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- Urban Precinct StudioABPL30060
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2017
The focus of this studio is on the development or redevelopment of a precinct-scale site. Students will undertake site investigations and prepare analysis that will lead into developing a vision for the precinct and a related urban design and planning framework. The future imagining of the precin...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Hyungmin Kim Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 2 hours of lecture and 6 hours of studio per week. 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
- Urban Tree ManagementHORT20019
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2017
This subject aims to provide students with a thorough understanding of the care and management of trees in urban settings. The content will include tree anatomy and structure, tree growth and function, tree root systems, tree pathology and health, methods of tree assessment and evaluation, tree p...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Sarah Priestley Mode of delivery On Campus (Burnley) Contact hours 24 hours of lectures, 24 hours of practicals/seminars/field trips. Total: 48 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
- Urban Water ManagementHORT10015
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2017
Water is essential for plant growth. In a world where climate is changing this resource is becoming scarce and expensive, therefore it is important to value water and to use it wisely. This subject develops students’ understanding of the relationship between achieving optimal plant growth in an u...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Tim Fletcher Mode of delivery On Campus (Burnley) Contact hours 24 hours lectures, 24 hours tutorials and practical/project activities. Total: 48 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
- USA and the WorldHIST30065
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2017
The subject examines the relationship between the United States and the rest of the world in the 20th century. The subject explores America's rise to global power, the ideological foundations of U.S. foreign policy, and how, why, and with what effects the United States has exercised its power. We...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Emma Shortis 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: emma.shortis@unimelb.edu.au
- Usability EngineeringINFO30004
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2017
AIMS How do you design information and communication technologies that are useful, usable and satisfying? Usability Engineering addresses this question. Usability is now a vital part of the IT industry for both work and leisure. We can see usability (or the lack of it) in the design of tablets, ...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Martin Gibbs Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours, comprising of two 1 hour lectures and one 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
- Usability Evaluation MethodsINFO20004
Undergraduate subject Offered:Not offered in 2017 Year:2017
AIMS How do we know if our digital designs will be usable and useful when people take them up in their work or social lives? Poor designs lead to errors and frustration and result in a substantial waste of money and resources. It is crucial that digital designers carefully evaluate and iterate t...
Not available in 2017
View details - Valuation of Land and BuildingsPROP30001
Undergraduate subject Offered:Not offered in 2017 Year:2017
Property and property valuation matter, Residential and commercial properties form a substantial part of a nation’s wealth. The practice of quantifying the wealth of landed resources affects the stability of the local, the national and the global markets.This subject introduces students to the ma...
Not available in 2017
View details - Value TheoryPHIL40004
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2017
This subject will involve an advanced study of problems and issues in contemporary value theory, normally concentrating on issues in ethics and metaethics. In some years, the course may instead focus on issues in contemporary aesthetics. On completion of the subject, students should be able to br...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Francois Schroeter 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 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
- Variation in Japanese LanguageJAPN10010
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2017
This subject aims to familiarise students with colloquial and dialectal expressions used in Japan. It introduces students to various styles of Japanese spoken by those differentiated by gender, age and region. It will also give students opportunities to examine different registers in various conv...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Yasuhisa Watanabe Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours A total of 48 hours: Four hours of language classes 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
- Variation in Japanese LanguageJAPN20012
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2017
This subject aims to familiarise students with colloquial and dialectal expressions used in Japan. It introduces students to various styles of Japanese spoken by those differentiated by gender, age and region. It will also give students opportunities to examine different registers in various conv...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Yasuhisa Watanabe Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours A total of 48 hours: 4 hours of language classes 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
- Variation in Japanese LanguageJAPN30012
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2017
This subject aims to familiarise students with colloquial and dialectal expressions used in Japan. It introduces students to various styles of Japanese spoken by those differentiated by gender, age and region. It will also give students opportunities to examine different registers in various conv...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Yasuhisa Watanabe Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours A total of 48 hours: 4 hours of language classes 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
- Vector CalculusMAST20009
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2017
