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- The Rise of the NovelFREN30012
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024
In this subject students will read a selection of novels in French (from the Middle Ages to nowadays) in order to understand the evolution of the French novel. They will have to analyse the narrative structures and demonstrate critical awareness of the social, political and ideological context of...
- Semester 2
Coordinator Veronique Duche Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours: 1 x 1-hour lecture and 1 x 2 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
- Thermodynamics and Fluid MechanicsMCEN30018
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2024
AIMS This course is an introduction to basic principles of fluid mechanics and thermodynamics. These two subjects are introduced together in a single course, reflecting the large degree of cross-over in applications and basic first principles between the two subjects. Fluid mechanics is a very ...
- Semester 1
Coordinator Ellie Hajizadeh Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours of lectures and 20 hours of tutorials and laboratories 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
Ellie Hajizadeh - ellie.hajizadeh@unimelb.edu.au
- Semester 2
Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours of lectures and 20 hours of tutorials and laboratories 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
Jimmy Philip
- The Roman CountrysideANCW40018
Undergraduate subject Offered:Not offered in 2024 Year:2024
This subject provides a wide-ranging overview of both overall trends and regional differences in Roman rural occupation and economy between the Archaic period and Late Antiquity. Primarily based on archaeological data, students will be introduced to the key topics in the field, including differen...
Not available in 2024
View details - The Romantic PianoMUSI30256
Undergraduate subject Offered:Not offered in 2024 Year:2024
Reportedly in 1698 Cristofori built a harpsichord on which one could play “piano” and “forte”: keyboard music would never be the same. In 1823 Ignaz Moscheles staged a competition between an English and a Viennese piano: these two distinct schools of piano building would, through the following de...
Not available in 2024
View details - The Romantic PianoMUSI40098
Undergraduate subject Offered:Not offered in 2024 Year:2024
Reportedly in 1698 Cristofori built a harpsichord on which one could play “piano” and “forte”: keyboard music would never be the same. In 1823 Ignaz Moscheles staged a competition between an English and a Viennese piano: these two distinct schools of piano building would, through the following de...
Not available in 2024
View details - The Roman Way of LifeANCW40012
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024
The Monty Python team pondered many big questions, among them the rather tantalizing one: 'What did the Romans ever do for us?' This research seminar rises to the challenge as it involves discussions of revealing source material on the big issues in Roman social, cultural, political and religious...
- Semester 1
Coordinator Sarah Corrigan Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 24 hours : A 2-hour seminar every 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 Secret Life of LanguageLING10001
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024
Have you ever wondered how language actually works? Or how it can be that a 6 year-old child can know more about their native language than the most sophisticated computers? This subject is a practical introduction to the nature of human language which gives a conceptual framework for discussing ...
- Semester 2
Coordinator Jonathon Lum Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 35 hours: 2 x 1 hour lecture and a 1 hour tutorial per week. There will be no tutorials in first week of semester. 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 Secret Life of the Body 1UNIB10011
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024
Ever thought about how we actually see, hear, taste, smell and touch? How do musicians, dancers, artists, athletes, martial artists and yoga practitioners do what they do? And how does this relate to findings and hidden secrets in scientific research about the body and the brain? In an increasin...
- Semester 1
Coordinator Elizabeth Presa Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours, comprising one 2-hour lecture, and one 1-hour tutorial per week Total time commitment 136 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
Elizabeth Presa: epresa@unimelb.edu.au
- Thesis Part 1MUSI40101
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 (Extended), Semester 2 (Extended) Year:2024
Students will conceive, plan and execute a substantial research project. This subject is the first part of a two-subject sequence, taught over two consecutive study periods. Students are required to enrol in MUSI40101 Thesis Part 1 (12.5 points) and MUSI40102 Thesis Part 2 (12.5 points), consecu...
- Semester 1 (Extended)
Coordinator Nicholas Tochka Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 12 hours across Part 1 and Part 2, comprising one 1-hour fortnightly seminar plus regular consultation with the appointed supervisor. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 26 February 2024 to 30 June 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 30 June 2024 Semester 1 (Extended) contact information
Nicholas Tochka: nicholas.tochka@unimelb.edu.au
- Semester 2 (Extended)
Coordinator Nicholas Tochka Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 12 hours across Part 1 and Part 2, comprising one 1-hour fortnightly seminar plus regular consultation with the appointed supervisor. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 22 July 2024 to 24 December 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 24 December 2024 Semester 2 (Extended) contact information
Nicholas Tochka: nicholas.tochka@unimelb.edu.au
- Thesis Part 2MUSI40102
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 (Early-Start), Semester 2 (Early-Start) Year:2024
This subject is the second part of a two-subject sequence. Students will conceive, plan and execute a substantial research project. This subject is the second part of a two-subject sequence, taught over two consecutive study periods. Students are required to enrol in MUSI40101 Thesis Part 1 (12...
