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- The Psychopathology of Everyday LifePSYC30014
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2017
This subject covers phenomena such as hallucinations and delusions, anxiety, somatisation, depression, dissociation, and changes in memory and cognition, and places them in the context of everyday experiences. It discusses the various factors, processes and mechanisms thought to lead some people ...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Chris Groot Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 27 February 2017 to 28 May 2017 Last self-enrol date 10 March 2017 Census date 31 March 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 May 2017 Assessment period ends 23 June 2017 Semester 1 contact information
Subject Coordinator
grootc@unimelb.edu.auMelbourne School of Psychological Sciences
enquiry-psych@unimelb.edu.au
- The Qur'an: An IntroductionISLM20003
Undergraduate subject Offered:Summer Term Year:2017
This subject is an introduction, in English translation, to the most important text of Islam, the Qur'an, which Muslims regard as the primary source of Islam. Students will study: the origins of the Qur'an, its overall structure and content, major themes, approaches to its interpretation, and its...
- Summer Term
Principal coordinator Abdullah Saeed Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours A total of 38 hours: 5 x 6 hour seminars and 2 x 4 hour seminars. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 15 February 2017 to 24 February 2017 Last self-enrol date 17 February 2017 Census date 17 February 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 21 February 2017 Assessment period ends 24 February 2017 Summer Term contact information
- The Renaissance in ItalyHIST30006
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2017
This subject seeks to engage and excite students in an interactive series of ‘lectorials' which examine the social, political, and cultural history of the many central and northern Italian cities which participated in the culture known as the Renaissance. With special case studies of Florence and...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Catherine Kovesi Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 24 hours – 12 x 2 hour weekly lectorials. Lectorials are in an engaging and interactive mode of teaching, combining lectures and tutorial discussion. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 24 July 2017 to 22 October 2017 Last self-enrol date 4 August 2017 Census date 31 August 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 22 September 2017 Assessment period ends 17 November 2017 Semester 2 contact information
Email: c.kovesi@unimelb.edu.au
- The Research Process for MusiciansMUSI40064
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2017
This subject provides Honours students in composition and performance with the tools and skills necessary to devise and conduct professional research in music at postgraduate level. Through seminars, group discussions and peer review sessions students will engage with the key principles of resear...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Melanie Plesch Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 24 hours, comprising one 2-hour seminar per week. Total time commitment 120 hours Teaching period 27 February 2017 to 28 May 2017 Last self-enrol date 10 March 2017 Census date 31 March 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 May 2017 Assessment period ends 23 June 2017 Semester 1 contact information
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Melanie Plesch Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 24 hours, comprising one 2-hour seminar per week. Total time commitment 120 hours Teaching period 24 July 2017 to 22 October 2017 Last self-enrol date 4 August 2017 Census date 31 August 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 22 September 2017 Assessment period ends 17 November 2017 Semester 2 contact information
- The Rise and Fall of the Roman RepublicANCW20019
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2017
The turbulent and exciting history of the Roman Republic roughly spanned some five centuries: from its humble beginnings around 500 BCE to the assassination of Julius Caesar on the Ides of March 44 BCE. The first part of this lecture series celebrating this formative period in world history discu...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Frederik Vervaet Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 29 hours - 1 x 1.5 hour lecture per week for 12 weeks and 11 x 1 hour tutorials scheduled across the semester Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 27 February 2017 to 28 May 2017 Last self-enrol date 10 March 2017 Census date 31 March 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 May 2017 Assessment period ends 23 June 2017 Semester 1 contact information
Email: fvervaet@unimelb.edu.au
- Thermal and Classical PhysicsPHYC20009
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2017
This subject extends knowledge of fundamental thermal physics principles and introduces the powerful and elegant Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulations of classical mechanics. Topics from thermal physics include thermal equilibrium, ideal gas and kinetic theory, equipartition of energy, heat and...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Harry Quiney Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 3 x one hour lectures per week (total 27 lectures); 1 x one hour tutorial per week (total 9 classes); 1 x three hour laboratory class per week (total 6 classes). Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 27 February 2017 to 28 May 2017 Last self-enrol date 10 March 2017 Census date 31 March 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 May 2017 Assessment period ends 23 June 2017 Semester 1 contact information
- Thermodynamics and Fluid MechanicsMCEN30018
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2017
AIMS This course is an introduction to basic principles of fluid mechanics and thermodynamics. These two subjects are introduced together in a single course, reflecting the large degree of cross-over in applications and basic first principles between the two subjects. Fluid mechanics is a very ...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Joseph Klewicki Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours of lectures and 20 hours of tutorials and laboratories Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 27 February 2017 to 28 May 2017 Last self-enrol date 10 March 2017 Census date 31 March 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 May 2017 Assessment period ends 23 June 2017 Semester 1 contact information
