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  • US Foreign PolicyPOLS90007

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:February Year:2019

    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:July Year:2019

    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 Data to Improve LearningEDUC90939

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:May Year:2019

    This subject examines the interpretation and use of assessment data in a range of settings from Early Childhood to Tertiary. Various approaches to the interpretation of assessment data are examined, including criterion and standards referenced methods, with an emphasis on the reliability of data ...

  • Using EvidencePADM90008

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:October Year:2019

    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 ...

  • US Intellectual Property LawLAWS70406

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:Not offered in 2019 Year:2019

    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:Not offered in 2019 Year:2019Quotas 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 ...

  • Utilising Knowledge in Aboriginal HealthRURA90008

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2019

    Our knowledge of health comes from many different experiences, information sources and through different mediums. Our culture informs how we understand health and our expectations of health and health care. Western scientific knowledge also contributes to how we understand health. Furthermore, ou...

  • Valuation of Land and BuildingsPROP30001

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2019

    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:July Year:2019

    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 o...

  • Value Creation StrategiesMKTG90038

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:Term 2, Term 4 Year:2019

    This subject exposes students to an integrated perspective of the firm, how it interfaces with its environment, and how it creates and sustains value. Critical to the creation of value is the way a firm interacts with its various stakeholders. The subject builds a conceptual framework to examine ...

  • Value TheoryPHIL40004

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2019

    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 LanguageJAPN30012

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2019

    The diversity of language within Japanese, be it phonetical, lexical, morphological, grammatical and strategical, exist according to the speaker’s gender, age, hometown and type of communication one is engaged in. To ensure successful communication in Japanese, one must learn not only the ‘standa...

  • Variation in Japanese LanguageJAPN10010

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2019

    The diversity of language within Japanese, be it phonetical, lexical, morphological, grammatical and strategical, exist according to the speaker’s gender, age, hometown and type of communication one is engaged in. To ensure successful communication in Japanese, one must learn not only the ‘standa...

  • Variation in Japanese LanguageJAPN20012

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2019

    The diversity of language within Japanese, be it phonetical, lexical, morphological, grammatical and strategical, exist according to the speaker’s gender, age, hometown and type of communication one is engaged in. To ensure successful communication in Japanese, one must learn not only the ‘standa...

  • Vectorborne & Wildlife Reservoir DiseaseVETS90088

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:August Year:2019

    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:2019

    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 Management and ConservationBOTA30004

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2019

    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 ConsumptionHIST20052

    Undergraduate subject Offered:November Year:2019

    This intensive three-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 ...

  • Venice and Cultures of ConsumptionHIST30051

    Undergraduate subject Offered:November Year:2019

    This intensive three-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 ...

  • Ventricular FunctionMEDI90051

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:March, July Year:2019

    This subject will expand the knowledge of transthoracic echocardiography by learning pathophysiology and assessment of ventricular function, including in diastolic function. Topics include: The Cardiac CycleLeft Ventricular Systolic Function PathophysiologyEvaluation of Left Ventricular Functio...