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- Corruption in Southeast AsiaASIA30004
Offered:Semester 1Year:2018
Corruption is widely considered to be a major obstacle to sustainable economic and social development in Southeast Asia. This subject examines the notion of corruption and the analytical frameworks that scholars, policy-makers and activists have used to understand it. It also analyses the nature,...
- Semester 1
Mode of delivery On Campus — Parkville Contact hours 29 hours Teaching period 26 February 2018 to 27 May 2018 Last self-enrol date 9 March 2018 Census date 31 March 2018 Last date to withdraw without fail 4 May 2018 Assessment period ends 22 June 2018
- Design and Property PrinciplesPROP20002
Offered:Semester 1Year:2018
This subject introduces students to the basic principles and business concepts of Property, through examination of the underlying drivers of commercial Property Development and Property Investment, the underlying systems and relationships – social, commercial, political, economic and environmenta...
- Semester 1
Mode of delivery On Campus — Parkville Contact hours 36 hours Teaching period 26 February 2018 to 27 May 2018 Last self-enrol date 9 March 2018 Census date 31 March 2018 Last date to withdraw without fail 4 May 2018 Assessment period ends 22 June 2018
- The Electronic Arts: Vision and SoundCCDP10002
Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2Year:2018
This course 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
Mode of delivery On Campus — Parkville Contact hours 1-hour weekly lecture 2-hour weekly tutorial Teaching period 26 February 2018 to 27 May 2018 Last self-enrol date 9 March 2018 Census date 31 March 2018 Last date to withdraw without fail 4 May 2018 Assessment period ends 22 June 2018 - Semester 2
Mode of delivery On Campus — Parkville Contact hours 1-hour weekly lecture 2-hour weekly tutorial Teaching period 23 July 2018 to 21 October 2018 Last self-enrol date 3 August 2018 Census date 31 August 2018 Last date to withdraw without fail 21 September 2018 Assessment period ends 16 November 2018
- Hacking Cities - Upgrading Urban LifeABPL20054
Offered:Winter TermYear:2018
Many aspects of city life could be improved, but change seems hard. Some interventions are ineffective, others have unintended side effects. Cities are complex systems, and complexity makes it a challenge to change them. Hacking means using your knowledge of a system to design an intervention – t...
- Winter Term
Mode of delivery On Campus — Parkville Contact hours 40 contact hours over 10 days contact hours over 10 days (10 days of 2 hour lecture + 2 hour tutorial) Teaching period 2 July 2018 to 13 July 2018 Last self-enrol date 4 July 2018 Census date 6 July 2018 Last date to withdraw without fail 14 July 2018 Assessment period ends 20 July 2018
- Indigenous Engineering and DesignMULT30022
Offered:Semester 2Year:2018Quotas apply
For millennia, the Indigenous peoples of Australia have understood and cared for their various environments and not only adapted to their surroundings but modified and managed them sustainably – living with the land rather than living off it. Increasingly, we are becoming aware that this frequent...
- Semester 2
Mode of delivery On Campus — Parkville Contact hours 84 Hours (2 visits to Budj Bim – 30 hours each, 60 hours total; Lectures/Workshops – 12 x 2 hours each, 24 hours total) Teaching period 23 July 2018 to 21 October 2018 Last self-enrol date 3 August 2018 Census date 31 August 2018 Last date to withdraw without fail 21 September 2018 Assessment period ends 16 November 2018
- Experiencing Foodscapes: Italy & SpainEURO30007
Offered:Winter TermYear:2018
Italy and Spain are undoubtedly the culinary epicentres of Southern Europe with food cultures that have intersected repeatedly since Ancient times. In this two-week intensive in-country subject students will learn about the centrality of eating to Italian and Spanish ways of life and consider the...
- Winter Term - Off Campus
Mode of delivery Off Campus Contact hours 6 hours during pre-teaching period 30 hours of programmed in-country activities Pre teaching start date 25 June 2018 Pre teaching requirements Students will participate in three pre-departure sessions which will deal with subject orientation as well as introduce students to theoretical literature in food studies Teaching period 30 June 2018 to 15 July 2018 Last self-enrol date 26 June 2018 Census date 6 July 2018 Last date to withdraw without fail 20 July 2018 Assessment period ends 31 July 2018
- Agribusiness Marketing & Value ChainsAGRI30040
Offered:JulyYear:2018
This subject is about applying principles of agricultural economics, agribusiness marketing and agribusiness value chain analysis to analysing and understanding the process of creating value in agricultural products, from the perspectives of individual firms in the value chain and of the whole va...
