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- Topics in Experimental EconomicsECON40020
Undergraduate subject Offered:Not offered in 2024 Year:2024
The subject aims to provide a foundation for original research in the fields of behavioural and experimental economics. First, it explores how behavioural economics extends traditional economics by incorporating insights into human behaviour derived from other fields such as psychology and sociol...
Not available in 2024
View details - Topics in Indonesian StudiesINDO40003
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2024
This subject involves a series of seminar presentations and discussions on topics of contemporary or special interest to Indonesian Studies. Topics will vary from year to year, depending on current events and the interests of the particular cohort of students. Where appropriate, visiting scholars...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Edwin Jurriens Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours A total of 24 hours: A 2 hour seminar 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
- Semester 2
Coordinator Justin Wejak Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours A total of 24 hours: A 2 hour seminar 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
- Topics in Insurance and FinanceACTL90021
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024
Topics include distributions of accumulations and present values; stochastic interest rate models; time series models; an introduction to ruin theory; claim run-off triangles; stochastic simulation.
- Semester 2
Principal coordinators Benjamin Avanzi and Yuyu Chen Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Two 1-hour lectures 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
- Topics in Japanese StudiesJAPN40003
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024
This subject involves a series of seminar presentations and discussions on a topic or topics of contemporary or special interest. Topics will vary from year to year, depending on current events and the interests of the particular cohort of students. Where appropriate, visiting scholars will parti...
- Semester 1
Coordinator Akihiro Ogawa Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total of 24 hours: One 2 hour seminar per week or fortnightly meetings with the coordinator 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
- Topics in MetaphysicsPHIL40005
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024
This unit covers selected issues in contemporary metaphysics. We will focus on a particular philosophical issue (e.g. ontology, possibility, necessity, the nature of objects), and look at contemporary work addressing this issue.
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Dana Goswick Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 24 hours - 1 x 2 hour seminar each 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
- Topics in Moral PsychologyPHIL40003
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024
This subject explores various issues in the psychology of morals, paying particular attention to the relation between moral psychology and meta-ethics. Specific topics for discussion may include: autonomy and responsibility, recent feminist work on moral psychology, the role of emotion in moral p...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Karen Jones Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 24 hours - 1 x 2 hour seminar each 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
- Topics in MusicologyMUSI30270
Undergraduate subject Offered:Not offered in 2024 Year:2024
This subject introduces students to a major research topic in the field of historical musicology. Considering a broad range of case studies, students learn how music researchers have approached, evaluated, and answered questions related to this topic in different geographical locations and time p...
Not available in 2024
View details - Topics in Political PhilosophyPHIL40004
Undergraduate subject Offered:July Year:2024
This subject will involve an advanced study of problems and issues in contemporary value theory, normally concentrating on issues in ethics, metaethics, and political philosophy. In some years, the course may instead focus on issues in contemporary aesthetics. On completion of the subject, studen...
- July
Principal coordinator Daniel Halliday Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 2 x 120 minutes seminar per week Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 22 July 2024 to 1 September 2024 Last self-enrol date 30 July 2024 Census date 9 August 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 13 September 2024 Assessment period ends 6 October 2024 July contact information
- Topics in Popular Music StudiesMUSI30271
Undergraduate subject Offered:Not offered in 2024 Year:2024
This subject introduces students to one major research topic in the field of popular music studies. Considering a broad range of case studies, students learn how music researchers have approached, evaluated, and answered questions related to this topic across different cultural contexts and time ...
Not available in 2024
View details - TortsLAWS50025
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024
This subject explores a core area of private law: the law of torts. It builds upon skills introduced in the foundational subject, Legal Method and Reasoning, with respect to the interpretation and application of both cases and statutes. The majority of the subject will focus on the tort of neglig...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Tania Voon Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 48 hours Total time commitment 144 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
- Total War: World War IIHIST20060
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024
This subject will focus on the second total war of the twentieth century and will explore questions about the causes of armed conflict, the nature of total war, and some of the consequences (social, economic, cultural and political) of total war for modern European and global history. Among the t...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Oleg Beyda Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 29 hours – 1 x 1.5 hour lecture every week for 12 weeks and 1 x 1 hour tutorials every 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
Email: oleg.beyda@unimelb.edu.au
- Trade and Investment Law in ChinaLAWS90052
Graduate coursework subject Offered:October Year:2024Quotas apply
In recent decades, China has become an active participant in, and even a leader of, the international economic law system. It joined the World Trade Organization and has negotiated numerous trade agreements and investment treaties. In both trade and investment, China has been a party to many disp...
