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- Gender Studies Reading CourseGEND40002
Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2Year:2019
This subject is for Gender Studies Honours students only, but is only available in special circumstances and must be organised in advance with the Honours convenor. This subject involves a supervised study of an area of scholarship chosen by the student in consultation with an appointed supervi...
- Semester 1
Mode of delivery On Campus — Parkville Contact hours 24 hours - 1 x 2 hour seminar per week for 12 weeks 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 - Semester 2
Mode of delivery On Campus — Parkville Contact hours 24 hours - 1 x 2 hour seminar per week for 12 weeks 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
- Gender, Globalisation and DevelopmentGEND90006
Offered:Semester 1Year:2019
This subject examines the relationships between gender, globalisation and development, illustrated principally through case studies, policy documents, and ethnographic texts. It also draws theoretical perspectives and insights from a number of social science and humanities disciplines as well. On...
- Semester 1
Mode of delivery On Campus — Parkville Contact hours 24 contact hours: A 3 -hour seminar per week for Weeks 3-10 of semester. 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
- Sociology of 'Race' and EthnicitiesSOCI30014
Offered:Semester 2Year:2019
This subject provides a sociological examination of the racialized underpinnings of Australian society. Focusing on how social forces such as colonisation, dispossession and the White Australia Policy have shaped understandings of racial difference, the subject will be concerned with the specific...
- Semester 2
Mode of delivery On Campus — Parkville Contact hours 30 contact hours: 1 X 1.5hr lecture and 1 X 1 hour tutorial per week for 12 weeks 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
- Gender Diversity in the WorkplaceGEND30005
Offered:Semester 2Year:2019
This subject will examine the following questions: what exactly do we mean by gender diversity, who do current ideas include or exclude, why and when is it important, and how should we try to achieve it? The what, why and how of gender diversity are fundamental questions relating to organization...
- Semester 2
Mode of delivery On Campus — Parkville Contact hours 36 hours - 3 hours per week of 'lectorial' including group work 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
- Families, Relationships and SocietySOCI20018
Offered:Semester 2Year:2019
This subject introduces students to students to the sociology of family life. The subject will start with a broad focus covering key theoretical perspectives on the family and personal life and examining the political and cultural context of family life. A key theme of the subject will be to id...
- Semester 2
Mode of delivery On Campus — Parkville Contact hours 35 Contact Hours:1 x two hour lecture and 1 x one hour tutorial per week for 12 weeks. No tutorials in Week 1. 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
- Introduction to European Critical TheoryEURO40001
Offered:Semester 2Year:2019
This subject provides an introduction to the central topics and problems raised in European Critical Theory in the period from 1968-2000. It aims not merely to introduce the concepts, but to demonstrate how these concepts can be operationalised in methods of analysis. The topics to be considered ...
- Semester 2
Mode of delivery On Campus — Parkville Contact hours 24 hours: 1 x 2 hour seminar 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
- LundU: Globalisation and Social PolicySOTH20006
Offered:MarchYear:2019
The aim of this course is to analyse and discuss social policy and different social policy systems in a context of globalisation. The course is divided into two parts. In the first part we will introduce some basic concepts and typologies that have been used to characterise different systems of s...
- March - Online
Mode of delivery Online Contact hours Online classes from March to June through Lund University, Sweden. This subject is only available online. Teaching period 25 March 2019 to 10 June 2019 Last self-enrol date 9 April 2019 Census date 26 April 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 31 May 2019 Assessment period ends 8 July 2019
- Social Inclusion Policy and PracticeSOTH90006
Offered:MayYear:2019
Do we live in a Big Society; a social investment state; a socially inclusive society or a global economy? How can we make sense of policy and programs in the context of seemingly ever-changing paradigms and politics? What is the role of social policy in the face of enduring inequalities and new s...
- May
Mode of delivery On Campus — Parkville Contact hours 32 contact hours: This subject will be delivered intensively from 9:00am - 5:00pm, with seminars over four days. Teaching period 3 May 2019 to 11 May 2019 Last self-enrol date 3 May 2019 Census date 17 May 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 7 June 2019 Assessment period ends 22 June 2019
- Memory & Memoirs of 20th Century EuropeEURO30002
Offered:Semester 1Year:2019
The eye-witness account and the personal memoir offer powerful ways of exploring the human legacy of overwhelming historical events on individual lives. But how do literary genres like the memoir and autobiography manage to speak about unspeakable topics, how do they represent the unrepresentable...
- Semester 1
Mode of delivery On Campus — Parkville Contact hours 1 x 1 hour lecture and 1 x 2 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
- Memory & Memoirs of 20th Century EuropeEURO20003
Offered:Semester 1Year:2019
The eye-witness account and the personal memoir offer powerful ways of exploring the human legacy of overwhelming historical events on individual lives. But how do literary genres like the memoir and autobiography manage to speak about unspeakable topics, how do they represent the unrepresentable...
- Semester 1
Mode of delivery On Campus — Parkville Contact hours 1 x 1 hour lecture and 1 x 2 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
- HPS Thesis Part 1HPSC40018
Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2Year:2019
An approved thesis topic selected in consultation with the fourth-year coordinator. The thesis is taken across two consecutive semesters, and is the result of the student’s own independent research.
