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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...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Bob Farquharson Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 43 hours incorporating 22 hours of lectures, 11 hours of tutorials or workshops and up to 10 hours of Industry Seminars to be held in Week 8 of 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
- 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...
- February
Principal coordinator Bob Farquharson Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Approximately 50 hours, 5 hours of lectures and 2 hours of workshops each week over 6 weeks including a 1 day field trip Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 27 February 2017 to 7 April 2017 Last self-enrol date 7 March 2017 Census date 24 March 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 12 May 2017 Assessment period ends 23 June 2017 February contact information
- 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...
- April
Principal coordinator Michael Santhanam-Martin Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Approximately 58 hours: 5 hours of lectures and 2 hours of workshops each week over 6 weeks, including a two day field trip. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 10 April 2017 to 26 May 2017 Last self-enrol date 19 April 2017 Census date 28 April 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 26 May 2017 Assessment period ends 23 June 2017 April contact information
- 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...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Vern Bowles Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Approximately 74 hours including 3 hours of lectures and 2 hours of workshops each week and a two-day field trip 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
- 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...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Ian Bland Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 48 hours of lectures/tutorials, and up to 30 hours practical/field work 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
- A History of Light in PerformanceFINA20043
Undergraduate subject Offered:Not offered in 2017 Year:2017
Not available in 2017
View details - 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 ...
- Summer Term
Principal coordinator Gerhard Wiesenfeldt Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 30 hours -1 x 2 hour lecture each day and 1 x 1 hour tutorial each day over the two week teaching period. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 4 January 2017 to 18 January 2017 Last self-enrol date 6 January 2017 Census date 13 January 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 3 February 2017 Assessment period ends 20 February 2017 Summer Term contact information
Email: gerhardw@unimelb.edu.au
- 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...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Una McIlvenna Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 29 hours – 12 x 1.5 hour lectures and 11 x 1 hour tutorials 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: una.mcilvenna@unimelb.edu.au
- 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 ...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Katherine Ellinghaus Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 29 hours – 12 x 1.5 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 Semester 2 contact information
- 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...
Not available in 2017
View details - 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...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Jayde Kirchert Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 36 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
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- 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...
Not available in 2017
View details - 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 ...
Not available in 2017
View details - 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...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Nora Ganter Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 3 x one hour lectures per week, 1 x one hour practice class per week 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: nganter@unimelb.edu.au
- 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...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Nitin Yadav Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours One 2-hour lecture plus one 1-hour laboratory 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
- 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 ...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Nir Lipovetzky Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 48 hours, comprising of two 1-hour lectures and one 2-hour workshop per week 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
- 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 ...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Anne Maxwell Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total 30 hours: a 1 hour lecture and a 1.5 hour tutorial per week. 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
- 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...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Anne Maxwell Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total 24 hours: a 2-hour seminar per week 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
- 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 ...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Barbara Keys Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 29 hours - 12 x 1.5-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 Semester 2 contact information
Email: bkeys@unimelb.edu.au
- 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...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator David Goodman Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 29 hours – 12 x 1.5 hour lectures and 11 x 1 hour tutorials 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: d.goodman@unimelb.edu.au