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- The Architecture of Wishful ThinkingABPL90124
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Not offered in 2024 Year:2024
This subject will explore utopian architecture and planning projects based on political idealism, wishful thinking and the prospects of technology. What does technology contribute to the creation of a modern utopia? Is technology the key to a democratic society without poverty and class warfare? ...
Not available in 2024
View details - The Art and Science of MeditationMULT10020
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024Quotas apply
This subject draws on history, philosophy, anthropology, sociology, cognitive neuroscience, and psychology to explore the traditional contexts and contemporary application of mindfulness, meditation and other contemplative practices to day-to-day life. There will be an emphasis on evidence and ra...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator HAISU Sun Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 12 x 1 hour lecture = 12 hours 12 x 2 hour tutorials = 24 hours (weeks 1-12) 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
Principal Coordinator:
Dr Haisu Sun
haisu.sun@unimelb.edu.au
- The Artist's ToolboxTHTR20023
Undergraduate subject Offered:Summer Term Year:2024Quotas apply
This subject has been designed and developed for online delivery and assessment only. Having a “great idea” you want to get off the ground is one thing, being able to effectively describe, promote and manage it, is entirely another. “The Artist's Toolbox” provides aspiring artists, entrepreneurs...
- Summer Term - Online
Coordinator Amanda Hitten Mode of delivery Online Contact hours 36 hours, comprising a 6-day online intensive with facilitated workshops, tutor support and pitch delivery. Total time commitment 170 hours Pre teaching start date 24 January 2024 Pre teaching requirements During the pre-teaching period there may be some preparatory tasks, reading and/or a student questionnaire. Teaching period 8 February 2024 to 16 February 2024 Last self-enrol date 26 January 2024 Census date 9 February 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 16 February 2024 Assessment period ends 7 March 2024 Summer Term contact information
Amanda Hitten: amanda.hitten@unimelb.edu.au
- The Art of Game MusicMUSI20173
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024
This subject introduces the basics of creating music for video games. Aspects of the function and crafting of music for game use including, sound and visual interactivity, indeterminacy and the music dramatic narrative will be examined. The Art of Game Music is delivered online as a lecture and ...
- Semester 1 - Online
Coordinator Jordie Gilmour Mode of delivery Online Contact hours 24 hours, comprising one 2-hour online lecture/workshop 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
For all administrative enquiries, e.g. enrolment, class registration, special consideration enquiries: Contact Stop 1
For all academic enquiries, e.g. assessment, subject matter enquiries:
Jordie Gilmour: jordie.gilmour@unimelb.edu.au
- The Art of Narrative PracticeSCWK90062
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 2 (Extended) Year:2024
In this subject, students acquire a working knowledge of the diversity of ways in which narrative practices are being engaged with children young people and adults; with individuals, groups, organisations and communities; and in a range of different cultural contexts across the globe. Students ar...
- Semester 2 (Extended) - Online
Principal coordinator David Denborough Mode of delivery Online Contact hours Total time commitment 340 hours Teaching period 22 July 2024 to 15 November 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 (Extended) contact information
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Contact hours: https://unimelb.edu.au/professional-development/contact-us
- The Art of Scientific ComputationCOMP90072
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2024
The physical, social and engineering sciences make widespread use of numerical simulations and graphical representations that link underlying their theoretical foundations with experimental or empirical data. These approaches are routinely designed and conducted by researchers with little or no f...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Roger Rassool Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact 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 2
Principal coordinator Roger Rassool Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) 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
- The Art of Working OnlineMUST10017
Undergraduate subject Offered:Not offered in 2024 Year:2024
This subject has been designed and developed for online delivery and assessment only. Working online has fast become a reality and necessity for people in the contemporary workplace. By approaching working online as an artform that requires skill, practice, reflection and experimentation, this s...
Not available in 2024
View details - The Art & Practice of the Personal EssayARTS90044
Graduate coursework subject Offered:April Year:2024
In this 16-hour seminar series students will read and discuss writing that explores complex ideas and issues in personal, engaging, and creative ways. These seminars will examine the rhetorical, narrative, and poetic strategies of the personal essay as a contribution to public intellectual discou...
- April
Coordinator Maria Tumarkin Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total 16 hours – 4 x 4 hour seminars, delivered intensively over four weeks. Total time commitment 85 hours Teaching period 29 April 2024 to 24 May 2024 Last self-enrol date 3 May 2024 Census date 10 May 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 31 May 2024 Assessment period ends 21 June 2024 April contact information
- The Arts and Creative PedagogiesEDUC91025
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Term 2 Year:2024
This subject examines learning in and through the arts, including music, drama, dance, and the visual arts, with a focus on aesthetics, symbolic communication and creative pedagogies. Students will investigate how children make meaning through creative inquiry as part of sustainable communities. ...
- Term 2 - Online
Coordinator Jayson Cooper Mode of delivery Online Contact hours 24 hours (may include virtual office hours through chat/zoom, video mail bag, discussion boards, flip grids, and interactive readings) Total time commitment 170 hours Pre teaching start date 22 April 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. Time commitment for pre‐teaching activities is approximately 3 hours. Teaching period 29 April 2024 to 23 June 2024 Last self-enrol date 23 April 2024 Census date 17 May 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 7 June 2024 Assessment period ends 30 June 2024 Term 2 contact information
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Contact hours: https://unimelb.edu.au/professional-development/contact-us
- The Arts, Play and Young ChildrenEDUC91054
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024
This subject introduces and develops Teacher Candidates’ practical and theoretical understandings of learning in and through the arts and creative pedagogies in early childhood education. This subject references the Australian/Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Frameworks and Curric...
