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- Art and RevolutionAHIS20016
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024
What does the art of nineteenth-century Europe tell us about the society that made it? This period was marked by immense social and cultural change: political upheaval; rapid industrialisation; an expanding colonial empire; a society altered by shifting attitudes to class, race, gender, bodies, s...
- Semester 2
Coordinator Anthony White Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total 30 hours: 12 x 1.5 hour lectures and a 1 hour tutorial per week throughout semester. 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
- Art and the BotanicalFINA20044
Undergraduate subject Offered:Summer Term, February, Semester 1, Winter Term, July, Semester 2 Year:2024Quotas apply
This practice-based drawing subject focuses on developing skills and techniques in botanical drawing, using drawing and watercolour media. Students will be introduced to specialist botanical drawing techniques, working from live plants and botanical specimens and engaging with the University Cult...
- Summer Term - On Campus
Coordinator Colleen Ahern Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 36 hours, comprising 6 hours of lectures, demonstrations, workshop classes and tours per day for 6 days. Total time commitment 136 hours Teaching period 22 January 2024 to 30 January 2024 Last self-enrol date 23 January 2024 Census date 2 February 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 9 February 2024 Assessment period ends 23 February 2024 Summer Term contact information
- February - On Campus
Coordinator Colleen Ahern Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 36 hours, comprising 6 hours of lectures, demonstrations, workshop classes and tours per day for 6 days. Total time commitment 136 hours Teaching period 1 February 2024 to 8 February 2024 Last self-enrol date 2 February 2024 Census date 9 February 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 16 February 2024 Assessment period ends 1 March 2024 February contact information
- Semester 1 - Online
Coordinator Colleen Ahern Mode of delivery Online Contact hours 36 hours, comprising 3 hours of live online lectures, demonstrations, workshop classes and virtual tours per week for 12 weeks. Total time commitment 136 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
- Winter Term - On Campus
Coordinator Colleen Ahern Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 36 hours, comprising 6 hours of lectures, demonstrations, workshop classes and tours per day for 6 days. Total time commitment 136 hours Teaching period 24 June 2024 to 1 July 2024 Last self-enrol date 25 June 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
- July - On Campus
Coordinator Colleen Ahern Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 36 hours, comprising 6 hours of lectures, demonstrations, workshop classes and tours per day for 6 days. Total time commitment 136 hours Teaching period 3 July 2024 to 10 July 2024 Last self-enrol date 4 July 2024 Census date 12 July 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 19 July 2024 Assessment period ends 2 August 2024 July contact information
- Semester 2 - Online
Coordinator Colleen Ahern Mode of delivery Online Contact hours 36 hours, comprising 3 hours of live online lectures, demonstrations, workshop classes and virtual tours per week for 12 weeks. Total time commitment 136 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
- Art Cinema and the Love StorySCRN30001
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024
This subject is a study of many manifestations of the love story represented in Australian, Italian, French, British and North American art cinema traditions. Through detailed close-analysis of a range of films, the subject explores topics such as romantic love, Surrealism and mad love, the marit...
- Semester 1
Coordinator Mark Nicholls Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total 60 hours: a 1.5-hour lecture, a 1-hour tutorial and a 2.5-hour screening 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
- Artefact and Performance 1DPSS10008
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 (Extended) Year:2024
This subject introduces significant objects, performance texts, ideas and artefacts in the history of world art, design and performance leading up to and including modernism. Each week in the lectures, a performance text and artefacts will be examined in detail both in their original contexts an...
- Semester 1 (Extended)
Coordinator Emily Collett Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 36 hours, comprising one 2-hour lecture and one 1-hour tutorial per week Total time commitment 204 hours Teaching period 26 February 2024 to 2 June 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 (Extended) contact information
Emily Collett: emily.collett@unimelb.edu.au
- Artefact and Performance 2DPSS10005
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024
This subject builds on the material from Artefact and Performance 1, and will introduce key performance texts and related artefacts, objects or artworks starting at the beginning of the twentieth century and leading to the present day. Each week in the lectures, the central themes of a performan...
- Semester 2
Coordinator Emily Collett Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 36 hours, comprising one 2-hour lecture and one 1-hour tutorial per week Total time commitment 204 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
Emily Collett: emily.collett@unimelb.edu.au
- Art History: Theory and ControversyAHIS10001
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024
This subject introduces the study of art history by focusing on the work of art through a number of case studies drawn from a Western cultural and historical context. It develops a broad understanding of the historical and aesthetic characteristics of artworks produced during selected artistic pe...
