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  • Wellbeing LeadershipEDUC91194

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:July Year:2024

    Wellbeing Leadership examines why creating wellbeing cultures in diverse contexts such as in organisations, communities and sporting groups has become essential. The role of leaders to navigate and organise change with wellbeing in mind and to implement clear and intentional processes, will be cr...

  • Well-Being: Learning from South AsiaUNIB20025

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Not offered in 2024 Year:2024

    How has wellness and ‘well-being’ been understood and represented through history and across the world? What might an engagement with Asia tell us about well-being? And what might exploring these questions reveal about how we should pursue our own wellness and that of others in the context of con...

  • Wellbeing, Motivation and PerformanceEDUC10057

    Undergraduate subject Offered:January, Semester 1 Year:2024

    This subject explores the science of what enables individuals to operate at the peak of their potential, including the conditions that are thought to give rise to optimal motivation, emotional agility, resilience, and other factors that support wellbeing and performance. The subject will explore...

  • Wellbeing Through Drama EducationEDUC20086

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Not offered in 2024 Year:2024

    This subject explores the connection between drama/theatre activities and the promotion of wellbeing and prevention of illbeing in young people (in the early years through to post-secondary education).  A series of practical workshops will demonstrate ways in which drama-in-education techniques a...

  • White Collar CrimeLAWS70385

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:January Year:2024Quotas apply

    White-collar crimes differ from the popular conception of 'crime’ as involving the most unambiguously blameworthy sorts of conduct in which citizens can engage. This subject will examine how these crimes are dealt with under Australian rules on criminal responsibility, procedure, proof and punish...

  • Why Tax Systems Differ Between CountriesLAWS90163

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:Not offered in 2024 Year:2024Quotas apply

    In this subject, students will analyse and compare taxation systems in different countries. The subject looks at what tax systems have in common, how they differ and seeks to explain both the similarities and the differences. It will consider the range of taxes that might be implemented to achiev...

  • Wildlife, Aquaculture, Exotics and PigsVETS90150

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

    This subject focuses on identification of disease and impacts of disease in wildlife, farmed and ornamental fish, small companion animals (such as rabbits, rodents and reptiles), and pigs. Content will include a focus on husbandry, statutory regulations, and development of diagnostic reasoning sk...

  • Wildlife ManagementANSC90001

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024

    Wildlife Management has varied goals, addressing issues as diverse as conservation and biodiversity, human-animal conflict, pest animal control, overabundance and potential for disease spill over. This subject will expose students to real-life examples of wildlife management in Australia, and pr...

  • Wines of the WorldEURO30008

    Undergraduate subject Offered:July Year:2024Quotas apply

    The practice of drinking wine, often with matching food, is an important component of social and business interaction in most European cultures and many, but not all, modern societies. It is a practice that raises conflicting issues relating to its social, economic and health impacts on society. ...

  • Wines of the WorldEURO20009

    Undergraduate subject Offered:July Year:2024Quotas apply

    The practice of drinking wine, often with matching food, is an important component of social and business interaction in most European cultures and many, but not all, modern societies. It is a practice that raises conflicting issues relating to its social, economic and health impacts on society. ...

  • Wine & Spirits:An Australian PerspectiveAGRI20045

    Undergraduate subject Offered:July, September Year:2024Quotas apply

    Wine denotes a cultured, not just cultural, identity. Australia’s wine industry has an international reputation for quality and value. Our wines are served in many of the world’s leading restaurants, while the popular premium wines are sold in wine shops and supermarkets throughout the world. The...

  • Wireless Communication SystemsELEN90007

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:Not offered in 2024 Year:2024

    AIMS This subject covers the fundamental design and performance issues associated with the physical and media access control of wireless networks.INDICATIVE CONTENT Topics include: Wireless RF link basics (antenna characterisation, polarisation, EIRP, propagation loss);Principles of cellular m...

  • Witch-Hunting in European SocietiesHIST20080

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Not offered in 2024 Year:2024

    Why were c. 50,000 people executed for witchcraft in late medieval and early modern Europe? In this subject we will test different historical models for explaining the shocking rise and ultimate decline of witchcraft as a crime with dramatic social repercussions. Along the way we will encounter a...

  • Women and Global HealthPOPH90066

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:September Year:2024

    Developing and newly-industrialised countries experience wide variation in terms of history, politics, demographic transition, development and epidemiology. This subject situates women and their health in a dynamic context of development, globalisation and change. It examines key health issues, p...

  • Wonders Of The WeatherATOC10001

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024

    The weather controls the quality of the air we breathe, the water we drink and the food we eat. The atmosphere and oceans influence decisions about what we wear, how we travel, where we live and how we spend our weekends and holidays. This subject explores how the atmosphere and oceans determine ...

  • Word as Image in Space and TimeGDES30006

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024

    Word as Image in Space and Time introduces students to the fundamental principles and skills of visual communication using bespoke letterforms and experimental layout and design. Through a programme of lectures, workshops, speculative project work and class discussion, students will develop an u...

  • Work and Conflict in the Global EconomyIBUS30003

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Not offered in 2024 Year:2024

    This subject introduces students to the diverse ways in which the competing needs and interests of organisations, employees, communities and other stakeholders are managed in the 21st century workplace. The globalisation of production, technological change, and new business models have created ne...

  • Working EthicallyPADM90009

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:Not offered in 2024 Year:2024

    This subject provides students with an advanced understanding of ethics as they apply to the individual in their managerial role, but also in the design and implementation of public outcomes more broadly. This subject situates these challenges in their social, theoretical, historical and discipli...

  • Working in Human Service OrganisationsSCWK90070

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:September Year:2024

    This subject aims to give students an appreciation of the nature of human service organisations as a context, vehicle and target of social work interventions. Several theoretical perspectives on human service organisations will be explored and students will be introduced to a number of specific d...

  • Working in Indigenous Cultural ContextsINDG90001

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:Not offered in 2024 Year:2024

    This subject will examine the diversity of protocols and management practices that arts and cultural managers need to be cognisant of when working in Australian Indigenous cultural contexts. Examining management concerns and practices across a range of art forms in both urban and remote settings,...