Bachelor of Applied Science (Indigenous Australian Research) (Honours) Curtin University

Overview

Being a research student at CAS provides you with the unique opportunity to contribute to Indigenous knowledge.

A combination of coursework and a research project provides students in the Bachelor of Applied Science (Indigenous Australian Research) (Honours) from Curtin University with training and experience in research positioning, methodologies and methods, and in using research literature critically.

Emphasis is placed on Indigenous Terms of Reference and the importance of respecting cultural and community protocols when conducting research.

What you'll learn 

• Recognise the diversity of systems of Indigenous and other knowledge and ways of knowing, and understand the relationship between power and knowledge

• Know how to critique and deconstruct ideas, arguments and positions; synthesise and critically evaluate information relevant to research

• Access and evaluate information in order to locate and review existing literature related to a research topic

• Develop effective writing and presentation skills; communicate orally in clear, concise and logical ways; negotiate entry into the field with participants in their research

• Utilise appropriate technologies for research and have developed effective electronic literature and library/text-based search strategies in order to locate and review existing literature related to specific research topics

• Apply qualitative research techniques in Indigenous Australian contexts; work in ways that comply with the requirements for the conduct of ethical and culturally sensitive research in Indigenous Australian contexts

• Consider and discuss global Indigenous knowledges and relate them to Indigenous Australian contexts

• Acknowledge and foreground Indigenous ways of knowing and learning, and value and draw upon the lived experience of Indigenous Australian people; recognise diversity in relation to age, gender, country and cultural role in Indigenous contexts; evaluate the representation of Indigenous people in research, and how different representations can produce different narratives, stories and truths

• Conduct research in an appropriate and consultative way that respects cultural protocols and research ethics