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  • Aerospace PropulsionMCEN90047

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024

    This subject will cover the aerodynamics and thermodynamics of aircraft gas turbines and rockets and provide the tools to design and evaluate the performance of jet engines. It will also present the current environmental impacts of aviation and paths for more sustainable aviation. Topics include...

  • A First Course In Statistical LearningMAST90104

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024

    Supervised statistical learning is based on the widely used linear models that model a response as a linear combination of explanatory variables. Initially this subject develops an elegant unified theory for a quantitative response that includes the estimation of model parameters, hypothesis test...

  • Ageing and Human RightsLAWS90242

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:March Year:2024Quotas apply

    The ageing of world populations and the increased longevity of individuals has significant political, cultural and economic consequences. Ageism, the marginalisation of and discrimination against ‘older persons’, in particularly subgroups of older persons, is widespread, and involve systematic hu...

  • Ageing Health & Human ServicesPOPH90267

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:Term 4 Year:2024

    This course explores the interface of policy and practice in the delivery of aged care services. The responses to policy shifts in aged care over time will be explored. The course will then focus on the present day impact of health care, mental health, income security, housing, and employment, ed...

  • Ageing in SocietyPOPH90256

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:Term 2 Year:2024

    This subject aims to offer students a critical examination of the ways in which ageing is socially constructed. Students will learn about ageing from a range of perspectives, including life course, bio-medical, gender, cross cultural, consumer, historical and self-reflection. The subject will foc...

  • Agribusiness 1AGRI90012

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024

    An understanding of managerial economic theory to solving real world problems is integral to sound business decision-making. Through this subject student will gain an understanding of, and ability to apply, key micro economic principles and applied economics and finance to management decisions in...

  • Agribusiness 2AGRI90077

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:July Year:2024

    Food, beverage and fibre value chains exist in both developed and developing countries, and may be analysed in terms of both firm and whole-of-chain perspectives. This subject reconciles supply, price, value chain and risk concepts and introduces a range of techniques applicable to value chain ma...

  • Agricultural Advisory Practice & TheoryAGRI90092

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024

    A common and important role that agricultural scientists play is supporting farmers to implement strategies for continuous improvement on-farm to achieve sustainability and productivity goals. This subject will provide students with the theory and practice of how to support change on-farm through...

  • Agricultural ExtensionAGRI90093

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024

    A common and important role that agricultural scientists and agri-business service providers play is within agricultural research projects or initiatives of agricultural industries and government targeting changes in practice or adoption amongst the farming population or in particular rural commu...

  • AI and JusticeLAWS90248

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:June, October Year:2024Quotas apply

    Algorithms are used by public and private bodies to make decisions that govern our lives in significant ways: our healthcare and social welfare entitlements; our educational achievements, jobs, and pay; whether we are subjected to increased police scrutiny, or sent to prison (and for how long). T...

  • AI for RoboticsELEN90095

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024

      AIMS:   The key focus of this subject is the foundations of systems analysis for designing and certifying learning-based and artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms for robotics applications. These foundations are based on the formulations and frameworks for the modelling and analysis o...

  • AI Planning for AutonomyCOMP90054

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2024

    AIMS The key focus of this subject is the foundations of autonomous agents that reason about action, applying techniques such as automated planning, reinforcement learning, game theory, and their real-world applications. Autonomous agents are active entities that perceive their environment, reas...

  • Air Quality MonitoringEVSC90033

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:Not offered in 2024 Year:2024

    The air is an undervalued environmental resource - subject at times to catastrophic and chronic pollution events. 'What constitutes good air?' 'What environmental protections are in place?' and 'How do we know the air quality?' are all questions addressed in this subject. Major infrastructure pro...

  • Alcohol, Other Drugs and RecoveryNURS90142

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:September Year:2024

    This elective subject will introduce the speciality area of substance use and addiction, exploring the interaction between substance use, health and socio-cultural and political systems, and the role of the clinician in working with and supporting consumers, carers and communities. This subject w...

  • Algebraic GeometryMAST90097

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024

    This course is an introduction to algebraic geometry. Algebraic geometry is the study of zero sets of polynomials. It exploits the interplay between rings of functions and the underlying geometric objects on which they are defined. It is a fundamental tool in may areas of mathematics, including n...

  • Algebraic Number TheoryMAST90136

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024

    This course is an introduction to algebraic number theory. Algebraic number theory studies the structure of the integers and algebraic numbers, combining methods from commutative algebra, complex analysis, and Galois theory. This subject covers the basic theory of number fields, rings of integers...

  • Algebraic TopologyMAST90023

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024

    This subject studies topological spaces and continuous maps between them. It demonstrates the power of topological methods in dealing with problems involving shape and position of objects and continuous mappings, and shows how topology can be applied to many areas, including geometry, analysis, g...

  • Algorithmic TradingFNCE90078

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024Quotas apply

    Global equity markets have changed fundamentally over the last decades Regulatory reforms to promote competition for trading services have led to considerable fragmentation of markets. New entrants and new technology have contributed to innovative new trading mechanisms and pricing structures. To...

  • Algorithms and ComplexityCOMP90038

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2024

    AIMS The aim of this subject is for students to develop familiarity and competence in assessing and designing computer programs for computational efficiency. Although computers manipulate data very quickly, to solve large-scale problems, we must design strategies so that the calculations combine...

  • Algorithms for BioinformaticsCOMP90014

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024

    AIMS Technological advances in obtaining high throughput data have stimulated the development of new computational approaches to bioinformatics. This subject will cover core computational challenges in analysing bioinformatics data. We cover important algorithmic approaches and data structures u...