Master of Arts (Coursework)

Compulsory core units totalling 30 credit points as per list of units detailed below:

IAS513 Advocacy and Social Action 
IAS547 Indigenous Knowledges and Wellbeing 
IAS503 Independent Study 
 

Specialist Elective units totalling 70 credit points selected from one of the available specialisations detailed below:   

SOCIAL SCIENCE 

IAS506 Gender and Society (available from 2026)
IAS515 Peace Studies: Understanding Solidarity and Sedition 
IAS536 Indigenous Sovereignty and the Challenges of Reconciliation
PLUS
Any 4 units totalling 40 credit points from the below: 
IAS504 Environmental Justice, Waste and Society 
IAS505 Environment and Climate Change, Writing and Reportage 
IAS509 China and International Relations 
IAS510 Language, Crime, and the Law: Forensic Linguistics 
IAS516 Sociology of Crime and Deviance 
IAS518 Indigenous Philosophies and The West 
IAS530 Neocolonialism, Advocacy and Critique of Development
IAS539 Intercultural Mediation (not offered 2025) 

INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGES AND ENGAGEMENT 

IAS531 Indigenous Policy Agendas in Federal and State Politics 
IAS532 Indigenous Knowledges, Property Rights and Economic Participation 
IAS533 Indigenous Knowledges and Epistemologies
PLUS
Any 4 units totalling 40 credit points from the below: 
IAS534 Partnerships and Engagement in Indigenous Land and Sea Management 
IAS535 Indigenous Peoples in the Context of Colonised Australia 
IAS536 Indigenous Sovereignty and the Challenges of Reconciliation 
IAS537 Building Relationships in Indigenous Contexts 
IAS538 Challenging Educational Paradigm 
IAS539 Intercultural Mediation (not offered 2025)
IAS548 Healthy Country, Healthy People 

INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES AND CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL ISSUES 

IAS541 Yolngu Languages and Culture 1 
IAS542 Yolngu Languages and Culture 2 
IAS544 Indigenous Language Project
PLUS
Any 4 units totalling 40 credit points from the below: 
IAS502 Language, Crime, and the Law: Forensic Linguistics 
IAS508 Representing and Recording Country 
IAS530 Neocolonialism, Advocacy and Critique of Development 
IAS535 Indigenous Peoples in the Context of Colonised Australia 
IAS536 Indigenous Sovereignty and the Challenges of Reconciliation 
IAS537 Building Relationships in Indigenous Contexts 
IAS538 Challenging Educational Paradigm 
IAS543 Yolngu Literature 
IAS545 Yolngu Conversation 1 
IAS546 Yolngu Conversation 2 
IAS548 Healthy Country, Healthy People 
IAS563 Language Policy and Planning for Revitalisation and Maintenance (not offered 2025)
IAS568 Sounds and Sound Systems: Phonetics and Phonology 
IAS569 Word and Sentence Structure: Morphology and Syntax 
IAS570 Diversity in First Nations Languages

INDIGENOUS RESEARCH PRACTICE 

IAS521 Principles of Research in Indigenous Contexts 
IAS522 Indigenous Research Methodologies 
IAS523 Indigenous Research Project
PLUS
Any 4 units totalling 40 credit points from the below: 
IAS535 Indigenous Peoples in the Context of Colonised Australia 
IAS536 Indigenous Sovereignty and the Challenges of Reconciliation 
IAS537 Building Relationships in Indigenous Contexts 
IAS538 Challenging Educational Paradigm 
IAS548 Healthy Country, Healthy People

CREATIVE ARTS 

CRA501 Research Methods and Project: For Creative Arts and Humanities 
IAS511 Creative Project (20cp)
PLUS
Any 4 units totalling 40 credit points from the below: 
CRA502 Intercultural Project 
CRA507 Conserving and Presenting Indigenous Art in Contemporary Contexts 
CRA508 Indigenous Community Art Centres and Festivals 
CRA511 Artists, Art Works and Art Movements 
CRA512 Composing and Arranging Music 
CRA517 Screen Performance 
CRA518 Arts Management and Creative Leadership 
CRA519 Lighting, Sound and Multimedia for Events and Performance 
CRA522 Location Sound Recording and Design 
CRA524 Writing Fiction 
CRA527 Artwork and Exhibition: Curatorial and Museum Studies 
CRA530 Structure and Surface: Sculpture 
IAS514 Workshop in Short Stories and Poetry 
IAS517 Media and Professional Writing 
IAS537 Building Relationships in Indigenous Contexts 
IAS538 Challenging Educational Paradigm 
 

Complete a Capstone (20cp) or Research (60cp) pathways from one of the options below:

CAPSTONE OPTION (20cp) 
IAS602 Intercultural Practice (20cp) 
PLUS 
Complete an additional 40 credit points from one of the Arts Specialisation Specialist Elective units.

Note: It is recommended that students undertaking the Research option have a GPA of at least 4.50 in the first year of study

RESEARCH OPTION (60cp) 
IAS501 Research Methods 1 (20cp) 
IAS502 Research Methods 2  
IAS801 Master Thesis A 
IAS802 Master Thesis B (20cp)

CREATIVE ARTS RESEARCH OPTION (60cp) 
Note: This option is only available to students completing the Creative Arts specialisation 
IAS501 Research Methods 1 (20cp) 
IAS502 Research Methods 2  
IAS803 Research Exegesis A  
IAS814 Masters Exegesis (20cp) (title changed from 2025)