This subject studies the fundamental concepts of functions of several variables and vector calculus. It develops the manipulation of partial derivatives and vector differential operators. The gradient vector is used to obtain constrained extrema of functions of several variables. Line, surface an...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Charl Ras 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
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Arun Ram 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 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
- Vegetation Establishment and MaintenanceHORT10011
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2017
This subject builds on Plant Production and Culture. It focuses on successful establishment of vegetation in private and public landscapes and on a range of plant materials used in urban horticulture. Students are introduced to the concept of urban landscape management as it applies to vegetation...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Chris Williams Mode of delivery On Campus (Burnley) Contact hours 24 hours lectures, 12 hours tutorials, 24 practical activities. Total: 60 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
- Vegetation Management and ConservationBOTA30004
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2017
This subject provides a detailed knowledge of vegetation structure and natural values of Victorian plant communities and their assessment, including environmental limiting factors, threats due to land use, development and fragmentation, and management issues related to environmental impact assess...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Peter Vesk Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 1 x one hour lecture per week; 48 hours fieldwork and practical work (4 hours per week, plus up to one hour travel time to and from field sites) 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
- Venice and Cultures of ConsumptionHIST30051
Undergraduate subject Offered:November Year:2017
This intensive four-week study abroad subject is taught on location in Venice. The Renaissance in Italy is regarded by many as the locus of the first consumer society in the western world. Venice was at the centre of the new commercial revolution and the trade and production of the luxury goods t...
- November
Principal coordinator Catherine Kovesi Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 37 hours: This subject is taught in intensive mode on siteember in Venice from 17 November (departure date) (subject begins 20 Nov) to 15 December 2017. Seven 1 hour lectures, seven 1 hour tutorials, seven 3 hour site visits. Pre-departure digital storytelling tutorial: 2 hours Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 18 November 2017 to 15 December 2017 Last self-enrol date 23 November 2017 Census date 8 December 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 19 January 2018 Assessment period ends 19 February 2018 November contact information
Email: c.kovesi@unimelb.edu.au
- Venice and Cultures of ConsumptionHIST20052
Undergraduate subject Offered:November Year:2017
This intensive four-week study abroad subject is taught on location in Venice. The Renaissance in Italy is regarded by many as the locus of the first consumer society in the western world. Venice was at the centre of the new commercial revolution and the trade and production of the luxury goods t...
- November
Principal coordinator Catherine Kovesi Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 35 hours: This subject is taught in intensive mode in Venice from 17 November (departure date) (subject begins 20 November) to 15 December 2017. Seven x 1 hour lectures, seven x 1 hour tutorials, seven x 3 hour site visits. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 18 November 2017 to 15 December 2017 Last self-enrol date 23 November 2017 Census date 8 December 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 19 January 2018 Assessment period ends 19 February 2018 November contact information
Email: c.kovesi@unimelb.edu.au
- Vet Bioscience Research Project Part 1VETS40020
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2017
This honours research project in the Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences aims to develop a student's ability to design and undertake a substantial body of work, to find solutions to a particular problem, and to report on this in written and verbal form. Project definition is completed...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Ken Snibson Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours This subject is an individual research project and weekly contact hours will vary depending on the nature of the project. 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
- Vet Bioscience Research Project Part 2VETS40021
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2017
Refer to VETS40020 Veterinary Bioscience Research Project Part 1
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Ken Snibson Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Refer to VETS40020 Veterinary Bioscience Research Project 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 VETS40020 Veterinary Bioscience Research Project Part 1
- Veterinary Bioscience: Cardiovasc SystemVETS30014
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2017
Using clinical cases to illustrate principles, this subject examines the structure, function and potential for dysfunction of the cardiovascular system of the major domestic animal species. As students develop an understanding of the mechanisms of disease of this system, they will develop skills ...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Elizabeth Tudor Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 72 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
- Veterinary Bioscience: Cells to SystemsVETS30015
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2017
This capstone subject takes a multi-disciplinary approach to the investigation of health and disease in domestic animals. Students will be introduced to the structural and functional organisational units of the body and to the fundamental principles of veterinary anatomy, physiology, biochemistry...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Elizabeth Washington Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 72 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