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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...

  • 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...

  • 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 ...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...