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- The Business of MusicMUSI20206
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2017
This subject introduces the business practices of the music industry. Aspects of copyright, marketing, law, management, contracts, sales, distribution, ownership, and merchandising will be examined in relation to areas such as touring, recording deals, digital streaming, live performance, music p...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Mark Pollard Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 24 hours, comprising 2-hours per week Total time commitment 156 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 Construction ContextABPL20041
Undergraduate subject Offered:Not offered in 2017 Year:2017
This subject provides a broad introduction to the nature and construction industry both locally and internationally and investigates the roles and responsibilities of a range of industry stakeholders. Theories relating to management, project management, teamwork and communication and how they app...
Not available in 2017
View details - The Critical ImaginationSOTH40003
Undergraduate subject Offered:Not offered in 2017 Year:2017
This subject explores the three currents that social and critical theorising grows out of: the Enlightenment, revolutionary tradition and romanticism. It critically assesses these currents through an examination of the works of key classical critical and social theorists. Students completing this...
Not available in 2017
View details - The Developing WorldDEVT10001
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2017
This subject is an introduction to the developing world and development studies from the perspectives of Anthropology, Political Science, Economics, Sociology and Geography. Beginning with an examination of the legacies of colonialism, we will ask to what extent they can be argued to have created...
- Semester 1
Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 35 Contact Hours:1 x two hour lecture and 1 x one hour tutorial per week for 12 weeks. No tutorials in Week 1. 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 Digital ScreenscapeSCRN30005
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2017
This subject explores the impact that digital technologies have had in the world of screen media and in mediating the world around us. Film and television has, over the last century, become an integral part of our reality but, since the advent of the digital era, screen media have become even mor...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Angela Ndalianis Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total 60 hours: a1.5-hour lecture, a 1-hour tutorial and a 2.5-hour screening 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
- The Disaster Resilient CityGEOG30021
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2017
This subject examines the impacts of disasters in cities. It will explore why some groups are more vulnerable to particular hazards than others, while considering the role of social capital and adaptation for increasing the resilience of urban communities to disasters.This is important because th...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Ilan Wiesel Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours One 2-hour lecture and one 1-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
- The Economics of TaxationECON30016
Undergraduate subject Offered:Not offered in 2017 Year:2017
Topics include review of the economic framework for analysing decision making; background to the Australian and other relevant taxation systems; issues and controversies in relation to the tax system and taxpayer decisions; objectives of tax collectors and taxpayers; why taxes exist; options and ...
Not available in 2017
View details - The Ethics of CapitalismPHIL20044
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2017
Capitalism is now the dominant way of organizing economic production and other aspects of social life in most countries. But there are many who feel that capitalism is morally troubling, or even evil. This subject aims to develop a moral evaluation of capitalism in its various forms, and to addre...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Daniel Halliday Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 35 hours - 2 x 60 minute lectures each week and 1 x 60 minute tutorial in weeks 2-12 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 Ethnography of MusicMUSI30053
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2017
This subject is designed for students considering undertaking honours or graduate research based on musical ethnography. You will be introduced to some historical and contemporary models of ethnographic representation and writing, fieldwork methods, and ethical issues in musical ethnography. Your...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Jenny McCallum Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 24 hours, comprising one 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
- The Ethnography of Music (Honours)MUSI40079
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2017
This subject is designed for students intending to undertake honours or graduate research based on musical ethnography. You will be introduced to some historical and contemporary models of ethnographic representation and writing, field work methods, and ethical issues in musical ethnography. Your...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Jenny McCallum Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 24 hours, comprising 2 hours 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
- The First Centuries of IslamHIST20010
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2017
This subject examines the growth of Islamic civilisation in the period between the revelation of the Quran and the Spanish Christian reconquest of Granada in 1492. The study focuses on the Arabic speaking areas of western Asia, North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula, and its aim is to understand ...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Richard Pennell Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 29 hours - 12 x 90 minute lectures and 11 x 60 minute 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: rpennell@unimelb.edu.au
- The Foundations of InterpretationPHIL30024
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2017
This subject explores the theories of meaning and interpretation developed in contemporary European thought. We will examine questions such as: How do we make sense of texts from other cultures and times? What is it to interpret a text? What is deconstruction? Is the meaning of a text determined ...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Francois Schroeter Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours - 1 x 1.5 hour online lecture and 1 x 1.5 hour seminar each 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: fschro@unimelb.edu.au
- The French RevolutionHIST20068
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2017
In 1789 huge numbers of French peasants, urban workers and middle-class people successfully rebelled against absolute monarchy and the privileges of the nobility. But the struggle over what social and political system should replace the 'Old Regime' was to divide French people and finally the who...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Peter McPhee 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: p.mcphee@unimelb.edu.au
- The Future of Health in a Data StormBINF20001
Undergraduate subject Offered:Not offered in 2017 Year:2017
New advanced technologies are transforming and disrupting traditional healthcare and biomedical research, driven by data of unprecedented volume, variety and velocity. The discipline of Health and Biomedical informatics provides insights, tools and methods to shape this increasingly complex scena...
Not available in 2017
View details - The Future of WorkMGMT30019
Undergraduate subject Offered:Summer Term Year:2017
The way we work is changing. Graduates entering the workforce are facing a revolution in both organizational cultures and working practices, all designed to boost output, cut costs, give employees more freedom over how they work and contribute to a greener economy. Trends are disruptive and fast-...
- Summer Term
Principal coordinator Josh Healy Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 23 January 2017 to 3 February 2017 Last self-enrol date 25 January 2017 Census date 3 February 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 10 February 2017 Assessment period ends 17 February 2017 Summer Term contact information
- The Global EnvironmentEVSC10001
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2017
This subject is an introduction to Geology, Geography, Climate and Environmental Science. It provides an overview of the processes controlling the formation and evolution of our global environment. We begin by exploring the origin of the Earth as a planet within the solar system, its layered stru...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Anne-Marie Tosolini Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 3 x one hour lectures per week, 1 x two hour practical 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: a.tosolini@unimelb.edu.au
- The Great War 1914 to 1918HIST10014
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2017
The Great War, the ‘seminal catastrophe of the twentieth century,’ now lies a century behind us, but its aftershocks continue to reverberate down to the present. This subject will provide a global history of the war with special attention devoted to Australia’s role. Issues to be addressed includ...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Gabriela Welch 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 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: welch.g@unimelb.edu.au
- The Holocaust & GenocideHIST20013
Undergraduate subject Offered:Winter Term Year:2017
The twentieth century has been labelled the "Age of Genocide". This subject will provide a detailed examination of the Holocaust, the archetype of modern genocide, and seek to place it within the broader comparative history of genocide and mass violence with case studies from Africa and the Asia ...
- Winter Term
Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 30 hours – 10 x 2 hour lectures and 10 x 1 hour tutorials across the two week teaching period Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 26 June 2017 to 7 July 2017 Last self-enrol date 28 June 2017 Census date 7 July 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 21 July 2017 Assessment period ends 4 August 2017
- The Integrated BrainPSYC30020
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2017
There are more connections in a human brain than there are stars in the universe. This subject focuses on the brain as an integrated system and looks at how its many connected networks achieve coordinated effects, linking the mind to the brain and the body. In exploring integration across the ner...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Amy Jordan Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) 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
- The Integrated Curriculum 4BEDUC40018
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2017
This subject will explore teaching techniques and their adaptation to different abilities and learning styles; and a range of learning outcomes in preschool settings. It will develop linkages with teaching and professional practice and build on the understandings developed in previous subjects. T...
- Semester 1
Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Lectures and tutorials totalling 18.5 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
Discontinued Subject