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- The Economics of TaxationECON30016
Undergraduate subject Offered:Not offered in 2024 Year:2024
Topics include review of the economic framework for analysing decision making; background to the Australian and other relevant taxation systems; issues and controversies in relation to the tax system and taxpayer decisions; objectives of tax collectors and taxpayers; why taxes exist; options and ...
Not available in 2024
View details - The Electronic Arts: Vision and SoundCCDP10002
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2024
This subject explores creative work in many fields that use technology as the core of its work. The use of electronics in The Visual Arts, Video, Experimental Film, Music and Sound Art, Theatre, Installations, Advertising, Multimedia and Design are covered from different perspectives and examined...
- Semester 1
Coordinator David Shea Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours, comprising one 1-hour lecture and one 2-hour tutorial per week Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 26 February 2024 to 26 May 2024 Last self-enrol date 8 March 2024 Census date 3 April 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 3 May 2024 Assessment period ends 21 June 2024 Semester 1 contact information
David Shea: dshea@unimelb.edu.au
- Semester 2
Coordinator David Shea Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours, comprising one 1-hour lecture and one 2-hour tutorial per week Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 22 July 2024 to 20 October 2024 Last self-enrol date 2 August 2024 Census date 2 September 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 20 September 2024 Assessment period ends 15 November 2024 Semester 2 contact information
David Shea: dshea@unimelb.edu.au
- The Environmental ScreenscapeSCRN30005
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024
This subject explores the ecological implications of media technologies and the ways they mediate the world around us. We will investigate the materials and energy used in screen media today, and the ecological consequences of work practices and design choices. Far from dematerialising culture, t...
- Semester 2
Coordinator Sean Cubitt Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total 60 hours: a1.5-hour lecture, a 1-hour tutorial and a 2.5-hour screening per week Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 22 July 2024 to 20 October 2024 Last self-enrol date 2 August 2024 Census date 2 September 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 20 September 2024 Assessment period ends 15 November 2024 Semester 2 contact information
- The Ethics of CapitalismPHIL20044
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024
Just about any problem in the world is frequently blamed on capitalism: inequality, wage stagnation, consumerism, climate change, precarious work, unemployment, high rent and latte prices – you name it! Capitalism has a clear image problem, but is it really the root of all evil? And what is capit...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Daniel Halliday Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 35 hours - 2 x 60 minute lectures each week and 1 x 60 minute tutorial in weeks 2-12 Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 26 February 2024 to 26 May 2024 Last self-enrol date 8 March 2024 Census date 3 April 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 3 May 2024 Assessment period ends 21 June 2024 Semester 1 contact information
- The Ethnography of MusicMUSI30053
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024
This subject teaches students to conceptualise and undertake an ethnographic research project on music-making in the contemporary world. Through in-class activities, students learn to make field notes, engage in participant-observation, conduct interviews, and use performance as a research tool....
- Semester 1
Coordinator Nicholas Tochka Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 24 hours, comprising one 2-hour seminar per week. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 26 February 2024 to 26 May 2024 Last self-enrol date 8 March 2024 Census date 3 April 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 3 May 2024 Assessment period ends 21 June 2024 Semester 1 contact information
Nicholas Tochka: nicholas.tochka@unimelb.edu.au
- The Ethnography of Music (Honours)MUSI40079
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024
This subject teaches students to conceptualise and undertake an ethnographic research project on music-making in the contemporary world. Through in-class activities, students learn to make fieldnotes, engage in participant-observation, conduct interviews, and use performance as a research tool. ...
- Semester 1
Coordinator Nicholas Tochka Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 24 hours, comprising one 2-hour seminar per week. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 26 February 2024 to 26 May 2024 Last self-enrol date 8 March 2024 Census date 3 April 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 3 May 2024 Assessment period ends 21 June 2024 Semester 1 contact information
Nicholas Tochka: nicholas.tochka@unimelb.edu.au
- The Figure in PerformanceFINA20041
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024
The figure is one of the elements available to be manipulated by the designer in the development of a design for performance. An audience reads (either consciously or unconsciously) that figure through its relationship to its environment, and how it presents itself to the viewer. The human figur...
