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- The Law and Economics of GlobalisationLAWS90251
Graduate coursework subject Offered:April Year:2024Quotas apply
This subject examines the law and economics of globalisation. Economic globalisation is at the centre of ongoing debates in areas as diverse as sustainability and climate change, national security, fair and balanced economic growth, and the very restructuring of international relations that seems...
- April
Principal coordinator James Munro Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total time commitment 150 hours Pre teaching start date 6 March 2024 Pre teaching requirements Please refer to the Reading Guide on the LMS subject page for confirmation of which resources need to be read and what other preparation is required before the teaching period commences. Teaching period 3 April 2024 to 9 April 2024 Last self-enrol date 11 March 2024 Census date 4 April 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 10 May 2024 Assessment period ends 5 June 2024 April contact information
Lecturer
James Munro (Coordinator)
Stela Rubínová (Senior Fellow)
Email: law-masters@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: 13 MELB (13 6352), International: +(61 3) 9035 5511
Website: law.unimelb.edu.au
- The Law of Public ContractingLAWS90151
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Not offered in 2024 Year:2024Quotas apply
Contemporary governments use contracts as a key tool of governance. Outsourcing of public services is commonplace. But should we regulate the use of such tools by means of public administrative law, or through private law, or a mixture of both? Is there an accountability deficit? What are the ad...
Not available in 2024
View details - The Legal System: Bases and ChallengesLAWS90082
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Not offered in 2024 Year:2024Quotas apply
A properly functioning legal system can be seen as a defining characteristic of modern society. The adversary system can be seen as a defining characteristic of a common law legal system. But as times change, both the common law and the adversary system of trial have changed and will continue to ...
Not available in 2024
View details - The Modern AthleteMEDI90092
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Term 1, Term 3 Year:2024
This subject introduces sports medicine theory and practice, and explores the multi-faceted approach to managing the Modern Athlete. Relevant professional and sports medicine governance frameworks are consulted in a student-led evaluation of their own professional role and responsibilities in the...
- Term 1 - Online
Coordinator Sonya Moore Mode of delivery Online Contact hours Approximately 32 hours (8 weeks x 4 hrs). This is a fully online subject that is delivered over 8 weeks with a combination of guided and independent learning. There will be a mix of didactic instruction (videos and texts) and facilitated synchronous (3 x 1 hr webinars) and asynchronous activity (weekly discussion board tasks), which will equate to approximately 4 hours per week. Total time commitment 140 hours Pre teaching start date 22 January 2024 Pre teaching requirements There is a one week pre-teaching period during which students can choose to: View a video presentation of an overview of the subject, assessment requirements and student participation expectations Engage with discussion board to meet their tutors and colleagues enrolled in the program Become familiar with the library by completing a small task that requires navigation of library resources and Complete one online task, which will familiarise them with online learning requirements. This task can involve a quick quiz, reading a newspaper piece on a contemporary debate or reading a seminar paper on the subject. These activities serve to familiarise the students with the online learning environment and prepare the students for commencing their learning fully informed about the requirements of the subject. Teaching period 29 January 2024 to 24 March 2024 Last self-enrol date 23 January 2024 Census date 16 February 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 8 March 2024 Assessment period ends 31 March 2024 Term 1 contact information
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Contact hours: https://unimelb.edu.au/professional-development/contact-us
- Term 3 - Online
Coordinator Sonya Moore Mode of delivery Online Contact hours Approximately 32 hours (8 weeks x 4 hrs). This is a fully online subject that is delivered over 8 weeks with a combination of guided and independent learning. There will be a mix of didactic instruction (videos and texts) and facilitated synchronous (3 x 1 hr webinars) and asynchronous activity (weekly discussion board tasks), which will equate to approximately 4 hours per week. Total time commitment 140 hours Pre teaching start date 15 July 2024 Pre teaching requirements There is a one week pre-teaching period during which students can choose to: - View a video presentation of an overview of the subject, assessment requirements and student participation expectations - Engage with discussion board to meet their tutors and colleagues enrolled in the program - Become familiar with the library by completing a small task that requires navigation of library resources and - Complete one online task, which will familiarise them with online learning requirements. This task can involve a quick quiz, reading a newspaper piece on a contemporary debate or reading a seminar paper on the subject. These activities serve to familiarise the students with the online learning environment and prepare the students for commencing their learning fully informed about the requirements of the subject. Teaching period 22 July 2024 to 15 September 2024 Last self-enrol date 16 July 2024 Census date 9 August 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 30 August 2024 Assessment period ends 22 September 2024 Term 3 contact information
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Contact hours: https://unimelb.edu.au/professional-development/contact-us
- The MultinationalIBUS90003
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2024
The multinational enterprise (MNE) is the most distinctive aspect of international business. This subject explores: how and why MNEs exist as vehicles for leveraging and building competitive advantages across borders; how host economies impact the design of MNE operations; and the relationship an...
