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- Thinking Tools for Wicked ProblemsUNIB10019
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024
Responding critically and ethically to contemporary issues, whether they be of local, national or global significance, requires one to go beyond the mere discovering of ‘facts’ and determining of ‘truths’. What one does with these ‘facts’ and ‘truths’ is equally important. What we claim to know m...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Maurizio Toscano Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours: Lectures (1hr) 1 x weekly; Tutorials (2hr) 1 x weekly 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
- Thinking Writing: Theory and CreativityCWRI40004
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024
This subject explores the relationship between critical theory and creative writing. We read critical, philosophical and theoretical texts relating to issues of creativity and the creative process by seminal theorists such as Kristeva, Foucault, Cixous, and Derrida. We also read a selection of te...
- Semester 1
Coordinator Elizabeth MacFarlane Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total 30 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
- Thought Leadership in Digital MarketingMKTG90047
Graduate coursework subject Offered:April Year:2024
This subject will showcase Australia’s top digital marketers who will share their experience and network with the students. Each speaker will cover in depth their digital marketing strategies and tactics to illustrate how the key learnings from the program such as lead generation, eCommerce, onli...
- April
Principal coordinator Hamish Simmonds Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours (two 6 hour seminars per week for three weeks) Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 15 April 2024 to 5 May 2024 Last self-enrol date 19 April 2024 Census date 26 April 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 17 May 2024 Assessment period ends 2 June 2024 April contact information
Dr Hamish Simmonds hamish.simmonds@unimelb.edu.au
- TimeARTS90051
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024
Does any moment other than the present exist? Are all moments of time (past, present, and future) equally real or are some moments privileged? Does special relativity constrain the views of time that it is reasonable to endorse? How does the way we experience time (both as individuals and as m...
- Semester 1
Coordinator Dana Goswick Mode of delivery Dual-Delivery (Parkville) Contact hours Total 12 hours – 6 x 2 hour seminars taught fortnightly Total time commitment 85 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
- Time Series Analysis and ForecastingECOM30004
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024
Normally topics will include current techniques used in forecasting in finance, accounting and economics such as regression models, Box-Jenkins, ARIMA models, vector autoregression, causality analysis, cointegration and forecast evaluation, and ARCH models.
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Laszlo Konya Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial/practice class 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
Laszlo Konya: l.konya@unimelb.edu.au
- Time Series Analysis and ForecastingECOM90004
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024
Normally topics will include current techniques used in forecasting in finance, accounting and economics such as regression models, Box-Jenkins, ARIMA models, vector autoregression, causality analysis, cointegration and forecast evaluation, ARCH models.
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Laszlo Konya Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial/practice class 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
Laszlo Konya: l.konya@unimelb.edu.au
- Tissue Engineering & Stem CellsBMEN90011
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024
AIMS Students studying Tissue Engineering and Stem Cells will become familiar with the history, scope and potential of tissue engineering, and the potential role of stem cells in this field. This subject will address the use of biomaterials in tissue engineering; major scaffold materials and fab...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Andrea O'Connor Coordinator David Nisbet Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 24 hours of lectures, 12 hours of workshops, 12 hours of tutorials and 6 hours of laboratory work per semester. 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
Associate Professor Andrea O'Connor
Email: a.oconnor@unimelb.edu.au
Professor David Nisbet
Email: david.nisbet@unimelb.edu.au
- Today's Science, Tomorrow's WorldSCIE10005
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2024
THIS SUBJECT IS DESIGNED TO BE TAKEN IN THE FIRST SEMESTER OF ENROLMENT IN THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE. YOU MUST ENROL IN THE SEMESTER YOU COMMENCE THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE. The ambition to shape our habitat and to understand the universe in which we reside has occurred in all cultures and across al...
