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  • Translation: Intercultural IndonesianINDO30019

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2019

    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...

  • Transport Oriented DesignPLAN30004

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2019

    The subject will examine the relationship between transport planning and urban design in diverse urban, Australian and international contexts. Transport Oriented Design will investigate contemporary practices and policies of efficient integration between transport planning and design that deliver...

  • Transport ProcessesCHEN20009

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2019

    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...

  • Trauma & Spectacle: Postwar European ArtAHIS40005

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Not offered in 2019 Year:2019

    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 ...

  • Travelling Art StudioFINA20046

    Undergraduate subject Offered:June Year:2019

    The Travelling Art Studio is an intensive study abroad subject that exposes students to a deeper and contextual understanding of the production and presentation of art in an international context. Students will travel to an international destination in Europe or Asia where they will have first-ha...

  • Travelling Dance StudioDNCE30024

    Undergraduate subject Offered:June Year:2019

    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 ...

  • Travelling Dance StudioDNCE20028

    Undergraduate subject Offered:June Year:2019

    This three-week study abroad subject is taught intensively on location primarily in Paris 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 and inspire th...

  • Travelling Design & Performance StudioDPSS20009

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Not offered in 2019 Year:2019Quotas apply

    In this travelling studio students will engage in a two-week immersive experience in a country of the Asia- Pacific region involving workshops in traditional theatre making where design plays a key role. The designed components may include puppetry, costume, masks, properties and/or scenic elemen...

  • Trends in Personality& Social PsychologyPSYC30022

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2019

    This subject has two components. Personality: discusses major contemporary issues in the study of personality, and selected areas of contemporary research. Topics will be selected from the neuroscience of personality; personality processes; the emotional and motivational correlates of personalit...

  • Trends & Issues in Agrifood BiotechBTCH30002

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2019

    Students will acquire knowledge of the recent and important developments in biotechnology related to agriculture and food and develop an understanding of local and global issues in biotechnology in relation to environment health and sustainable crop and animal production. This subject will provid...

  • Tropical Field EcologyZOOL30009

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2019Quotas apply

    This field work subject takes place in the Daintree Rainforest Observatory in Northern Queensland, and provides an overall perspective on the biology of Australian terrestrial animals, including both vertebrates and invertebrates. A key aim is for students to gain experience in designing and cond...

  • Twentieth-Century Italian Art: 1909-1969AHIS40008

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2019

    This subject is an advanced seminar which examines specific moments in twentieth-century Italian art. Exploring a broad range of visual culture in modern Italy, the syllabus will cover artistic developments and critical debates in painting, sculpture, film, architecture and industrial design. Thi...

  • Two Koreas in the WorldKORE20001

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2019

    The subject covers both South and North Koreas’ international relations since the establishment of the governments in 1948 until today. It deals with two Koreas’ political and ideological divergence since the end of WWII and how two Koreas have formed two totally different diplomatic, economic an...

  • UBC:Global CitizenshipSOCI20009

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Not offered in 2019 Year:2019

    Just what does it mean to be a “global citizen”? When few people even agree on what “global citizenship” means, this idea is murky, even if a more just and tolerant future world is compelling. In this highly interactive interdisciplinary and fully online course, you will consider themes relating ...

  • UB: Global Educ: Issues & OpportunitiesEDUC20079

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Not offered in 2019 Year:2019

    The module explores global issues in education and the different contexts in which children and young people learn and educators teach – in formal, non-formal and informal settings. It begins by introducing key concepts used in international education policy and practice. It presents information ...

  • UB: Global Environmental IssuesENVS20002

    Undergraduate subject Offered:April Year:2019

    This module examines the conflict between increasing use of natural resources, growing environmental degradation and population increase. It considers the difficulty in distinguishing human impacts from natural environmental changes, and examines a number of specific environmental issues relating...

  • Uncertainty, Vagueness and DisagreementPHIL40013

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2019

    This subject tackles issues around information and when it is hard to deal with, because it is uncertain, imprecise or contested. We are often confronted by situations where we are uncertain, when our ideas are imprecise or ambiguous, and when we otherwise disagree and cannot seem to resolve this...

  • Under Camera AnimationFINA20036

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Summer Term, February, June, Winter Term Year:2019Quotas apply

    In this subject each student will make a film using the “under camera animation” technique. This animation technique involves the creation of an animation through frame-by-frame imagery, photographing each frame with a tablet and then combining these photographs into an animated film. The potenti...

  • Understanding Australian MediaMECM20006

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2019

    This subject examines Australian media with an emphasis on its political nature and issues of media convergence, citizenship, policy, regulation, ownership, governance and local content. Students are encouraged to actively, and critically, examine their own media use. Drawing on this, and a range...

  • Understanding Islam and Muslim SocietiesISLM10001

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2019

    This is an introductory subject that exposes students to the basic and fundamental beliefs and practices that constitute the fabric of the Islamic world. Students will be able to explore relationships and differences between the key teachings of Islam and the customary practices of Muslims. In do...