Graduate Diploma of Indigenous Policy Development

With the Graduate Diploma of Indigenous Policy Development, you will build on your professional knowledge and experiences with a critical understanding of important aspects of Indigenous economic and policy development in modern Australia.

You will examine key issues of Indigenous policy development and implementation, economic development and participation, traditional and modern governance structures, and intellectual and cultural property rights in current social and political contexts.

This course is an essential foundation for respectful and accountable engagement with Indigenous people and the current social and political issues they face in Australia and internationally.

This is an important course, if you want to develop your knowledge and understanding of:

the workings of government and policy the structures and functions of governance in relation to Indigenous people the practice of cultural engagement with and between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people the culture and language of Yolngu people.

Core Units(4 units) - 40cp

Compulsory Core units totalling 40 credit points as detailed below.

(recoded from ATI410 2016) (replaced by IAS530 2020)

(recoded from ATI420 2016) (replaced by IAS531 2020)

(recoded from ATI430 2016) (replaced by IAS532 2020)

(recoded from ATI440 2016) (recoded to IAS533 2020)

Specialist Elective(2-4 units) - 40cp

Unit totalling40 credit points selected from the list of available units detailed below.

Research Preparation ATI720 Dissertation #20 (20cp) (recoded from ATI401 2016) ^(manual enrolment required) ACH401 Research Preparation: Knowledge and Skills #20 (20cp) ^(manual enrolment required) (replaced by IAS501 (20cp) from 2020) ^ students completing a Graduate Certificate/Diploma who wish to undertake a level 4 (400 level) or level 7 (700 level) unit must do so via manual enrolment

Partnerships IND500 Indigenous Peoples in the Context of Colonised Australia (replaced by IAS535 2020) IND501 Building Relationships in Indigenous Contexts (replaced by IAS537 2020) IND502 Indigenous Sovereignty and the Challenges of Reconciliation (replaced by IAS536 2020) IND590 Indigenous Research Project (replaced by IAS523 2020) IND503 Challenging Educational Paradigms (replaced by IAS538 2020) ATI505 Partnerships and Engagement in Indigenous Land and Sea Management (replaced by IAS534 2020)

Yolngu Languages and Culture (available part time only)* *Due to the sequential nature of language learning, choosing the Yolngu Languages and Culture specialisation would require a student to take their studies across a minimum of three semesters CAS501 Yolngu Languages and Culture 1 (replaced by IAS541 2020) CAS502 Yolngu Languages and Culture 2 (replaced by IAS542 2020) CAS511 Yolngu Literature (replaced by IAS543 2020) CAS512 Indigenous Language Project (recoded from CAS448 2016) CAS521 Yolngu Conversation 1 (replaced by IAS545 2020) CAS522 Yolngu Conversation 2 (replaced by IAS546 2020)

- 80

Total Credit Points

Successful completion of a recognised bachelor degree or higher in a relevant field. Consideration will also be given to non-graduates who have at least five years appropriate professional experience, for example policy development, research, governance or service delivery. Applicants may be asked to provide further documentation detailing their employment experience, roles and achievements in the form of a curriculum vitae.