- Semester 1
Coordinators Christopher Marshall and Francis Plagne Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total 36 hours: 2 x 1 hour lectures and a 1 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
- Art History Thesis Part 1AHIS40023
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2024
Students are required to write a thesis of 15,000 words on a topic approved by the supervisor. Enrolment in the thesis is across two consecutive semesters and students must enrol in the subject in each semester to ensure they are meeting the full 50 point requirement for the year-long subject.
- Semester 1
Coordinator Susan Lowish Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Regular, documented consultations over two semesters with the supervisor(s) as arranged. Meetings should normally occur at least fortnightly and should be at least of half an hour duration. Total time commitment 680 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 Susan Lowish Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Regular, documented consultations over two semesters with the supervisor(s) as arranged. Meetings should normally occur at least fortnightly and should be at least of half an hour duration. Total time commitment 680 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
- Art History Thesis Part 2AHIS40024
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2024
Refer to AHIS40023 Art History Thesis Part 1 for details.
- Semester 1
Coordinator Susan Lowish 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 Susan Lowish Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Refer to AHIS40023 Art History Thesis Part 1 for details. 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
- Artificial IntelligenceCOMP30024
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024
AIMS Artificial intelligence is the quest to create intelligent agents that can complete complex tasks which are at present only achievable by humans. This broad field covers logic, probability, perception, reasoning, learning and action; and everything from Mars Rover robotic explorers to the W...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Christopher Leckie Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours, comprising of two 1-hour lectures and one 1-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
Email: caleckie@unimelb.edu.au
- Art, Market and MethodsAHIS20018
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024
This subject deals with the creation and the reception of the work of art. It commences in 15th century Italy with an examination of the organisation of artists' workshops and concludes by analysing the relationships between contemporary artists, their materials and markets. Topics in the subject...
- Semester 2
Coordinator Georgina Walker Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total 30 hours: A 1 hour lecture and a 1.5 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
- Art of Piano TeachingMUSI10016
Undergraduate subject Offered:Not offered in 2024 Year:2024
This elective subject is only available to Piano Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Music by permission of the subject coordinator. In this subject, students will learn to develop a sequenced and comprehensive approach to piano teaching that is informed by both a thorough understanding of peda...
Not available in 2024
View details - Arts DiscoveryARTS10002
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2024
Arts Discovery is your introduction to the diverse world of research and inquiry that distinguishes a contemporary Arts degree at Melbourne. A weekly program of seminars and curated resources will provide you with a solid framework to build academic skills and prepare you to succeed in your Arts ...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Jacqueline Dutton Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 12 x 2 hour Seminars/Workshops (24 hours) 12 hours online engagement (12 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 Jacqueline Dutton Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 12 x 2 hour Seminars/Workshops (24 hours) 12 hours online engagement (12 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
- Arts InternshipMULT30019
Undergraduate subject Offered:Summer Term, Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2024
This subject involves completion of an 80-100 hour work placement integrating academic learning, employability skills and attributes and an improved knowledge of organisations, workplace culture and career pathways. The placement is supplemented by pre- and post-placement classes, including a com...
- Summer Term - Online
Coordinator Elena Balcaite Mode of delivery Online Contact hours 80 -100 hours placement, 2 hour induction seminar, 8 hours of seminars pre-placement, a 2 hours mid-placement seminar, 8 hours of seminars post-placement. Total time commitment 152 hours Teaching period 5 January 2024 to 16 February 2024 Last self-enrol date 4 January 2024 Census date 19 January 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 16 February 2024 Assessment period ends 1 March 2024 Summer Term contact information
- Semester 1 - On Campus
Coordinator Elena Balcaite Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 80 -100 hours placement, 2 hour induction seminar, 8 hours of seminars pre-placement, a 2 hours mid-placement seminar, 4 hours of seminars post-placement Total time commitment 152 hours Teaching period 26 February 2024 to 26 May 2024 Last self-enrol date 23 February 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 - On Campus
Coordinator Elena Balcaite Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 80 -100 hours placement, 2 hour induction seminar, 8 hours of seminars pre-placement, a 2 hours mid-placement seminar, 4 hours of seminars post-placement Total time commitment 152 hours Teaching period 22 July 2024 to 20 October 2024 Last self-enrol date 19 July 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
- Arts InternshipMULT20010
Undergraduate subject Offered:Summer Term, Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2024
This subject involves completion of an 80-100 hour work placement integrating academic learning, employability skills and attributes and an improved knowledge of organisations, workplace culture and career pathways. The placement is supplemented by pre- and post-placement classes, including a com...
