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- The Power and Limits of LogicPHIL30043
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2019
This subject deals with the power and limits of logic. We will cover some of the great conceptual advances in logic in the 20th Century, which have revolutionised our understanding of logic and language, of models and meaning, and of concepts and computation. We will examine the conceptual founda...
- Semester 1
Coordinator Greg Restall Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 1 x 2 hour seminar/workshop each week and 1 x 1.5 hour video lecture in preparation for each seminar. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 4 March 2019 to 2 June 2019 Last self-enrol date 15 March 2019 Census date 31 March 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 10 May 2019 Assessment period ends 28 June 2019
- The Psychopathology of Everyday LifePSYC30014
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2019
This subject covers phenomena such as hallucinations and delusions, anxiety, somatisation, depression, dissociation, and changes in memory and cognition, and places them in the context of everyday experiences. It discusses the various factors, processes and mechanisms thought to lead some people ...
- Semester 1
Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 4 March 2019 to 2 June 2019 Last self-enrol date 15 March 2019 Census date 31 March 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 10 May 2019 Assessment period ends 28 June 2019 Semester 1 contact information
Dr Nicholas T. Van Dam
- The Qur'an: An IntroductionISLM20003
Undergraduate subject Offered:February Year:2019
This subject is an introduction, in English translation, to the most important text of Islam, the Qur'an, which Muslims regard as the primary source of Islam. Students will study: the origins of the Qur'an, its overall structure and content, major themes, approaches to its interpretation, and its...
- February
Coordinator Abdullah Saeed Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours A total of 35 hours: 7 x 5 hour lectures and tutorials. Total time commitment 170 hours Pre teaching start date 2 January 2019 Pre teaching requirements Students are required to read the prescribed readings available through the LMS. Teaching period 20 February 2019 to 28 February 2019 Last self-enrol date 11 January 2019 Census date 22 February 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 15 March 2019 Assessment period ends 26 April 2019 February contact information
- The Renaissance in ItalyHIST30006
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2019
This subject seeks to engage and excite students in an interactive series of ‘lectorials' which examine the social, political, and cultural history of the many central and northern Italian cities which participated in the culture known as the Renaissance. With special case studies of Florence and...
- Semester 1
Coordinator Catherine Kovesi Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 24 hours: 12 x 2 hour weekly lectorials. Lectorials are in an engaging and interactive mode of teaching, combining lectures and tutorial discussion. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 4 March 2019 to 2 June 2019 Last self-enrol date 15 March 2019 Census date 31 March 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 10 May 2019 Assessment period ends 28 June 2019 Semester 1 contact information
- The Research Process for MusiciansMUSI40064
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2019
This subject provides students with the tools and skills necessary to devise and conduct professional research in music at graduate level. Through group discussions and peer review sessions students will engage with the key principles of research and academic writing and apply them to a context r...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Melanie Plesch Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 1-hour lecture and 1-hour tutorial per week. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 4 March 2019 to 2 June 2019 Last self-enrol date 15 March 2019 Census date 31 March 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 10 May 2019 Assessment period ends 28 June 2019 Semester 1 contact information
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Melanie Plesch Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 1-hour lecture and 1-hour tutorial per week. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 29 July 2019 to 27 October 2019 Last self-enrol date 9 August 2019 Census date 31 August 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 27 September 2019 Assessment period ends 22 November 2019 Semester 2 contact information
- The Rise and Fall of the Roman RepublicANCW20019
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2019
The turbulent and exciting history of the Roman Republic roughly spanned some five centuries: from its humble beginnings around 500 BCE to the assassination of Julius Caesar on the Ides of March 44 BCE. The first part of this subject celebrating this formative period in world history discusses ea...
