Description

Study Aboriginal studies in Australia with GlobaLinks Learning Abroad, formerly known as AustraLearn. This course takes you to Western Australia which is adored for its brilliant blue skies, warm sunny climate, and white sandy beaches. It is a land blessed with some of the world's most precious natural phenomena including the dolphins of Monkey Mia, the 350-million-year-old Bungle Bungle range, and the towering karri forests of the Southwest.

Perth, the capital city of the State, is home to 1.38 million people and enjoys more hours of sunshine than any other capital city in Australia. Sophisticated yet uncomplicated, the lifestyle in Western Australia is a relaxed one. While on this program, you will have the opportunity to go on field trips to places of cultural significance during one of the most important of the Nyungar culture's six seasons when the rains signal the cleansing of the land, river and ocean. Along the way you will engage in comparisons of colonial and indigenous discourse, perspectives, and reflection.

Highlights

The broad aims of this program are to:
* Introduce students to a range of knowledge about Nyungar and their place within past and contemporary Australia
* Understand the relationship between social and cultural theory and practice
* Understand how Aborigines, in this case the Nyungar people, have influenced/continue to influence Australian culture
* Enable students to understand Nyungar worldviews

Subject Areas

• Anthropology
• Australian Studies
• Culture
• History
• Sociology

Cost in US$:

See GlobaLinks Learning Abroad website

Program Fees Include:

Program fees include tuition, host university administrative fees, field trips to culturally significant sites, lectures, excursions, meals on field trips, airport pickup, in-country transportation, accommodations, health insurance, ISIC Basic Card and official transcript. Fees include all pre-trip services such as: orientation materials, visa assistance, housing placements, personal advising, liaise with your home university, credit transfer assistance, and financial aid services. Fees do not include international airfare and meals on the Murdoch University campus, along with personal expenses and excursions.

Experience Required

yes

Students should have completed one year of undergraduate studies by the date of program commencement.

This Program is open to

American and Canadian Participants.

Typical Living Arrangements

• Apartment/Flat

Participants Travel

in Groups

Scholarships are Available

Murdoch University will award one GlobaLinks Learning Abroad participant a 500AUD scholarship. This opportunity may be available to all students accepted into this program. They will receive the scholarship application upon acceptance into the program.

Application Process Involves

• Letters of Reference
• Transcript
• Written Application

Typically The Application Process Time is

1- 2 weeks

Post Services Include

• Alumni Network

AustraLearn's Mission Statement

GlobaLinks Learning Abroad seeks to foster the development of future leaders who, through an intercultural learning opportunity, gain a greater respect for and understanding of the relationship which exists between North American and the rest of the world in the context of the larger global community. GlobaLinks Learning Abroad achieves this by exposing students, advisors, and faculty to internationally recognized universities and other educational organizations through the promotion of affordable academic and cultural opportunities world-wide.

Year Founded

1989