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  • Agricultural EconomicsECON20012

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2017

    Agricultural Economics is an introduction to applying principles of agricultural economics to understanding the roles and practices of agriculture in the economy and the behaviour of producers and consumers in the agribusiness and farm sectors. The content will include the role and operation of a...

  • Agricultural Production Systems 1AGRI10047

    Undergraduate subject Offered:February Year:2017

    This subject is the first of a suite of three first year core Bachelor of Agriculture. (Agricultural Production Systems 1-3). Subjects that introduce students to the major Australian agricultural production systems (plant and animal) and the natural conditions and the social and economic principl...

  • Agricultural Production Systems 2AGRI10048

    Undergraduate subject Offered:April Year:2017

    This subject is the second of a suite of three first year subjects that are core to the Bachelor of Agriculture. (Agricultural Production Systems 1-3). These subjects introduce students to the major Australian agricultural production systems (plant and animal) and to the social and business princ...

  • Agricultural Production Systems 3AGRI10049

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2017

    This subject is the third of a suite of three first year subjects that are core to the Bachelor of Agriculture. (Agricultural Production Systems 1-3). These subjects introduce students to the major Australian agricultural production systems (plant and animal) and to the social and business princi...

  • Agricultural Systems AnalysisAGRI30003

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2017

    Success in animal enterprises and systems is a result of interdisciplinary interactions between animal, plant, climatic, human, risk and market factors. This subject aims to develop the skills required to analyse these interactions and support decision-making in animal enterprises. The subject is...

  • A History of Light in PerformanceFINA20043

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Not offered in 2017 Year:2017

  • A History of NatureHPSC20002

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Summer Term Year:2017

    This subject discusses central topics in human understandings about their environment in the Western world, particularly over the last 500 years. As Europeans began to venture out of their continent in the 15th century, they discovered new environments that challenged their received wisdom about ...

  • A History of SexualitiesHIST30004

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2017

    How have sexual practices and identities evolved, been represented and expressed from prehistory to the present? This subject will interrogate ideas about sexualities, with particular attention to developments from nineteenth century sexologists and psychoanalysis to feminism, queer theory and in...

  • A History of ViolenceHIST30068

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2017

    Every act of violence has a history. In order to more fully understand how and why violence recurs, how it has changed over time, and how it has been a driving force in history, we need to develop a more sophisticated and complex understanding of its historical origins. This subject will explore ...

  • Alexander TechniqueMUSI30059

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Not offered in 2017 Year:2017

    This subject deals specifically with techniques of a highly specialist nature. It requires both individual and small group attention, and attends to the particular characteristics of individuals in relation to such issues as posture and movement, which in turn may affect physical and mental healt...

  • Alexander Technique for Daily FunctionMUSI10215

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2017

    This subject empowers students to make conscious changes to unconscious patterns of physical tension caused by stress, everyday life events and performance habits that are unhelpful to them and to their artistic practice as singers, actors, musicians and dancers. Alexander Technique was developed...

  • Alexander Technique for MusiciansMUSI20161

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Not offered in 2017 Year:2017

    The Alexander Technique focuses on the unconscious, habitual ways in which we use ourselves - our patterns of posture, our movement and our responses as musicians to stress and pressure. Study of F. M. Alexander’s discoveries teaches us to have greater conscious control over these aspects of ours...

  • Alexander Technique for PerformanceMUSI20194

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Not offered in 2017 Year:2017

    This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to improve postural support, movement and breathing in daily life and more specifically in functionality as artists in their professional practice as singers, musicians, dancers and actors. Whilst the core of the work will centre on continued ...

  • AlgebraMAST30005

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2017

    Algebra has a long history of important applications throughout mathematics, science and engineering, and is also studied for its intrinsic beauty. In this subject we study the algebraic laws satisfied by familiar objects such as integers, polynomials and matrices. This abstraction simplifies and...

  • Algorithmic TradingFNCE30010

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2017Quotas apply

    Global equity markets have changed fundamentally over the last decades Regulatory reforms to promote competition for trading services have led to considerable fragmentation of markets. New entrants and new technology have contributed to innovative new trading mechanisms and pricing structures. To...

  • Algorithms and Data StructuresCOMP20003

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2017

    AIMS Programmers can choose between several representations of data. These will have different strengths and weaknesses, and each will require its own set of algorithms. Students will be introduced to the most frequently used data structures and their associated algorithms. The emphasis will be ...

  • American ClassicsENGL20023

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2017

    In this subject, students study a selection of major American literary texts from the nineteenth century. They learn about the original historical contexts in which the texts were written and read, and they are introduced to some of the key contemporary critical debates about these texts. Topics ...

  • American Fiction: The 20th CenturyENGL40015

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2017

    In this subject students will study a range of major works of American fiction from the twentieth century in their historical contexts. Examples chosen range across the movements of realism, modernism, postmodernism and neo-realism. Students will be encouraged to identify and trace a number of th...

  • American History from JFK to ObamaHIST20071

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2017

    Covering the most significant issues and debates in American history since 1945, but with emphasis on the period since 1960, this subject aims to develop a deeper understanding of American political and social controversies that remain relevant today. It charts key developments: from McCarthyism ...

  • American History: Revolution to WWIIHIST20059

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2017

    In its first 170 years the US grew from a disparate collection of east-coast colonies to a major world power. This subject examines American society through these years, exploring the intertwined themes of slavery, freedom and growth. The first part focuses on the consequences of the existence of...