- Semester 1
Coordinator Zhengyu Li Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36hrs (one 3-hour seminar per week) Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 26 February 2024 to 26 May 2024 Last self-enrol date 8 March 2024 Census date 3 April 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 3 May 2024 Assessment period ends 21 June 2024 Semester 1 contact information
Dr Zhenyu Li, zhengyu.li@unimelb.edu.au
- Semester 2
Coordinator Samuel Belicka Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36hrs (one 3-hour seminar per week) Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 22 July 2024 to 20 October 2024 Last self-enrol date 2 August 2024 Census date 2 September 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 20 September 2024 Assessment period ends 15 November 2024 Semester 2 contact information
Dr Samuel Belicka samuel.belicka@unimelb.edu.au
- The Nature of GoverningPADM90005
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Not offered in 2024 Year:2024
The Nature of Governing is one of the core subjects in the Melbourne Master of Public Administration. The Melbourne MPA is an interdisciplinary, globally-focused degree program for managers that work within or with government. This subject sets out the foundations of governing for public outcomes...
Not available in 2024
View details - Theories of ArtARTS90036
Graduate coursework subject Offered:August Year:2024
This subject introduces PhD candidates to a range of art theories and art historical methodologies that remain available and relevant from the past, but that have been updated and critiqued in more recent times. It is also concerned with newer perspectives and trends. The subject will also introd...
- August
Coordinator Anthony White Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total 12 hours: 6 x 2 hour seminars, delivered intensively over six weeks. Total time commitment 85 hours Teaching period 12 August 2024 to 22 September 2024 Last self-enrol date 20 August 2024 Census date 30 August 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 20 September 2024 Assessment period ends 20 October 2024 August contact information
- Theories of Inclusive Music TeachingMUSI90241
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Not offered in 2024 Year:2024
This subject will explore contemporary educational and disability theories relevant to supporting music learners with diverse needs. Students will gain evidence‐based and applied knowledge of ways to support the inclusion of people with neurodevelopmental conditions and learning differences in mu...
Not available in 2024
View details - The Pelvic Floor:Function&DysfunctionPHTY90002
Graduate coursework subject Offered:April Year:2024
This subject covers anatomy, functional anatomy and neurophysiology of the pelvis and its contents, with particular emphasis on the pelvic floor muscles and fascia, micturition and the urinary tract. Types of incontinence and diagnostic procedures are discussed and physiotherapy assessment and ma...
- April
Principal coordinator Elise Fraser Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Asynchronous online activities Term 2: Week 1-4, Online synchronous theory 4 days in Week 5, On-campus attendance required 6 days in Week 7. Clinical observation hours x 20. The final assessment is due at the end of Term 3. Total time commitment 170 hours Pre teaching start date 22 April 2024 Pre teaching requirements Students are required to undertake pre-reading in preparation for the study period. Teaching period 29 April 2024 to 15 September 2024 Last self-enrol date 23 April 2024 Census date 31 May 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 26 July 2024 Assessment period ends 22 September 2024
- The Political Ecology of DevelopmentDEVT90003
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024
The subject will help students understand human-environment relationships and key development issues using a political ecology perspective, with cases from developing and developed countries. Political ecologists use a variety of approaches to understand complex human-environment problems, and th...
- Semester 1
Coordinator Wolfram Dressler Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 26 February 2024 to 26 May 2024 Last self-enrol date 8 March 2024 Census date 3 April 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 3 May 2024 Assessment period ends 21 June 2024 Semester 1 contact information
- The Politics of FoodFOOD90041
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024
Formerly FOOD90026 This subject examines the politics of the global food system, and will focus on the policies, structures, power relations and political debates surrounding the production, distribution and consumption of food. The impacts of food production and consumption on food security, he...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Gyorgy Scrinis Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 1x 3hr seminar (combined lecture and tutorial) per week Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 26 February 2024 to 26 May 2024 Last self-enrol date 8 March 2024 Census date 3 April 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 3 May 2024 Assessment period ends 21 June 2024 Semester 1 contact information
- The Power of Ideas: Ten Great BooksARTS90004
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024
Great books teach us how to describe experience, how to evaluate it, and how to imagine its liberating transformation. They deepen our engagement with critical traditions of thought that extend back through time and, by doing this, they enable us to better understand and address key issues facing...
