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• +Our Planet, Our Health IIUNIB20020

  Offered:Semester 2Year:2019

  This interdisciplinary subject will challenge students by covering key One Health threats and responses, considering the interconnectedness of the health of humans, animals and the environment. Key themes that will be explored during the course, with reference to case studies, will include: The ...

• +Food for a Healthy Planet IIIUNIB30010

  Offered:Semester 1Year:2019

  Food for a Healthy Planet III is about the many facets of modern food systems and the roles, availability and requirements demanded of food in Australia and internationally. Changing dietary requirements by consumers and changing expectations about the desired characteristics of the products of t...

• +Introduction to Climate ChangeUNIB10007

  Offered:Semester 2Year:2019

  This subject is an introduction to the major topics in climate change, including the scientific basis of the greenhouse effect, the history of Earth’s climate, energy options, economics and public policy, the effect of climate change on food, water and health, and the national and international l...

• +An Ecological History of HumanityUNIB10003

  Offered:Semester 1Year:2019

  An Ecological History of Humanity is essential for students interested in the ecological crises facing our planet in the Age of the Anthropocene. Taught by a geographer, a zoologist, a microbiologist and an historian, it is an interdisciplinary exploration of our complex relationship with the env...

• +Cultures & Flavours of Latin AmericaUNIB20019

  Offered:Semester 1Year:2019

  Cultures and Flavours of Latin America is a subject designed for students interested in a general cultural introduction to the field of Latin American Studies. In this subject students will learn about the history and politics of Latin American countries, their food, wine production, cultural ex...

• +Body, Mind and Medicine: A DissectionUNIB20013

  Offered:Not offered inYear:2019

  This interdisciplinary subject will explore the dynamic and shifting relationship between body and mind in medical theory and practice. We will look at the triumphs and tragedies of medicine – the spectacular therapeutic breakthroughs of vaccines and antibiotics, and the disturbing ethical low po...

• +Insects Shaping SocietyUNIB10018

  Offered:Not offered inYear:2019

  This breadth subject explores the interactions of bees and other insects with societies worldwide. From the traditions of ancient Egypt and Asia, to modern day Europe, insects are central, not only in the production of food, and spreading of disease but also play an important role in religion, la...

• +Human Rights and Global JusticeUNIB20009

  Offered:Not offered inYear:2019

  This subject introduces students to the history, theory, goals and practice of international human rights. It will explore the way in which various disciplines intersect and contribute to an understanding of the extent to which human rights can contribute to global justice. Teachers and practitio...

• +Seeing: The Whole PictureUNIB10004

  Offered:Not offered inYear:2019

  Eighty percent of the information that humans use to interpret the world and navigate their way through life arrives through our sense of vision. The broad concept of seeing and how seeing impacts upon our lives acts as a hub to bring together key ideas from scientific, artistic, historical, cult...

• +Sex, Race, Species and Social JusticeUNIB30007

  Offered:Not offered inYear:2019

  This subject will investigate how gender, sex and race influence the operation of social justice in everyday life. It will also introduce the new area of justice for other species alongside the human. We begin by examining the origins of the concept of social justice in classical texts such as Pl...

• +Living Longer: A Global DiagnosisUNIB30005

  Offered:Not offered inYear:2019

  Since 1800, human life expectancy at birth has doubled globally and tripled in the most favoured nations. This has been a biological and social achievement of great complexity, and no single factor—public health, income, material resources, medical knowledge, technology, individual behaviour, soc...

• +Change-makers: Ecology, Design, CapitalUNIB10016

  Offered:Not offered inYear:2019

  This subject challenges students to address the complex global change issues of our age - population explosion, climate change, energy consumption and environmental degradation – through creativity, collaboration and innovation. Students are introduced to the science of the Anthropocene, the 'mat...