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- Actuarial Practice and Control IIIACTL90009
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2017
Analysis of investment portfolios and asset classes from the perspective of an appointed actuary, with a view to identifying assets that suit the requirements of a variety of general insurance, life insurance, superannuation and other defined benefit liabilities.
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Kevin Fergusson Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours A total of three contact hours per week, consisting of lectures and/or 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
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Kevin Fergusson Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours A total of three contact hours per week, consisting of lectures and/or tutorials 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
- Actuarial Science Research ReportACTL90012
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2017
A research essay not exceeding 10,000 words on a topic approved by the Head of Department. The word count includes bibliography, footnotes, appendices and the number of words which would take up space used for tables, formulae and charts.
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Daniel Dufresne Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 12 hours 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
- Actuarial Science Research Report Part 1ACTL90016
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2017
A research essay not exceeding 10,000 words on a topic approved by the Head of Department. The word count includes bibliography, footnotes, appendices and the number of words which would take up space used for tables, formulae and charts.
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Daniel Dufresne Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 24 hours [overall total for enrolment in ACTL90016 and ACTL90017 over two consecutive semesters]. Total time commitment 340 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
Prof Daniel Dufresne
- Semester 2
Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 24 hours [overall total for enrolment in ACTL90016 and ACTL90017 over two consecutive semesters]. 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
Prof Daniel Dufresne
- Actuarial Science Research Report Part 2ACTL90017
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2017
Refer to ACTL90016 Actuarial Science Research Report Part 1 for details
- Semester 1
Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Refer to ACTL90016 Actuarial Science Research Report Part 1 for details 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
Prof Daniel Dufresne
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Daniel Dufresne Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Refer to ACTL90016 Actuarial Science Research Report Part 1 for details 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
Prof Daniel Dufresne
- Actuarial StatisticsACTL30004
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2017
Topics include experience rating; claim run-off triangles; generalised linear models; time series and their applications; simulation; decision theory.
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Enrique Calderin Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Three hours of lectures and/ or tutorials 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
- Actuarial Studies ProjectsACTL90013
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2017
This subject provides students with the experience of carrying out research independently on each of three topics chosen by the subject’s lecturers. It involves a two-semester program of study, (students must enrol in the subjects in two consecutive semesters). For each topic, the student is requ...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Shuanming Li Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours A maximum of five 1-hour meetings per 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
Email: shli@unimelb.edu.au
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Shuanming Li Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours A maximum of five 1-hour meetings 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
Email: shli@unimelb.edu.au
- Actuarial Studies Projects Part 1ACTL40010
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2017
Students will be required to submit three assignments of between 3,000 and 3,500 words each, on dates specified at the start of the academic year. The word count includes bibliography, footnotes, appendices and the number of words which would take up space used for tables, formulae and charts.
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Shuanming Li Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours A series of, at most, five 1-hour meetings per 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
Dr Xueyuan Wu Email: xueyuanw@unimelb.edu.au
Dr Zhuo Jin Email: zhuo.jin@unimelb.edu.au
A/Prof Shuanming Li Email: shli@unimelb.edu.au
- Actuarial Studies Projects Part 2ACTL40011
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2017
Please refer to the handbook page for Part 1: ACTL40010.
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Shuanming Li Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Please refer to the handbook page for Part 1: ACTL40010. 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
Please refer to the handbook page for Part 1: ACTL40010.
- Actuarial Studies Research EssayACTL40001
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2017
A research essay of not more than 10,000 words on a topic approved by the Head of Department. The word count includes bibliography, footnotes, appendices and the number of words which would take up space used for tables, formulae and charts.
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Shuanming Li Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours To be advised 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 Shuanming Li Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours To be advised 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
- Adaptation and TransgressionENGL20031
Undergraduate subject Offered:Not offered in 2017 Year:2017
This subject explores how stories are passed through time, place, genre and meaning through processes of adaptation. Adaptation is concerned with nostalgia, memory and the interpretation of history. In the present day, it has become a source of artistic and cultural transgression while also feedi...
Not available in 2017
View details - Adapting to Climate ChangeENST90034
Graduate coursework subject Offered:April Year:2017
This subject focuses on climate change adaptation, and in particular its environmental, political, social and policy dimensions. It explores the ways which climate change poses risks to human wellbeing, and the ways these risks can be managed. It draws on examples from Australia and the Asia-Paci...
- April
Principal coordinator Elissa Waters Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 30 hours Teaching period 13 April 2017 to 26 May 2017 Last self-enrol date 21 April 2017 Census date 28 April 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 19 May 2017 Assessment period ends 2 June 2017 April contact information
- Addressing Educational DisadvantageEDUC90737
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Not offered in 2017 Year:2017
The subject will focus on issues of pedagogy, curriculum, school culture and change and how they relate to increasing student achievement, engagement and retention in challenging school settings. This subject will build on more general work done in the first year of the Master of Teaching to focu...