- Summer Term - Online
Coordinator Elena Balcaite Mode of delivery Online Contact hours 80 -100 hours placement, 2 hour induction seminar, 8 hours of seminars pre-placement, a 2 hours mid-placement seminar, 8 hours of seminars post-placement. Total time commitment 152 hours Teaching period 5 January 2024 to 16 February 2024 Last self-enrol date 4 January 2024 Census date 19 January 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 16 February 2024 Assessment period ends 1 March 2024 Summer Term contact information
- Semester 1 - On Campus
Coordinator Elena Balcaite Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 80 -100 hours placement, 2 hour induction seminar, 8 hours of seminars pre-placement, a 2 hours mid-placement seminar, 4 hours of seminars post-placement. Total time commitment 152 hours Teaching period 26 February 2024 to 26 May 2024 Last self-enrol date 23 February 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 - On Campus
Coordinator Elena Balcaite Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 80 -100 hours placement, 2 hour induction seminar, 8 hours of seminars pre-placement, a 2 hours mid-placement seminar, 4 hours of seminars post-placement. Total time commitment 152 hours Teaching period 22 July 2024 to 20 October 2024 Last self-enrol date 19 July 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
- Arts Internship: Not for ProfitMULT20012
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2024
This subject will provide an understanding of the community sector and community development through a substantial volunteer experience. The aims of this subject are to enable you to undertake and report on a community-based project, gain significant insight into workplace issues, and further dev...
- Semester 1
Coordinator Megan McIntosh Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 80 -100 hours placement, 2 hour induction seminar, 8 hours of seminars pre-placement, a 2 hours mid-placement seminar, 4 hours of seminars post-placement Total time commitment 152 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 Megan McIntosh Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 80 -100 hours placement, 2 hour induction seminar, 8 hours of seminars pre-placement, a 2 hours mid-placement seminar, 4 hours of seminars post-placement Total time commitment 152 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
- Arts Internship: Not for ProfitMULT30020
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2024
This subject will provide an understanding of the community sector and community development through a substantial volunteer experience. The aims of this subject are to enable you to undertake and report on a community-based project, gain significant insight into workplace issues, and further dev...
- Semester 1
Coordinator Megan McIntosh Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 80 -100 hours placement, 2 hour induction seminar, 8 hours of seminars pre-placement, a 2 hours mid-placement seminar, 4 hours of seminars post-placement Total time commitment 152 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 Megan McIntosh Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 80 -100 hours placement, 2 hour induction seminar, 8 hours of seminars pre-placement, a 2 hours mid-placement seminar, 4 hours of seminars post-placement Total time commitment 152 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
- Arts of East AsiaAHIS20021
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024
This subject will introduce students to the mediums, genres, and vocabulary of pre-modern Chinese, Japanese, and Korean visual culture. Weekly lectures and tutorials will focus on either a specific medium (ink painting, calligraphy, ceramics, timber frame architecture, urban landscape, gardens) o...
- Semester 1
Coordinator Mark Erdmann Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 30 hours - 1 x 1 hour lecture and 1 x 1.5 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
- Asian Arts: Networks and HubsASIA20004
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024
This subject investigates the political, social and cultural significance of the arts in contemporary Asia. Throughout Asia, visual and performing arts function as entertainment, communicative medium, commodity, religious ritual, political act and as sites for social conflict and accord. Diverse ...
- Semester 2
Coordinator Edwin Jurriens Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours A total of 30 hours: A 1 hour tutorial and a 1.5 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
- Asian Century: Meaning and ImpactASIA10002
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024
The emergence of Asia as a global economic force has instigated the discourse of the ‘Asian Century’ in international media and policy papers. This subject will examine to what extent this discourse is in line with developments in the real world, in whose interests the discourse is being used, an...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Akihiro Ogawa Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours A total of 30 hours - 1.5 hour lecture and 1 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
- Asian Religions in Societal ContextASIA30003
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024
The subject explores the wide variety of Asian religious traditions, from examples of indigenous and folk traditions to analyses of the major world religions originating from Asia. Attention is given to Asian religion’s cosmologies and philosophy of life, their role as a normative foundation of c...
- Semester 1
Coordinator Mughis Mudhoffir Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours A total of 24 hours: A 1 hour lecture and a 1 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