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  • Arranging for Large Jazz EnsembleMUSI30287

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024

    This subject teaches students to arrange for large jazz ensembles, including conventional big band instrumentation and variations. Through directed listening, score analysis and targeted exercises, students explore the arranging concepts of form, instrumental range, blend, voicing techniques, rh...

  • Art and Indigenous VoiceAIND10004

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024

    This subject has been designed and developed for online delivery and assessment only. This subject is designed to give students a solid basis from which to start engaging with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander creative and cultural practices, with a focus on connection to country and place....

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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.

  • Art History Thesis Part 2AHIS40024

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

    Refer to AHIS40023 Art History Thesis Part 1 for details.

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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 ...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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 ...