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  • Thinking Writing: Theory and CreativityCWRI40004

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2020

    This subject explores the relationship between critical theory and creative writing. We read critical, philosophical and theoretical texts relating to issues of creativity and the creative process by seminal theorists such as Kristeva, Foucault, Cixous, and Derrida. We also read a selection of te...

  • TimePHIL90042

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2020

    Does any moment other than the present exist?  Are all moments of time (past, present, and future) equally real or are some moments privileged?  Does special relativity constrain the views of time that it is reasonable to endorse?  How does the way we experience time (both as individuals and as m...

  • Time Series Analysis and ForecastingECOM30004

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2020

    Normally topics will include current techniques used in forecasting in finance, accounting and economics such as regression models, Box-Jenkins, ARIMA models, vector autoregression, causality analysis, cointegration and forecast evaluation, and ARCH models. The computer software used is Eviews.

  • Time Series Analysis and ForecastingECOM90004

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2020

    Normally topics will include current techniques used in forecasting in finance, accounting and economics such as regression models, Box-Jenkins, ARIMA models, vector autoregression, causality analysis, cointegration and forecast evaluation, ARCH models. The computer software used is EVIEWS.

  • Tissue Engineering & Stem CellsBMEN90011

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2020

    AIMS Students studying Tissue Engineering and Stem Cells will become familiar with the history, scope and potential of tissue engineering, and the potential role of stem cells in this field. This subject will address the use of biomaterials in tissue engineering; major scaffold materials and fab...

  • To Hell with DanteITAL30007

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2020

    This subject concentrates on selected cantos of Dante's Inferno. Students will develop techniques which will enable them to analyse the poetic language of the Inferno. Guided readings in secondary material will give students an understanding of some of the key medieval concepts of the Inferno. Th...

  • Tools & Methods for Documenting LanguageLANG90002

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:Not offered in 2020 Year:2020

    This course will present current methods for recording, transcribing, and interlinearising primary language records. It will focus on data management and archiving of primary and derived records and will also cover some simple methods for converting textual material into different formats using r...

  • Topics in Actuarial StudiesACTL20004

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2020

    This subject aims to provide students with grounding in some topics in actuarial studies, covering distributions of accumulations and present values; stochastic interest rate models; time series models; an introduction to ruin theory; claim run-off triangles; stochastic simulation.

  • Topics in Advanced Economic AnalysisECON90004

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:Not offered in 2020 Year:2020

    Special topics may be offered from time to time which reflect the interests of permanent and/or visiting members of staff. Details of specific topics to be covered each year will be provided to students a month before the beginning of the semester in which the subject is taught.

  • Topics in Animal HealthANSC20003

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2020

    This subject explores major topics on animal health or relevance to the agricultural industries, domestic animal management and society in general. It focuses on the roles and perspectives of the personnel involved i.e. farmers, horse stud and stable workers, animal enterprise managers, laborator...

  • Topics in Arabic & Islamic StudiesISLM40001

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2020

    This subject involves a series of seminar presentations and discussions on a topic or topics of contemporary or special interest in Arabic and Islamic Studies. Topics will vary from year to year, depending on current events and the interests of the particular cohort of students. Where appropriate...

  • Topics in Asian Economic HistoryECON30030

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Not offered in 2020 Year:2020

    Australia's largest trade partners are largely from Asia, and this subject provides an introduction to the economic history of various Asian economies, such as China and Japan. Using history and economic history textbooks for both countries and a neoclassical growth framework, the subject examine...

  • Topics in Chinese StudiesCHIN90003

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2020

    This subject involves a series of seminar presentations and discussions on a topic or topics of contemporary or special interest. Topics will vary from year to year, depending on current events and the interests of the particular cohort of students. Where appropriate, visiting scholars will parti...

  • Topics in Contemporary EpistemologyPHIL40018

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2020

    This subject will explore selected topics in contemporary epistemology. We will focus on a specific topic or set of related topics in epistemology, and examine contemporary research on this topic. Sometimes a historical dimension may enter the subject where it is important to ground the topic in ...

  • Topics in EthnomusicologyMUSI20217

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Not offered in 2020 Year:2020

    This subject introduces students to one major research topic in the field of ethnomusicology. Considering a broad range of case studies from around the world, students learn how music researchers have approached, evaluated, and answered questions related to this topic across different cultural co...

  • Topics in Experimental EconomicsECON40020

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2020

    The subject aims to provide a foundation for original research in the fields of behavioural and experimental economics. First, it explores how behavioural economics extends traditional economics by incorporating insights into human behaviour derived from other fields such as psychology and sociol...

  • Topics in Indonesian StudiesINDO40003

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2020

    This subject involves a series of seminar presentations and discussions on topics of contemporary or special interest to Indonesian Studies. Topics will vary from year to year, depending on current events and the interests of the particular cohort of students. Where appropriate, visiting scholars...

  • Topics in Insurance and FinanceACTL90021

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2020

    Topics include distributions of accumulations and present values; stochastic interest rate models; time series models; an introduction to ruin theory; claim run-off triangles; stochastic simulation.

  • Topics in Japanese StudiesJAPN40003

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2020

    This subject involves a series of seminar presentations and discussions on a topic or topics of contemporary or special interest. Topics will vary from year to year, depending on current events and the interests of the particular cohort of students. Where appropriate, visiting scholars will parti...

  • Topics in MetaphysicsPHIL40005

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2020

    This unit covers selected issues in contemporary metaphysics. We will focus on a particular philosophical issue (e.g. ontology, possibility, necessity, the nature of objects), and look at contemporary work addressing this issue.