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- Theory and Practice of Art HistoryAHIS30019
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2020
This capstone subject examines the theory and practice of art history. Through a survey of the different approaches to the study of art which have emerged since the early modern period the subject will provide students with a fundamental grounding in the methodologies of the discipline. Students ...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Anthony White Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total 24 hours: a 2 hour seminar per week throughout semester. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 3 August 2020 to 1 November 2020 Last self-enrol date 14 August 2020 Census date 21 September 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 16 October 2020 Assessment period ends 27 November 2020 Semester 2 contact information
- Theory of Financial AccountingACCT90013
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2020
Analysis of contemporary accounting issues within the frameworks of agency theory, capital markets theory and human judgement theory. The aim is to develop a critical understanding of established theories and assumptions underpinning financial accounting.
- Semester 1
Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours One 90 minute lecture and One 90 minute seminar Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 2 March 2020 to 7 June 2020 Last self-enrol date 13 March 2020 Census date 30 April 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 June 2020 Assessment period ends 3 July 2020 Semester 1 contact information
Stefan Schantl
- Semester 2
Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours One 90 minute lecture and One 90 minute seminar. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 3 August 2020 to 1 November 2020 Last self-enrol date 14 August 2020 Census date 21 September 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 16 October 2020 Assessment period ends 27 November 2020 Semester 2 contact information
Yan Li
- The Pelvic Floor:Function&DysfunctionPHTY90002
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Not offered in 2020 Year:2020
This subject covers anatomy, functional anatomy and neurophysiology of the pelvis and its contents, with particular emphasis on the pelvic floor muscles and fascia, micturition and the urinary tract. Types of incontinence and diagnostic procedures are discussed and physiotherapy assessment and ma...
Not available in 2020
View details - The Philosophy of MindPHIL20033
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2020
Neuroscience, cognitive science, and computer science are making huge strides in modeling the human brain’s information processing systems, from visual discrimination of faces to the neural circuitry and hormones that control our emotional reactions. But can these disciplines fully explain all as...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Laura Schroeter Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 1 x 90 minute seminar each week, students will also be expected to access an online lecture each week Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 2 March 2020 to 7 June 2020 Last self-enrol date 13 March 2020 Census date 30 April 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 June 2020 Assessment period ends 3 July 2020
- The Philosophy of PhilosophyPHIL30007
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2020
This subject examines the nature of philosophy itself. Students will read what many great philosophers have said about the methods, aims, and ambitions of philosophy. And they will examine how these views are grounded in, or intertwined with commitments about metaphysics, epistemology, or ethics....
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Francois Schroeter Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 24 hours - 1 x 2 hour seminar each week. Students will also be expected to access a 1.5 hour online lecture each week Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 3 August 2020 to 1 November 2020 Last self-enrol date 14 August 2020 Census date 21 September 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 16 October 2020 Assessment period ends 27 November 2020 Semester 2 contact information
- The Pianist as Associate ArtistMUSI90189
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Not offered in 2020 Year:2020
The subject will explore the different roles of the keyboard player as instrumental accompanist, choir accompanist, vocal coach, concerto accompanist, and associate artist within the chamber music context. Strategies for developing skills in each of these areas will be discussed and students will...
Not available in 2020
View details - The Political Ecology of DevelopmentDEVT90003
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2020
The subject will help students understand human-environment relationships and key development issues using a political ecology perspective, with cases from developing and developed countries. Political ecologists use a variety of approaches to understand complex human-environment problems, and th...
- Semester 1
Coordinator Wolfram Dressler Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 2 March 2020 to 7 June 2020 Last self-enrol date 13 March 2020 Census date 30 April 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 June 2020 Assessment period ends 3 July 2020 Semester 1 contact information
- The Politics of FoodFOOD90041
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2020
Formerly FOOD90026 This subject examines the politics of the global food system, and will focus on the policies, structures, power relations and political debates surrounding the production, distribution and consumption of food. The impacts of food production and consumption on food security, he...
- Semester 1
Coordinator Gyorgy Scrinis Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 12 x 2.5 hour seminars Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 2 March 2020 to 7 June 2020 Last self-enrol date 13 March 2020 Census date 30 April 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 June 2020 Assessment period ends 3 July 2020 Semester 1 contact information
- The Politics of SexPOLS20011
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2020
This subject introduces ideas developed in feminist theory about the social and political construction of areas of experience relating to the body, gender and sexuality. Issues analysed in the subject include transsexualism, reproduction, eating disorders, pornography, sex work, sexual violence a...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Lauren Rosewarne Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 30 Contact Hours: 1 x two hour seminar and 1 x one hour tutorial per week for 10 weeks The seminar and tutorial programs are staggered and cover the 12 weeks of semester. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 2 March 2020 to 7 June 2020 Last self-enrol date 13 March 2020 Census date 30 April 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 June 2020 Assessment period ends 3 July 2020 Semester 1 contact information
- The Power and Limits of LogicPHIL30043
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2020
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 2 March 2020 to 7 June 2020 Last self-enrol date 13 March 2020 Census date 30 April 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 June 2020 Assessment period ends 3 July 2020
- The Power of Ideas: Ten Great BooksARTS90004
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2020
Great books teach us how to describe experience, how to evaluate it, and how to imagine its liberating transformation. They deepen our engagement with critical traditions of thought that extend back through time and, by doing this, they enable us to better understand and address key issues facing...