- July
Mode of delivery On Campus — Parkville Contact hours 24 hours lectures, 24 hours tutorials Teaching period 16 July 2018 to 20 July 2018 Last self-enrol date 17 July 2018 Census date 3 August 2018 Last date to withdraw without fail 31 August 2018 Assessment period ends 28 September 2018
- Introduction to Indigenous EducationEDUC10060
Offered:Semester 1Year:2018
Focused on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education, this subject examines the place and significance of Australian Indigenous peoples in the educational landscape. The subject will explore the changing nature of Indigenous education in Australia through studying a range of contemporary an...
- Semester 1
Mode of delivery On Campus — Parkville Contact hours 36 hours Teaching period 26 February 2018 to 27 May 2018 Last self-enrol date 9 March 2018 Census date 31 March 2018 Last date to withdraw without fail 4 May 2018 Assessment period ends 22 June 2018
- Understanding PovertyDEVT20004
Offered:Semester 2Year:2018
The literature on poverty identifies its causes as both economic and cultural. This subject aims to develop students understanding on the local and international economic factors producing poverty, as well as, its culture-bound causes and manifestations. Using poverty concepts in Development Stud...
- Semester 2
Mode of delivery On Campus — Parkville Contact hours 30 Contact Hours: A 1 x 1.5 hour lecture and 1 x 1 hour tutorial per week for 12 weeks. Teaching period 23 July 2018 to 21 October 2018 Last self-enrol date 3 August 2018 Census date 31 August 2018 Last date to withdraw without fail 21 September 2018 Assessment period ends 16 November 2018
- Clear Speech and CommunicationTHTR10019
Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2Year:2018Quotas apply
This subject is designed for students where English is a second language and develops fluency in spoken Australian English. Intensive study includes the application of the International Phonetic Alphabet to improve and develop the articulation of specific speech sounds for Australian English. Stu...
- Semester 1
Mode of delivery On Campus — Southbank Contact hours 36 Teaching period 26 February 2018 to 27 May 2018 Last self-enrol date 9 March 2018 Census date 31 March 2018 Last date to withdraw without fail 4 May 2018 Assessment period ends 22 June 2018 - Semester 2
Mode of delivery On Campus — Southbank Contact hours 36 Teaching period 23 July 2018 to 21 October 2018 Last self-enrol date 3 August 2018 Census date 31 August 2018 Last date to withdraw without fail 21 September 2018 Assessment period ends 16 November 2018
- Age of EmpiresHIST10010
Offered:Semester 2Year:2018
This subject is a history of various empires established throughout the world from the mid-eighteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth century. It outlines the nature of empire, discusses the effect of the Age of Revolutions on imperialism, engages with the notions of colonialism and pos...
- Semester 2
Mode of delivery On Campus — Parkville Contact hours 35 hours – 24 x 1 hour lectures and 11 x 1 hour tutorials Teaching period 23 July 2018 to 21 October 2018 Last self-enrol date 3 August 2018 Census date 31 August 2018 Last date to withdraw without fail 21 September 2018 Assessment period ends 16 November 2018
- Free Play New Music Improvisation EnsemMUSI20164
Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2Year:2018
This subject gives participants the opportunity for an in-depth practical study of musical improvisation techniques by introducing the participant to the marvellous and unique art of improvisation. This performance-based subject introduces the practice of musical improvisation for those musicians...
- Semester 1
Mode of delivery On Campus — Southbank Contact hours 24 hours Teaching period 26 February 2018 to 27 May 2018 Last self-enrol date 9 March 2018 Census date 31 March 2018 Last date to withdraw without fail 4 May 2018 Assessment period ends 22 June 2018 - Semester 2
Mode of delivery On Campus — Southbank Contact hours 24 hours Teaching period 23 July 2018 to 21 October 2018 Last self-enrol date 3 August 2018 Census date 31 August 2018 Last date to withdraw without fail 21 September 2018 Assessment period ends 16 November 2018
- Creating Music For AdvertisingMUSI20167
Offered:Semester 1Year:2018
This subject introduces the basics of making music for advertising including, the jingle, sound as persuasion, working to a brief and in a collective, the function of music in advertising and creating music for mass media and multimedia. Creating music for advertising is delivered in two parts: l...
- Semester 1
Mode of delivery On Campus — Southbank Contact hours 24 hours Teaching period 26 February 2018 to 27 May 2018 Last self-enrol date 9 March 2018 Census date 31 March 2018 Last date to withdraw without fail 4 May 2018 Assessment period ends 22 June 2018
- Italian 6ITAL30014
Offered:Semester 2Year:2018
Students in this subject intensively revise and further develop their knowledge of contemporary Italian language and culture. The subject combines analysis of language structures with a practical focus, all designed to extend students’ linguistic capacities in reading, writing, listening, speakin...