- Semester 1
Mode of delivery On Campus — Parkville Contact hours Regular, documented consultations over two semesters with the supervisor(s) as arranged. Meetings should normally occur at least fortnightly and should be at least of half an hour duration. 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 - Semester 2
Mode of delivery On Campus — Parkville Contact hours Regular, documented consultations over two semesters with the supervisor(s) as arranged. Meetings should normally occur at least fortnightly and should be at least of half an hour duration. 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
- Science, Controversy and Public PolicyHPSC90013
Offered:Semester 1Year:2019
From genetic modification to climate change, science seems to be embroiled in an ever-growing number of public controversies. Some of these controversies are international in scope. Others have unfolded in the distinctive environment of Australia’s public policy and research apparatus, sometimes ...
- Semester 1
Mode of delivery On Campus — Parkville Contact hours 24 hours - 1 x 2 hour seminar each week for 12 weeks 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
- God and the Natural SciencesHPSC20020
Offered:Semester 1Year:2019
Recent popular debates over the relationship between science and religion have too often denegrated into shouted polemics between religious fundamentalists and new atheists. Yet many of the really important historical, philosophical and theological questions call for more careful scholarly attent...
- Semester 1
Mode of delivery On Campus — Parkville Contact hours 35 hours - 2 x1 hour lectures each week and 1 x 1-hour tutorial for 11 weeks 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
- Researching IdeasARTS90012
Offered:Semester 1Year:2019
This subject introduces students to cutting edge research in four core areas of philosophy: (1) practical philosophy; (2) metaphysics and epistemology; (3) logic, philosophy of language and mind; (4) the history of philosophy. In most sessions, the seminar will be organized around work presented ...
- Semester 1
Mode of delivery On Campus — Parkville Contact hours Total 12 hours: 6 x 2 hour seminars, taught fortnightly 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
- Introductory Academic ProgramARTS90006
Offered:Summer Term, JuneYear:2019
This subject is a five-week, pre-semester intensive program which offers students the opportunity to consolidate and extend their expertise in critical thinking and academic writing, while supporting their transition to living in Melbourne. Through a range of activities students develop an unders...
- Summer Term
Mode of delivery On Campus — Parkville Contact hours 20 hours per week, consisting of lectures, tutorials, workshops and related activities Teaching period 21 January 2019 to 21 February 2019 Last self-enrol date 28 January 2019 Census date 1 February 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 8 February 2019 Assessment period ends 21 February 2019 - June
Mode of delivery On Campus — Parkville Contact hours 20 hours per week, consisting of lectures, tutorials, workshops and related activities Teaching period 18 June 2019 to 18 July 2019 Last self-enrol date 24 June 2019 Census date 28 June 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 July 2019 Assessment period ends 19 July 2019
- Introduction to Action ResearchARTS90003
Offered:Semester 2Year:2019
Action Research (AR) combines the new scholarship of active engagement with social research methods to generate collaborative inquiries, commitment and action. This interdisciplinary graduate course introduces the ways in which researchers and the community and/or industry members collaborate to ...
- Semester 2
Mode of delivery On Campus — Parkville Contact hours Total 12 hours: 6 x 2 hour seminars, delivered fortnightly. 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
- Researching Politics and PolicyARTS90014
Offered:Semester 1Year:2019
Those students electing to take the Researching Politics and Policy workshop will become familiar with the latest developments – the 'cutting edge' – in major branches of political science and policy theory. The underlying objective is for each student to be better prepared to select the most app...
- Semester 1
Mode of delivery On Campus — Parkville Contact hours Total 12 hours: 1 x 1.5 hour seminar in first and last week and 3 x 3 hour seminars in between. 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
- Intensive Research WorkshopARTS90005
Offered:AprilYear:2019
This subject focuses on the common challenges of designing a research project at PhD level. These include framing research questions in the context of the existing research literature, selecting and developing an appropriate and refined research strategy, and clarifying the stages of a research p...
- April
Mode of delivery On Campus — Parkville Contact hours Total 12 hours: lectures and seminars delivered intensively over two days (6 hours per day) Teaching period 8 April 2019 to 7 June 2019 Last self-enrol date 19 April 2019 Census date 3 May 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 21 June 2019 Assessment period ends 2 August 2019
- Visiting Scholar: Advanced Seminar BARTS90021
Offered:Semester 2Year:2019
This subject will be taught by a Visiting Scholar in an area of their expertise. It will provide a graduate-level introduction to an important area of scholarship, including discussion of the visitor’s own work and the scholarly field to which it contributes. The subject will appeal both to stude...
- Semester 2
Mode of delivery On Campus — Parkville Contact hours 12 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
- Introduction to Language TranslationARTS30002
Offered:Semester 1Year:2019
Translation is not a simple language replacement exercise; it is one of the main ways in which cultures shape political thought, literature, and science. This subject will offer answers to basic questions about how this happens. What are the main solutions available to translators? What goes on i...
- Semester 1
Mode of delivery On Campus — Parkville Contact 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