- October
Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total time commitment 150 hours Pre teaching start date 4 September 2024 Pre teaching requirements Please refer to the Reading Guide on the LMS subject page for confirmation of which resources need to be read and what other preparation is required before the teaching period commences. Teaching period 2 October 2024 to 15 October 2024 Last self-enrol date 9 September 2024 Census date 3 October 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 8 November 2024 Assessment period ends 4 December 2024 October contact information
Lecturers
Simon Lester (Coordinator)
Huan ZhuEmail: law-masters@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: 13 MELB (13 6352), International: +(61 3) 9035 5511
Website: law.unimelb.edu.au
- Trade, Investment, IP and HealthLAWS90092
Graduate coursework subject Offered:August Year:2024Quotas apply
Trade, investment, intellectual property and health laws and norms interact in multiple ways, both to the benefit of health and to its detriment. This subject explores the harmonies and tensions across these critical areas of policy and governance at legal, normative, operational and institutiona...
- August
Principal coordinator Jonathan Liberman Coordinator Tania Voon Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total time commitment 150 hours Pre teaching start date 10 July 2024 Pre teaching requirements Please refer to the Reading Guide on the LMS subject page for confirmation of which resources need to be read and what other preparation is required before the teaching period commences. Teaching period 7 August 2024 to 13 August 2024 Last self-enrol date 15 July 2024 Census date 8 August 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 30 August 2024 Assessment period ends 2 October 2024 August contact information
Lecturer(s)
Jonathan Liberman (Coordinator)
Tania VoonEmail: law-masters@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: 13 MELB (13 6352), International: +(61 3) 9035 5511
Website: law.unimelb.edu.au
- Trade Mark LawLAWS50075
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024Quotas apply
This subject is about the legal protection of trade marks and elements of branding and reputation. It addresses three overlapping themes. The first involves a detailed treatment of Australian law – in particular the operation of the registered trade marks regime under the Trade Marks Act 1995 (Ct...
- Semester 1
Coordinators Lindy Golding and Robert Burrell Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Due to staff location some seminars may be online. Total time commitment 144 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
- Trade Mark PracticeLAWS90035
Graduate coursework subject Offered:October Year:2024Quotas apply
This subject builds on the material covered in the Trade Marks and Unfair Competition subject. Trade Mark Practice focusses on the procedures and practices of the Australian Trade Marks Office in obtaining and maintaining registered trademarks. It covers the relevant aspects of New Zealand trade ...
- October
Principal coordinator Ben Hopper Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Two 'pre-teaching' weeks conducted online (asynchronous); one-week intensive conducted on-campus (synchronous). Attendance online may be possible in special circumstances. Total time commitment 150 hours Pre teaching start date 4 September 2024 Pre teaching requirements Please refer to the Reading Guide on the LMS subject page for confirmation of which resources need to be read and what other preparation is required before the teaching period commences. Before classes begin, make sure you prepare carefully for the online multiple-choice test. Teaching period 2 October 2024 to 8 October 2024 Last self-enrol date 9 September 2024 Census date 3 October 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 11 October 2024 Assessment period ends 4 November 2024 October contact information
Lecturers
Benjamin Hopper (Coordinator)
Professor Robert Burrell
Ed Heerey
Nick Holmes
Michael Wolnizer
Ian Drew
Greg ChambersEmail: law-masters@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: 13 MELB (13 6352), International: +(61 3) 9035 5511
Website: law.unimelb.edu.au
- Trade Marks and Unfair CompetitionLAWS70046
Graduate coursework subject Offered:March, July Year:2024Quotas apply
This subject is concerned with the laws in Australia and New Zealand that protect trade marks. Trade marks play a pivotal role in the marketing of goods and services, and generally are one of a trader‘s most valuable assets. The protection of trade marks is thus of critical importance to all trad...
