This Melbourne MicroCert is ideal for public servants across all levels of government, as well as First Nations, and other private, public and not-for-profit sector professionals who will be engaged in treaty processes in coming years.

To enrol in this course, you need:

• A bachelors degree

Or

• A minimum three years’ work experience (paid or voluntary) related to Indigenous politics and policy, or roles such as community and stakeholder management, or communications and public relations

Or

• To be an Indigenous person interested or engaged in the treaty process.

It is recommended that you complete Understanding Treaty as the first course in the series, before undertaking this one.

This course covers the critical knowledge, skills and dispositions needed to work at the interface between government and First Nations and self-determining Indigenous organisations.

It is delivered by the Australian Centre, which supports research that advances a critical examination of Australian society, culture and history, with an interdisciplinary focus on settler colonialism and its institutions.

Learning is tailored to the needs of those who are preparing to engage in the treaty process in the near future.

By the end of this course, you'll be able to:

• Actively engage with, reflect and synthesise Indigenous sovereignty as both concept and social movement
• Examine and apply the ways that Indigenous sovereignty will shape and inform contemporary treaty negotiations.

This Melbourne MicroCert runs over six weeks.

Your total time commitment is approximately 42 hours, which includes:

• 6 hours guided learning, including webinars and workshops
• 12 hours self-directed study, including online exercises
• 12 hours reading
• 12 hours assessment tasks.

Assessment:

• Indigenous sovereignty today: Discussion board contributions and concept map (40%)
• Sovereignty and treaty: summary statement (60%).

Once you've successfully completed this course, you will be awarded your Indigenous and Other Sovereignties Melbourne MicroCert. This digital certificate will warrant the achievement of knowledge, skills and capabilities outlined in the learning outcomes. It may also include artefacts (such as videos and written material) related to both experiential and work-integrated learning, including translatable assessment that is practical to your professional life. You can also share your MicroCert digitally and via social media by adding it to your personal platforms, such as LinkedIn. See example certificate.

Indigenous and Other Sovereignties can be taken as a stand-alone course or complemented with any other Melbourne MicroCert in the Preparing for Treaty series to deepen your knowledge and skills.

The series includes:

• Understanding Treaty
• Indigenous and Other Sovereignties
• Lawful Relations with Indigenous Peoples
• Recognition, Reconciliation, Refusal

It is recommended you complete Understanding Treaty as the first course in this series.

The Preparing for Treaty series provides learners with a pathway into the Professional Certificate in Treaty.

Learners who have completed all four Melbourne MicroCerts in the Preparing for Treaty series, and the course Indigenous Governance Principles, will be awarded the Professional Certificate in Treaty.

This course includes both guided and self-directed learning, to provide both flexibility and support.

Learning activities and resources include a pre-recorded lecture and a mock debate, as well as essential reading and audiovisual resources that bring key concepts to life.

You'll also contribute to the online discussion board and receive valuable guidance and feedback from your course facilitator throughout the course.

There is no set expiry date.