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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 ...

  • 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.

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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....

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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 ...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...