- March - On Campus
Principal coordinator Lindy Golding Coordinators Nick Holmes and Robert Burrell Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total time commitment 150 hours Pre teaching start date 21 February 2024 Pre teaching requirements Please refer to the Reading Guide on the LMS subject page for confirmation of which resources need to be read and what other preparation is required before the teaching period commences. Teaching period 20 March 2024 to 26 March 2024 Last self-enrol date 26 February 2024 Census date 21 March 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 April 2024 Assessment period ends 6 May 2024 March contact information
Lecturers
Lindy Golding (Coordinator)
Robert Burrell
Nick HolmesEmail: law-masters@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: 13 MELB (13 6352), International: +(61 3) 9035 5511
Website: law.unimelb.edu.au - July - Online
Principal coordinator Lindy Golding Coordinators Nick Holmes and Robert Burrell Mode of delivery Online Contact hours Total time commitment 150 hours Pre teaching start date 19 June 2024 Pre teaching requirements Please refer to the Reading Guide on the LMS subject page for confirmation of which resources need to be read and what other preparation is required before the teaching period commences. Teaching period 17 July 2024 to 23 July 2024 Last self-enrol date 24 June 2024 Census date 18 July 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 26 July 2024 Assessment period ends 19 August 2024 July contact information
Lecturers
Lindy Golding (Coordinator)
Robert Burrell
Nick HolmesEmail: law-masters@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: 13 MELB (13 6352), International: +(61 3) 9035 5511
Website: law.unimelb.edu.au
- Trade Policy Politics & GovernancePOLS90012
Graduate coursework subject Offered:August Year:2024
This subject examines the politics and governance of international trade. It explores the domestic and international dimensions of trade policy-making and the growing complexity of the "trade agenda" in national and international politics. It examines theories of trade and protection and theories...
- August
Coordinator Evgeny Postnikov Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total of 24 contact hours: A 1-hour lecture and 2-hour seminar per week for eight weeks from the teaching start date. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 12 August 2024 to 11 October 2024 Last self-enrol date 23 August 2024 Census date 6 September 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 18 October 2024 Assessment period ends 15 November 2024 August contact information
- Tradition in Modern ChinaCHIN30029
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024
This subject is the Capstone subject in the Chinese Studies major of the Bachelor of Arts. It explores the relationship between traditional culture and modern life in Chinese societies using original Chinese language materials, supplemented by academic writing in English on Chinese society and cu...
- Semester 2
Coordinator Lewis Mayo Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 30 hours: a 1.5 hour lecture and a 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
- Transcultural Communication at WorkLING90026
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024
One outcome of the globalisation of the Australian job market is the increasing need for transcultural communication skills in both the private and public sectors. Transcultural communication typically entails interaction in which one or more of the communicators use a second or third language. S...
- Semester 2 - On Campus
Coordinators Michael Ewing and Giuseppe D'Orazzi Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 30 hours: 1 x 1 hour lecture and 1 x 1.5 hour workshop 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
Associate Professor Michael Ewing: m.ewing@unimelb.edu.au
Dr Giuseppe D'Orazzi: giuseppe.dorazzi@unimelb.edu.au
- Semester 2 - Online
Coordinators Giuseppe D'Orazzi and Michael Ewing Mode of delivery Online Contact hours Equivalent of 30 hours: Self-directed activities including following seminar recordings, weekly participation in online discussion boards and activities. There are no classes for online study. 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
- Transcultural Mental HealthPSYT90014
Graduate coursework subject Offered:July Year:2024
Transcultural psychiatry concerns itself with the: nature of mental illness;causes and distribution of mental illness in different populations;culture and clinical practice, including the clinician-patient relationship; and thedesign of mental health services in multicultural societies. Student...
- July - Online
Principal coordinator Mahesh Jayaram Mode of delivery Online Contact hours 85 hours Total time commitment 85 hours Pre teaching start date 24 June 2024 Pre teaching requirements During the pre-teaching period, students should familiarise themselves with the online platform and may like to take the opportunity to read through preliminary information about the subject and the services and support that is available to them. Students are encouraged to use this time to also introduce themselves to peers and teaching staff and to learn about those they will be studying with throughout the term. Teaching period 1 July 2024 to 9 August 2024 Last self-enrol date 25 June 2024 Census date 12 July 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 9 August 2024 Assessment period ends 9 September 2024 July contact information
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Contact hours: https://unimelb.edu.au/professional-development/contact-us
- July - On Campus
Coordinator Mahesh Jayaram Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total time commitment 85 hours Teaching period 1 July 2024 to 9 August 2024 Last self-enrol date 9 July 2024 Census date 19 July 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 16 August 2024 Assessment period ends 9 September 2024