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- The Long History of GlobalisationHIST40037
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024
It is a commonplace that we live in globalised world. But what does this mean in theory and in practice? How did we get to this point? And how do we interpret the processes that underpin our global world? This subject examines the origins of the interconnected global paradigm from its origins in ...
- Semester 2
Coordinator Andonis Piperoglou Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 24 hours - 12 x 2 hour seminars 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
- The Making of MelbourneUNIB10023
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2024
Melbourne is often described as one of the ‘world’s most liveable cities’. What makes Melbourne such a vibrant city and how did it get there? Did you know that the siting of the Melbourne CBD is actually related to ancient volcanic eruptions? The geology and natural environment around Melbourne p...
- Semester 1 - Off Campus
Coordinator Rachel Popelka-Filcoff Mode of delivery Off Campus Contact hours There are no face to face classes. 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 - Off Campus
Coordinator Rachel Popelka-Filcoff Mode of delivery Off Campus 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 Semester 2 contact information
- The Metaphysics of EthicsPHIL30054
Undergraduate subject Offered:Not offered in 2024 Year:2024
People drawn to metaphysics can sometimes have the view that ethics is messy, imprecise, and not sufficiently rule-governed. People drawn to ethics can sometimes have the view that metaphysics is abstract, technical, and insufficiently attentive to real-world issues and concerns. But metaphysics ...
Not available in 2024
View details - The Music of SpainMUSI40095
Undergraduate subject Offered:Not offered in 2024 Year:2024
The subject explores a range of Spanish musical styles from the middle ages to the present day, and their interaction with European and American musical traditions. Topics include aspects of early music, opera and music theatre, concert music, film music, contemporary popular music, flamenco and ...
Not available in 2024
View details - The Music Of SpainMUSI30030
Undergraduate subject Offered:Not offered in 2024 Year:2024
The subject explores a range of Spanish musical styles from the middle ages to the present day, and their interaction with European and American musical traditions. Topics include aspects of early music, opera and music theatre, concert music, film music, contemporary popular music, flamenco and ...
Not available in 2024
View details - The Music Producer: From Brass to BeatsMUSI30236
Undergraduate subject Offered:Not offered in 2024 Year:2024
This subject examines music production and the role of the music producer. It surveys the development of music production from early multi-track techniques to contemporary use of beats, loops and samples. Aspects of the function and crafting of sound elements will be examined in the context of e...
Not available in 2024
View details - The Nature of RealityPHIL20039
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024
Our central question in this subject will be the extent to which our everyday experiences are determined by the nature of the world itself versus the extent to which they're determined by the structure of our own minds. Our approach to this question will be multi-faceted, drawing on philosophical...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Dana Goswick Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 35 hours - 1 x 2 hour lecture every week from weeks 1 -12 and 1 x 1-hour tutorial every week from weeks 2-12. 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: dgoswick@unimelb.edu.au
- Theoretical Physics 2PHYC20014
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024
Fourier series and Fourier transforms are introduced as a means of representing and analysing functions of physical significance. The mathematical principles of Fourier theory are developed within the physical context of Fourier optics, diffraction theory, quantum mechanics and signal processing....
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Harry Quiney Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 48 hours comprising 36 hours of lectures and 12 hours tutorials. 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
- Theoretical Physics 3PHYC30022
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024
This subject will introduce topics in Theoretical Physics, including: Classical Field Theory: Action Principles and Noether’s Theorem. Electrodynamics and wave equations from action principle. Applications selected from: waves in media, dispersion relations, solitons, Kramers-Kronig relations, t...
- Semester 2
Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 2 to 4 hours per week, 36 in total, lectures and problem-solving classes 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
- Theory and Practice of Art HistoryAHIS30019
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024
This capstone subject examines the theory and practice of art history. Through a survey of the different approaches to the study of art which have emerged since the early modern period the subject will provide students with a fundamental grounding in the methodologies of the discipline. Students ...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Mimi Kelly Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total 24 hours: a 2 hour seminar 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
- The Philosophy of MindPHIL20033
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024
Neuroscience, cognitive science, and computer science are making huge strides in modelling the human brain’s information processing systems, from visual discrimination of faces to the neural circuitry and hormones that control our emotional reactions. But can these disciplines fully explain all a...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Jenny Judge Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 35 hours - 2 x 1 hour lectures each week and 1x 1 hour tutorial in weeks 2-12 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: jenny.judge@unimelb.edu.au
- The Philosophy of PhilosophyPHIL30007
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024
This subject examines the nature of philosophy itself. Students will read what many great philosophers have said about the methods, aims, and ambitions of philosophy. They will examine how these views have been applied in thinking about various areas of philosophy, e.g. metaphysics, philosophy ...
