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- The Laptop Recording StudioMUSI20174
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2017
This subject introduces the basics of sound recording on a laptop computer. Aspects of sound recording including microphone use, recording set up, editing and production will be examined. The Laptop Recording Studio is delivered in two parts: lecture and workshop. Lecture is taught in a large gro...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator David Haberfeld Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 24 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 David Haberfeld Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 24 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 Long History of GlobalisationHIST40037
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2017
It is a commonplace that we live in globalised world. But what does this mean in theory and in practice? How did we get to this point? And how do we interpret the processes that underpin our global world? This subject examines the origins of the interconnected global paradigm from its origins in ...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Jenny Spinks Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 24 hours - 12 x 2 hour seminars 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 Medieval Image: Art and CultureAHIS30021
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2017
Taking the so-called ‘late Middle Ages’ (approximately 1300–1520) as its focus, this subject confronts a set of seemingly simple questions: what is an image, who makes images, and how do they circulate in the world? It examines the roles images played during this period from a variety of perspect...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Charles Green Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total 30 hours: A 1.5-hour lecture and a 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 Modern Middle EastHIST30015
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2017
This subject is a historical survey of the major events, movements and relationships underlying the making of the modern Islamic and Arab Middle East since the end of the First World War. The subject enables students to understand: the interplay of religion and foreign rule and intervention in sh...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Richard Pennell 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: rpennell@unimelb.edu.au
- The Music of SpainMUSI40095
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2017
The subject explores a range of Spanish musical styles from the middle ages to the present day, and their interaction with European and American musical traditions. Topics include aspects of early music, opera and music theatre, concert music, film music, contemporary popular music, flamenco and ...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Michael Christoforidis Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 24 hours, comprising one 1-hour lecture and one 1-hour tutorial 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
- The Music Of SpainMUSI30030
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2017
The subject explores a range of Spanish musical styles from the middle ages to the present day, and their interaction with European and American musical traditions. Topics include aspects of early music, opera and music theatre, concert music, film music, contemporary popular music, flamenco and ...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Michael Christoforidis Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 24 hours, comprising one 1-hour lecture and one 1-hour tutorial 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
- The Music Producer: From Brass to BeatsMUSI30236
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2017
This subject examines music production and the role of the music producer. It surveys the development of music production from early multi-track techniques to contemporary use of beats, loops and samples. Aspects of the function and crafting of sound elements will be examined in the context of en...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Anthony Lyons Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 24 hours, comprising twelve 2-hour seminars 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 Nature of RealityPHIL20039
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2017
Our central question in this subject will be the extent to which our everyday experiences are determined by the nature of the world itself versus the extent to which they're determined by the structure of our own minds. Our approach to this question will be multi-faceted, drawing on philosophical...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Dana Goswick Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 2x 1-hour lectures each week and 1x 1-hour tutorial (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
Email: dgoswick@unimelb.edu.au
- Theories and Professional PracticePSYC40006
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2017
This subject aims to provide fourth-year students with a framework for understanding the origins and development of psychological thought, research and practice in relation to its socio-historical and ethical contexts. It will explore changing themes in the history and philosophy of scientific an...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Simon Laham Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Thirty-six hours, comprising 12 x 1.5 hour lectures and 12 x 1.5 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
- Theories of ModernitySOTH40001
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2017
This subject explores the way modernity is understood through various key texts in modern social theory. Students completing this subject should have developed an understanding of the major conceptual debates concerning the meaning of modernity, gained an awareness of the selected philosophical a...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Ashley Barnwell 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 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 Origins of the NovelFREN20010
Undergraduate subject Offered:Not offered in 2017 Year:2017
In this subject students will read a selection of novels in French (from the Middle Ages to 18th century) in order to understand the evolution of the French novel. They will have to analyse the narrative structures and demonstrate critical awareness of the social, political and ideological contex...
Not available in 2017
View details - The Origins of the NovelFREN30012
Undergraduate subject Offered:Not offered in 2017 Year:2017
In this subject students will read a selection of novels in French (from the Middle Ages to 18th century) in order to understand the evolution of the French novel. They will have to analyse the narrative structures and demonstrate critical awareness of the social, political and ideological contex...
Not available in 2017
View details - Theory and Practice of Art HistoryAHIS30019
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2017
This capstone subject examines the theory and practice of art history. Through a survey of the different approaches to the study of art which have emerged since the early modern period the subject will provide students with a fundamental grounding in the methodologies of the discipline. Students ...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Anthony White Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total 24 hours: a 2 hour seminar per week throughout semester. 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
- Theory For WritingCWRI40004
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2017
A survey of critical, philosophical and theoretical writing relating to issues of creativity and the creative process. Texts from, for instance, Derrida, Lacan, Freud, Foucault, Kristeva, Cixous, Barthes, Althusser, Tompkins and others will be discussed. The relation between critical schools of t...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Elizabeth MacFarlane Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total 30 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
- Theory & the Anthropological ImaginationANTH30013
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2017
Focusing on contemporary issues (such as relatedness, identity, modernity and embodiment) that have been encountered through the course of the Anthropology and Social Theory major, this capstone subject examines in depth the relationship between substantive research, including ethnography, and so...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Monica Minnegal Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 2 hour seminar per week & presentation day in Week 12 of Semester. 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 Philosophy of MindPHIL20033
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2017
This subject will cover central issues in the philosophy of mind, such as the relationship between minds and brains (e.g., dualism, behaviourism, physicalism, functionalism and eliminativism), the nature of mental states such as beliefs, desires and sensations, how mental states represent feature...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Laura Schroeter Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 2x 1-hour lectures each week and 1x 1-hour tutorial (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 Philosophy of PhilosophyPHIL30007
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2017
This subject examines the nature of philosophy itself. Students will read what many great philosophers have said about the methods, aims, and ambitions of philosophy. And they will examine how these views are grounded in, or intertwined with commitments about metaphysics, epistemology, or ethics....
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Dana Goswick Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours - 1 x 90 minute lecture and 1 x 90 minute 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
Email: dgoswick@unimelb.edu.au
- The Politics of SexPOLS20011
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2017
This subject introduces ideas developed in feminist theory about the social and political construction of areas of experience relating to the body, gender and sexuality. Issues analysed in the subject include transsexualism, reproduction, eating disorders, pornography, sex work, sexual violence a...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Lauren Rosewarne Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 30 Contact Hours:. 1 x two hour lecture and 1 x one hour tutorial per week for 10 weeks. The lecture and tutorial programs are staggered and cover the 12 weeks 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
- The Power and Limits of LogicPHIL30043
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2017
This subject deals with the power and limits of logic. We will cover some of the great conceptual advances in logic in the 20th Century, which have revolutionised our understanding of logic and language, of models and meaning, and of concepts and computation. We will examine the conceptual founda...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Greg Restall Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 42 hours - 1 x 2 hour seminar / workshop each week and 1 x 1.5 hour video lecture in preparation for each seminar. 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: restall@unimelb.edu.au
- The Power of Text and ImageFINA30020
Undergraduate subject Offered:Not offered in 2017 Year:2017
Through a series of lectures and studio projects, this subject explores the visual and communicative power of images and text, as a major part of human to human communication and as a history of human social interchange, examining three phases: oral, text-based, and image-centred communication. ...
Not available in 2017
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