Semester 1
Dr Rob Gordon
Email: robert.gordon@unimelb.edu.aurobert.gordon@unimelb.edu.au, jimmyp@unimelb.edu.au
Semester 2
Dr Jimmy Philip
Email: jimmyp@unimelb.edu.au - Semester 2
Principal coordinator Jimmy Philip Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours of lectures and 20 hours of tutorials and laboratories Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 24 July 2017 to 22 October 2017 Last self-enrol date 4 August 2017 Census date 31 August 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 22 September 2017 Assessment period ends 17 November 2017 Semester 2 contact information
Semester 1
Dr Rob Gordon
Email: robert.gordon@unimelb.edu.aurobert.gordon@unimelb.edu.au, jimmyp@unimelb.edu.au
Semester 2
Dr Jimmy Philip
Email: jimmyp@unimelb.edu.au
- The Roman CountrysideANCW40018
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2017
This subject provides a wide-ranging overview of both overall trends and regional differences in Roman rural occupation and economy between the Archaic period and Late Antiquity. Primarily based on archaeological data, students will be introduced to the key topics in the field, including differen...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Gijs Tol Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 24 hours -1 x 2 hour seminar per week for 12 weeks Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 24 July 2017 to 22 October 2017 Last self-enrol date 4 August 2017 Census date 31 August 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 22 September 2017 Assessment period ends 17 November 2017 Semester 2 contact information
Email: gijs.tol@unimelb.edu.au
- The Romantic PianoMUSI40098
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2017
Reportedly in 1698 Cristofori built a harpsichord on which one could play “piano” and “forte”: keyboard music would never be the same. In 1823 Ignaz Moscheles staged a competition between an English and a Viennese piano: these two distinct schools of piano building would, through the following de...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Erin Helyard Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 24 hours Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 24 July 2017 to 22 October 2017 Last self-enrol date 4 August 2017 Census date 31 August 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 22 September 2017 Assessment period ends 17 November 2017 Semester 2 contact information
- The Romantic PianoMUSI30256
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2017
Reportedly in 1698 Cristofori built a harpsichord on which one could play “piano” and “forte”: keyboard music would never be the same. In 1823 Ignaz Moscheles staged a competition between an English and a Viennese piano: these two distinct schools of piano building would, through the following de...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Erin Helyard Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 24 hours Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 24 July 2017 to 22 October 2017 Last self-enrol date 4 August 2017 Census date 31 August 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 22 September 2017 Assessment period ends 17 November 2017 Semester 2 contact information
- The Roman Way of LifeANCW40012
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2017
The Monty Python team pondered many big questions, among them the rather tantalizing one: 'What did the Romans ever do for us?' This research seminar rises to the challenge as it involves discussions of revealing source material on the big issues in Roman social, cultural, political and religious...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Frederik Vervaet Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 24 hours - 1 x 2 hour seminar per week for 12 weeks Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 27 February 2017 to 28 May 2017 Last self-enrol date 10 March 2017 Census date 31 March 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 May 2017 Assessment period ends 23 June 2017 Semester 1 contact information
Email: fvervaet@unimelb.edu.au
- The Secret Life of LanguageLING10001
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2017
Have you ever wondered how language actually works? Or how it can be that a 6 year-old child can know more about their native language than the most sophisticated computers? This subject is a practical introduction to the nature of human language which gives a conceptual framework for discussing ...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Janet Fletcher Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 35 hours: 2 x 1 hour lecture and a 1 hour tutorial per week. There will be no tutorials in first week of semester. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 24 July 2017 to 22 October 2017 Last self-enrol date 4 August 2017 Census date 31 August 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 22 September 2017 Assessment period ends 17 November 2017 Semester 2 contact information
- The Secret Life of the Body 1UNIB10011
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2017
Ever thought about how we actually see, hear, taste, smell and touch? How do musicians, dancers, artists, athletes, martial artists and yoga practitioners do what they do? And how does this relate to findings and hidden secrets in scientific research about the body and the brain? In an incre...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator David Shea Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 3 hours per week for 12 weeks Total time commitment 136 hours Teaching period 27 February 2017 to 28 May 2017 Last self-enrol date 10 March 2017 Census date 31 March 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 May 2017 Assessment period ends 23 June 2017 Semester 1 contact information
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Elizabeth Presa Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 3 hours per week for 12 weeks Total time commitment 136 hours Teaching period 24 July 2017 to 22 October 2017 Last self-enrol date 4 August 2017 Census date 31 August 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 22 September 2017 Assessment period ends 17 November 2017 Semester 2 contact information
- Thesis Part 1MUSI40101
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2017
Students will conceive, plan and execute a substantial research project.
