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  • US Contract LawLAWS90032

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:Not offered in 2017 Year:2017

    Many international transactions choose the law of a US jurisdiction as governing law—especially New York or Californian law. This subject covers doctrines distinctive to US contract law, with attention to important differences between New York and California. US contract law derives from the comm...

  • US Copyright Law and PracticeLAWS90104

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:October Year:2017Quotas apply

    The subject will cover the relationship of statutory to constitutional norms, particularly with respect to US copyright’s accommodation of freedom of expression. The copyright 'Subject Matter' topic will include applied art and computer programs – works whose protection courts have not easily res...

  • US Foreign PolicyPOLS90007

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:July Year:2017

    This subject examines the formation and conduct of US foreign policy.It explores the actors, ideas, interests and institutions that shape US foreign policy, including the role of the President, the Executive branch, Congress, interest groups, lobbies, and political culture, including debates abou...

  • Using Data To Build Learning PathwaysEDUC90756

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:March Year:2017

    In this subject, participants will develop a theoretical and practical understanding of the principles of assessment and reporting for students with additional needs. The emphasis will be on data collection, its purpose, and strengths and weaknesses of various approaches that are consistent with ...

  • Using EvidencePADM90008

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:October Year:2017

    Using Evidence is one of the core subjects in the Melbourne Master of Public Administration. The Melbourne MPA is an interdisciplinary, globally-focused degree program for managers that work within or with government. This subject is one of three professionally-oriented subjects and it builds on ...

  • Using ICT in Chinese Language TeachingEDUC90698

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:Not offered in 2017 Year:2017

    The subject introduces the range and purposes of ICT in modern languages education and requires particular engagement with applications which assist Chinese language teachers to produce material of their own; to open computer based language learning resources including the Web to their students s...

  • US Intellectual Property LawLAWS70406

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:Not offered in 2017 Year:2017

    Intellectual property is an increasingly contested field – both nationally and internationally. Different states’ intellectual property laws manifest different attitudes towards the defining policy tension in this field of law: how to encourage and reward innovative activity, while ensuring that ...

  • US Patent LawLAWS90105

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:May Year:2017Quotas apply

    This subject provides an in-depth overview of the fundamental principles of US patent law and practice. It is taught by a distinguished former US judge and practitioner who has had extensive practical experience in patent litigation in that country. It will be a subject of immediate interest and ...

  • 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...

  • Value Chain AnalysisAGRI90077

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2017

    Food, beverage and fibre value chains are analysed in terms of firm and whole-of-chain performance. In this subject supply chain and value chain concepts are explained, techniques of mapping and analysing value chains are introduced, and ways of measuring performance are explored. The concepts of...

  • Value Creation StrategiesMKTG90038

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:Not offered in 2017 Year:2017

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • Vectorborne & Wildlife Reservoir DiseaseVETS90088

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:July Year:2017

    This subject focuses on vector-borne and wildlife reservoir emergency diseases. Many emergency animal diseases in the recent past have a complex epidemiology, either involving insect vectors and/or or wildlife reservoirs. Many of these outbreaks were initially new or emerging, and in some cases...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...