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- Travelling Dance StudioDNCE20028
Undergraduate subject Offered:June Year:2017
This three-week study abroad subject is taught intensively on location primarily in Paris at the Centre National De Danse Contemporaine. Students will immerse themselves in the rich culture and history of Paris, drawing on architecture, museums, galleries and performances to inform and inspire th...
- June
Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours The subject is taught in intensive mode on site in designated cities in Europe. (2014 example: Paris, and Montpellier or Angers, France) in the mid year non-teaching period, June to July. (Specific dates to be advised by supervisor and available by the start of the academic year) 60 contact hours: included will be a series of intensive practical workshops, a series of 3 hour site visits and 9 X one hour tutorials. Total time commitment 140 hours Teaching period 5 June 2017 to 7 July 2017 Last self-enrol date 12 June 2017 Census date 23 June 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 4 August 2017 Assessment period ends 4 September 2017 June contact information
Anna Smith
- Trends in Health InformaticsBINF40001
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2017
Students will attend and participate in research seminars and tutorials organized by the Health and Biomedical Informatics Centre in a variety of topics related with informatics in different health areas, such as mobile health, participatory health or precision medicine. Health informatics is a d...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Guillermo Lopez Campos Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 18 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:
Dr Guillermo Lopez Campos
guillermo.lopez@unimelb.edu.au
Administrative Coordinator:
Ms Claudia Sandoval
- Trends in Personality& Social PsychologyPSYC30022
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2017
This subject has two components. Personality: discusses major contemporary issues in the study of personality, and selected areas of contemporary research. Topics will be selected from the neuroscience of personality; personality processes; the emotional and motivational correlates of personality...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Brock Bastian 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
- Trends & Issues in Agrifood BiotechBTCH30002
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2017
Students will acquire knowledge of the recent and important developments in biotechnology related to agriculture and food and develop an understanding of local and global issues in biotechnology in relation to environment health and sustainable crop and animal production. This subject will provid...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Mohan Singh Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 24 lectures and 12 hours of other activities (such as tutorials/group/forum discussions) 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
- Twentieth-Century Italian Art: 1909-1969AHIS40008
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2017
This subject is an advanced seminar which examines specific moments in twentieth-century Italian art. Exploring a broad range of visual culture in modern Italy, the syllabus will cover artistic developments and critical debates in painting, sculpture, film, architecture and industrial design. Thi...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Anthony White 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
- UBC:Global CitizenshipSOCI20009
Undergraduate subject Offered:Not offered in 2017 Year:2017
Just what does it mean to be a “global citizen”? When few people even agree on what “global citizenship” means, this idea is murky, even if a more just and tolerant future world is compelling. In this highly interactive interdisciplinary and fully online course, you will consider themes relating ...
Not available in 2017
View details - UB: Global Educ: Issues & OpportunitiesEDUC20079
Undergraduate subject Offered:Not offered in 2017 Year:2017
The module explores global issues in education and the different contexts in which children and young people learn and educators teach – in formal, non-formal and informal settings. It begins by introducing key concepts used in international education policy and practice. It presents information ...
Not available in 2017
View details - UB: Global Environmental IssuesENVS20002
Undergraduate subject Offered:April Year:2017
This module examines the conflict between increasing use of natural resources, growing environmental degradation and population increase. It considers the difficulty in distinguishing human impacts from natural environmental changes, and examines a number of specific environmental issues relating...
- April - Online
Mode of delivery Online Contact hours Online classes from January to April through the University of Birmingham, UK. This subject is only available online. Teaching period 20 April 2017 to 17 June 2017 Last self-enrol date 1 May 2017 Census date 5 May 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 26 May 2017 Assessment period ends 17 June 2017
- Uncertainty, Vagueness and DisagreementPHIL40013
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2017
This subject tackles issues around information and when it is hard to deal with, because it is uncertain, imprecise or contested. We are often confronted by situations where we are uncertain, when our ideas are imprecise or ambiguous, and when we otherwise disagree and cannot seem to resolve this...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Greg Restall Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 24 hours - 1 x 2 hour seminar each 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: restall@unimelb.edu.au
- Under Camera AnimationFINA20036
Undergraduate subject Offered:Summer Term, February, Winter Term, July Year:2017Quotas apply
“Under Camera Animation” is an animation technique; animating “under the camera” involves the creation of an animation through frame-by-frame imagery, photographing each frame with a stills camera and then combining these photographs into an animated film. The potential processes and materials th...
