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- Indigenous Engineering and DesignMULT30022
Offered:Semester 2Year:2019Quotas 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 29 July 2019 to 27 October 2019 Last self-enrol date 9 August 2019 Census date 31 August 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 27 September 2019 Assessment period ends 22 November 2019
- Design and Property PrinciplesPROP20002
Offered:Semester 1Year:2019
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 4 March 2019 to 2 June 2019 Last self-enrol date 15 March 2019 Census date 31 March 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 10 May 2019 Assessment period ends 28 June 2019
- Foundations of FinTechFNCE30012
Offered:Semester 2Year:2019
Technology has been transforming the financial industry, with the potential to disrupt traditional industry structure and practice. The subject is organised around a number of real‐world issues, in order to introduce fundamental underlying economic (including money, moral hazard, property rights ...
- Semester 2
Mode of delivery On Campus — Parkville Contact hours One 2‐hour lecture per week plus one 1‐hour tutorial per week Teaching period 29 July 2019 to 27 October 2019 Last self-enrol date 9 August 2019 Census date 31 August 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 27 September 2019 Assessment period ends 22 November 2019
- Journalism TodayUNIB30011
Offered:Semester 2Year:2019
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 29 July 2019 to 27 October 2019 Last self-enrol date 9 August 2019 Census date 31 August 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 27 September 2019 Assessment period ends 22 November 2019
- Our Planet, Our HealthUNIB10017
Offered:Semester 2Year:2019
This interdisciplinary subject will introduce students to the core concepts of One Health in its broadest sense, as a concept that describes the interconnectedness of the health of humans, animals and the environment. Key themes that will be explored during the course, with reference to case stud...
- Semester 2
Mode of delivery On Campus — Parkville Contact hours Teaching period 29 July 2019 to 27 October 2019 Last self-enrol date 9 August 2019 Census date 31 August 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 27 September 2019 Assessment period ends 22 November 2019
- Korean Politics and SocietyKORE30001
Offered:Winter TermYear:2019Quotas apply
The subject is offered during the Winter term as an overseas subject taught at one of the major universities in Seoul, South Korea. Topics include domestic party politics, national division, divided families, North Korean defectors, youth unemployment, gender-based violence, migrant workers and m...
- Winter Term - Off Campus
Mode of delivery Off Campus Contact hours 30 hours - 2.5 hours seminar per day conducted over 2 weeks Teaching period 1 July 2019 to 13 July 2019 Last self-enrol date 3 July 2019 Census date 12 July 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 19 July 2019 Assessment period ends 2 August 2019
- Korean 1KORE10001
Offered:Semester 1Year:2019
This subject is designed for students with no Korean language background. Students will develop essential Korean language skills in order to be able to engage in basic social conversation. The subject will introduce the Korean writing system, Hangeul, and Korean romanisation. Students will also d...
- Semester 1
Mode of delivery On Campus — Parkville Contact hours A total of 48 hours. Two 2-hour seminars per week. Teaching period 4 March 2019 to 2 June 2019 Last self-enrol date 15 March 2019 Census date 31 March 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 10 May 2019 Assessment period ends 28 June 2019
- Food For a Healthy Planet IIUNIB20014
Offered:Semester 2Year:2019
This subject will use a variety of delivery tools including in-class lecture, case analysis, problems, invited expert seminars etc. This will include modules on science, health, economics, politics & law, social issues relating to food and food security. The primary aim in this year is to eng...
- Semester 2
Mode of delivery On Campus — Parkville Contact hours 48 hours including two one-hour lectures and a one-hour tutorial per week Teaching period 29 July 2019 to 27 October 2019 Last self-enrol date 9 August 2019 Census date 31 August 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 27 September 2019 Assessment period ends 22 November 2019
- Climate Change III: Responding to ChangeUNIB30003
Offered:Semester 2Year:2019
This final subject of the climate change breadth sequence will provide a capstone and integrated assessment experience related to this climate change mitigation, impact assessment or adaptation. A key part of this subject is a project on an applied problem that may be undertaken with a partner su...
- Semester 2
Mode of delivery On Campus — Parkville Contact hours One 2-hour lecture/tutorial per week; with additional enrichment activities including some lectures, expert panel discussions, up to a total of 8 hours. Teaching period 29 July 2019 to 27 October 2019 Last self-enrol date 9 August 2019 Census date 31 August 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 27 September 2019 Assessment period ends 22 November 2019
- Global Health, Security & SustainabilityUNIB30002
Offered:Semester 1Year:2019
"Global health, Security & Sustainability" is a new and exciting subject that explores the root causes of disease, poverty, injustice and inequity that exist in the world today. It will feature eminent speakers from a range of academic disciplines to provide students with diverse approaches ...
- Semester 1
Mode of delivery On Campus — Parkville Contact hours 3 Teaching period 4 March 2019 to 2 June 2019 Last self-enrol date 15 March 2019 Census date 31 March 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 10 May 2019 Assessment period ends 28 June 2019
- Bollywood: a cross-disciplinary studyMUST20007
Offered:Semester 2Year:2019
Indian commercial cinema, affectionately if ignorantly called 'Bollywood' by the West, typically produces extraordinary spectacles of colour, music and dance, whether telling stories of comedy or drama. This subject explores Bollywood film and dance through a blended learning model, with contact ...
- Semester 2
Mode of delivery On Campus — Southbank Contact hours Teaching period 29 July 2019 to 27 October 2019 Last self-enrol date 9 August 2019 Census date 31 August 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 27 September 2019 Assessment period ends 22 November 2019
- Corruption in AsiaASIA30004
Offered:Semester 1Year:2019
Corruption is widely considered to be a major obstacle to sustainable economic and social development in 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, magnitude...
