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- 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 ...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Andrew King Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 3 x 1-hour pre-recorded lectures and 1 x 2-hour practical sessions per week (60 total 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
- 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...
- Semester 2
Coordinator Peter Burke Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 36 hours, comprising one 3-hour studio 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
Peter Burke: burke.p@unimelb.edu.au
- 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...
Not available in 2024
View details - 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...
Not available in 2024
View details - 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...
- September
Principal coordinator Janet Farrow Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 24 contact hours (8 x 1 hour lecture, 8 x 2 hour seminar) Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 2 September 2024 to 3 November 2024 Last self-enrol date 13 September 2024 Census date 20 September 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 25 October 2024 Assessment period ends 22 November 2024 September contact information
- 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,...
Not available in 2024
View details - Working with GroupsEDUC90227
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024
A general review of systems theory and practice is presented, with the particular focus of assisting participants to understand the social system and to develop interventions in that context. The sessions cover: communication in groups (selective perception and culture, perception and communicati...
- Semester 2
Coordinator Michelle Andrews Luke Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 24 hours plus 96 hours of non-contact commitment time 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
- Working with Groups and CommunitiesSCWK90057
Graduate coursework subject Offered:February Year:2024
This subject is designed to introduce students to social work practice through the interventions of group work and community work. Several theoretical frameworks for group and community work will be explored and this will be contextualised in the current policy and political climate. Using case s...
- February
Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 16 contact hours per semester (8 x 2 hour tutorial) An additional 8 x 1 hour of online preparation learning material must be completed weekly prior to attending each tutorial class, in place of attending a lecture. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 12 February 2024 to 14 April 2024 Last self-enrol date 23 February 2024 Census date 1 March 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 April 2024 Assessment period ends 10 May 2024 February contact information
- Working with Indigenous Arts & ArtistsCREA20001
Undergraduate subject Offered:Not offered in 2024 Year:2024
This subject introduces issues, methods, principles, and protocols to guide you in your arts industry, practice, teaching and/or research when working with Indigenous arts, artists and cultural heritage. The subject encompasses music, dance, story, language, and visual arts, and other forms of cu...
Not available in 2024
View details - Work, Labour and SocietySOCI30015
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024
This subject will undertake a critical analysis of the changing structure and behaviour of work and occupations in modern society. It will engage with the theoretical debates and empirical research that focus on the organizational development and work and occupations in society more generally. Th...
- Semester 2
Coordinator Lutfun Nahar Lata Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total of 30 contact hours: One 1.5hr lecture and one 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
- Work Law in Unionised SectorsLAWS90280
Graduate coursework subject Offered:October Year:2024Quotas apply
This subject addresses the law of work in highly unionised sectors. It examines the key legislation that regulates highly unionised workplaces and the rights and responsibilities of employers, employees and registered organisations. The subject considers in detail the interactions between workpla...
- October
Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total time commitment 150 hours Pre teaching start date 23 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 21 October 2024 to 25 October 2024 Last self-enrol date 27 September 2024 Census date 22 October 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 15 November 2024 Assessment period ends 12 December 2024 October contact information
Lecturers
Craig Dowling (Coordinator)
Siobhan KellyEmail: law-masters@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: 13 MELB (13 6352), International: +(61 3) 9035 5511
Website: law.unimelb.edu.au
- Workplace Health and SafetyLAWS70053
Graduate coursework subject Offered:September Year:2024Quotas apply
Work Health and Safety Law has grown in scope over the past decade, particularly since 2010 when most Australian governments implemented nationally-uniform laws about work health and safety. Victoria has, however, continued, with a similar but different model, and has a particularly active regula...
- September - Online
Principal coordinator Catherine Dunlop Mode of delivery Online Contact hours Total time commitment 150 hours Pre teaching start date 14 August 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 11 September 2024 to 17 September 2024 Last self-enrol date 19 August 2024 Census date 12 September 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 18 October 2024 Assessment period ends 27 November 2024 September contact information
Lecturer
Catherine Dunlop (Coordinator)
Email: law-masters@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: 13 MELB (13 6352), International: +(61 3) 9035 5511
Website: law.unimelb.edu.au
- World Economic HistoryECON90056
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024
This subject provides an introduction to the development of economic activity and material well-being in the world since the year 1000 A.D. The main objectives are to present an overview of the main phases and episodes in the evolution of the world economy, and to develop an understanding of the ...
