Summary of Indigenous content in UniSA programs
- Division of Business
- Division of Education, Arts & Social Sciences
- Division of Health Sciences
- Division of Information Technology, Engineering & the Environment
Division of Business
With the introduction of two core courses below, all programs in the Division of Business include Indigenous Content.
Other courses embedded in specific programs include:
- Law of Property LAWS 2003. (Includes Native Title and Land Issues in the Bachelor of Business Property - DBPY )
- Indigenous Tourism TOUR2007, and Understanding Travel and Tourism TOUR1001 in the Bachelor of Tourism and Hospitality Management - DBTM
- Indigenous Australians and the Human Services WELF 2015 in the Bachelor of Computer and Information Science/Bachelor of Business; Bachelor of Business and Enterprise (Whyalla); Associate Degree in Accounting (Whyalla) ; Associate Degree in Business Ventures (Whyalla)
Division of Education, Arts & Social Sciences
Unaipon School programs include significant Indigenous Content and Indigenous Academics 'Service Teach' these courses across the University. These include:
- Communication, Culture and Indigenous Australians COMM 2060 Compulsory course in the Bachelor of Arts (Journalism)/ Bachelor of Arts (International Studies - MBJI; Bachelor of Journalism- MBJO; Bachelor of Media Arts - MBMA; Bachelor of Public Relations - MBPB
- Contemporary Aboriginal Issues (HUMS1034)
- Indigenous Australians and the Human Services WELF 2015 and Indigenous Australians: Culture and Colonisation HUMS 1051 Taught in the Bachelor of Social Work/Bachelor of Arts (International Studies - MBSI; Bachelor of Social Science (Human Services/ bachelor of Psychological Sciences - MBSP; Bachelor of Social Sciences (Human Services - MBSS; Bachelor of Social Work - MBSW; Bachelor of Arts (Hons) - MHAR; Bachelor of (Hons) (Journalism - MHJO and Bachelor of Social Work (Whyalla) - WBSW
- Society, State and the Individual HUMS 1050 Taught in the Foundation Studies Program
In the School of Education, the Bachelor of Teaching (Anangu Education) - LBAE, contains considerable Indigenous Content and the Bachelor of Education (Adult, Vocational and Workplace Learning) - LBAV in addition to offering a number of courses from the Unaipon School, offers:
- Organisational Cultures and Learning Communities EDUC 3044
- Learning Cultures: Whiteness and Education EDUC 3043, and
- The Educator as Counsellor EDUC 3045
- The Bachelor of Education (Primary and Middle) - LBPM , Bachelor of Education Early Childhood Education - MBCE, and Bachelor of Education (Junior Primary and Primary) embed compulsory courses from the Unaipon School. The course, Education Change and Society EDUC 4169 is jointly owned with the Unaipon School.
Other specific courses embedded across programs include
- Indigenous Design Perspectives (ARCH3048). Taught in the Bachelor of Industrial Design - DBDI; Bachelor of Interior Architecture DBIR; and Bachelor of Architecture - DBRC
- Indigenous Arts, Cultures and Design VSAR 3017 A compulsory course in the Bachelor of Visual Communication - DBVC; Bachelor of Arts (Specialisation) - DBVS; Bachelor of Visual Communication (Honours) - DHVC; and Bachelor of Visual Arts (Hons) - DHVS
Division of Health Sciences
Indigenous Content is embedded throughout a number of programs in the Division of Health Sciences both in clinical courses and in academic/theoretical aspects of the curriculum. These programs include:
- Bachelor of Podiatry - IBOP
- Bachelor of Applied Science (Food Science and Nutrition) - IBFS
- Bachelor of Applied Science (Food Science and Nutrition - IBFZ
- Bachelor of Applied Science (Occupational Therapy) - IBOC
- Bachelor of Medical Radiation (Diagnostic Radiography/Nuclear Medicine/Radiation Therapy) - IBMI
Additional specific courses include:
- Health and Society HLTH 1025 in the Bachelor of Medical and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology - IBBY; Bachelor of Pharmacy - IBPH; and bachelor of Pharmaceutical Science
- Cultural Perspectives on Health NURS 1036 Service Taught in the Bachelor of Midwifery - IBMW; and Bachelor of Nursing - IBNU; and Bachelor of Nursing (Whyalla) - WBNU
- Sociology of Health HLTH 1025 in the Bachelor of Physiotherapy - IBPZ
Division of Information Technology, Engineering & the Environment
The Division Dean of Teaching and Learning is currently working with a group of ten staff and representatives from the David Unaipon College of Indigenous Education and Research to develop several options for ITE programs. Case studies are currently being collected with a view to investigating a common first year engineering course. Specific Indigenous Content lends itself well for integration into project based courses in the Division and would be best suited to the third and fourth years.