Version Effective: 3rd of July, 2023
Version Effective: 3rd of July, 2023

PDC114680 - Professional Certificate in First Nations Learning, History and Culture

Course Details

Course Summary

This credit-bearing professional development course comprises three undergraduate units that will provide you with an introduction to First Nations history, culture, and learning. You will learn about First Nations knowledge and perspectives, including education, land, and history. You will engage in critical discussion about interfaces between First Nations and non-Indigenous peoples in Australia, and the impact of colonisation on cultural hegemony and national identity. You will ethically and respectfully critique established worldviews, and be able to apply this knowledge in your personal and professional practice.

Completion of this Professional Certificate will provide credit for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies undergraduate minor which may be included in eligible Bachelor degree programs at CQUniversity. 

This micro-credential is also awarded a digital badge and Certificate of Completion which can be shared to your social networks and displayed in your professional portfolio.

Our micro-credentials are aligned to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

What is a Digital Badge?

Entry Requirements

There are no specific entry requirements for this Professional Certificate. 

As a micro-credential, this Professional Certificate is designed for students who wish to undertake professional development in First Nations Learning, History and Culture or be provided a credit pathway to CQUniversity degrees. 

Course Details

Course Type Short Course (Professional Development)
Student Availability
  • International
  • Domestic
Fees
Application Mode
  • Direct To University
How to Apply

Students will be required to apply online for this Professional Certificate. 
Study Area
  • Education and Humanities
  • Work and Study Preparation
Skill Area
  • Arts and Entertainment
  • Education Support
  • General Education and Training
  • Justice and Law Enforcement
  • Public Sector
  • Youth Services

Admission Codes

Domestic Students
Tertiary Admission Centre Codes (TAC) Codes 		Not Applicable
International Students
CRICOS Codes 		Not Applicable

Student Outcomes, Career Opportunities and Occupations

Graduates of this professional certificate will be qualified to engage in critical discussion about First Nations history, culture, and learning with regard to police and practice. 

Graduates may be eligible able to articulate into higher education programs, and this qualification may also be used as scholarly activity for relevant fellowship programs. 

The Professional Certificate aligns to the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers:

1.4 Strategies for teaching Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students

2.4 Understand and respect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to promote reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians

Course Structures

Study Mode Definitions

  • Online: Online courses provide the flexibility to study without normally requiring a student to visit a campus. Course content is studied through a number of means including the use of online discussion forums, electronic library resources, by contacting lecturers and teachers, and receiving study materials online/electronically. Work integrated learning, including placements, may be included in some courses.
  • On-campus: Students studying in on-campus mode typically are expected to attend and participate in regular, structured on-campus teaching and learning activities throughout the University’s academic term. These activities may include lectures, tutorials, workshops and practice, online or other activities and normally will be timetabled at a CQUniversity campus or approved delivery site.
  • Mixed Mode: Students studying in mixed mode will participate in a combination of online learning activities in addition to site-specific learning activities, which may include residential schools, co-op placements and/or work-integrated learning as a compulsory requirement of a unit. The additional site-specific learning activities are what differentiates a mixed-mode unit from an online unit.

*All study modes may include Vocational placement and/or work integrated learning.

Select a course structure below to view the delivery details, including the different study modes offered for each structure.

Professional Certificate (Micro-credential)

Three term-based higher education units, comprising 450 hours of coursework, plus a short portfolio assessment comprising 10 hours. 


  • Mixed Mode
INDG11006 Education and Learning: Colonisation and Decolonisation in the Cultural Interface

Learning Outcomes:

  1. Demonstrate a respectful understanding of learning, education and decolonisation of First Nation Australian peoples in the cultural interface
  2. Analyse and engage in critical ethical reflection to show awareness of how decolonisation enables/d non-Indigenous cultural hegemony, including the role of discourse
  3. Critically engage with the concepts of the cultural interface and decolonization in analysis of First Nation peoples’ human rights and non-Indigenous peoples ethical obligations in the context of learning
  4. Critically and ethically engage with the concept of decolonization in education and learning.

Assessment:

  1. Written Assessment (40%)
  2. Written Assessment (60%)
No units have been assigned to this unit group
INDG11013 First Nation and Non-Indigenous History: The Interface

Learning Outcomes:

  1. Evidence a broad knowledge of First Nations history and its interface with non-Indigenous history
  2. Critically reflect on First Nations history and the ethics of the silencing of truth
  3. Discuss and critically reflect on First Nations history in the context of settler colonialism and national identity
  4. Explain and reflect on the ethical implications of the past for the present and future.

Assessment:

  1. Written Assessment (40%)
  2. Written Assessment (60%)
No units have been assigned to this unit group
INDG19015 Aboriginal Cultures and Country

Learning Outcomes:

  1. Place Indigenous culture and country in the context of the cultural interface post-colonisation (settler-colonial) history, social structure and race relations
  2. Analyse questions of identity, voice and power in the representation/silencing of Indigenous peoples’ perspectives on culture and country
  3. Evaluate political and social debates about Indigenous culture and country using a cultural interface perspective.

Assessment:

  1. Written Assessment (40%)
  2. Written Assessment (60%)
No units have been assigned to this unit group


Course Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this Professional Certificate, you will be able to: 

  1. Use correct terminology and protocols when referring to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culture and histories 
  2. Analyse the impact of deficit views of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students on learning and engagement 
  3. Analyse and respond to representations of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in contemporary and historical texts and their impact on race relations with non-Indigenous Australians 
  4. Critique government policies and approaches to the education of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in past and present society 
  5. Explain the effect of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander world views and the concept of relatedness on the learning styles of indigenous students 
  6. Justify the use of strategies that cater for the diversity of experience, identity and linguistic background of contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and communities 
  7. Evaluate the capacity of current programs and initiatives for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, families and communities for promoting engagement and participation in education and care. 

This Professional Certificate comprises three distinct units:

Unit 1 Learning Outcomes: First Nation and Non-Indigenous History: The Interface 

  1. Evidence a broad knowledge of First Nations history and its interface with non-Indigenous history 
  2. Critically reflect on First Nations history and the ethics of the silencing of truth 
  3. Discuss and critically reflect on First Nations history in the context of settler colonialism and national identity 
  4. Explain and reflect on the ethical implications of the past for the present and future. 

Unit 2 Learning Outcomes: Education and Learning: Colonisation and Decolonisation in the Cultural Interface 

  1. Demonstrate a respectful understanding of learning, education and colonisation of First Nation Australian peoples in the cultural interface 
  2. Analyse and engage in critical ethical reflection to show awareness of how colonisation enables/d non-Indigenous cultural hegemony, including the role of discourse 
  3. Critically engage with the concepts of the cultural interface and decolonisation in analysis of First Nation peoples' human rights and non-Indigenous peoples ethical obligations in the context of learning 
  4. Critically and ethically engage with the concept of decolonisation in education and learning. 

Unit 3 Learning Outcomes: Aboriginal Cultures and Country 

  1. Explain Indigenous understandings of Land 
  2. Place Indigenous culture and country in the context of the cultural interface post-colonisation (settler-colonial) history, social structure and race relations 
  3. Analyse questions of identity, voice and power in the representation/silencing of Indigenous peoples’ perspectives on culture and country
  4. Evaluate political and social debates about Indigenous culture and country using a cultural interface perspective.      

Assessment

Written Assessment (6)

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