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- The Australian ImaginaryENGL20009
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024
Literature has always played a central role in the definition a nation’s self-image and the formation of a national imaginary. This subject offers a broad historical sweep of Australian literature over the last 150 years to examine the different faces and facets of Australian life. It introduces ...
- Semester 1
Coordinator Lynda Ng Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 30 hours: a 1-hour lecture and a 1.5-hour tutorial 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 Book: Late Antiquity to RenaissanceAHIS40019
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024
This subject examines the art of the illuminated manuscript and its importance in medieval and Renaissance culture. It introduces students to the basic elements of codicology - the study of the physical structure of the book - and it focuses on the relationship between text and decoration. Studen...
- Semester 2
Coordinator Bernard Muir Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total 24 hours: a 2-hour seminar per week, taught in Allan Myers Tutorial Room, The Academic Centre, Newman College. 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 Buddhist Universe: An IntroductionMULT10021
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024
Buddhism began as one of many ascetic movements in India and over the course of two and a half millennia grew to become one of the world’s major religions, with followers in every corner of the world. This subject traces how Buddhism changed and adapted, how new doctrines and practices were woven...
- Semester 2
Coordinator Margaret Cameron Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 35 hours :1 x 2 hr lecture per week, for 12 weeks ,1 x 1 hr Tutorial per week for 11 weeks (week 2 – week 12) 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 Business of MusicMUSI20206
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 business practices of the music industry. Aspects of copyright, marketing, law, management, contracts, sales, distribution, ownership, and merchandising will be examined in relation...
- Semester 1 - Online
Coordinator Imogen Cygler Mode of delivery Online Contact hours 24 hours, comprising 2-hours per week Total time commitment 156 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
For all administrative enquiries, e.g. enrolment, class registration, special consideration enquiries: Contact Stop 1
For all academic enquiries, e.g. assessment, subject matter enquiries:
Imogen Cygler: imogen.cygler@unimelb.edu.au
- Semester 2 - Online
Coordinator Imogen Cygler Mode of delivery Online Contact hours 24 hours, comprising 2-hours per week Total time commitment 156 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
For all administrative enquiries, e.g. enrolment, class registration, special consideration enquiries: Contact Stop 1
For all academic enquiries, e.g. assessment, subject matter enquiries:
Imogen Cygler: imogen.cygler@unimelb.edu.au
- The Contemporary Publishing IndustryPUBL90003
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024
This subject provides an overview of the major factors affecting the local and global production, marketing and distribution of books, magazines and electronic publications. It considers the impact of political, social and economic conditions, technological changes, and changing industry practice...
- Semester 1
Coordinator Fiannuala Morgan Mode of delivery Dual-Delivery (Parkville) Contact hours Total 30 hours: 1x1-hour lecture and 1x2-hour seminar, taught weekly 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 Cosmopolitan ImaginaryARTS90037
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024
Cosmopolitanism is an ideal that has persisted in different forms throughout many civilizations. It has been influential in anthropology, art history, political theory and cultural studies. More recently, there has been an attempt to relate this concept to non-Western theories of universalism, be...
- Semester 1
Coordinator Nikos Papastergiadis Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total 12 Hours: 6 x 2 hour seminars, taught fortnightly Total time commitment 85 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 Developing WorldDEVT10001
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024
This subject is an introduction to the developing world and development studies from the perspectives of Anthropology, Political Science, Economics, Sociology and Geography. Beginning with a critical examination of the legacies of colonialism, we will ask to what extent they can be argued to have...
- Semester 1
Coordinator Bina Fernandez Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total of 35 Contact Hours: A 2 hour lecture and a 1 hour tutorial per week for 12 weeks. No tutorials in Week 1. 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 Disaster Resilient CityGEOG30021
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024
This subject examines the impacts of disasters in cities. It will explore why some groups are more vulnerable to particular hazards than others, while considering the role of social capital and adaptation for increasing the resilience of urban communities to disasters.This is important because th...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Ilan Wiesel Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 1 x 2-hour lecture and 1 x 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
- The Dynamics of Scientific ChangeHPSC30035
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024
The question of how scientific theories, concepts and practices change over time has long been at the heart of the history and philosophy of science. Ever since Thomas Kuhn’s landmark work, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, was published in 1962, historians, philosophers and sociologists o...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Kristian Camilleri Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours: 1.5 hour lectorial and 1.5 hour seminar 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
Email: kcam@unimelb.edu.au
- The Economics of CultureAMGT90018
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024
This wholly online subject examines the arts and culture as part of an economic system. Students are introduced to diverse approaches to the economic characterisation of arts and cultural production including culture as a public good, the creative industries paradigms and the role of taxation pol...
- Semester 2 - Online
Coordinator Guy Morrow Mode of delivery Online Contact hours 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 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 Economies of Cities and RegionsABPL90246
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024
This subject explores planning and policy making for productive and competitive urban settlements by investigating the economic drivers, activities, and interrelationships of cities and regions. You will examine how making and moving of goods, services, and jobs shapes the vitality, structure and...
- Semester 1
Coordinator Jennifer Day Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 1 x 2 hour lectures and 1 x 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
- 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 Artificial IntelligenceCOMP90087
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024
This subject aims to provide students with the necessary tools to: identify social and ethical issues of digital technology particularly artificial intelligence and reason about these issues; communicate concerns, or discuss ideas, from differing points of view; and ultimately build technology wi...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Simon Coghlan 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 200 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
Simon Coghlan
- 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 Eye and Vision: A Window to DiseaseOPTO90018
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024
This subject will train students in a diverse range of core research methods utilised in the Department of Optometry and Vision Sciences. Each of our laboratory heads will deliver a special seminar explaining the operation of a particular research method, and demonstrating how it is applied to so...
- Semester 1
Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 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
- 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