- Semester 1
Mode of delivery On Campus — Parkville Contact hours 29 hours Teaching period 4 March 2019 to 2 June 2019 Last self-enrol date 15 March 2019 Census date 31 March 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 10 May 2019 Assessment period ends 28 June 2019
- Water for Sustainable FuturesUNIB20012
Offered:Semester 1Year:2019
In recent decades the importance of regulating water and its wider implications have been the subject of great debate. Water is no longer viewed solely in hydrological terms, where its supply and allocation are considered to be the only determinants important in understanding how it is regulated....
- Semester 1
Mode of delivery On Campus — Parkville Contact hours Contact Hours: 36 hours: Lectures (1hr) 2 x weekly; Tutorials (1hr) 1 x weekly Teaching period 4 March 2019 to 2 June 2019 Last self-enrol date 15 March 2019 Census date 31 March 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 10 May 2019 Assessment period ends 28 June 2019
- Generating the Wealth of NationsUNIB10010
Offered:Semester 2Year:2019
This subject provides an introduction to the development of economic activity in the world in the past 300 years. The main objectives are to present an overview of the main phases and episodes in the evolution of the world economy in the past 300 years, and to develop an understanding of the role...
- Semester 2
Mode of delivery On Campus — Parkville Contact hours Teaching period 29 July 2019 to 27 October 2019 Last self-enrol date 9 August 2019 Census date 31 August 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 27 September 2019 Assessment period ends 22 November 2019
- Catastrophes as Turning PointsUNIB10013
Offered:Semester 2Year:2019
There is much to be learned from failure, and in recent history there has been no shortage of examples of human-made catastrophes - the Bhopal Chemical spill, the Tuskegee syphilis experiment, the Challenger explosion, the Thalidomide disaster, the release of Cane Toads, the Chernobyl nuclear mel...
- Semester 2
Mode of delivery On Campus — Parkville Contact hours 35 hours - 2 x 1 hour lecture per week and 11 x 1 hour tutorials scheduled across the semester Teaching period 29 July 2019 to 27 October 2019 Last self-enrol date 9 August 2019 Census date 31 August 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 27 September 2019 Assessment period ends 22 November 2019
- Drugs That Shape SocietyUNIB20008
Offered:Semester 2Year:2019
Drugs that Shape Society is a compelling story of drugs that provides insight to us as individuals and as a society. Drugs impact our lives in many different ways. Social responses to their use have shaped our laws, the health system, commerce – even foreign policies.In Australia the use of thera...
- Semester 2
Mode of delivery On Campus — Parkville Contact hours 2 x 1hr lectures per week, 1 x 1hr tutorial per week Teaching period 29 July 2019 to 27 October 2019 Last self-enrol date 9 August 2019 Census date 31 August 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 27 September 2019 Assessment period ends 22 November 2019
- Food for a Healthy PlanetUNIB10009
Offered:Semester 1Year:2019
Food is a basic human need. But what should we eat? Not all food is good for us, and a balance between diet and exercise is required for a healthy life. Likewise, not all food production methods are good for the environment. Again, a balance between human needs and the health of our environment i...
- Semester 1
Mode of delivery On Campus — Parkville Contact hours 48 hours including two one-hour lectures and a one-hour tutorial per week Teaching period 4 March 2019 to 2 June 2019 Last self-enrol date 15 March 2019 Census date 31 March 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 10 May 2019 Assessment period ends 28 June 2019
- Field ArchaeologyANCW30025
Offered:JulyYear:2019Quotas apply
This winter intensive is a hands-on, residential field school, teaching practical core archaeological skills through active participation in an authentic research setting at the ancient site of Rabati, coordinated by staff from the Classics and Archaeology programme in the School of Historical an...
- July - Off Campus
Mode of delivery Off Campus Contact hours 31 hours – This subject is taught in intensive mode in Georgia consisting of 10 days of fieldwork (excavation), as well as on-site lecture, tutorials and museum and site visits across a two week period Pre teaching requirements Attendance at pre-departure briefing Teaching period 8 July 2019 to 19 July 2019 Last self-enrol date 10 July 2019 Census date 19 July 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 2 August 2019 Assessment period ends 12 August 2019
- Consultants and GovernmentPADM10001
Offered:Semester 2Year:2019
Management consulting is one of the great success stories of the last century, and several consultant ideas have shaped the ways in which we live and work today. But how have they done this? Is this a problem? And what do consultants actually do, anyway? This subject is an introduction to manage...
- Semester 2
Mode of delivery On Campus — Parkville Contact hours 3 hours per week (2 x 1-hour lectures and 1 x 1-hour tutorial) Teaching period 29 July 2019 to 27 October 2019 Last self-enrol date 9 August 2019 Census date 31 August 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 27 September 2019 Assessment period ends 22 November 2019
- Interpreting Australian Landscape DesignLARC30002
Offered:Semester 2Year:2019
Interpreting Australian Landscape Design forms part of the Design Histories Specialisation. This subject develops an understanding of the formative influences to have shaped contemporary public and private landscapes. A critical examination of the historical development of landscape design in A...
- Semester 2
Mode of delivery On Campus — Parkville Contact hours 3 hours per week (1X1 hour lecture + 1X2 hour tutorial ) Teaching period 29 July 2019 to 27 October 2019 Last self-enrol date 9 August 2019 Census date 31 August 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 27 September 2019 Assessment period ends 22 November 2019