- Semester 1
Coordinator Andrew King Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Weeks 1-5 (Core): 5 x 1-hour on-campus lectures and 5 x 1hr- pre-recorded lecture (2 lectures total per week for five weeks). 4 x 2-hour weekly workshops. Weeks 6-8 (Investigation 1): 3 x 1-hour on-campus lectures and 3 x 1hr- pre-recorded lecture (2 lectures total per week for three weeks). 3 x 2-hour weekly workshops. Weeks 9-11 (Investigation 2):3 x 1-hour on-campus lectures and 3 x 1hr- pre-recorded lecture (2 lectures total per week for three weeks). 3 x 2-hour weekly workshops. 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 Yi Huang Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Weeks 1-5 (Core): 5 x 1-hour on-campus lectures and 5 x 1hr- pre-recorded lecture (2 lectures total per week for five weeks). 4 x 2-hour weekly workshops. Weeks 6-8 (Investigation 1): 3 x 1-hour on-campus lectures and 3 x 1hr- pre-recorded lecture (2 lectures total per week for three weeks). 3 x 2-hour weekly workshops. Weeks 9-11 (Investigation 2):3 x 1-hour on-campus lectures and 3 x 1hr- pre-recorded lecture (2 lectures total per week for three weeks). 3 x 2-hour weekly workshops. 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
- TOE - PracticalMEDI90141
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Not offered in 2024 Year:2024
After completion of this subject, students will have the knowledge and skill to insert and clean a transoesophageal echocardiography (TOE) probe and how to perform a focused TOE examination, interpret and write a structured report on the assessment of haemodynamic state and cardiac pathology usin...
Not available in 2024
View details - To Hell with DanteITAL30007
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024
This subject will give students the opportunity to apply and build on skills and knowledge acquired in their study of Italian and to complete and exhibit a final group research project. The subject focuses on the study of the most important Italian literary work: Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy (...
- Semester 1
Coordinator Elisabetta Ferrari Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 30 hours: 1 x 1 hour lecture and 1 x 1.5 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
- Tonga Traveling StudioABPL90447
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Winter Term Year:2024Quotas apply
The Tonga Traveling Studio is a Placemaking Sandbox that will provide students with intellectual and creative tools to explore multiple place-based issues in an island community setting. It equips students with intercultural competencies to navigate complex cultural settings and apply placemaking...
- Winter Term
Coordinator Derlie Mateo-Babiano Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 72 hours Total time commitment 340 hours Teaching period 24 June 2024 to 8 July 2024 Last self-enrol date 13 May 2024 Census date 5 July 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 12 July 2024 Assessment period ends 19 July 2024 Winter Term contact information
- Topics in Actuarial StudiesACTL20004
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024
This subject aims to provide students with grounding in some topics in actuarial studies, covering 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 Semester 2 contact information
- Topics in Advanced Economic AnalysisECON90004
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Not offered in 2024 Year:2024
Special topics may be offered from time to time which reflect the interests of permanent and/or visiting members of staff. Details of specific topics to be covered each year will be provided to students a month before the beginning of the semester in which the subject is taught.
Not available in 2024
View details - Topics in Animal HealthANSC20003
Undergraduate subject Offered:Not offered in 2024 Year:2024
This subject explores major topics on animal health or relevance to the agricultural industries, domestic animal management and society in general. It focuses on the roles and perspectives of the personnel involved i.e. farmers, horse stud and stable workers, animal enterprise managers, laborator...
Not available in 2024
View details - Topics in Arabic & Islamic StudiesISLM40001
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2024
This subject involves a series of seminar presentations and discussions on a topic or topics of contemporary or special interest in Arabic and Islamic Studies. Topics will vary from year to year, depending on current events and the interests of the particular cohort of students. Where appropriate...
- Semester 1
Coordinator Rachel Woodlock Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 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
- Semester 2
Coordinator Rachel Woodlock Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Fortnightly meetings with the coordinator. 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 Asian Economic HistoryECON30030
Undergraduate subject Offered:Not offered in 2024 Year:2024
Australia's largest trade partners are largely from Asia, and this subject provides an introduction to the economic history of various Asian economies, such as China and Japan. Using history and economic history textbooks for both countries and a neoclassical growth framework, the subject examine...
Not available in 2024
View details - Topics in Chinese StudiesCHIN90003
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024
This subject involves a series of regular meetings between the supervisor and students to discuss topics of contemporary or special interest in the field of Chinese studies. Topics will vary from year to year, depending on the interests of the cohort of students and their study needs. The subject...
- Semester 1
Coordinator Jia Gao Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours One 2-hour discussion meeting per week or fortnightly with the appointed supervisor. 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 Contemporary EpistemologyPHIL40018
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024
This subject will explore selected topics in contemporary epistemology. We will focus on a specific topic or set of related topics in epistemology, and examine contemporary research on this topic. Sometimes a historical dimension may enter the subject where it is important to ground the topic in ...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Howard Sankey 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 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: chs@unimelb.edu.au
- Topics in EthnomusicologyMUSI20217
Undergraduate subject Offered:Not offered in 2024 Year:2024
This subject introduces students to one major research topic in the field of ethnomusicology. Considering a broad range of case studies from around the world, students learn how music researchers have approached, evaluated, and answered questions related to this topic across different cultural co...
Not available in 2024
View details - 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
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