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- Understanding Big Data for Public PolicyPPMN90055
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Not offered in 2024 Year:2024
Policy makers need to under what big data is, how it is used, and what ethical and practical issues using big data to make decisions will raise in the 21st Century. They do not need to be programmers. They need to understand, at a high level, the issues involved in using big data for public polic...
Not available in 2024
View details - Understanding Education in ContextEDUC90929
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2024
This subject examines education policy and practice in social and historical context. The subject will provide students with an opportunity to examine key national and international debates in education policy and practice in relation to shifting social, political, economic and political relation...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Mary Leahy Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 24 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
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Mary Leahy Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 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
- Understanding Education PolicyEDUC90951
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1 (Early-Start) Year:2024
This subject examines education policy in an international context. Students will examine the nature and role of education policy, the intersection with other social and economic policies, and the key conceptual ideas underpinning contemporary policy. Through this subject, students will analyse t...
- Semester 1 (Early-Start)
Principal coordinator Mary Leahy Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 24 hours: 9 hours of on-campus classes, 7 hours of synchronous online classes & 8 hours of asynchronous activities Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 22 February 2024 to 26 May 2024 Last self-enrol date 1 March 2024 Census date 3 April 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 3 May 2024 Assessment period ends 21 June 2024 Semester 1 (Early-Start) contact information
- Understanding Media & CommunicationsMECM90039
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2024
This subject provides students with foundational case studies and conceptual frameworks for understanding the history of media technologies, institutions, practices, and products. Students will develop a critical understanding of the issues and debates surrounding the complex transformation of me...
- Semester 1
Coordinator Alanna Myers Mode of delivery Dual-Delivery (Parkville) Contact hours 1 x 1 hour lecture and 1 x 2 hour seminar, taught weekly Total time commitment 340 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
- Semester 2
Coordinator Alanna Myers Mode of delivery Dual-Delivery (Parkville) Contact hours 1 x 1 hour Lecture and 1 x 2 hour seminar, taught weekly Total time commitment 340 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
- Understanding SchoolsEDUC90751
Graduate coursework subject Offered:September Year:2024
The structure, organisation and culture of schools are critically explored through the conceptual tool of framing. Several frames are used to understand the typical forms schools take, and how people are organized in these forms. Re-framing, organizational behaviour, and successful school leaders...
- September
Principal coordinator Helen Goode Coordinator Lawrie Drysdale Mode of delivery Dual-Delivery (Parkville) Contact hours 24 hours Total time commitment 170 hours Pre teaching start date 28 August 2024 Pre teaching requirements During the pre-teaching period, students will be required to complete reading that will be provided via LMS. Teaching period 13 September 2024 to 12 October 2024 Last self-enrol date 30 August 2024 Census date 13 September 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 11 October 2024 Assessment period ends 9 November 2024 September contact information
- Understanding the Student as LearnerEDUC91029
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2024
This subject focuses on the theoretical frameworks and evidence bases that educators use in understanding the development of their learners and in planning suitable instructional sequences that are responsive to the inherent variability of learners. It covers foundational concepts related to lear...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Sean Kang Mode of delivery Dual-Delivery (Parkville) Contact hours 24 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
Dr Sean Kang: sean.kang@unimelb.edu.au
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Sean Kang Mode of delivery Dual-Delivery (Parkville) Contact hours 24 hours 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 Sean Kang: sean.kang@unimelb.edu.au
- Unilateral ConductLAWS90066
Graduate coursework subject Offered:January Year:2024
One of the means by which firms may behave anti-competitively is by engaging in unilateral conduct that damages the competitive process and consumer welfare. Such conduct may be described in various ways in different jurisdictions, including as monopolisation, abuse of dominance or misuse of mark...
- January - Online
Coordinators Arlen Duke and Rhonda Smith Mode of delivery Online Contact hours Total time commitment 150 hours Pre teaching start date 22 January 2024 Pre teaching requirements During the pre-teaching period, students should familiarise themselves with LMS Canvas, review preliminary information about the subject introduce themselves to their peers and teaching staff. Teaching period 29 January 2024 to 22 March 2024 Last self-enrol date 23 January 2024 Census date 9 February 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 15 March 2024 Assessment period ends 4 April 2024 January contact information
Email: law-masters@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: 13 MELB (13 6352), International: +(61 3) 9035 5511
Website: law.unimelb.edu.au
- UN Law and PracticeLAWS90249
Graduate coursework subject Offered:March Year:2024Quotas apply
The United Nations (UN) is probably the boldest experiment in international relations in the modern era. It is a body of critical importance in the international political and legal arena, particularly with respect to its primary purposes of maintaining international peace and security; maintaini...
- March
Principal coordinator Bruce Oswald Coordinator Jann Kleffner Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total time commitment 150 hours Pre teaching start date 14 February 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 13 March 2024 to 19 March 2024 Last self-enrol date 19 February 2024 Census date 14 March 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 19 April 2024 Assessment period ends 15 May 2024 March contact information
Lecturers
Bruce Oswald (Coordinator)
Jann KleffnerEmail: law-masters@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: 13 MELB (13 6352), International: +(61 3) 9035 5511
Website: law.unimelb.edu.au
- Unliveable Berlin StudioABPL90297
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Not offered in 2024 Year:2024Quotas apply
Unliveable Berlin is a University of Melbourne design studio, organised and run by Michael Roper (Director, Architecture Architecture). This studio will take a group of masters students from architecture, landscape and urban design to the ANCB Metropolitan Laboratory in Berlin where they will exp...
