Undergraduate

Students wishing to include some elements of Indigenous Australian Studies in their Undergraduate degrees should consult the ANU website ‘Undergraduate: Indigenous Australian Studies’

Postgraduate

Research Towards Higher Degrees by Coursework
NCIS welcomes enquiries from prospective higher degree students wishing to study at ANU.

Relevant Graduate Courses include:

Master of Arts (Indigenous Australian Studies)
Convenor: Professor Nic Peterson

Master of Arts (Museums and Collections)
Convenor: Dr Kylie Message)

Master of Applied Anthropology and Participatory Development: Graduate Program in Indigenous Policy
Convenor: Dr Patrick Kilby or Professor Jon Altman

For further information contact the course Convenor or the Convenor of the Graduate School of Indigenous Studies, Professor Peter Veth.

Further information is contained in the ANU website, ‘Graduate Studies in Indigenous Australia’

Research Towards Higher Degrees by Thesis
A very wide range of supervision on Australian Indigenous topics is available at ANU. Prospective students should first consult the ANU website, ‘Information for Prospective Graduate Coursework’, then the Higher Degrees adviser in the College in which their research interests are most likely to fall.

A PhD at NCIS?
NCIS especially welcomes enquiries about studying for a higher degree by thesis based at our Centre. 
At present Ms Sophia Close is examining: Indigenous self-determination in Torres Strait and the Pacific region - future policy options for hybrid self-governance and investigating the relationships between Indigenous internationalism and Fourth World activism to State-based aid and development mechanisms in building Indigenous self-determination.

Research Supervision Interests at NCIS:

Professor Michael Dodson
* Indigenous Law
* Land Rights
* Native Title
* Public policy
* International Indigenous Law
* Indigenous Rights and Social Justice
* Reconciliation Governance
* Reconciliation
* Governance

Professor Peter Veth
* Indigenous Cultural Heritage Studies
* The Archaeology and History of Australian Indigenous Peoples
* Contact Archaeology and Native Title
* Australian and Global Desert Societies
* The Portrayal of Indigenous Culture in the Media
* Capacity Building in Indigenous Research
* Cultural Transmission in Indigenous Societies
* Frameworks for Heritage Legislation
* Heritage and Management
* Regional Heritage Protocols

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