Not available in 2017
View details - Administrative Challenges in PracticePADM90001
Graduate coursework subject Offered:March Year:2017
Administrative Challenges in Practice is a capstone subject in the Melbourne Master of Public Administration, bringing together expert contributors from the Faculty of Arts, Law and Business and Economics. The Melbourne MPA is an interdisciplinary, globally-focused degree program for managers tha...
- March
Principal coordinator Sue Olney Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 48 hours total: This subject delivered via 6 day-long seminars and workshops scheduled over a period of two and a half months. Total time commitment 340 hours Teaching period 1 March 2017 to 17 May 2017 Last self-enrol date 16 March 2017 Census date 24 March 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 28 April 2017 Assessment period ends 24 May 2017 March contact information
- Administrative LawLAWS50032
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2017
Administrative law regulates the relationship between the state and its people, in other words, the relationship between the government and the governed. In particular, it regulates the powers and procedures of the executive branch of government and establishes the mechanisms for ensuring legalit...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Kristen Rundle Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 48 hours Total time commitment 144 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: law-aso@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: +61 3 8344 4475
Website: law.unimelb.edu.au
- Adolescent Health Minor ThesisPOPH90268
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Year Long Year:2017
The purpose of this subject is to develop the critical disciplines of research methodology and to arm students with the necessary knowledge and skills to analyse and interpret research that informs our understanding of young people’s health and well-being. The aim is also to provide students with...
- Year Long - Online
Principal coordinator Andrea Krelle Mode of delivery Online Contact hours Regular meetings with supervisor/s, one hour weekly or fortnightly per semester, either face to face or via videoconference/Skype Teaching period 27 February 2017 to 22 October 2017 Last self-enrol date 10 March 2017 Census date 31 May 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 22 September 2017 Assessment period ends 17 November 2017 Year Long contact information
- Adolescent Health Minor ThesisPAED90015
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2017
This subject is only available to students who have already completed one iteration of PAED90015. All others please enrol into the new version of this subject, POPH90268 - Adolescent Health Minor Thesis. The purpose of this subject is to develop the critical disciplines of research meth...
- Semester 1 - Online
Principal coordinator Andrea Krelle Mode of delivery Online Contact hours Regular meetings with supervisor/s, one hour weekly or fortnightly per semester. Total time commitment 375 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 - Online
Principal coordinator Andrea Krelle Mode of delivery Online Contact hours Regular meetings with supervisor/s, one hour weekly or fortnightly per semester. Total time commitment 375 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
- Adolescent Health ProjectPOPH90170
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2017
In this subject, participants will draw on ideas from research, along with theoretical frameworks and strategies explored during the course to develop and review a critical inquiry project relevant to their professional practice workplace / setting that influences outcomes for young people. Parti...
- Semester 1 - Online
Principal coordinator Andrea Krelle Mode of delivery Online Contact hours Regular meetings with research supervisor 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 - Online
Principal coordinator Andrea Krelle Mode of delivery Online Contact hours Regular meetings with research supervisor 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
- Adolescent Sexuality and Sexual HealthPOPH90169
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2017
This subject explores two main themes: 1. The social construction of sexuality - how our understandings of sexuality are developed in socio-cultural contexts; and 2. Sexual health - how it is defined and measured, what factors contribute to it, and practical issues to consider when interacting wi...
- Semester 1 - Online
Principal coordinator Henrietta Williams Mode of delivery Online Contact hours No on-campus hours 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
HWilliams@mshc.org.au or andrea.krelle@mcri.edu.au
Administrative CoordinatorHelen D'Cruz
helen.dcruz@rch.org.au
- Adult Neuropsychological DisordersPSYC90032
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Year Long Year:2017
A year long lecture-based subject focussed on the neuropsychological effects of neurodegeneration, cerebrovascular disease, epilepsy, traumatic brain injury, alcohol-related brain damage, psychogenic disorders, multiple sclerosis, brain tumours, and paraneoplastic disorders of the brain. Detailed...
- Year Long
Principal coordinator Michael Saling Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 1.5 hours of lectures/seminars per week for 24 weeks. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 27 February 2017 to 22 October 2017 Last self-enrol date 10 March 2017 Census date 31 May 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 22 September 2017 Assessment period ends 17 November 2017 Year Long contact information
- Adult Palliative CareNURS90047
Graduate coursework subject Offered:July Year:2017
Evidence Based Palliative Care (compulsory for all students) Day 1 – Pain Assessment & Management in palliative care (compulsory for doctors and nurses)Day 2 - Symptom Management in palliative care (compulsory for doctors and nurses)Day 3 – Palliative care in non-cancer contextDay 4 - Psycho...
- July
Principal coordinator Karen Quinn Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 20 hours of lectures/seminars/workshops Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 12 July 2017 to 15 September 2017 Last self-enrol date 25 July 2017 Census date 4 August 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 22 September 2017 Assessment period ends 6 November 2017 July contact information
School of Melbourne Custom Programs
Currently enrolled students:
- General information:http://www.commercial.unimelb.edu.au/pcspeccert
- Email:TL-palliativecare@unimelb.edu.au
Future students:
- Further information:http://www.commercial.unimelb.edu.au/pcspeccert
- Email:TL-palliativecare@unimelb.edu.au