- Semester 2
Coordinator Olivia Meehan Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total 24 hours: 12 x 2 hour seminars, taught weekly. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 3 August 2020 to 1 November 2020 Last self-enrol date 14 August 2020 Census date 21 September 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 16 October 2020 Assessment period ends 27 November 2020 Semester 2 contact information
- The Print RoomAHIS90004
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2020
This subject provides an introduction to Japanese art and cultural history through a survey of the Japanese woodblock print from its emergence in the mid-seventeenth century to the mid-twentieth century. Visits to University’s Baillieu Library, the Ian Potter Museum, and the NGV and first-hand vi...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Mark Erdmann Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total 24 hours: 12 x 2 hour seminar per week throughout semester. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 3 August 2020 to 1 November 2020 Last self-enrol date 14 August 2020 Census date 21 September 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 16 October 2020 Assessment period ends 27 November 2020 Semester 2 contact information
- The Psychopathology of Everyday LifePSYC30014
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2020
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
Principal coordinator Nicholas Van Dam Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 2 March 2020 to 7 June 2020 Last self-enrol date 13 March 2020 Census date 30 April 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 June 2020 Assessment period ends 3 July 2020 Semester 1 contact information
Dr Nicholas T. Van Dam
- The Qur'an: An IntroductionISLM20003
Undergraduate subject Offered:July Year:2020
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...
- July
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 13 May 2020 Pre teaching requirements Students are required to read the prescribed readings available through the LMS. Teaching period 15 July 2020 to 23 July 2020 Last self-enrol date 25 May 2020 Census date 17 July 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 14 August 2020 Assessment period ends 7 October 2020 July contact information
- Therapeutic LandscapesHORT90011
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Not offered in 2020 Year:2020
In this subject you will study research, applications and practice of therapeutic landscapes across social, community, horticultural and education settings. The content includes methods and approaches used in therapeutic horticulture, horticultural therapy programs, planning, design and construct...
Not available in 2020
View details - The Renaissance in ItalyHIST30006
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2020
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 2 March 2020 to 7 June 2020 Last self-enrol date 13 March 2020 Census date 30 April 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 June 2020 Assessment period ends 3 July 2020 Semester 1 contact information
- The Research Process for MusiciansMUSI40064
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2020
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 2 March 2020 to 7 June 2020 Last self-enrol date 13 March 2020 Census date 30 April 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 June 2020 Assessment period ends 3 July 2020 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 3 August 2020 to 1 November 2020 Last self-enrol date 14 August 2020 Census date 21 September 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 16 October 2020 Assessment period ends 27 November 2020 Semester 2 contact information
- The Research Process For Musicians (RHD)MUSI90191
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2020
This subject provides research higher degree students in performance and composition with the tools and skills necessary to devise and conduct research in music at postgraduate level. Through seminars, group discussions and peer review sessions students will engage with the key principles of rese...
- Semester 1
Coordinator Melanie Plesch Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 2 hours per week Total time commitment 120 hours Teaching period 2 March 2020 to 7 June 2020 Last self-enrol date 13 March 2020 Census date 30 April 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 June 2020 Assessment period ends 3 July 2020 - Semester 2
Coordinator Melanie Plesch Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 2 hours per week Total time commitment 120 hours Teaching period 3 August 2020 to 1 November 2020 Last self-enrol date 14 August 2020 Census date 21 September 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 16 October 2020 Assessment period ends 27 November 2020
- The Rise and Fall of the Roman RepublicANCW20019
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2020
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 2 March 2020 to 7 June 2020 Last self-enrol date 13 March 2020 Census date 30 April 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 June 2020 Assessment period ends 3 July 2020 Semester 1 contact information
- ThermodynamicsMCEN90015
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2020
AIMS There are 2 related, major topics of study in this subject. Each of these topics will analyse aspects of important thermodynamic devices and will then be integrated to analyse their combined effects in selected devices: Cycle analysis: gas turbines, refrigeration and steam cyclesHeat trans...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Yi Yang Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours of lectures, 12 hours of tutorials and up to 4 hours of laboratory work. Total time commitment 200 hours Teaching period 2 March 2020 to 7 June 2020 Last self-enrol date 13 March 2020 Census date 30 April 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 June 2020 Assessment period ends 3 July 2020 Semester 1 contact information