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- Thinking and Reasoning with DataMAST90044
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024
What conclusion can be drawn from a pool of data? How can a scientist draw meaningful conclusions while not overreaching? How can modelling help the scientist interpret data? This subject will address these questions by teaching students critical thinking and data analysis skills. After completin...
- Semester 1
Coordinator Aurore Delaigle Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 48 hours comprising two 1-hour lectures per week and one 2-hour computer laboratory session 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, Judgement and Decision MakingPSYC90104
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024
The science of judgment and decision-making is an important emerging area of study incorporating elements of psychology and behavioral economic theory. This includes the cognitive basis of decision-making, preference formation, belief updating, and related cognitive processes, using methods from ...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Rob Hester Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours (1 x 2hr lecture and 1 x 1hr 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
Principal Coordinator
Prof Rob Hester
hesterr@unimelb.edu.au
- Thinking like an EntrepreneurBUSA90086
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Not offered in 2024 Year:2024Quotas apply
This unit provides real‐world, hands‐on learning about what it’s actually like to start a company or carry out an entrepreneurial project in an existing organisation. This is a practical unit, not a theoretical one, and is designed to give students the experience of how to work as a team and turn...
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 Elizabeth MacFarlane 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
- Thought Leadership in Digital MarketingMKTG90047
Graduate coursework subject Offered:April Year:2024
This subject will showcase Australia’s top digital marketers who will share their experience and network with the students. Each speaker will cover in depth their digital marketing strategies and tactics to illustrate how the key learnings from the program such as lead generation, eCommerce, onli...
- April
Principal coordinator Hamish Simmonds Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours (two 6 hour seminars per week for three weeks) Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 15 April 2024 to 5 May 2024 Last self-enrol date 19 April 2024 Census date 26 April 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 17 May 2024 Assessment period ends 2 June 2024 April contact information
Dr Hamish Simmonds hamish.simmonds@unimelb.edu.au
- TimeARTS90051
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024
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...
- Semester 1
Coordinator Dana Goswick Mode of delivery Dual-Delivery (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
- Time Series Analysis and ForecastingECOM90004
Graduate coursework 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, 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
- 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
- Tissue Engineering & Stem CellsBMEN90011
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024
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...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Andrea O'Connor Coordinator David Nisbet Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 24 hours of lectures, 12 hours of workshops, 12 hours of tutorials and 6 hours of laboratory work per semester. Total time commitment 200 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
Associate Professor Andrea O'Connor
Email: a.oconnor@unimelb.edu.au
Professor David Nisbet
Email: david.nisbet@unimelb.edu.au
- Today's Science, Tomorrow's WorldSCIE10005
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2024
THIS SUBJECT IS DESIGNED TO BE TAKEN IN THE FIRST SEMESTER OF ENROLMENT IN THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE. YOU MUST ENROL IN THE SEMESTER YOU COMMENCE THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE. The ambition to shape our habitat and to understand the universe in which we reside has occurred in all cultures and across al...
- Semester 1
Coordinator Andrew King Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Weeks 1-5 (Core): 5 x 1-hour on-campus lectures and 5 x 1hr- pre-recorded lecture (2 lectures total per week for five weeks). 4 x 2-hour weekly workshops. Weeks 6-8 (Investigation 1): 3 x 1-hour on-campus lectures and 3 x 1hr- pre-recorded lecture (2 lectures total per week for three weeks). 3 x 2-hour weekly workshops. Weeks 9-11 (Investigation 2):3 x 1-hour on-campus lectures and 3 x 1hr- pre-recorded lecture (2 lectures total per week for three weeks). 3 x 2-hour weekly workshops. 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
- Semester 2
Coordinator Yi Huang Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Weeks 1-5 (Core): 5 x 1-hour on-campus lectures and 5 x 1hr- pre-recorded lecture (2 lectures total per week for five weeks). 4 x 2-hour weekly workshops. Weeks 6-8 (Investigation 1): 3 x 1-hour on-campus lectures and 3 x 1hr- pre-recorded lecture (2 lectures total per week for three weeks). 3 x 2-hour weekly workshops. Weeks 9-11 (Investigation 2):3 x 1-hour on-campus lectures and 3 x 1hr- pre-recorded lecture (2 lectures total per week for three weeks). 3 x 2-hour weekly workshops. 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
- TOE - PracticalMEDI90141
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Not offered in 2024 Year:2024
After completion of this subject, students will have the knowledge and skill to insert and clean a transoesophageal echocardiography (TOE) probe and how to perform a focused TOE examination, interpret and write a structured report on the assessment of haemodynamic state and cardiac pathology usin...
Not available in 2024
View details - To Hell with DanteITAL30007
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024
This subject will give students the opportunity to apply and build on skills and knowledge acquired in their study of Italian and to complete and exhibit a final group research project. The subject focuses on the study of the most important Italian literary work: Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy (...
- Semester 1
Coordinator Elisabetta Ferrari Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 30 hours: 1 x 1 hour lecture and 1 x 1.5 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
- Tonga Traveling StudioABPL90447
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Winter Term Year:2024Quotas apply
The Tonga Traveling Studio is a Placemaking Sandbox that will provide students with intellectual and creative tools to explore multiple place-based issues in an island community setting. It equips students with intercultural competencies to navigate complex cultural settings and apply placemaking...
- Winter Term
Coordinator Derlie Mateo-Babiano Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 72 hours Total time commitment 340 hours Teaching period 24 June 2024 to 8 July 2024 Last self-enrol date 13 May 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
- Topics in Actuarial StudiesACTL20004
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024
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.
- Semester 2
Principal coordinators Benjamin Avanzi and Yuyu Chen Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Two 1-hour lectures and one 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
- Topics in Advanced Economic AnalysisECON90004
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Not offered in 2024 Year:2024
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.
Not available in 2024
View details - Topics in Animal HealthANSC20003
Undergraduate subject Offered:Not offered in 2024 Year:2024
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...
Not available in 2024
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