- Semester 2
Coordinator Kai Tanter Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 35 hours - A 2-hour lecture every week for 12 weeks and a 1-hour tutorial one per week for 11 weeks (week 2 - week 12) 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: kai.tanter@unimelb.edu.au
- The Politics of SexPOLS20011
Undergraduate subject Offered:Not offered in 2024 Year:2024
This subject introduces ideas developed in feminist theory about the social and political construction of areas of experience relating to the body, gender and sexuality. Issues analysed in the subject include reproduction, eating disorders, pornography, sex work, sexual violence, sexual orientati...
Not available in 2024
View details - The Power and Limits of LogicPHIL30043
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024
This subject deals with the power and limits of logic. We will cover some of the great conceptual advances in logic in the 20th Century, which have revolutionised our understanding of logic and language, of models and meaning, and of concepts and computation. We will examine the conceptual founda...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Tristan Grotvedt Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 35 hours - 1 x 2-hour lecture per week for 12 weeks and 1 x 1-hour tutorial per week for 11 weeks. 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
- The Psychopathology of Everyday LifePSYC30014
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024
This subject covers phenomena such as hallucinations and delusions, anxiety, somatisation, depression, dissociation, and changes in memory and cognition, and places them in the context of everyday experiences. It discusses the various factors, processes and mechanisms thought to lead some people ...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Chris Groot Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 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
Principal coordinator:
Dr Chris Groot
grootc@unimelb.edu.au
- The Qur'an: An IntroductionISLM20003
Undergraduate subject Offered:February Year:2024
This subject is an introduction, in English translation, to the most important text of Islam, the Qur'an, which Muslims regard as the primary source of Islam. Students will study: the origins of the Qur'an, its overall structure and content, major themes, approaches to its interpretation, and its...
- February
Coordinator Rachel Woodlock Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours A total of 42 hours: Two 3-hours seminars per day over 7 days. Total time commitment 170 hours Pre teaching start date 13 January 2024 Pre teaching requirements Students are required to read all essential readings and listen to all recorded lectures on Canvas during the pre-teaching period, before classes begin. Teaching period 13 February 2024 to 21 February 2024 Last self-enrol date 19 January 2024 Census date 16 February 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 23 February 2024 Assessment period ends 20 March 2024 February contact information
- The Renaissance in ItalyHIST30006
Undergraduate subject Offered:Not offered in 2024 Year:2024
This subject seeks to engage and excite students in an interactive series of ‘lectorials' which examine the social, political, and cultural history of the many central and northern Italian cities which participated in the culture known as the Renaissance. With special case studies of Florence and...
Not available in 2024
View details - The Research Process for MusiciansMUSI40064
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2024
This subject provides students with the tools and skills necessary to devise and conduct professional research in music at graduate level. Through group discussions and peer review sessions students will engage with the key principles of research and academic writing and apply them to a context r...
- Semester 1
Coordinator Melanie Plesch Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 24 hours, comprising one 1-hour lecture 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
Melanie Plesch: mplesch@unimelb.edu.au
- Semester 2
Coordinator Melanie Plesch Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 24 hours, comprising one 1-hour lecture and one 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
Melanie Plesch: mplesch@unimelb.edu.au
- The Rise and Fall of the Roman RepublicANCW20019
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024
The turbulent and exciting history of the Roman Republic roughly spanned some five centuries: from its humble beginnings around 500 BCE to the assassination of Julius Caesar on the Ides of March 44 BCE. The first part of this subject celebrating this formative period in world history discusses ea...
- Semester 1
Coordinator Frederik Vervaet Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 24 hours: A two-hour seminar every week for 12 weeks 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
- The Rise of the NovelFREN20010
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024
In this subject students will read a selection of novels in French (from the Middle Ages to nowadays) in order to understand the evolution of the French novel. They will have to analyse the narrative structures and demonstrate critical awareness of the social, political and ideological context of...
- Semester 2
Coordinator Veronique Duche Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours: 1 x 1-hour lecture and 1 x 2-hour tutorial per week for 12 weeks 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