- Semester 2
Coordinator Christina Smith Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 24 hours comprising six 2-hour lectures and six 2-hour studios. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 22 July 2024 to 20 October 2024 Last self-enrol date 2 August 2024 Census date 2 September 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 20 September 2024 Assessment period ends 15 November 2024 Semester 2 contact information
Christina Smith: cesmith@unimelb.edu.au
- The Foundations of InterpretationPHIL30024
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024
We read all the time: graffiti, text messages, articles in The New York Times, fiction like Harry Potter or Shakespeare’s sonnets, scientific reports, or even philosophy articles. But what exactly is involved in understanding these texts? “The goal of interpretation is to reconstruct the author’...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Francois Schroeter Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 24 hours - 1 x 2 hour workshop each week. Students will also be expected to access a 1.5 hour online lecture each week Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 26 February 2024 to 26 May 2024 Last self-enrol date 8 March 2024 Census date 3 April 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 3 May 2024 Assessment period ends 21 June 2024 Semester 1 contact information
Email: fschro@unimelb.edu.au
- The French Media: From Ink to LinkFREN30025
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024
This subject will consider the French news media landscape from a historical point of view where the French nation-state played a central role as a regulatory body, to new forms of ownership and deregulation in global contexts of news production and consumption. Students will examine the historic...
- Semester 1
Coordinator Diane de Saint Leger Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total of 36 Hours: 1 x 1 hour lecture and 1x 2 hour seminars per week for 12 weeks. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 26 February 2024 to 26 May 2024 Last self-enrol date 8 March 2024 Census date 3 April 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 3 May 2024 Assessment period ends 21 June 2024 Semester 1 contact information
- The French Media: From Ink to LinkFREN20024
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024
This subject will consider the French news media landscape from a historical point of view where the French nation-state played a central role as a regulatory body, to new forms of ownership and deregulation in global contexts of news production and consumption. Students will examine the historic...
- Semester 1
Coordinator Diane de Saint Leger Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total of 36 Hours: 1 x 1 hour lecture and 1x 2 hour seminars per week for 12 weeks. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 26 February 2024 to 26 May 2024 Last self-enrol date 8 March 2024 Census date 3 April 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 3 May 2024 Assessment period ends 21 June 2024 Semester 1 contact information
- The French Pacific in a Global ContextFREN20021
Undergraduate subject Offered:Winter Term Year:2024Quotas apply
This subject, which includes an intensive in-country component, will explore the history, politics and socio-cultural contexts of the French-speaking Pacific. The selected destination will vary. Typically, the in-country component will take place in New Caledonia or French Polynesia. Please conta...
- Winter Term - Off Campus
Coordinator Diane de Saint Leger Mode of delivery Off Campus Contact hours 6 x 2-hour seminars in Melbourne during semester 1. 6 x 2-hour lectures at the University of New Caledonia; 8 site visits in Noumea and the Nothern Province, New Caledonia and 8 x 1.5 hour lectures to accompany visits during the Winter break. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 24 June 2024 to 8 July 2024 Last self-enrol date 27 June 2024 Census date 5 July 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 12 July 2024 Assessment period ends 19 July 2024 Winter Term contact information
- The French Pacific in a Global ContextFREN30019
Undergraduate subject Offered:Winter Term Year:2024Quotas apply
This subject, which includes an intensive in-country component, will explore the history, politics and socio-cultural contexts of the French-speaking Pacific. The selected destination will vary. Typically, the in-country component will take place in New Caledonia or French Polynesia. Please conta...
- Winter Term - Off Campus
Coordinator Diane de Saint Leger Mode of delivery Off Campus Contact hours 6 x 2-hour seminars in Melbourne during semester 1. 6 x 2-hour lectures at the University of New Caledonia; 8 site visits in Noumea and the Nothern Province, New Caledonia and 8 x 1.5 hour lectures to accompany visits during the Winter break. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 24 June 2024 to 8 July 2024 Last self-enrol date 27 June 2024 Census date 5 July 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 12 July 2024 Assessment period ends 19 July 2024 Winter Term contact information
- The French RevolutionHIST20068
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024
In 1789 huge numbers of French peasants, urban workers and middle-class people successfully rebelled against absolute monarchy and the privileges of the nobility. But the struggle over what social and political system should replace the 'Old Regime' was to divide French people and finally the who...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Matthew Champion Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 29 hours - 12 x 1.5 hour lectures and 11 x 1 hour tutorials Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 26 February 2024 to 26 May 2024 Last self-enrol date 8 March 2024 Census date 3 April 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 3 May 2024 Assessment period ends 21 June 2024 Semester 1 contact information
Email: mscha@unimelb.edu.au
- The Future of WorkMGMT30019
Undergraduate subject Offered:Summer Term Year:2024
The way we work is changing. The forces of globalisation, technological advancement and population pressures are reshaping the nature and meaning of ‘work’. Graduates entering the new world of work face a revolution in working practices and organisational culture. There are greater opportunities ...
