This course offers students a broad interdisciplinary approach to the study of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and societies in Australia. Students will gain an understanding of both the traditional and contemporary forms of Aboriginal and Islander societies and cultures that constitute Aboriginality today.

Units studied are varied and students can specialise as their interests develop in such aspects as social and political theory, literary and linguistic analysis and history and anthropology. A degree in Australian Indigenous Studies is often combined with a vocational major such as Commerce, Psychology or Education, or with a disciplinary major such as History, Sociology, Communication Studies, Politics and International Studies, or Philosophy.

Graduates of the Australian Indigenous Studies course have many opportunities for careers in the public service or in Aboriginal organisations.