- Semester 1
Coordinator Frederik Vervaet Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 1 x 2 hour seminar per week for 12 weeks Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 4 March 2019 to 2 June 2019 Last self-enrol date 15 March 2019 Census date 31 March 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 10 May 2019 Assessment period ends 28 June 2019 Semester 1 contact information
- Thermal and Classical PhysicsPHYC20009
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2019
This subject extends knowledge of fundamental thermal physics principles and introduces the powerful and elegant Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulations of classical mechanics. Topics from thermal physics include thermal equilibrium, ideal gas and kinetic theory, equipartition of energy, heat and...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Harry Quiney Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 3 x one hour lectures per week (total 27 lectures); 1 x one hour tutorial per week (total 9 classes); 1 x three hour laboratory class per week (total 6 classes). Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 4 March 2019 to 2 June 2019 Last self-enrol date 15 March 2019 Census date 31 March 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 10 May 2019 Assessment period ends 28 June 2019 Semester 1 contact information
- Thermodynamics and Fluid MechanicsMCEN30018
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2019
AIMS This course is an introduction to basic principles of fluid mechanics and thermodynamics. These two subjects are introduced together in a single course, reflecting the large degree of cross-over in applications and basic first principles between the two subjects. Fluid mechanics is a very ...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Robert Gordon Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours of lectures and 20 hours of tutorials and laboratories Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 4 March 2019 to 2 June 2019 Last self-enrol date 15 March 2019 Census date 31 March 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 10 May 2019 Assessment period ends 28 June 2019 Semester 1 contact information
Robert Gordon
- Semester 2
Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours of lectures and 20 hours of tutorials and laboratories Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 29 July 2019 to 27 October 2019 Last self-enrol date 9 August 2019 Census date 31 August 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 27 September 2019 Assessment period ends 22 November 2019 Semester 2 contact information
Jimmy Philip
- The Roman CountrysideANCW40018
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2019
This subject provides a wide-ranging overview of both overall trends and regional differences in Roman rural occupation and economy between the Archaic period and Late Antiquity. Primarily based on archaeological data, students will be introduced to the key topics in the field, including differen...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Gijs Tol Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 24 hours -1 x 2 hour seminar per week for 12 weeks Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 29 July 2019 to 27 October 2019 Last self-enrol date 9 August 2019 Census date 31 August 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 27 September 2019 Assessment period ends 22 November 2019 Semester 2 contact information
Email: gijs.tol@unimelb.edu.au
- The Romantic PianoMUSI40098
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2019
Reportedly in 1698 Cristofori built a harpsichord on which one could play “piano” and “forte”: keyboard music would never be the same. In 1823 Ignaz Moscheles staged a competition between an English and a Viennese piano: these two distinct schools of piano building would, through the following de...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Paul Kildea Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 24 Hours Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 4 March 2019 to 2 June 2019 Last self-enrol date 15 March 2019 Census date 31 March 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 10 May 2019 Assessment period ends 28 June 2019
- The Romantic PianoMUSI30256
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2019
Reportedly in 1698 Cristofori built a harpsichord on which one could play “piano” and “forte”: keyboard music would never be the same. In 1823 Ignaz Moscheles staged a competition between an English and a Viennese piano: these two distinct schools of piano building would, through the following de...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Paul Kildea Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 24 hours. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 4 March 2019 to 2 June 2019 Last self-enrol date 15 March 2019 Census date 31 March 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 10 May 2019 Assessment period ends 28 June 2019
- The Roman Way of LifeANCW40012
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2019
The Monty Python team pondered many big questions, among them the rather tantalizing one: 'What did the Romans ever do for us?' This research seminar rises to the challenge as it involves discussions of revealing source material on the big issues in Roman social, cultural, political and religious...
- Semester 1
Coordinator Frederik Vervaet Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 24 - 1 x 2 hour seminars each week for 12 weeks Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 4 March 2019 to 2 June 2019 Last self-enrol date 15 March 2019 Census date 31 March 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 10 May 2019 Assessment period ends 28 June 2019 Semester 1 contact information
- The Secret Life of LanguageLING10001
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2019
Have you ever wondered how language actually works? Or how it can be that a 6 year-old child can know more about their native language than the most sophisticated computers? This subject is a practical introduction to the nature of human language which gives a conceptual framework for discussing ...
