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  • Arabic 5ARBC30004

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024

    This subject offers students the opportunity to learn, internalise and activate more sophisticated aspects of Arabic morphology and syntax and to develop a deeper analytical understanding of the language. This will be achieved through interacting with a variety of written and spoken texts ranging...

  • Arabic 6ARBC30005

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024

    Students will be fine-tuning what they have learnt so far of Arabic structures, will be adding to their already substantial knowledge of Arabic syntax, and will be sharpening their analytical skills. In the process, they will be reading Arabic poetry, medieval tales, literary prose, informative w...

  • Arabic 6ARBC20007

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024

    Students will be fine-tuning what they have learnt so far of Arabic structures, will be adding to their already substantial knowledge of Arabic syntax, and will be sharpening their analytical skills. In the process, they will be reading Arabic poetry, medieval tales, literary prose, informative w...

  • Arabic 7ARBC20002

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024

    In this subject students will engage with Arabic language and culture at an advanced level, through close study of Arabic stylistic and rhetorical devices as well as of the finer details of Arabic syntax. In the process, they will be reading literary and historic texts, critical articles, book ex...

  • Arabic 7ARBC30006

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024

    In this subject students will engage with Arabic language and culture at an advanced level, through close study of Arabic stylistic and rhetorical devices as well as of the finer details of Arabic syntax. In the process, they will be reading literary and historic texts, critical articles, book ex...

  • Arabic 9ARBC30002

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Not offered in 2024 Year:2024

    This is a reading subject for students who have completed Arabic 8 or equivalent. Readings will be selected in consultation with the student in the first week of the semester and should be completed in line with the guidelines provided to the student. At least 80% of the readings should be in Ara...

  • Arabic in Context 1ARBC20001

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024

    This subject aims to heighten students' general awareness of the Arabic language and to enhance overall language competencies students have previously acquired in reading, listening, speaking and writing. It also aims to enhance students' awareness of diverse sociocultural aspects of the Arabic l...

  • Arabic in Context 2ARBC30001

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024

    This subject is the Capstone subject in the Arabic Studies major of the Bachelor of Arts. It will give students majoring in Arabic Studies the opportunity to draw together the threads of their undergraduate Arabic studies into a distinctive and culminating combined disciplinary and cohort experie...

  • Arabic Studies Thesis Part 1ARBC40007

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2024

    Students will be required to write a thesis of 15,000 words on a topic approved by the supervisor.

  • Arabic Studies Thesis Part 2ARBC40008

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2024

    Refer to ARBC40007 Arabic Studies Thesis Part 1 for details.

  • ArchaeoastronomyPHYC20017

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024

    Ancient and Indigenous cultures of the world developed knowledge systems and constructed monuments that reflect ancient understandings of the Sun, Moon, and stars. The Sun and night sky played an important role in ritual, ceremony, power structures, architecture, and social development. Today, mu...

  • Archaeology of Complex SocietiesANCW40003

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024

    This seminar examines the concept of complexity from an archaeological perspective. It surveys various cultural traditions, focusing on issues associated with the emergence and development of social, economic and political complexity such as the advent of sedentism, early villages, the evolution ...

  • Archaeology of the Roman WorldANCW20025

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024

    This course concentrates on the development of Rome from a small village into the center of a vast Empire, through the lens of artworks and archaeology. It examines a wide variety of themes (urbanism, public and private architecture, religion, economy) and sources of material evidence (pottery, c...

  • Architectural TechnologyABPL20033

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2024

    This subject was formerly known as Construction Analysis. This subject explores the idea of construction as a process that strategically links structural principles to building elements, systems, materials, and techniques. The subject also covers key elements of building services and sustainabil...

  • Architectural TectonicsABPL30041

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2024

    This subject was formerly known as Construction Design.  This subject articulates and tests the idea of construction as a process requiring cultural and technical choices. While Construction Analysis focuses on the internal mechanics of building systems, Architectural Tectonics moves from the an...

  • Architecture as Political HistoryABPL30066

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Not offered in 2024 Year:2024

     This subject is not available except to enabling students in E-ABP (Enabling Course - Architecture, Building & Planning) This lecture and tutorial course will develop a basic understanding of how architecture acts as part of the political and cultural processes for all societies, particular...

  • Architecture Design Studio: AirABPL30048

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2024

     Underlying the undergraduate design course is the development of both design thinking and dexterity with tools and techniques. The focus of this design subject will be on generating design ideas, translating them into architectural forms, spaces, materials and programs. Students will learn how t...

  • Architecture Design Studio: FireABPL30037

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2024

    The subject is the capstone subject for the Architecture major in the Bachelor of Environments. It is intended that the subject will integrate previous coursework in the major. The core of the undergraduate design sequence is the development of both design thinking and dexterity with tools. The f...

  • Area Studies in EthnomusicologyMUSI20218

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Not offered in 2024 Year:2024

    This subject surveys traditional, art, and popular music-making in one major ethnographic region. Students learn how local musicians and listeners discuss, make, and assign value to different musical styles, while also exploring how these styles influence local society. Subject themes such as th...

  • Arid Australia Field ClassGEOG30033

    Undergraduate subject Offered:July Year:2024Quotas apply

    Understanding past landscapes and environmental change is important for contextualising current and future climate changes. This subject will enable students to develop a profound understanding of Quaternary environments and environmental change through field and lab‐based learning in the Austral...