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Indicator: NCH-17 Number and distribution of professional heritage-related courses, enrolments and graduates

Data

No numbers on enrolments or graduates are available. However the following list of courses available and the institutions providing them has been compiled.

List of Cultural Heritage Courses offered in Australian Universities

As at January 2006

ANU

Master of Sustainable Heritage Development

Master of Sustainable Heritage Development and Management

Graduate Diploma in Sustainable Heritage Development

Graduate Certificate in Sustainable Heritage Development

Charles Darwin University

• Bachelor of Indigenous Cultures and Natural Resource Management 
• Certificate IV in Tourism (Natural and Cultural Heritage) 
• Graduate Certificate in Yolngu Studies 
• Graduate Diploma in Australian Indigenous Knowledges 

Charles Sturt University

• Bachelor of Applied Science (Parks, Recreation and Heritage) 
• Master of Applied Science (Cultural Heritage Science) * 
• Graduate Diploma of Applied Science (Cultural Heritage Science)* 
  • * This course is currently under review and may not be offered in 2006.
  • The Johnston Centre
  • Offers post-graduate research opportunities

Curtin University

• Doctor/Master of Creative Arts (Cultural Heritage Studies) 
• Master of Applied Cultural Heritage Studies 
• Graduate Diploma in Applied Heritage Studies 
• Public History Major (Grad Dip App Heritage Stds) 
• Australian Folklife Major (Grad Dip) 
• Art Curatorial Major (Grad Dip App Heritage Stds) 
• Heritage Site Management Major (Grad Dip App Heritage Stds) 
• Museology Major (Grad Dip App Heritage Stds) 

Deakin University

• Master of Cultural Heritage
• Graduate Diploma of Cultural Heritage
• Graduate Certificate of Cultural Heritage
• Graduate Diploma of Museum Studies
• Graduate Certificate of Museum Studies

Finders University

• Master of Tourism (Heritage Management)
• Grad dip/Cert. of Tourism (Heritage Management)

James Cook University

• Master of Cultural Heritage Studies

Macquarie University

• Master of Museum Studies (includes some heritage studies)
• BSc BA - Bachelor of Science with Bachelor of Arts 

University of Canberra

• Bachelor of Cultural Heritage Studies

University of Melbourne

• Master of Arts (Cultural Material Conservation) by Coursework and Minor Thesis
• Postgraduate Diploma in Arts (Cultural Material Conservation)

University of New England

• Heritage Futures Research Centre
• Master of Arts (Heritage Studies)
• Wollotuka School of Aboriginal Studies

University of Queensland

• Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma & Master of Museum Studies

University of South Australia

• Bachelor of Arts (Aboriginal Policy and Management/Aboriginal Studies/Australian Studies) 
• Bachelor of Arts (Aboriginal Policy and Management), Bachelor of Social Science (Human Services) 
  • Indigenous College of Education and Research - The Unaipon School
  • Graduate Diploma in Aboriginal Studies 
  • Master of Arts (Aboriginal Studies) 
  • Master of Arts (Indigenous or Australian Studies) 
  • PhD Indigenous or Australian Studies 

University of the Sunshine Coast

• Bachelor of Arts (Environment and Heritage)

What the data mean

Some fourteen tertiary institutions offer a range of courses that relate to some aspect of heritage and/or indigenous studies.

Data Limitations

These data show only the courses offered, not how many students are enrolling, how many students are graduating or how many graduates are going on to work in the field. They also do not show whether the geographic distribution of expertise is appropriate, if the courses are adequate in terms of places offered and quality, and analysis of any of the issues or problems.

Issues for which this is an indicator and why

Natural and Cultural Heritage — Expertise and skills for managing heritage - Training and participation in the heritage industries 

The number of staff and volunteers in heritage agencies and institutions, the membership of professional bodies as well as the availability of professional courses are indicators of the expertise and skills that are available to heritage managers.

Other indicators for this issue:

• NCH-18 Membership of selected peak professional heritage associations 
• NCH-19 Number of volunteers trained by heritage organisations and institutions 
• NCH-20 Number of people working in indigenous organisations, number of indigenous enrolments in university heritage courses, number of Indigenous people employed by agencies involved in Indigenous programs & management of Indigenous heritage 
• NCH-21 Number of local government heritage advisors 
• NCH-22 Number of professional heritage employees in government agencies