- Semester 2
Coordinator Peter Hurst Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 35 hours: 2 x 1 hour lecture and a 1 hour tutorial per week. There will be no tutorials in first week of semester. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 29 July 2019 to 27 October 2019 Last self-enrol date 9 August 2019 Census date 31 August 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 27 September 2019 Assessment period ends 22 November 2019 Semester 2 contact information
- The Secret Life of the Body 1UNIB10011
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2019
Ever thought about how we actually see, hear, taste, smell and touch? How do musicians, dancers, artists, athletes, martial artists and yoga practitioners do what they do? And how does this relate to findings and hidden secrets in scientific research about the body and the brain? In an incre...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator David Shea Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 3 hours per week for 12 weeks Total time commitment 136 hours Teaching period 4 March 2019 to 2 June 2019 Last self-enrol date 15 March 2019 Census date 31 March 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 10 May 2019 Assessment period ends 28 June 2019 Semester 1 contact information
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Elizabeth Presa Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 3 hours per week for 12 weeks Total time commitment 136 hours Teaching period 29 July 2019 to 27 October 2019 Last self-enrol date 9 August 2019 Census date 31 August 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 27 September 2019 Assessment period ends 22 November 2019 Semester 2 contact information
- Thesis Part 1MUSI40101
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2019
Students will conceive, plan and execute a substantial research project.
- Semester 1
Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours Total time commitment 340 hours Teaching period 4 March 2019 to 2 June 2019 Last self-enrol date 15 March 2019 Census date 31 March 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 10 May 2019 Assessment period ends 28 June 2019 - Semester 2
Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours Total time commitment 340 hours Teaching period 29 July 2019 to 27 October 2019 Last self-enrol date 9 August 2019 Census date 31 August 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 27 September 2019 Assessment period ends 22 November 2019
- Thesis Part 2MUSI40102
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2019
Refer to MUSI40101 Thesis Part 1
- Semester 1
Coordinator Kerry Murphy Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours Teaching period 4 March 2019 to 2 June 2019 Last self-enrol date 15 March 2019 Census date 31 March 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 10 May 2019 Assessment period ends 28 June 2019 - Semester 2
Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours Teaching period 29 July 2019 to 27 October 2019 Last self-enrol date 9 August 2019 Census date 31 August 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 27 September 2019 Assessment period ends 22 November 2019
- The Social History of the Roman WorldANCW20026
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2019
What was it like actually to live in the Roman empire? How can we learn about the realities of life for ordinary Romans? How much has changed in two millennia? This course is designed to make students aware of and deal with aspects of society and culture in the Roman empire. Generally the time p...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Tim Parkin Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 30 hours: a 1.5 hour lecture and a 1 hour tutorial per week Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 29 July 2019 to 27 October 2019 Last self-enrol date 9 August 2019 Census date 31 August 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 27 September 2019 Assessment period ends 22 November 2019
- The Theatre ExperienceENGL20034
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2019
This subject is for students across the university interested in understanding and enjoying theatre, an ancient art form that enjoys continuing popularity in many modern societies, including Australia. Drawing on a range of local and international examples from mainstream and experimental perform...
- Semester 2
Coordinator Paul Rae Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 29 July 2019 to 27 October 2019 Last self-enrol date 9 August 2019 Census date 31 August 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 27 September 2019 Assessment period ends 22 November 2019 Semester 2 contact information
- The Unconscious MindPSYC30012
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2019
Ever since Freud, the unconscious mind has been a critical part of our understanding of the human mind and behaviour. Despite its power to captivate popular imagination, scientific psychology's treatment of unconsciousness has a history of vicissitudes. This subject has three main components: his...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Michelle Stratemeyer Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 4 March 2019 to 2 June 2019 Last self-enrol date 15 March 2019 Census date 31 March 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 10 May 2019 Assessment period ends 28 June 2019
- The Wellbeing OrchestraMUSI10222
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2019
The Wellbeing Orchestra utilises Tibetan singing bowls and an assortment of allied musical instruments to facilitate mindfulness and meditation. Through sound, breathing, mindfulness, meditation techniques and self reflection, the student will learn to harmonise an unfocussed mind, release from s...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Alex Pertout Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 24 hours (2-hours per week) Total time commitment 136 hours Teaching period 29 July 2019 to 27 October 2019 Last self-enrol date 9 August 2019 Census date 31 August 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 27 September 2019 Assessment period ends 22 November 2019 Semester 2 contact information