- Semester 2
Coordinator Sarah Young Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 24 hours of on-campus 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
Dr Sarah Young: sry@unimelb.edu.au
- Theatre HistoriesENGL20036
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024
In this subject, we will engage with a number of significant theatrical moments, from Ancient Greece, Egypt, and India, to the medieval period in Asia and Europe, to pre- and post-colonial encounters in Africa, Australia, and the Americas. We will move through these contexts thematically (and occ...
- Semester 2
Coordinator Lindsay Goss Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total 30 hours: a 2 hour seminar and 0.5 hours of online lectures 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
- Theatre Major ProjectDRAM40003
Undergraduate subject Offered:Year Long Year:2024
In this subject each student is required to define and explore a specific area or activity in their chosen practice that underpins their work as artists and researchers. Through the development and execution of a defined major project the student is encouraged to explore the critical landscape su...
- Year Long
Coordinator Sarah Austin Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 24 hours, comprising two 3-hour reviews plus up to 18 hours of regular, documented consultations over two semesters with supervisor(s). Total time commitment 1,020 hours Teaching period 26 February 2024 to 20 October 2024 Last self-enrol date 8 March 2024 Census date 31 May 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 20 September 2024 Assessment period ends 15 November 2024 Year Long contact information
Sarah Austin: sarah.austin@unimelb.edu.au
- Theatre Practice 1DRAM20032
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024
This subject applies performance methodologies and generative strategies to the creation of new work in theatre-making. Students will devise work in response to extant stories, texts and other stimuli, adapting and modifying theatrical forms and styles, including the grotesque and tragedy, to cre...
- Semester 1
Coordinator Nazaree Dickerson Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 220 hours, comprising theatre and performance classes and rehearsals as directed Total time commitment 408 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
Nazaree Dickerson: nazaree.dickerson@unimelb.edu.au
- Theatre Practice 2DRAM20034
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024
This subject will cover practical devising which involves a range of projects, both within and outside of conventional theatre settings. In collaboration with a director, students will initiate and generate their content in ensemble to create an original work. The performance territory of the cl...
- Semester 2
Coordinator Sarah Austin Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 240 hours, comprising theatre and performance classes and rehearsals as directed 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
Sarah Austin: sarah.austin@unimelb.edu.au
- Theatre Practice 3DRAM30033
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024
This subject extends students as performers and theatre-makers by supporting them to work as independent theatre-makers in a professional theatre industry placement. Students will receive a commission from a local producer to create a site-responsive work for public performance and begin to esta...
- Semester 1
Coordinator Sarah Austin Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 240 hours, comprising 50-hours of professional placement and 190-hours of theatre-making classes and performances as directed. Total time commitment 408 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
Sarah Austin: sarah.austin@unimelb.edu.au
- Theatre Practice 4DRAM30036
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024
This subject is the final extension of students as performers, theatre-makers and independent artists as they create a new work for public performance. Students will be mentored through the creation and performance of new ensemble work and refine their performance skills, working independently a...
- Semester 2
Coordinator Sarah Austin Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 260 hours, comprising rehearsal and dramaturgy classes as directed 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
Sarah Austin: sarah.austin@unimelb.edu.au
- Theatre Skills 1DRAM20033
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024
This subject explores a range of performance and devising tools, processes and methodologies. Students will work individually and collaboratively in ongoing classes in Voice, Movement, Devising Practice, and Text in Performance to expand and extend range and flexibility as theatre-makers. Indivi...
- Semester 1
Coordinator Sarah Austin Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 115 hours, comprising voice, movement, text and devising classes Total time commitment 200 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
Sarah Austin: sarah.austin@unimelb.edu.au
- Theatre Skills 2DRAM20035
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024
This subject extends contemporary performance and devising tools, processes and methodologies. Students will work individually and collaboratively in ongoing practical classes which include Voice, Movement, Devising Practice, and Text in Performance (Contemporary). Studio-based practice will de...
- Semester 2
Coordinator Sarah Austin Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 104 hours, comprising voice, movement, text and devising classes Total time commitment 200 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
Sarah Austin: sarah.austin@unimelb.edu.au
- Theatre Skills 3DRAM30034
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024
This subject will equip students to adapt and reframe their skills and knowledge as theatre-makers and integrate these skills into new creative contexts. Students will continue practical classes in Voice and Movement, expanding their skills in working with text, devising practice and collaboratio...
- Semester 1
Coordinator Steph Kehoe Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 100 hours, comprising voice, movement, text and devising classes Total time commitment 200 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
- Theatre Skills 4DRAM30037
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024
This subject synthesises students’ theatre-making and performance skills in devising processes and methodologies. Students continue practical classes including Voice and Movement, Text and Performance, and Dramaturgy. Throughout the final semester, students are encouraged to identify their own a...
- Semester 2
Coordinator Steph Kehoe Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 100 hours, comprising voice, movement, text and devising classes Total time commitment 200 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
Steph Kehoe: stephanie.kehoe@unimelb.edu.au