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- Chinese News AnalysisCHIN30003
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024
This subject is an advanced unit introducing the techniques of Chinese newspaper analysis for fields such as politics, international affairs, intellectual debates etc. Students will use current reading materials to study a range of social and political affairs in the People's Republic of China. O...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Ruonan Zeng Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours: A one hour lecture and a two 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
- Chinese Politics and SocietyPOLS30011
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024
This is a broad, historically-based survey course of Chinese politics. It is designed to offer an overview of and background to, contemporary Mainland Chinese politics and society. It is more historically oriented than many of the other survey courses offered in the Politics program. This emphasi...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Pradeep Taneja Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total of 30 contact hours: A 2 hour lecture and a 1 hour tutorial per week for 10 weeks. The lecture and tutorial programs are staggered and cover the 12 weeks of semester. 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
- Chinese Studies: Culture and EmpireCHIN20007
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024
This introductory subject examines Chinese society and culture by looking at the relationship between cultural systems and imperial power. It addresses the long-term development of social and intellectual structures in China in relation to empire as a political order and a system of territorial d...
- Semester 1
Coordinator Richard Lee Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours A 1.5-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
- Chinese Thesis Part 1CHIN40006
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. They will also be required to present a seminar paper on the results of their research.
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Jia Gao 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
Principal coordinator Jia Gao 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
- Chinese Thesis Part 2CHIN40007
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2024
Refer to CHIN40006 Chinese Thesis Part 1 for details.
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Shaoming Zhou 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
Principal coordinator Jia Gao Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Refer to CHIN40006 Chinese 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
Refer to CHIN40006 Chinese Thesis Part 1 for details.
- Choir 1MUSI10159
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024
Choir 1 is a large choir open to all voice types, focusing on Western choral repertoire, both sacred and secular, from the seventeenth century to the present day. The subject encourages inexperienced and experienced singers to improve their singing skills, including learning to pronounce texts i...
- Semester 1
Coordinator Stephen Grant Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 31 hours, comprising one 2-hour rehearsal per week, and performances as directed. 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
Stephen Grant: sjgrant@unimelb.edu.au
- Choir 2MUSI10162
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024
Choir 2 is a large choir open to all voice types, focusing on Western choral repertoire, both sacred and secular, from the seventeenth century to the present day. The subject encourages inexperienced and experienced singers to improve their singing skills, including learning to pronounce texts i...
- Semester 2
Coordinator Stephen Grant Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 31 hours, comprising one 2-hour rehearsal per week, and performances as directed. Total time commitment 136 hours Teaching period 22 July 2024 to 20 October 2024 Last self-enrol date 26 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
Stephen Grant: sjgrant@unimelb.edu.au
- Choreographic ProductionDNCE30028
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024
In their final semester, students apply their embodied, professional and creative skills to a season of dance, and perform a Graduating Year Dance Event. Students expand their understanding and experience of dance production through collaborating with choreographers working within different genr...
- Semester 2
Coordinator Nicole Corea Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 240 hours, comprising 20 hours of class per week Total time commitment 408 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
Nicole Corea: nicole.corea@unimelb.edu.au
- Circuits and SystemsBMEN30006
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024
AIMS This subject covers fundamental principles of electronic circuits, including how to design and analyse simple circuits, with example applications to biomedical problems. Also covered is biosignal analysis, in which students are taught the fundamentals of signal processing, including how to ...
- Semester 1
Coordinator Katie Davey Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 3 x 1 hour lectures per week, 1 x 1 hour tutorial per week, and 6 x 3 hour workshops per semester 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
- Cities: From Local to GlobalABPL20035
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024
Cities remain the dominant form of civilization in the 21st century, and they are locations where humanity’s struggle for survival takes place. With more than half of the world’s population now living in cities, they are the world’s engine of growth. As the economist Ed Glaeser puts it, “we are a...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Patrick Cobbinah Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 1.5 hour lecture and 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
- Cities Past and FuturePLAN10001
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024
Metropolitan areas have changed substantially through history. This subject examines the ideas, values and forces that influenced the physical growth and development of urban areas in the developed world. Using examples in Melbourne where possible and focusing on specific features and concepts of...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator David Nichols Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 2x1 hour lectures plus 1x 1hour 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
- City Cultures, Urban EcologiesCULS30005
Undergraduate subject Offered:Not offered in 2024 Year:2024
How have cities been imagined, navigated, and represented? What are some of the cultural, social, political, and environmental challenges that cities face in the 21st century? This subject examines how the city has been theorized as a core concept of modernity and modernization or represented thr...
