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The University of New South Wales

Undergraduate Courses

This page is for those students who commmenced their degree program before 2009

Students commencing their degree program in 2009 should consult Minor or view course structure and subjects available in the online handbook at http://www.handbook.unsw.edu.au/undergraduate/plans/2009/AUSTA23403.html

The undergraduate program in Australian Studies enables students to construct a multi-disciplinary major focusing on Australian history and culture.

Australian Studies Courses 2009

Session 1

AUST2019 Inventing Australia: Race Nation and Identity 1901-1949
AUST2028 Australian Cinema and Television
AUST2033 Australian Masculinities: Reading Class, Gender, Sex and Culture
AUST2034 Women and Men: Gender in Australia
AUST3103 Urban Legends: The History of Sydney

Session 2

ARTS1190 Australian Legends: Introducing Australian Studies (Core Course for students beginning in 2009)
AUST2010 Society and Environmental Process: Botany Bay
AUST2014 Twentieth Century Australian Literature
AUST2025 Sex, Human Rights and Justice
AUST2026 Music of the Australian Aborigines
AUST2027 Staging Australia

Details of other electives are available here or from the online handbook at:
http://www.handbook.unsw.edu.au/undergraduate/plans/2009/AUSTA13400.html

Prize

The Bill Ashcroft Prize in Australian Studies ($250.00) is awarded each year to the best performance in an undergraduate essay on Australian Studies.