- Semester 2
Mode of delivery On Campus — Parkville Contact hours 54 hours: an average of 4.5 hours per week: 18 1-hour language seminars scheduled across the semester, a 1-hour conversation class per week, ten 1-hour literature lectures scheduled across the semester, ten 1-hour multimedia seminars scheduled across the semester, five 1-hour tutorials scheduled across the semester Teaching period 23 July 2018 to 21 October 2018 Last self-enrol date 3 August 2018 Census date 31 August 2018 Last date to withdraw without fail 21 September 2018 Assessment period ends 16 November 2018
- Variation in Japanese LanguageJAPN10010
Offered:Semester 1Year:2018
This subject aims to familiarise students with colloquial and dialectal expressions used in Japan. It introduces students to various styles of Japanese spoken by those differentiated by gender, age and region. It will also give students opportunities to examine different registers in various conv...
- Semester 1
Mode of delivery On Campus — Parkville Contact hours A total of 48 hours: Four hours of language classes per week Teaching period 26 February 2018 to 27 May 2018 Last self-enrol date 9 March 2018 Census date 31 March 2018 Last date to withdraw without fail 4 May 2018 Assessment period ends 22 June 2018
- Introduction to Screenwriting PracticesFLTV10023
Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2Year:2018
This online Breadth subject is an introduction to the process of creating stories for screen media, focusing on concept creation, screenplay structures, story and character generation. Students will study and practice the essential groundwork undertaken by writers in creating works for screen, an...
- Semester 1 - Online
Mode of delivery Online Contact hours Teaching period 26 February 2018 to 27 May 2018 Last self-enrol date 9 March 2018 Census date 31 March 2018 Last date to withdraw without fail 4 May 2018 Assessment period ends 22 June 2018 - Semester 2 - Online
Mode of delivery Online Contact hours Teaching period 23 July 2018 to 21 October 2018 Last self-enrol date 3 August 2018 Census date 31 August 2018 Last date to withdraw without fail 21 September 2018 Assessment period ends 16 November 2018
- City FuturesABPL20045
Offered:Semester 2Year:2018
What is the future of the polis? Exploration of past and present conditions of urban ordering and development inform understanding of 21st century challenges for cities and urban societies. This subject critically examines imagined city futures from historical and contemporary perspectives, incor...
- Semester 2
Mode of delivery On Campus — Parkville Contact hours 36 hours: 1x2 hour lecture per week, 1x1 hour tutorial per week Teaching period 23 July 2018 to 21 October 2018 Last self-enrol date 3 August 2018 Census date 31 August 2018 Last date to withdraw without fail 21 September 2018 Assessment period ends 16 November 2018
- Journalism TodayUNIB30011
Offered:Semester 2Year:2018
Journalism is an area of key social importance in the contemporary world, and a practical knowledge of journalistic processes is important not only to media practitioners, but in a range of fields where the quality of public communication is of vital significance. This University Breadth subject ...
- Semester 2
Mode of delivery On Campus — Parkville Contact hours 3 hours per week – 1 x 1 hour lecture + 1 x 2 hour seminar throughout semester Teaching period 23 July 2018 to 21 October 2018 Last self-enrol date 3 August 2018 Census date 31 August 2018 Last date to withdraw without fail 21 September 2018 Assessment period ends 16 November 2018
- Introduction to ScreenprintingFINA20045
Offered:Winter Term, JulyYear:2018Quotas apply
This subject will introduce students to the unique possibilities inherent in printmaking techniques, with a technical focus on screenprinting processes. As well as focusing on the development and application of screenprinting skills and techniques, students will be introduced to historical and co...
- Winter Term
Mode of delivery On Campus — Southbank Contact hours 36 Teaching period 25 June 2018 to 5 July 2018 Last self-enrol date 27 June 2018 Census date 29 June 2018 Last date to withdraw without fail 6 July 2018 Assessment period ends 16 July 2018 - July
Mode of delivery On Campus — Southbank Contact hours 36 Teaching period 9 July 2018 to 19 July 2018 Last self-enrol date 11 July 2018 Census date 13 July 2018 Last date to withdraw without fail 20 July 2018 Assessment period ends 30 July 2018
- Spanish 6SPAN10008
Offered:Semester 2Year:2018
The focus of this subject will be on the improvement of students’ oral and written language competence and the learning of textual study skills in Spanish, through the study of selected oral and written narratives. These particular texts are part of the long tradition of Spanish and Latin America...
- Semester 2
Mode of delivery On Campus — Parkville Contact hours 36 hours: 2 x 1.5-hour tutorials per week Teaching period 23 July 2018 to 21 October 2018 Last self-enrol date 3 August 2018 Census date 31 August 2018 Last date to withdraw without fail 21 September 2018 Assessment period ends 16 November 2018