- Summer Term
Principal coordinator Andrew Zur Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours One 1.5-hour lecture and one 1.5-hour tutorial per day (Monday to Friday) over the 10-day teaching period Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 22 January 2024 to 5 February 2024 Last self-enrol date 25 January 2024 Census date 2 February 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 9 February 2024 Assessment period ends 16 February 2024 Summer Term contact information
Mr Andrew Zur: ajzur@unimelb.edu.au
- The Global EnvironmentEVSC10001
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024
This subject is an introduction to Geoscience, Geography, Climate and Environmental Science. It provides an overview of the processes controlling the formation and evolution of our global environment. We begin by exploring the layered structure of the Earth, both solid and fluid constituent prope...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Anne-Marie Tosolini Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 3 x one hour lectures per week, 1 x two hour practical class per week Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 26 February 2024 to 26 May 2024 Last self-enrol date 8 March 2024 Census date 3 April 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 3 May 2024 Assessment period ends 21 June 2024 Semester 1 contact information
Email: a.tosolini@unimelb.edu.au
- The History of Cool: Fashion & AttitudeDPSS10007
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024
This subject has been designed and developed for online delivery and assessment only. James Dean, Marlene Dietrich, James Brown, Frida Kahlo, Marilyn Monroe, Andy Warhol, and David Bowie. What do these people have in common? They were cool. Cool is an elusive essence recognised in artists, musi...
- Semester 2 - Online
Coordinator Amanda Hitten Mode of delivery Online Contact hours 30 hours, comprising one 1-hour online lecture per week, one 1.75-hour online tutorial for 8 weeks, and one 1-hour online tutorial for 4 weeks Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 22 July 2024 to 20 October 2024 Last self-enrol date 2 August 2024 Census date 2 September 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 20 September 2024 Assessment period ends 15 November 2024 Semester 2 contact information
Amanda Hitten: amanda.hitten@unimelb.edu.au
- The Holocaust & GenocideHIST20013
Undergraduate subject Offered:Not offered in 2024 Year:2024
The twentieth century has been labelled the “Age of Genocide”. This subject will provide a detailed examination of the Holocaust, the archetype of modern genocide, as part of a broader global history of genocide and mass violence. The subject includes case studies from Europe, Africa and the Asia...
Not available in 2024
View details - The House of Fiction: Literary RealismENGL20025
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024
This subject introduces students to the multifaceted, dynamic and changing genre of domestic realist fiction, from the early nineteenth-century country-house novel to recent forms such as the graphic novel and the contemporary global novel of immigrant and cosmopolitan life. Reading eight novels ...
- Semester 2
Coordinator Clara Tuite Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total 30 hours: a 1-hour lecture and a 1.5-hour tutorial per week for 12 weeks. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 22 July 2024 to 20 October 2024 Last self-enrol date 2 August 2024 Census date 2 September 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 20 September 2024 Assessment period ends 15 November 2024 Semester 2 contact information
- The Integrated BrainPSYC30020
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024
There are more connections in a human brain than there are stars in the universe. This subject focuses on the brain as an integrated system and looks at how its many connected networks achieve coordinated effects, linking the mind to the brain and the body. In exploring integration across the ne...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Amy Jordan Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 2 x 1 hour lectures plus a 1 hour tutorial per week Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 22 July 2024 to 20 October 2024 Last self-enrol date 2 August 2024 Census date 2 September 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 20 September 2024 Assessment period ends 15 November 2024 Semester 2 contact information
Prof Amy Jordan
- The Laptop Recording StudioMUSI20174
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2024
This subject has been designed and developed for online delivery and assessment only. This subject introduces the basics of sound recording on a laptop computer. Aspects of sound recording including microphone use, recording set up, editing and production will be examined. The Laptop Recording ...
- Semester 1 - Online
Coordinator Jordie Gilmour Mode of delivery Online Contact hours 24 hours, comprising one 1-hour online lecture and one 1-hour online workshop per week Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 26 February 2024 to 26 May 2024 Last self-enrol date 8 March 2024 Census date 3 April 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 3 May 2024 Assessment period ends 21 June 2024 Semester 1 contact information
Jordie Gilmour: jordie.gilmour@unimelb.edu.au
- Semester 2 - Online
Coordinator Jordie Gilmour Mode of delivery Online Contact hours 24 hours, comprising one 1-hour online lecture and one 1-hour online workshop per week Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 22 July 2024 to 20 October 2024 Last self-enrol date 2 August 2024 Census date 2 September 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 20 September 2024 Assessment period ends 15 November 2024 Semester 2 contact information
Jordie Gilmour: jordie.gilmour@unimelb.edu.au