Not available in 2024
View details - Urban and Cultural Heritage InternshipABPL90381
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Not offered in 2024 Year:2024
Students enrolled in this subject will complete an internship of a minimum of two weeks full-time placement with an external organisation in the architectural, urban and cultural heritage field. Students will be supervised by the Subject Coordinator in collaboration with a designated party at the...
Not available in 2024
View details - Urban and Cultural Heritage Minor ThesisABPL90382
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2024
This subject is designed to produce a 10,000 word ordered, critical exposition of knowledge gained through the student's own efforts which demonstrates a sound understanding of a topic of their choice relating to urban and cultural heritage. Regular meetings will be held with a supervisor to allo...
- Semester 1
Coordinator Soon-Tzu Speechley Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 28 hours per week of independent work over a semester in which a research project is undertaken and a written report prepared under the supervision of an assigned supervisor Total time commitment 340 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
- Semester 2
Coordinator Soon-Tzu Speechley Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 28 hours per week of independent work over a semester in which a research project is undertaken and a written report prepared under the supervision of an assigned supervisor Total time commitment 340 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
- Urban and Landscape HeritageABPL90075
Graduate coursework subject Offered:September Year:2024
The development of landscape design in Australia. The influence and work of Australian landscape designers. Concepts of natural and cultural heritage. Types of landscape heritage: Australian indigenous landscapes, public and private parks and gardens, institutional and industrial landscapes, symb...
- September
Principal coordinator Ray Green Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours Total time commitment 170 hours Pre teaching start date 16 September 2024 Pre teaching requirements Induction via LMS Teaching period 21 September 2024 to 30 September 2024 Last self-enrol date 17 September 2024 Census date 4 October 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 18 October 2024 Assessment period ends 27 October 2024
- Urban Coding and DesignABPL90132
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024
Urban design is concerned with the shaping of public space at multiple spatial scales from lanes, streets and squares to the neighbourhoods and districts of the larger metropolis. Urban codes are the institutionalised principles governing the formation of public space, including morphology and fo...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Elek Pafka Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 3 hours per week: 2 hour tutorial and 1 hour lecture 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
Email:
Elek Pafka
pafkae@unimelb.edu.au
- Urban & Cultural Heritage Research ProjABPL90383
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Not offered in 2024 Year:2024
This subject is designed to produce a 5,000-word critical exposition of knowledge gained through the student's own efforts which demonstrates a sound understanding of a topic of their choice relating to urban and cultural heritage. Regular meetings with a supervisor allow the student to obtain ad...
Not available in 2024
View details - Urban Demography and StatisticsPLAN90001
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024
This subject provides an introduction to quantitative data analysis for the social sciences, focusing on the data and techniques commonly used in analysis of cities. It develops understanding and skill in the use of the collection, interpretation, analysis, and representation of information. The...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Jennifer Day Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 1X2 hour lecture and 1X1 hour tutorial 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
- Urban Design Studio AABPL90061
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2024
Students will undertake introductory abstract design exercises in the first half of semester providing the foundation for a major urban design proposition and the development of that proposition for end of semester assessment. This subject covers an introduction to a broad range of urban design i...
- Semester 1
Coordinator David Mah Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 6 hours per week Total time commitment 340 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
Coordinators David Mah and David Mah Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 6 hours per week Total time commitment 340 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
- Urban Design Studio BABPL90273
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2024
Students will undertake a series of in depth, critical and propositional studio-based design esquisses or exercises leading to a major exploratory urban design proposition. Their design proposition will investigate one or more key urban design issues or approaches in depth. This subject touches ...
- Semester 1
Coordinator David Mah Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total time commitment 340 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
- Semester 2
Coordinator David Mah Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 6 hours of studio per week. Total time commitment 340 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
- Urban Design Studio CABPL90389
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2024
Students will undertake a series of in depth, critical and propositional studio-based design esquisses or exercises leading to a major exploratory urban design proposition scheme. Their design proposition will investigate one or more key urban design issues or approaches in depth, whilst demonstr...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Justyna Karakiewicz Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 6 hours of studio per week Total time commitment 340 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
- Semester 2
Coordinator Justyna Karakiewicz Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 6 hours of studio per week Total time commitment 340 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
- Urban Design TheoryABPL90017
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024
This subject explores contemporary theories and modes of critique relating to the design of the urban public realm. Emphasis is on how urban physical form responds to the economic, cultural, political, social, aesthetic and natural forces of an urbanised area. Assignments and class papers require...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Elek Pafka Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 1 x 1 hour lecture and 1 x 2 hour 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
- Urban Design ThesisABPL90376
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2024
This subject is the culmination of each student's studies in Master of Urban Design. It will consist of a number of autonomous studio groups offering a range of opportunities for students to demonstrate an original approach to design synthesis in urban design, which is based on research and criti...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator David Mah Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 72 hours Total time commitment 340 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
David Mah
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator David Mah Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 72 hours Total time commitment 340 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
David Mah