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Kerry Murphy Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Fortnightly 1-hour consultation with the appointed supervisor Total time commitment 340 hours Teaching period 27 February 2017 to 28 May 2017 Last self-enrol date 10 March 2017 Census date 31 March 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 May 2017 Assessment period ends 23 June 2017 Semester 1 contact information
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Kerry Murphy Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Fortnightly 1-hour consultation with the appointed supervisor Total time commitment 340 hours Teaching period 24 July 2017 to 22 October 2017 Last self-enrol date 4 August 2017 Census date 31 August 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 22 September 2017 Assessment period ends 17 November 2017 Semester 2 contact information
- Thesis Part 2MUSI40102
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2017
Refer to MUSI40101 Thesis Part 1
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Kerry Murphy Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Refer ro MUSI40101 Thesis Part 1 Teaching period 24 July 2017 to 22 October 2017 Last self-enrol date 4 August 2017 Census date 31 August 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 22 September 2017 Assessment period ends 17 November 2017 Semester 2 contact information
Refer to MUSI40101 Thesis Part 1
- The Theatre ExperienceENGL20034
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2017
This subject is for students across the university interested in understanding and enjoying theatre, an ancient art form that enjoys continuing popularity in many modern societies, including Australia. Drawing on a range of local and international examples from mainstream and experimental perform...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Paul Rae Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total 30 hours: a 2 hour seminar per week and a screening most weeks of 0.5-2 hours. (AV materials can also be accessed in the student’s own time, some online and others through the library system.) Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 27 February 2017 to 28 May 2017 Last self-enrol date 10 March 2017 Census date 31 March 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 May 2017 Assessment period ends 23 June 2017 Semester 1 contact information
- The Unconscious MindPSYC30012
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2017
Ever since Freud, the unconscious mind has been a critical part of our understanding of the human mind and behaviour. Despite its power to captivate popular imagination, scientific psychology's treatment of unconsciousness has a history of vicissitudes. This subject has three main components: his...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Yoshihisa Kashima Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 27 February 2017 to 28 May 2017 Last self-enrol date 10 March 2017 Census date 31 March 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 May 2017 Assessment period ends 23 June 2017 Semester 1 contact information
Subject Coordinator
ykashima@unimelb.edu.auMelbourne School of Psychological Sciences
enquiry-psych@unimelb.edu.au
- The Wellbeing OrchestraMUSI10222
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2017
The Wellbeing Orchestra utilises Tibetan singing bowls and an assortment of allied musical instruments to facilitate mindfulness and meditation. Through sound, breathing, mindfulness, meditation techniques and self reflection, the student will learn to harmonise an unfocussed mind, release from s...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Robert Vincs Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 24 hours (2-hours per week) Total time commitment 136 hours Teaching period 27 February 2017 to 28 May 2017 Last self-enrol date 10 March 2017 Census date 31 March 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 May 2017 Assessment period ends 23 June 2017 Semester 1 contact information
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Robert Vincs Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 24 hours (2-hours per week) Total time commitment 136 hours Teaching period 24 July 2017 to 22 October 2017 Last self-enrol date 4 August 2017 Census date 31 August 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 22 September 2017 Assessment period ends 17 November 2017 Semester 2 contact information
- The World Since World War IIHIST10012
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2017
The subject examines social, economic and political change in the world from Hiroshima to September 11, using case studies to explore topics and themes such as the Cold War, the population explosion, civil rights, decolonisation, fundamentalism and global warming. Key concepts developed during th...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Alessandro Antonello Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 35 hours – 24 x 1 hour lectures and 11 x 1 hour tutorials Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 24 July 2017 to 22 October 2017 Last self-enrol date 4 August 2017 Census date 31 August 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 22 September 2017 Assessment period ends 17 November 2017
- Thinking ScientificallySCIE20001
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2017
In this subject students will learn the fundamentals of the methods used in science practice, how to construct and evaluate a scientific argument, and how processes of scientific investigation are applied across the diverse range of scientific disciplines. Contextual examples will be used from cu...
- Semester 2 - Online
Principal coordinator Andrew Drinnan Mode of delivery Online Contact hours This subject is taught entirely online Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 24 July 2017 to 22 October 2017 Last self-enrol date 4 August 2017 Census date 31 August 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 22 September 2017 Assessment period ends 17 November 2017 Semester 2 contact information