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- Thinking SexCULS30004
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2017
How do we come to experience ourselves as having a gender and a sexual orientation? How do social constructions of gender relate to understandings of sexuality? How have categories like masculinity and femininity; heterosexuality, homosexuality and bisexuality transformed over time? This subject ...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Gilbert Caluya 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 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
- Time Series Analysis and ForecastingECOM30004
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2017
Normally topics will include current techniques used in forecasting in finance, accounting and economics such as regression models, Box-Jenkins, ARIMA models, vector autoregression, causality analysis, cointegration and forecast evaluation, and ARCH models. The computer software used is Eviews.
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Barry Rafferty Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial/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
- To Hell with DanteITAL30007
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2017
This subject concentrates on selected cantos of Dante's Inferno. Students will develop techniques which will enable them to analyse the poetic language of the Inferno. Guided readings in secondary material will give students an understanding of some of the key medieval concepts of the Inferno. Th...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Malcolm Angelucci Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 30 hours: 1 x 1 hour lecture and 1 x 1.5 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
- Topics in Animal HealthDASC20013
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2017
This subject explores major topics on animal health or relevance to the agricultural industries, domestic animal management and society in general. It focuses on the roles and perspectives of the personnel involved i.e. farmers, horse stud and stable workers, animal enterprise managers, laborator...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Peter Cakebread Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 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
- Topics in Arabic & Islamic StudiesISLM40001
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2017
This subject involves a series of seminar presentations and discussions on a topic or topics of contemporary or special interest in Arabic and Islamic Studies. Topics will vary from year to year, depending on current events and the interests of the particular cohort of students. Where appropriate...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Muhammad Kamal Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Fortnightly meetings with the coordinator. 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 Muhammad Kamal Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Fortnightly meetings with the coordinator. 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
- Topics in Asian PhilosophyPHIL40014
Undergraduate subject Offered:Not offered in 2017 Year:2017
This subject asks students to engage with the thought of some of the great Asian philosophers and their commentators, understanding them, and developing their own ideas in response. The topics discussed will involve some of the following: metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, political philosophy, a...
Not available in 2017
View details - Topics in Contemporary EpistemologyPHIL40018
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2017
This subject will explore selected topics in contemporary epistemology. We will focus on a specific topic or set of related topics in epistemology, and examine contemporary research on this topic. Sometimes a historical dimension may enter the subject where it is important to ground the topic in ...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Howard Sankey 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: chs@unimelb.edu.au
- Topics in Indonesian StudiesINDO40003
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2017
This subject involves a series of seminar presentations and discussions on topics of contemporary or special interest to Indonesian Studies. Topics will vary from year to year, depending on current events and the interests of the particular cohort of students. Where appropriate, visiting scholars...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Michael Ewing Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours A total of 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
- Topics in Japanese StudiesJAPN40003
Undergraduate subject Offered:Not offered in 2017 Year:2017
This subject involves a series of seminar presentations and discussions on a topic or topics of contemporary or special interest. Topics will vary from year to year, depending on current events and the interests of the particular cohort of students. Where appropriate, visiting scholars will parti...
Not available in 2017
View details - Topics in MetaphysicsPHIL40005
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2017
This unit covers selected issues in contemporary metaphysics. We will focus on a particular philosophical issue (e.g. ontology, possibility, necessity, the nature of objects), and look at contemporary work addressing this issue.
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Dana Goswick 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: dgoswick@unimelb.edu.au
- Topics in Moral PsychologyPHIL40003
Undergraduate subject Offered:Not offered in 2017 Year:2017
This subject explores various issues in the psychology of morals, paying particular attention to the relation between moral psychology and meta-ethics. Specific topics for discussion may include: autonomy and responsibility, recent feminist work on moral psychology, the role of emotion in moral p...
Not available in 2017
View details - Total War: World War IIHIST20060
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2017
This subject will focus on the second total war of the twentieth century and will explore questions about the causes of armed conflict, the nature of total war, and some of the consequences (social, economic, cultural and political) of total war for modern European and global history. Among the t...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Gabriela Welch 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: welch.g@unimelb.edu.au
- Town and Country in China and the WestHIST30070
Undergraduate subject Offered:Not offered in 2017 Year:2017
This subject involves the study of urbanisation and urban phenomena in history from a comparative perspective, with a focus on similarities and contrasts between China and the West, and attention to changing urban-rural relations and contrasts over time. The subject will be taught over a period o...
Not available in 2017
View details - Town and Country in China and the WestHIST20073
Undergraduate subject Offered:Not offered in 2017 Year:2017
This subject involves the study of urbanisation and urban phenomena in history from a comparative perspective, with a focus on similarities and contrasts between China and the West, and attention to changing urban-rural relations and contrasts over time. The subject will be taught over a period o...
Not available in 2017
View details - Translation: Intercultural IndonesianINDO30019
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2017
Students will examine problems of linguistic and cultural difference through the process of translation between Indonesian and English. Students will enhance their expertise in practical Indonesian-English and English-Indonesian translation and will also be introduced to key theoretical issues in...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Michael Ewing Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours A total of 48 hours: Two 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
- Translation: Intercultural IndonesianINDO10013
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2017
Students will examine problems of linguistic and cultural difference through the process of translation between Indonesian and English. Students will enhance their expertise in practical Indonesian-English and English-Indonesian translation and will also be introduced to key theoretical issues in...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Michael Ewing Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours A total of 48 hours: Two 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
- Translation: Intercultural IndonesianINDO20016
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2017
Students will examine problems of linguistic and cultural difference through the process of translation between Indonesian and English. Students will enhance their expertise in practical Indonesian-English and English-Indonesian translation and will also be introduced to key theoretical issues in...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Michael Ewing Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours A total of 48 hours: Two 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
- Transport ProcessesCHEN20009
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2017
AIMS This subject covers fundamental concepts of diffusion and conservation within momentum, heat and mass transport. Use of these concepts is integral to the profession of Chemical Engineering. For example, heat exchangers are used throughout Chemical Engineering processes to transfer thermal e...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Dalton Harvie Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 3 x 1 hour lectures + 1 x 1 hour tutorial per week + 2 x 90 minutes of laboratory work per 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
Dr Dalton Harvie
Email: daltonh@unimelb.edu.au
- Trauma & Spectacle: Postwar European ArtAHIS40005
Undergraduate subject Offered:Not offered in 2017 Year:2017
This subject examines selected artists and art movements in Europe from the occupation of France in 1940 to the late 1960s. Opposing the idea that New York stole the idea of modern art after WWII, in this subject the post-war decades in Europe are viewed as a period of extraordinary artistic and ...
Not available in 2017
View details - Travelling Dance StudioDNCE30024
Undergraduate subject Offered:June Year:2017
This three-week study abroad subject is taught intensively on location primarily in Paris and in Angers 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 ...
- June
Principal coordinator Meredith Blackburn Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours The subject is taught in intensive mode on site in designated cities in Europe including Paris, and Montpellier or Angers 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 120 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