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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.    

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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

  • 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.

  • 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...

  • 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.

  • Actuarial Studies Projects Part 2ACTL40011

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2017

    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.

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...