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- Technologies of SexGEND20010
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024
This subject explores how sex, gender and sexuality are entangled with science and technology. How are our understandings of sex and sexuality informed by a history of scientific investigation? How do gender and location shape the production of scientific knowledge? How is science mobilised in cl...
- Semester 1
Coordinator Jaya Keaney Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours A total of 30 hours: A 1.5 hour lecture and a 1 hour tutorial 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
- Technology and AgeingPOPH90263
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Term 4 Year:2024
This subject looks at the ways in which recent technological advancements can revolutionise the experience, management and future of ageing. Innovations in how we age are explored from multiple perspectives, including how technology can support autonomy and independent living as well as social co...
- Term 4 - Online
Principal coordinator Kathleen Gray Coordinator Jenny Waycott Mode of delivery Online Contact hours 30 Total time commitment 170 hours Pre teaching start date 7 October 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 14 October 2024 to 8 December 2024 Last self-enrol date 8 October 2024 Census date 1 November 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 22 November 2024 Assessment period ends 15 December 2024 Term 4 contact information
kgray@unimelb.edu.au jwaycott@unimelb.edu.au
ORMelbourne School of Professional and Continuing EducationPhone: + 61 3 8344 0149Monday to Friday 8am to 9pm AEST/AEDT. Weekends and University of Melbourne observed Public Holidays 10am to 5pm AEST/AEDT.
- Technology and Power in World PoliticsPOLS90051
Graduate coursework subject Offered:February Year:2024
This subject will study the role of technology in world politics as a site of political struggle and contestation. It will examine traditional theoretical approaches to understanding technology in International Relations and will introduce students to the range of cutting-edge new theoretical per...
- February
Coordinator Daniel McCarthy Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total of 24 contact hours: A 3-hour seminar per week for eight weeks from the teaching start date. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 26 February 2024 to 22 April 2024 Last self-enrol date 8 March 2024 Census date 22 March 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 17 May 2024 Assessment period ends 21 June 2024 February contact information
- Technology & Contemporary LifeHPSC20009
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024
This subject introduces students to the utopian, dystopian, and ambivalent implications of technoscience in contemporary life. Grounded in the interdisciplinary field of science and technology studies, students will study how bodies, subjectivity, life, households, work, and the environment are b...
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Jacinthe Flore Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 34 hours - A 1 hour lecture every week for 12 weeks and a 2 hour tutorial every week for 11 weeks (week 2 - week 12) 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
- Technology Innovation ProjectINFO90010
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024
AIMS This subject involves an in-depth innovation investigation under the supervision of a member of the academic staff and in the context of the University's engagement initiatives. Students working in groups will be required to perform research, customer and problem discovery, ideation, concep...
- Semester 1
Coordinator Jenny Waycott Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 1 x 2 hour weekly lecture; 1 x 2 hour weekly workshop Total time commitment 400 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
Jenny Waycott
Email: jwaycott@unimelb.edu.au
- Technopreneurship and InnovationISYS90093
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Not offered in 2024 Year:2024
AIMS This subject asks the question ‘what makes a successful entrepreneur?’ It’s a complex topic and the subject of heated debate in the business, education and the economics communities, and also in discussions of international development, sustainability and social philanthropy. The way we wil...
Not available in 2024
View details - Tectonics and GeophysicsGEOL30002
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 (Early-Start) Year:2024
This subject deals with structural geology, large scale tectonic processes and methods for extracting geological information from geophysical datasets. In the structural geology and tectonics component, students explore advanced aspects of tectonics to link deformation processes and features acro...
- Semester 1 (Early-Start)
Coordinator Mark McLean Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 1 x two-hour lecture per week for eight weeks (16 hours of lectures); 1 x two hour of practical class per week for eight weeks (16 hours of practical classes) for the first eight weeks of semester; and seven days of fieldwork prior to the beginning of the Semester 1 teaching period. 8 hours of work required per day during fieldtrip (40 hours in total), excluding first and last day for travel. Total time commitment 170 hours Pre teaching requirements A 7-day field trip will be held at the beginning of the teaching period (before the official start of Semester 1). Exact dates are tide-dependent and will be confirmed as soon as practicable and at least 3 months prior to the excursion. Teaching period 11 February 2024 to 26 May 2024 Last self-enrol date 23 February 2024 Census date 3 April 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 3 May 2024 Assessment period ends 21 June 2024 Semester 1 (Early-Start) contact information
- Terrorism and InsurgencyPOLS90050
Graduate coursework subject Offered:February Year:2024
The study of political violence by non-state actors has assumed a renewed importance because of the growing threat of terrorism in Australia and because of Australian participation in armed groups overseas. This subject provides an overview of why and how these actors use violence and the threat ...