- Semester 2
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
- World Music ChoirMUSI20143
Undergraduate subject Offered:Summer Term, Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2024
This subject introduces students to unaccompanied vocal traditions from around the world. Through weekly lectures, students learn to recognise the musical, social, and political significance of traditional and contemporary vocal styles of Africa, Europe, Asia and the Americas. In weekly rehears...
- Summer Term
Coordinator Ian Godfrey Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours, comprising three 1-hour lectures during the teaching period, two 2-hour rehearsals per week, and nine hours engaging in weekly online learning activities. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 2 January 2024 to 9 February 2024 Last self-enrol date 9 January 2024 Census date 19 January 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 16 February 2024 Assessment period ends 1 March 2024 Summer Term 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:
Ian Godfrey ibg@unimelb.edu.au
- Semester 1
Coordinator Nicholas Tochka Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours, comprising three 1-hour lectures during the teaching period, one weekly 2-hour rehearsal, and nine hours engaging in weekly online learning activities. 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:
Nicholas Tochka: nicholas.tochka@unimelb.edu.au
- Semester 2
Coordinator Nicholas Tochka Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours, comprising three 1-hour lectures during the teaching period, one weekly 2-hour rehearsal, and nine hours engaging in weekly online learning activities. 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
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:
Nicholas Tochka: nicholas.tochka@unimelb.edu.au
- World Trade Organisation LawLAWS50109
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024Quotas apply
The regulation of international trade is both a driver and a result of economic globalization. Under the law of the World Trade Organization (WTO), governments agree to liberalise trade, refrain from discriminating between like products from foreign countries, harmonise certain regulatory framewo...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Jurgen Kurtz Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total time commitment 144 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
- Writing About Art and the Moving ImageAHIS90008
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024
This subject will introduce students to the theory and practice of writing on contemporary art and the moving image. The distinct professional genres in which art writing is practised will be analysed as will the recent history of art theory. The subject will survey innovations and developments t...
- Semester 2
Coordinator Mimi Kelly Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total 24 hours: a 2 hour seminar per week throughout semester. 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
- Writing a Literature ReviewEDUC90867
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024
This subject teaches Doctor of Education candidates how to identify, analyse and synthesise published research findings that are of a high quality and relevant to their own research. Building upon this, it teaches Doctor of Education candidates how to locate their own proposed research projects a...
- Semester 2 - Online
Principal coordinator Shelley Gillis Mode of delivery Online Contact hours 36 hours 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
- Writing and Editing for Digital MediaPUBL90006
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2024
This introductory subject is designed to induct graduate students into the major issues and current thinking in web-based communication; to familiarise students with the major channels and platforms in use in this field; to develop an understanding of online genres, and teach essential writing an...
- Semester 1
Coordinator Claire Parnell Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total 30 hours: 1x1-hour lecture and 1x1.5-hour tutorial, taught weekly. 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 Claire Parnell Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total 30 hours: 1x1-hour lecture and 1x1.5-hour tutorial, taught 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
- Writing and Editing for MagazinesPUBL90013
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024
This subject provides an overview of magazine writing, editing and publishing, with special emphasis on the skills needed to successfully produce magazines today. We examine how magazine editors conceive of audiences, and how they create print and digital magazines that serve the needs and desire...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Matt Holden Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total 24 hours: 1x2 hour workshop, taught weekly 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
- Writing and Publishing ReportsMGMT90134
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Not offered in 2024 Year:2024
This subject will help students to become better and more skilled readers and writers of research in the fields of business and commerce. Students will build competencies in academic literacy that will be directed toward reading, writing, and publishing in both corporate and academic contexts. Th...
Not available in 2024
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