- Semester 1 (Early-Start)
Coordinator Nicholas Tochka Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 12 hours across Part 1 and Part 2, comprising one 1-hour fortnightly seminar plus regular consultation with the appointed supervisor. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 2 January 2024 to 26 May 2024 Last self-enrol date 12 January 2024 Census date 3 April 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 3 May 2024 Assessment period ends 21 June 2024 Semester 1 (Early-Start) contact information
Nicholas Tochka: nicholas.tochka@unimelb.edu.au
- Semester 2 (Early-Start)
Coordinator Nicholas Tochka Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 12 hours across Part 1 and Part 2, comprising one 1-hour fortnightly seminar plus regular consultation with the appointed supervisor. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 1 July 2024 to 20 October 2024 Last self-enrol date 12 July 2024 Census date 2 September 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 20 September 2024 Assessment period ends 15 November 2024 Semester 2 (Early-Start) contact information
Nicholas Tochka: nicholas.tochka@unimelb.edu.au
- The Theatre ExperienceENGL20034
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024
This subject is for students across the university interested in understanding and appreciating theatre, an ancient art form that enjoys continuing popularity in many modern societies, including Australia. Drawing on a range of local and international examples from mainstream and experimental per...
- Semester 1
Coordinator Lindsay Goss Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total 24 hours: a 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
- The Wellbeing OrchestraMUSI10222
Undergraduate subject Offered:Not offered in 2024 Year:2024
The Wellbeing Orchestra utilises an assortment of instruments (including household objects) to facilitate mindfulness and meditation. Through sound, breathing, mindfulness, meditation techniques and self-reflection, the student will learn to harmonise an unfocused mind, release from self-judgeme...
Not available in 2024
View details - The World in Twenty Art WorksAHIS10003
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024
In examining a number of exceptional artworks of many different types and drawn from many cultures and periods, this subject explores how art can be a window into different times, peoples and places across the world, as well as into our own beliefs and the contemporary world. Each lecture will fo...
- Semester 2
Coordinators Anthony White and Jane Eckett Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total 36 hours - 2 x one-hour lecture and 1 x one-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
- The World Since World War IIHIST10012
Undergraduate subject Offered:Not offered in 2024 Year:2024
The subject examines social, economic and political change in the world from the aftermath of World War II to the present using case studies to explore topics and themes such as the Cold War, civil rights, decolonisation, migration and the rise of political extremism. Key concepts developed durin...
Not available in 2024
View details - Thinking ScientificallySCIE20001
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024
In this subject, students will learn the fundamentals of the methods used in science practice, how to construct and evaluate a scientific argument, and how processes of scientific investigation are applied across the diverse range of scientific disciplines. Students will also learn to communica...
- Semester 2 - Online
Coordinator Jennifer Fox Mode of delivery Online Contact hours This subject is taught entirely online 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
- Thinking SexCULS30004
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024
How do we come to experience ourselves as having a gender and a sexual orientation? How do social constructions of gender relate to understandings of sexuality? How have categories like masculinity and femininity; heterosexuality, homosexuality and bisexuality transformed over time? This subject ...
- Semester 1
Coordinator Elena Benthaus Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total 30 hours: a 1.5-hour lecture and a 1-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
- Thinking through DancingDNCE10032
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024
This subject addresses contemporary political perspectives on the body and the role of the dancer as public artist. It provides a foundation for key theoretical and socio-political approaches to dance including feminist, ecological, queer and decolonising. Through seminar presentations, students...
- Semester 2
Coordinator Carol Brown Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 72 hours, comprising two 1-hour lectures, two 1-hour tutorials and two 1-hour workshops per week Total time commitment 204 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
Carol Brown: carol.brown@unimelb.edu.au
- Thinking Tools for Wicked ProblemsUNIB10019
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024
Responding critically and ethically to contemporary issues, whether they be of local, national or global significance, requires one to go beyond the mere discovering of ‘facts’ and determining of ‘truths’. What one does with these ‘facts’ and ‘truths’ is equally important. What we claim to know m...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Maurizio Toscano Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours: Lectures (1hr) 1 x weekly; Tutorials (2hr) 1 x weekly 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
- Thinking Writing: Theory and CreativityCWRI40004
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024
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...
- Semester 1
Coordinator Maria Tumarkin Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total 30 hours: a 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
- Time Series Analysis and ForecastingECOM30004
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024
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.
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Laszlo Konya Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial/practice class 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
Laszlo Konya: l.konya@unimelb.edu.au