INL360 should not complete IAS366. Students who have completed LMA310 should not complete IAS363. Students who have completed LGA320 should not complete IAS364. Students who have completed CAS110 and INL210 should not complete IAS161*. Students who have completed CAS111 and CAS211 should not complete IAS162*. Students who have completed CAS205 and CAL305 should not complete IAS261* *Students who have only completed one of the two stated units (e.g. CAS110 or INL220, CAS11 or CAS211, CAS205 or CAL305) can complete IAS161, IAS162 IAS261 again (repeatable units).
Students who have completed CAS206 should not complete IAS262. Students who have completed CAS305 should not complete IAS362. Students who have completed IND390 should not complete IAS403. Students who have completed INL390 should not complete IAS406. Course Changes - 2019 Note: #IND390 and INL390 can only be taken twice within one degree program. ie. twice in Specialist elective A choices or once in Specialist elective A choices and once in Specialist elective B choices. INL210 replaces CAL210 from 2019. Students who have completed CAL210 prior to 2019 should not complete INL210. Specialist Elective B streams: - Yolngu Languages and Culture and Central Australian Languages have been collapsed into a single Indigenous Languages and Culture stream.
- Indigenous Language Teaching has been added as an additional stream.
Course Changes and Transitional Arrangements - 2016
Students who have completed ATI100 should not complete IND230. Students who have completed ATI120 should not complete IND120. Students who have completed ATI130 should not complete IND130. Students who have completed ATI150 should not complete IND150. Students who have completed LGA100 should not complete INL100. Students who have completed LGA200 should not complete INL200. Students who have completed LGA300 should not complete INL300. Students who have completed LGA220 or LGA310 should not complete INL220. Students who have completed LMA200 should not complete INL130. Students who have completed CAS311 should consult with the course coordinator to ensure that they are following course rules if they enrol in IND390 or INL390.
Unit Title Changes Unit Code | Previous Title | New Title (2016) | CUC100 | Academic Literacies | Academic Literacies Through Exploring Sustainability |
Unit Code Changes
Previous Unit Code | New Unit Code (2016) | New Unit Title | ATI100 | IND230 | Language Maintenance and Identity | ATI120 | IND120 | Indigenous People, Society and Culture | ATI130 | IND130 | Ethics and Protocols in Indigenous Contexts | ATI150 | IND150 | Colonising Australia | LGA100 | INL100 | Linguistics for Indigenous Languages 1 | LGA200 | INL120 | Linguistics for Indigenous Languages 2 | LMA200 | INL130 | Language in Society | LGA220 and LGA310 | INL220 | Resource Production and Use | LGA300 | INL300 | Linguistics Applications in Indigenous Language Analysis | CAS311 | IND390 or INL390 | Indigenous Knowledge Project or Indigenous Language Project |
Discontinued Units from 2016: Unit Code | Unit Title | ATI100 | Language Maintenance and Identity | ATI120 | Understanding Society and Culture | ATI130 | Writing Indigenous - Ethics and Protocols | ATI150 | Indigenous Knowledges and Experience: History and Colonisation | LGA100 | Linguistics for Indigenous Languages 1 | LGA200 | Linguistics for Indigenous Languages 2 | LGA220 | Resource Production | LGA300 | Linguistics for Indigenous Languages 3 | LGA310 | Working with Indigenous Language Recordings | CAS311 | Independent Study |
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