- Summer Term
Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours Intensive Mode: 7hrs per day for 6 days (42 hours) Teaching period 30 January 2017 to 6 February 2017 Last self-enrol date 31 January 2017 Census date 3 February 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 10 February 2017 Assessment period ends 16 February 2017 Summer Term contact information
- February
Principal coordinator Laura Woodward Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours Intensive Mode: 7hrs per day for 6 days (42 hours) Teaching period 7 February 2017 to 14 February 2017 Last self-enrol date 8 February 2017 Census date 10 February 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 18 February 2017 Assessment period ends 24 February 2017 February contact information
- Winter Term
Principal coordinator Laura Woodward Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours Intensive Mode: 7hrs per day for 6 days (42 hours) Teaching period 26 June 2017 to 3 July 2017 Last self-enrol date 27 June 2017 Census date 30 June 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 7 July 2017 Assessment period ends 13 July 2017 Winter Term contact information
- July
Principal coordinator Laura Woodward Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours Intensive Mode: 7hrs per day for 6 days (42 hours) Teaching period 4 July 2017 to 11 July 2017 Last self-enrol date 5 July 2017 Census date 7 July 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 15 July 2017 Assessment period ends 21 July 2017 July contact information
- Understanding Australian MediaMECM20006
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2017
This subject examines Australian media with an emphasis on its political nature and issues of media convergence, citizenship, policy, regulation, ownership, governance and local content. Students are encouraged to actively, and critically, examine their own media use. Drawing on this, and a range...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Mark Davis Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total 30 hours: a 1.5-hour lecture and a 1-hour tutorial/lab session 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
- Understanding Global LandformsGEOG20002
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2017
This subject outlines the development of geomorphology as a discipline, the different approaches used to study landforms and theory of landscape processes and evolution. Topics covered include the denudation system; weathering; hill slopes; fluvial processes and landforms; glacial processes and l...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator David M. Kennedy Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Two 1-hour lectures (all recorded on LectureCapture) and three hours of practical classes per week including and one day of fieldwork 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
- Understanding Islam and Muslim SocietiesISLM10001
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2017
This is an introductory subject that exposes students to the basic and fundamental beliefs and practices that constitute the fabric of the Islamic world. Students will be able to explore relationships and differences between the key teachings of Islam and the customary practices of Muslims. In do...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Muhammad Kamal Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours A total of 30 hours: A 1.5-hour lecture and a 1-hour tutorial 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
- Understanding Knowing and LearningEDUC10050
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2017
This subject will lead students to increase their understanding of various ways of knowing and learning while developing personal theories of learning and its enhancement. This will be achieved through exploration of a range of theoretical perspectives combined with practical application. Theoret...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator John Quay Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 1 1-hour lecture and 1 2-hour seminar each 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
- Understanding MasksTHTR30039
Undergraduate subject Offered:July Year:2017Quotas apply
What is a “mask”? Students will endeavour to answer this question by exploring the history, cultural and performative function of mask in a wide variety of social contexts. This research will be supplemented with practical studio sessions in mask design and making, processes and materials. Stude...
- July
Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 60 hours Total time commitment 170 hours Pre teaching start date 26 June 2017 Teaching period 3 July 2017 to 21 July 2017 Last self-enrol date 27 June 2017 Census date 14 July 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 4 August 2017 Assessment period ends 24 August 2017 July contact information
- Understanding Planet EarthERTH10002
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2017
This subject will allow students to gain a deeper understanding of the processes governing the geological evolution of the Earth. This will be achieved via the lecture series, practical sessions and a four-day field trip, providing hands-on and theoretical investigations employing Victoria’s geol...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Anne-Marie Tosolini Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 3 x one hour lectures per week for eight weeks; 1 x three hour practical class per week for eight weeks; 4 days of field excursion during the mid-semester recess 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: a.tosolini@unimelb.edu.au
- Understanding SocietySOCI10001
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2017
This subject explores our contemporary society through sociological perspectives. Students will be encouraged to develop what C Wright-Mills describes as a 'sociological imagination', which seeks to understand the ways in which our identities are formed by social structures and historical pattern...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Barbara Barbosa Neves Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 35 Contact Hours: 2 x one hour lectures 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
- Understanding the Built EnvironmentABPL10005
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2017
This subject was formerly known as The World of Building This subject provides a broad introduction to the processes and skills embedded in the construction of buildings, to the nature of the industry developed around it, and to the material traditions societies have relied and rely on to produce...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Robert Crawford Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 2 X 1 hour lectures and 1X 1 hour tutorial 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: rhcr@unimelb.edu.au
- Understanding The Life CourseSOCI40003
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2017
This subject introduces a life course approach to social issues. Life course research is a relatively new and innovative approach in the social sciences which has developed in recent decades. It brings back in a time dimension into social research and systematically links social changes on the ma...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Liz Dean Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 24 contact hours: A 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
- Understanding the New Media in ChinaCHIN30024
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2017
This subject engages with the new form of language used in the modern media in China, including its written, audio and visual forms. It explores its roots and meanings and the factors which led to its emergence.
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Ruonan Zeng Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours A total of 36 hours: A 1-hour lecture and a 2-hour tutorial 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