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- 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
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