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  • 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’...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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 ...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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 ...

  • 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...

  • The International Publishing IndustryPUBL90027

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024

    This subject provides an overview of the global publishing industry, examining global book production, translation, the international rights market, multi-media adaptation of books, conglomerate publishing companies, and global practices of reception. Students will gain a critical understanding...

  • 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 ...

  • The Law and Economics of GlobalisationLAWS90251

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:April Year:2024Quotas apply

    This subject examines the law and economics of globalisation. Economic globalisation is at the centre of ongoing debates in areas as diverse as sustainability and climate change, national security, fair and balanced economic growth, and the very restructuring of international relations that seems...

  • The Law of Public ContractingLAWS90151

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:Not offered in 2024 Year:2024Quotas apply

    Contemporary governments use contracts as a key tool of governance. Outsourcing of public services is commonplace. But should we regulate the use of such tools by means of public administrative law, or through private law, or a mixture of both?  Is there an accountability deficit? What are the ad...

  • The Legal System: Bases and ChallengesLAWS90082

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:Not offered in 2024 Year:2024Quotas apply

    A properly functioning legal system can be seen as a defining characteristic of modern society. The adversary system can be seen as a defining characteristic of a common law legal system. But as times change, both the common law and the adversary system of trial have changed and will continue to ...

  • The Long History of GlobalisationHIST40037

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024

    It is a commonplace that we live in globalised world. But what does this mean in theory and in practice? How did we get to this point? And how do we interpret the processes that underpin our global world? This subject examines the origins of the interconnected global paradigm from its origins in ...

  • The Making of MelbourneUNIB10023

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2024

    Melbourne is often described as one of the ‘world’s most liveable cities’. What makes Melbourne such a vibrant city and how did it get there? Did you know that the siting of the Melbourne CBD is actually related to ancient volcanic eruptions? The geology and natural environment around Melbourne p...

  • The Metaphysics of EthicsPHIL30054

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Not offered in 2024 Year:2024

    People drawn to metaphysics can sometimes have the view that ethics is messy, imprecise, and not sufficiently rule-governed. People drawn to ethics can sometimes have the view that metaphysics is abstract, technical, and insufficiently attentive to real-world issues and concerns. But metaphysics ...