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- Animal Disease Biotechnology 1ANSC30001
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2019
Formerly BIOL30004 This subject elaborates on the scientific basis of disease recognition in individual animals and populations of animals. It explores causes of disease in animal populations, the mechanisms of disease processes and their transmission, principles of biosecurity, and the scientif...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Jean-Pierre Scheerlinck Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 60 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
Email: j.scheerlinck@unimelb.edu.au
- Animal Disease Biotechnology 2ANSC30002
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2019
Formerly BIOL30005 This subject expands on the themes developed in; BIOL30004 Animal Disease Biotechnology 1 and the role of animal health surveillance in maintaining the health of human populations. The subject offers opportunities to develop laboratory skills in areas such as haematology, immu...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Jean-Pierre Scheerlinck Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 60 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
Email: j.scheerlinck@unimelb.edu.au
- Animal Health in Production SystemsVETS30013
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2019
This subject examines the major animal production systems in Australia, with a particular focus on the impact of management practices on the health and welfare of animal populations. Students will develop an appreciation of the economic drivers of these industries, measures of productivity utilis...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Stuart Barber Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 86 hours including 36 hours of lectures, 33 hours of practicals and a 2-day field trip to Dookie. Plus 2 weeks industry-based placement during vacations. Total time commitment 204 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
- Animal LawLAWS50122
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Not offered in 2019 Year:2019Quotas apply
This subject will look at the relatively recent discipline of Animal Law, which requires the synthesis of diverse legal principles in a way that exposes how in a given case or question, they may affect, challenge or arm the advancement of the welfare and treatment of animals. The subject will als...
Not available in 2019
View details - Animal Management and Veterinary HealthVETS90082
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2019
This subject examines the major animal production systems in Australia, with a particular focus on the impact of management practices on the health and welfare of animal populations. Students will develop an appreciation of the economic drivers of these industries, measures of productivity utilis...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Stuart Barber Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 87 hours including a 2-day field trip to Dookie (plus 2 weeks industry-based placement during vacations). Total time commitment 204 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
- Animal Physiology and GrowthANSC20001
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2019
Formerly DASC20010/BIOL20002 Physiology is the integrative study of the control of normal body function. This subject will examine the functions of different cell types and their interactions in organs and tissues; mechanisms by which organs are controlled and their functions are regulated; ther...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Peter Cakebread Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 72 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
- Animal Production SystemsAGRI10049
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2019
This subject is the third of a suite of three first year subjects that are core to the Bachelor of Agriculture. (Agricultural Production Systems 1-3). These subjects introduce students to the major Australian agricultural production systems (plant and animal) and to the social and business princi...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Vern Bowles Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Approximately 74 hours including 3 hours of lectures and 2 hours of workshops each week and a two-day field trip 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
- Animals and Society 2: Humans & AnimalsANSC20004
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2019
This subject is designed to encourage students to continue to think about how and why animals are so integral to human society. Utilising case studies of current hot topics in animal welfare we examine human-animal relationships and emphasize the complex roles and responsibilities, and ethical re...
- Semester 2
Coordinators James Gilkerson and Ellen Jongman Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours comprising 1 x 2 hour lecture per week and 1 x 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
- Animal Sci & Mgt Research Project Part 1ANSC40001
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2019
This honours research project in the Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences aims to develop a student's ability to design and undertake a substantial body of work, to find solutions to a particular problem, and to report on this in written and verbal form. Project definition is completed...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Paul Taylor Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours This subject is an individual research project and weekly contact hours will vary depending on the nature of the project. 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
- Animal Sci & Mgt Research Project Part 2ANSC40002
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2019
refer to ANSC40001 Animal Science & Mgt Research Project Part 1
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Paul Taylor Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours This subject is an individual research project and weekly contact hours will vary depending on the nature of the project 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
- Animals in Society 1: IntroductionANSC10001
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2019
This course is designed to encourage students to begin to think about how and why animals are so integral to human society. Utilising case studies of current hot topics in animal welfare, we examine human-animal relationships; how they originated, the process of domestication, changing attitudes ...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Lauren Edwards Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours: 2 x 1 hour lectures per week and 1 x 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
Email: ledwards@unimelb.edu.au
- Animal Structure and FunctionZOOL20005
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2019
Animals show remarkable diversity in form and function. In this subject you will explore how form and function are related, starting with simple animals like corals and working up to apes and humans. We ask: How are these animals related by evolution? What do they do, and how do they do this? The...
- Semester 1
Coordinators John Morrongiello and Alexandra Harvey Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 2 x one hour lectures per week; 10 x three hour practical 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
- Animal SystemsANSC10002
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2019
This subject provides students with a sound knowledge base for decision making in relation to the management of health, nutrition and breeding programs of animals. Students will be introduced to integrated animal systems and the inter-relation of nutrition, health, genotype and environment, gener...
- Semester 2
Coordinator Paul Cheng Mode of delivery On Campus (Dookie) Contact hours 60 hours: 36 hours of practicals and 24 hours of lectures 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
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- Animal Systems AnalysisANSC30009
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2019
Effective management of animal systems requires an appreciation of the context in which that management is carried out. This context may be predominantly social, environmental or commercial or combinations thereof. The application of scientific knowledge in conjunction with an appreciation of con...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Ian Bland Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 48 hours of lectures, and up to 30 hours practical/field work 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
- Animal WelfareANSC90007
Graduate coursework subject Offered:May Year:2019
On completion of the subject, students should have sound and broad understanding of the systems regulating body function and the behavioural and physiological responses utilised by animals in responding to environmental change. From this theoretical base, students should develop an appreciation o...
- May
Coordinator Paul Hemsworth Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 13 May 2019 to 31 May 2019 Last self-enrol date 16 May 2019 Census date 24 May 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 7 June 2019 Assessment period ends 21 June 2019 May contact information
- Animal Welfare and EthicsANSC30005
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2019
Previously BIOL30010 This subject develops knowledge and understanding of systems for regulating body function, and physiological and behavioural processes that are utilised by animals in response to environmental challenges. This basis will allow students to evaluate and assess animal welfare a...
- Semester 2
Coordinator Lauren Hemsworth Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 48 hours - 24 hours of lectures, up to 12 hours tutorials and 12 hours practicals to be undertaken at Parkville and off-site 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
- Animation Lab 1FLTV10020
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2019
An experiential introduction to the history, current context and developing opportunities for experiments in animation as artistic practice or industry innovation.
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Paul Fletcher Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 42 Hours Total time commitment 120 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
- Animation Lab 3FLTV30018
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2019
Study in the forms of animation applied to screens in galleries, public spaces, live performances and on-line, games, downloadable and social and mobile formats questioning what is 'film and television'. Students in groups create a short animated exercise for a 'other' screen. Students may utilis...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Paul Fletcher Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 42 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
- Animation Laboratory 2FLTV20013
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2019
A study of the synergies between the creation of sound and the animated image including music video, visual music, foley and musical effects, mickey-mousing and interpretations, voices and lip-synch. An investigation into its influence, variation and impact on animation in cinema, television, gam...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Paul Fletcher Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 42 hrs Total time commitment 120 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
Paul Fletcher fp@unimelb.edu.au
Robert Stephenson rhst@unimelb.edu.au
- Animation Research 1FLTV10017
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2019
Image researching, referencing and making, in new and existing forms. A series of presentations and self-directed animation project-related research. This subject includes an embedded program in academic literacy skills of analysis, discussion, essay writing, research and information retrieval.
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Paul Fletcher Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 42 Hours Total time commitment 120 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