Bachelor of Aboriginal Professional Practice (pre 2019)

The Bachelor of Aboriginal Professional Practice program is purposely designed to provide work ready, strong culturally secured and social advocate professionals across a diverse professional field of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal graduates, to a broad career market in Aboriginal affairs, Aboriginal agencies, businesses and industries targeting Aboriginal professional staff and/or professionally qualified staff to work effectively with Aboriginal communities/clients.

On successful completion of the program students will have:

• Hold a deep understanding of Aboriginal culture, history and political life in Australia.
• Demonstrate capacity and skills to identify; and/or challenge and develop policy; and/or work and social practice which are culturally and ethically inclusive of diverse cultures.
• Developed a competitive ability to gain employment and work effectively, autonomously, responsively in a collaborative work environment in and across a broad area of vocational professional careers.
• Developed a genuine understanding and advocacy of social justice in the workforce and community.
• Clear demonstration of the capacity to work productively and in a culturally appropriate professional manner, in partnership with Indigenous communities at all levels.
• Hold and practice the academic theory and skills to effectively expand and communicate their understanding of themselves as rational beings and their relationship with the broader community in the area of Aboriginal Studies and social justice.
• Capacity and skills to contribute to the emerging contemporary scholarly discourse and practice in Aboriginal affairs.