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View details - City Visions: Melbourne IntensiveHIST20087
Undergraduate subject Offered:Summer Term Year:2024
How are histories and identities expressed in the forms and cultures of cities? Adopting Melbourne as its exemplar, this subject offers an exciting look at the role of people, places, institutions and processes in the historical development of the modern city. It does so by placing Melbourne in a...
- Summer Term
Principal coordinator Andrew May Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 40 hours - 2 hour lecture, 1 hour tutorial and 1 hour site visit every day for 2 weeks Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 29 January 2024 to 9 February 2024 Last self-enrol date 31 January 2024 Census date 9 February 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 1 March 2024 Assessment period ends 8 March 2024 Summer Term contact information
Email:a.may@unimelb.edu.au
- Classical MythologyANCW20015
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1, Winter Term Year:2024
This subject will focus on mythical narratives from the ancient Greek and Roman traditions. Students will explore some of the central patterns and themes in classical mythology. These include narratives of birth and creation, war and the warrior, othering and inclusion, disaster, gods, and humans...
- Semester 1 - On Campus
Coordinator Larissa Tittl Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours: 1-hour lecture per week for 12 weeks and a 2-hour seminar per 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
Email: larissa.tittl@unimelb.edu.au
- Winter Term - Online
Coordinator Larissa Tittl Mode of delivery Online Contact hours 36 hours: 3 hours of online lectures and directed discussions per week for 4 weeks and a 2-hour live seminar three times per week for 4 weeks Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 24 June 2024 to 19 July 2024 Last self-enrol date 28 June 2024 Census date 5 July 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 12 July 2024 Assessment period ends 29 July 2024 Winter Term contact information
Email: larissa.tittl@unimelb.edu.au
- Classical Sociological TheorySOTH20002
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024
This subject is primarily concerned with the ideas about society that have anchored the disciplines of sociology and social theory in the 19th and 20th centuries. It critically assesses these ideas through an examination of the works of key social theorists. Students completing this subject shoul...
- Semester 2
Coordinator Ashley Barnwell Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 30 contact hours: 1 x 1.5 hour lecture and 1 x 1 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
- Classics Thesis Part 1CLAS40036
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2024
An approved thesis topic selected in consultation with the fourth-year coordinator. The thesis is taken across two consecutive semesters, and is the result of the student’s own independent research.
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator James Chong-Gossard 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
Principal coordinator James Chong-Gossard 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
Email: koc@unimelb.edu.au
- Classics Thesis Part 2CLAS40037
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2024
Refer to CLAS40036 Classics Thesis Part 1 for details.
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator James Chong-Gossard Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 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
Principal coordinator James Chong-Gossard Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Refer to CLAS40036 Classics Thesis Part 1 for details. 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
Email: koc@unimelb.edu.au
- Clear Speech and CommunicationTHTR10019
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2024
This subject concentrates on developing clear speech, fluency, and overall communication skills for students where English is an additional language. Students will work with voice and speech coaches to explore the pronunciation of vowels and consonants of English, with application of the Interna...
- Semester 1
Coordinator Amy Hume Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours, comprising one 2-hour self-paced online learning module and one 1-hour on campus 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
Amy Hume: amy.hume@unimelb.edu.au
- Semester 2
Coordinator Amy Hume Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours, comprising one 2-hour self-paced online learning module and one 1-hour on campus 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
Amy Hume: amy.hume@unimelb.edu.au
- Climate Change and ImpactsENST10004
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024
This subject introduces the major issues associated with climate change. It endeavours to explain the processes that impact on the Earth’s climate, including the greenhouse effect; the role of climate in the evolution of ecosystems and food production; the human induced changes that are occurring...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Sabine Tausz-Posch Mode of delivery On Campus (Dookie) Contact hours 48 hours total - 24 hours of lectures, 12 hours of tutorials and additional activities including forums, panel discussions and online participation, up to 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
Email: sposch@unimelb.edu.au
- Climate Change: Why People DisagreePPMN20002
Undergraduate subject Offered:Not offered in 2024 Year:2024
Science says it’s real. Why is it that some people disagree? This subject explores why some people dispute climate change, despite high levels of scientific agreement about the physical processes leading to global warming. It will take seriously the widest possible range of perspectives on clima...
Not available in 2024
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