- Semester 2
Coordinator Alice Boer-Endacott Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total 24 hours: A 2 hour seminar every week for 12 weeks Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 22 July 2024 to 20 October 2024 Last self-enrol date 2 August 2024 Census date 2 September 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 20 September 2024 Assessment period ends 15 November 2024 Semester 2 contact information
- The Print RoomAHIS90004
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024
This subject provides an introduction to Japanese art and cultural history through a survey of the Japanese woodblock print from its emergence in the mid-seventeenth century to the mid-twentieth century. Visits to University’s Baillieu Library, the Ian Potter Museum, and the NGV and first-hand vi...
- Semester 1
Coordinator Mark Erdmann Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total 24 hours: a 2 hour seminar per week throughout semester. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 26 February 2024 to 26 May 2024 Last self-enrol date 8 March 2024 Census date 3 April 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 3 May 2024 Assessment period ends 21 June 2024 Semester 1 contact information
- Therapeutic LandscapesHORT90011
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Not offered in 2024 Year:2024
In this subject you will study research, applications and practice of therapeutic landscapes across social, community, horticultural and education settings. The content includes methods and approaches used in therapeutic horticulture, horticultural therapy programs, planning, design and construct...
Not available in 2024
View details - The Research Process For Musicians (RHD)MUSI90191
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2024
This subject provides research higher degree students in performance and composition with the tools and skills necessary to devise and conduct research in music at postgraduate level. Through seminars, group discussions and peer review sessions students will engage with the key principles of rese...
- Semester 1
Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours Total time commitment 120 hours Teaching period 26 February 2024 to 26 May 2024 Last self-enrol date 8 March 2024 Census date 3 April 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 3 May 2024 Assessment period ends 21 June 2024 - Semester 2
Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours Total time commitment 120 hours Teaching period 22 July 2024 to 20 October 2024 Last self-enrol date 2 August 2024 Census date 2 September 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 20 September 2024 Assessment period ends 15 November 2024
- Thermal and Separation DesignCHEN90042
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024
This subject aims to extend the fundamental concepts of heat transfer to include natural and forced convection; boiling and condensation; plate heat exchanger and evaporator design. Fundamental concepts in mass transfer are expanded to the design of separation processes including binary distillat...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Sandra Kentish Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 3× 1-hour lectures per week, 1× 1-hour tutorial per week, 1× 1- hour workshop per week, and 12 hours of laboratory work in one semester Total time commitment 200 hours Teaching period 26 February 2024 to 26 May 2024 Last self-enrol date 8 March 2024 Census date 3 April 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 3 May 2024 Assessment period ends 21 June 2024 Semester 1 contact information
Dr Sandra Kentish
Email: sandraek@unimelb.edu.au
- ThermodynamicsMCEN90015
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024
AIMS There are 2 related, major topics of study in this subject. Each of these topics will analyse aspects of important thermodynamic devices and will then be integrated to analyse their combined effects in selected devices: Cycle analysis: gas turbines, refrigeration and steam cyclesHeat trans...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Yi Yang Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours of lectures, 12 hours of tutorials and up to 4 hours of laboratory work. Total time commitment 200 hours Teaching period 26 February 2024 to 26 May 2024 Last self-enrol date 8 March 2024 Census date 3 April 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 3 May 2024 Assessment period ends 21 June 2024 Semester 1 contact information
- The Rule of Law in Theory & in PracticeLAWS50120
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Not offered in 2024 Year:2024Quotas apply
Law graduates will become solicitors, in-house counsel, barristers, judges, legislators, public servants, lobbyists, journalists, and teachers. They will work for firms of solicitors, for corporations, for the state, for the people, for themselves, for the United Nations, for think tanks, for NGO...
Not available in 2024
View details - The Secret Life of OrganisationsMGMT90160
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Winter Term Year:2024
This subject examines the ‘secret life of organisations’ using a range of disciplinary approaches to the different functions and structures of corporate, government and non-government organisations Students will examine the history of organisations and the nature of work people do within them. Th...
- Winter Term
Coordinator Anna Kosovac Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total 24 hours: 6 hour seminars held weekly for 4 weeks Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 28 June 2024 to 19 July 2024 Last self-enrol date 2 July 2024 Census date 5 July 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 12 July 2024 Assessment period ends 26 July 2024 Winter Term contact information
Email: anna.kosovac@unimelb.edu.au
- The Shaping of Urban DesignABPL90316
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024
The subject is a critical introduction to the contemporary tools and urban models that are required in the practice of urban design. The theoretical focus is on contemporary techniques and models that have been generated by architects, landscape architects , urban designers, planners and other bu...
- Semester 2
Coordinator Elek Pafka Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 3 hours of lecture/ seminar per week Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 22 July 2024 to 20 October 2024 Last self-enrol date 2 August 2024 Census date 2 September 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 20 September 2024 Assessment period ends 15 November 2024 Semester 2 contact information