This combined degree program is embedded with Indigenous culture, knowledge and practices. Examine inequity in education, health and business and social contexts. Contribute to the push for equal rights - both locally and globally.

You will gain an understanding of uneven development, decolonisation, identity cultures, and representation. You'll graduate an active global citizen, ready to create innovative solutions to pressing issues.

A partner in the program, The Wollotuka Institute is committed to the advancement of Indigenous education at a local, national and international level.

Specialise your studies by choosing a major from each degree program:

Global Indigenous Studies majors:

• Entrepreneurship and innovation
• Screen and cultural studies
• Global Indigenous studies
• Politics and international relations
• Human geography and the environment
• Human resource management
• Human services
• Sociology and anthropology

Development studies majors:

• Cultures and Citizenship
• Environmental Sustainability
• Globalisation and Economic Development
• Urban and Regional Development

This is a combined degree

For additional information about this degree you can refer to the pages for the corresponding single degrees: Bachelor of Development Studies, and Bachelor of Global Indigenous Studies

Core Courses:

Complete the following core courses to fulfil the requirements of this program.

• Building Skills for Change
• Development of Inclusive Workplace and Entrepreneurial Identities
• Environmental Values and Ethics
• Geographies of Development
• Global Poverty and Development
• Introduction to Aboriginal Studies
• Macroeconomics in the Global Economy
• Rethinking Development
• Society and Culture: an Introduction to Sociology
• Welcome to Critical Indigenous Studies

These are courses currently available in "Core Courses", for full requirements and availability always refer to the handbook.

• Career-ready Placement Course Options
• 1000 Level Course List
• 2000/3000 Level Course List

2024 Program Handbook:

The courses shown above are a guide, and don't reflect the exact year-by-year structure of the program, you should always refer to the program handbook for details of the complete program structure, course requirements and availability.

View program handbook

This program opens doors for jobs in a range of areas in both Indigenous and non-Indigenous organisations in a global context.

Skills, abilities and knowledge learnt in the combined program are highly sought after by a broad range of employers, including international aid organisations, consulting firms and local, state and federal government departments.

Professional Outcomes:

• Global Development Worker
• Organisational Cultural Diversity Practitioner
• Cultural Heritage Conservationist
• Policy and Research Officer
• International Aid/Development
• Advocacy and Policy Development Work

Admission to our undergraduate degree programs usually requires successful completion of a senior secondary school qualification similar to the Higher School Certificate (HSC).

TOEFL paper-based test score of 500;

TOEFL internet based score of 60;

IELTS (Academic) score of 6.0;

PTE GSE score of 50;

Cambridge English: Advanced score of 52.