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  • Advanced Derivative SecuritiesFNCE90005

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2017

    Arbitrage bounds, stock price dynamics, geometric Brownian motion and Itos Lemma, Cox-Ross-Rubinstein binomial model, Black-Scholes model, risk neutral valuation, forwards and futures, currency, stock index, futures and exotic options, Interest rate derivative securities.

  • Advanced Discrete MathematicsMAST90030

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2017

    The subject consists of three main topics. The bijective principle with applications to maps, permutations, lattice paths, trees and partitions. Algebraic combinatorics with applications rings, symmetric functions and tableaux. Ordered sets with applications to generating functions and the struct...

  • Advanced Dispute InterventionLAWS90080

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:May Year:2017Quotas apply

    As lawyers’ roles change and complex issues that do not fit within traditional boundaries increasingly arise, new sets of skills and capacities are needed. These skills and mental habits set the most successful negotiators, dispute intervenors and advocates apart from others. Participants in this...

  • Advanced Dynamical MeteorologyATOC90012

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2017

    The aim of the subject is to explore the basic dynamical principles governing flow in a rotating frame of reference (the Earth's frame of reference), and to use these principles to understand the large-scale dynamics of the atmosphere.

  • Advanced DynamicsMCEN90041

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2017

    This subject continues from Dynamics to deepen the students’ understanding of Engineering Mechanics, specifically focusing on Analytical Mechanics: Kinematics and Generalised Coordinates.Virtual Work and Virtual Displacement, Generalised Force.Energies: Kinetic, Potential.Lagrange approach: deal...

  • Advanced Echocardiography InterpretationMEDI90059

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2017

    This subject will outline how formally report diagnostic echocardiography studies, using a custom designed database reporting system. There will be 50 case studies to be reported. Topics include: Principles of Echocardiography ReportingUse of Echocardiography Report DatabaseReporting Case Studi...

  • Advanced Econometric TechniquesECOM90005

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2017

    This course is designed to introduce you to the mathematical underpinnings of the main tools used in empirical economics. Special emphasis will be given to three topics: models of probability, methods of estimation, and methods of inference. Simple mathematical analysis, in particular both differ...

  • Advanced Econometric Techniques 2ECOM90014

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2017

    The aim of this subject is to take the skills developed in ECOM90005 Advanced Econometric Techniques and use them to explore the main techniques for analysing a variety of econometric problems.

  • Advanced Editing for Digital MediaPUBL90009

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2017

    This subject introduces students to advanced aspects of editing for digital media. It focuses on the methods, systems, trends and technological developments taking place in digital media industries, and presents a portfolio of key skills and knowledge required in contemporary editing and content ...

  • Advanced English Communication SkillsEDUC90081

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1, July Year:2017

    This subject develops students’ research, critical thinking ,reading and writing skill across a range of academic and professional usages. Students will develop reading strategies for different purposes and audiences, analyse and produce a variety of written and spoken genres, including a variety...

  • Advanced English Communication Skills 2EDUC90080

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:Not offered in 2017 Year:2017

    This subject develops participants' research, critical thinking, reading and writing skills as well as their ability to plan and write a review of literature and present a research-topic-related review fluently and confidently. Particular attention is paid to the grammatical and structural aspect...

  • Advanced English LiteraciesEDUC90377

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:July Year:2017

    This subject will lead teacher candidates to increase their understanding of the advanced forms of language and literacy that are developed in the middle years of schooling. Candidates will engage with key research that indicates a significant transition in English literacy in the final years of...

  • Advanced EvidenceLAWS70071

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2017Quotas apply

    In the preparation and conduct of litigation no area of law is more important than the law of evidence. Advanced Evidence aims to provide students with an enhanced understanding of the law of evidence. This subject focuses on key provisions of the uniform evidence legislation, which now operates ...

  • Advanced Financial Accounting ResearchACCT90036

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:Year Long Year:2017

    This subject provides a rigorous review and critical analysis of the theory and methodology underlying economics-based empirical research in financial accounting.

  • Advanced Fluid DynamicsMCEN90018

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2017

    AIMS The study of fluid dynamics is one of the fundamental disciplines in Mechanical Engineering. In the first part of the course, students will learn about boundary-layer theory, which is a key element of aerodynamic design. A guest-lecture series on wind engineering will build on this knowledg...

  • Advanced Genetic ResearchGENE90015

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2017

    This subject involves laboratory or field-based experimental research in an area of Genetics. The research projects cover a broad range of research from molecular to population and evolutionary genetics in micro-organisms, insects, plants and animals. The project will be based in the laboratory o...

  • Advanced Genetic ResearchGENE90017

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2017

    This subject involves laboratory or field-based experimental research in an area of Genetics. The research projects cover a broad range of research from molecular to population and evolutionary genetics in micro-organisms, insects, plants and animals. The project will be based in the laboratory o...

  • Advanced Genetic ResearchGENE90016

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2017

    This subject involves laboratory or field-based experimental research in an area of Genetics. The research projects cover a broad range of research from molecular to population and evolutionary genetics in micro-organisms, insects, plants and animals. The project will be based in the laboratory o...

  • Advanced Genetic ResearchGENE90013

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2017

    This subject involves laboratory or field-based experimental research in an area of Genetics. The research projects cover a broad range of research from molecular to population and evolutionary genetics in micro-organisms, insects, plants and animals. The project will be based in the laboratory o...

  • Advanced Heat & Mass Transport ProcessesCHEN90019

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2017

    AIMS This subject provides an advanced focus on the heat and mass transport processes that are part of the core knowledge and problem solving skills basis for chemical engineering unit operations. In addition, an advanced understanding of these transport processes will help enable students in th...