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  • Advances in Oral Health ResearchDENT40003

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

    This subject aims to introduce students to research in the field of oral health sciences. Through engaging with current research in the field, students will learn about major advances and research gaps in oral health sciences and be exposed to a range of research approaches. Students will develop...

  • Advancing Critical CareBMSC40011

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024

    The subject comprises a series of advanced lectures, delivered in research seminar format with accompanying readings, each focussing on a key area of critical care research. The aim is to provide students with a comprehensive knowledge base, using a pragmatic approach, that can be applied to both...

  • Advertising and PromotionsMKTG30010

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024

    This subject focuses on the development, management and control of the organisation's marketing communications. Topics include advertising, sales promotion, public relations and other elements of the communications mix with internet and interactive media advertising also covered; the importance o...

  • Advertising, Media and SocietyMECM20015

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024

    This subject is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of advertising in the changing media environment. Through set readings, case studies and class discussions, students will be introduced to a wide range of issues surrounding advertising, including the rise of consumer...

  • Africa: Environment, Development, PeopleGEOG30024

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024

    This subject introduces students to the physical environment, history and development challenges facing contemporary Sub-Saharan Africa. Students will examine in detail intellectual and ethical debates surrounding the strategies undertaken by postcolonial African states and the overseas developme...

  • African Music and Dance EnsembleMUSI10148

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

    This subject introduces students to music and dance in West Africa. Through weekly rehearsals culminating in a final performance, students learn to perform traditional rhythmic patterns using drums, bells, and their bodies; students also have the opportunity to learn traditional dance steps. We...

  • Agribusiness Marketing & Value ChainsAGRI30040

    Undergraduate subject Offered:July Year:2024

    This subject is about applying principles of agricultural economics, agribusiness marketing and agribusiness value chain analysis to analysing and understanding the process of creating value in agricultural products, from the perspectives of individual firms in the value chain and of the whole va...

  • Agric.Science Research Project Part 1AGRI40017

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 (Extended) Year:2024

    This honours research project in the Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences aims to develop a student's ability to design and undertake a substantial body of work, to find solutions to a particular problem, and to report on this in written and verbal form. Project definition is completed...

  • Agric.Science Research Project Part 2AGRI40018

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 (Early-Start) Year:2024

    Please refer to AGRI40017 Agricultural Science Research Project Part 1

  • Agricultural EconomicsAGRI20042

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024

    Formerly ECON20012 Agricultural Economics is an introduction to applying principles of agricultural economics to understanding the roles and practices of agriculture in the economy and the behaviour of producers and consumers in the agribusiness and farm sectors. The content will include the ro...

  • Agricultural GeneticsAGRI10052

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024

    The objective of this subject is to introduce students to the concepts of genetics and the effects of genetic variation and selection used to propagate valuable heritable trait combinations in crop plants and farm animals. Topics covered include - Historical background around (origin) genetics, ...

  • Agricultural Systems BiologyAGRI10050

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024

    Biology is the study of life, ranging from simple cells to complex multicellular organisms, and the processes which allow life to exist. Knowledge of the relevant biological concepts is essential for understanding of agricultural theory and practice. This subject aims to introduce the Bachelor of...

  • Agriculture DiscoveryAGRI10053

    Undergraduate subject Offered:February Year:2024

    Agriculture Discovery is your introduction to the discipline of Agriculture and the degree at Melbourne. A week long intensive program of seminars and activities will provide you with a solid foundation to build academic skills and prepare you to succeed in your degree. You will also conduct a sm...

  • Agriculture in AustraliaAGRI10047

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024

    In this subject, students will explore world food supply and demand, the development of agriculture globally and in Australia, the natural and market conditions that determine the nature of agricultural activity in Australia, along with the key elements of farming and farm businesses that determi...

  • AgronomyAGRI30046

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024

    This subject focuses on understanding the main agronomic factors affecting Australian agriculture in the endeavour for efficient and sustainable farming systems. It builds on students’ knowledge of crop production with a particular emphasis placed on the management of and interaction between fert...

  • A History of NatureHPSC20002

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Winter Term Year:2024

    This subject discusses central topics in human understandings about their environment in the Western world, particularly over the last 500 years. As Europeans began to venture out of their continent in the 15th century, they discovered new environments that challenged their received wisdom about ...

  • A History of SexualitiesHIST30004

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024

    How have sexual practices and identities evolved, been represented and expressed throughout history? Where do our modern ideas about sexual orientation, gender and morality come from? Is ‘sexuality’ strictly a modern concept or can it also be applied to past societies? In this subject we look at ...

  • A History of ViolenceHIST30068

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024Quotas apply

    Every act of violence has a history. In order to more fully understand how and why violence recurs, how it has changed over time, and how it has been a driving force in history, we need to develop a more sophisticated and complex understanding of its historical origins. This subject will explore ...

  • AI, Ethics and the LawLAWS10009

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024

    This subject investigates the role of ethics and law in responding to the opportunities, challenges and risks raised by increasingly widespread use in society of artificial intelligence (AI) and related computational processes. Techniques such as expert systems, machine learning, neural networks,...

  • AlgebraMAST30005

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024

    Algebra has a long history of important applications throughout mathematics, science and engineering, and is also studied for its intrinsic beauty. In this subject we study the algebraic laws satisfied by familiar objects such as integers, polynomials and matrices. This abstraction simplifies and...