- February
Coordinator Bec Devitt Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total of 24 hours: A 3-hour seminar per week for eight weeks from the teaching start date. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 26 February 2024 to 26 April 2024 Last self-enrol date 8 March 2024 Census date 22 March 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 17 May 2024 Assessment period ends 21 June 2024 February contact information
- Terrorism: Shifting ParadigmsCRIM20008
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024
This subject examines the various dimensions of terrorism and its manifestations. This includes the nation state's capacity to authorise and to create the conditions for the practices known as terrorism. In this subject we interrogate the role of the nation state and the rhetoric/s of anti-terror...
- Semester 1
Coordinator Sahar Ghumkhor Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total of 30 contact hours: 2 x one hour lectures and 1 x one hour tutorial per week for 10 weeks. The lecture and tutorial programs are staggered and cover the 12 weeks of semester. 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
- Terror, Law and WarCRIM90015
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024
This subject considers and compares responses to ‘terrorism’ in selected global contexts. Of particular interest are legal responses, instigations of war, and the aftermath of war, practices of rendition, arbitrary detention and torture, together with the emergence of nationalist counter-terror n...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Claire Loughnan Mode of delivery Dual-Delivery (Parkville) Contact hours Total of 24 contact hours: A 1 hour online lecture and a 1 hour interactive seminar 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
- Terror Medicine Principles & ResponsesMEDI90108
Graduate coursework subject Offered:April Year:2024
This subject will provide essential skills and knowledge for recognising and responding to specific terror events and their corresponding clinical and health service management. Students will learn to apply relevant frameworks for evaluating terror events. They will practise planning and applyin...
- April
Coordinator George Braitberg Mode of delivery Dual-Delivery (Parkville) Contact hours All learning is conducted online, with two face-to-face workshops (Saturday 22 June and Sunday 23 June 2024). It is highly recommended students attend campus for these workshops, but they may attend virtually. Total time commitment 170 hours Pre teaching start date 22 April 2024 Pre teaching requirements During the pre-teaching period, students should read through the information in Week 0 which provides information about the structure of the subject, subject readings and resources, assessments, and the teaching staff. 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 21 June 2024 Assessment period ends 21 July 2024 April contact information
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Contact hours: https://unimelb.edu.au/professional-development/contact-us
- Tertiary Education Policy EnvironmentsMGMT90241
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Not offered in 2024 Year:2024
In this subject, participants will engage in a series of webinars, online discussion groups, online multiple choice tests and an essay to develop their understanding of two main themes. Comparative Tertiary Education Policy Studies: How have different tertiary education systems and institutions ...
Not available in 2024
View details - Text Analytics for BusinessBUSA90543
Graduate coursework subject Offered:May Year:2024
This component helps students develop an understanding of the key algorithms used in natural language processing and text retrieval, for use in a diverse range of applications including search engines, cross-language information retrieval, machine translation, text mining, question answering, sum...
- May
Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 27 May 2024 to 19 July 2024 Last self-enrol date 6 June 2024 Census date 14 June 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 July 2024 Assessment period ends 26 July 2024
- Text Analytics for HealthCOMP90090
Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024
AIMS Text analytics (also known as natural language processing) is becoming increasingly important in clinical and public health given the near-ubiquitous adoption of text-based Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems in clinical care, and the widespread use of social media and online communiti...
- Semester 1
Coordinator Mike Conway Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours, comprising two 1-hour lectures and one 1-hour tutorial per week 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
- Text and Audio JournalismMECM20013
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024
This subject teaches the craft of writing hard and soft news stories for a range of digital and print mass media news publications. With an emphasis on news writing, students learn what news is and how (and why) news priorities and story treatment may differ between print, broadcast and online. ...
- Semester 1
Coordinator Louisa Lim Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total 30 hours: a 1-hour lecture and a 1.5-hour tutorial 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
- The Actors ProcessTHTR10007
Undergraduate subject Offered:Winter Term Year:2024
The focus of this subject is on the actor’s process. Areas covered will include text analysis including the revelation of its interior world through action and improvisation, methodologies of actor practice including vocal and movement work, tools of character and context analysis and performance...
- Winter Term
Coordinator Kat Henry Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours 15 hours, comprising five daily 3-hour tutorials. Total time commitment 170 hours Pre teaching start date 24 June 2024 Pre teaching requirements Students will be required to complete pre-reading and/or viewing during the pre-teaching period. Study materials will be made available via the LMS. Teaching period 1 July 2024 to 5 July 2024 Last self-enrol date 25 June 2024 Census date 1 July 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 July 2024 Assessment period ends 19 July 2024 Winter Term contact information
Kat henry: khenry1@unimelb.edu.au
- The Age of Alexander the GreatANCW30016
Undergraduate subject Offered:Summer Term Year:2024
Alexander the Great was arguably one of the most important historical figures in Western History. He created one of the largest empires known and contributed to the spread of ancient Greek culture to areas far beyond the Classical Greek World, including today’s Iran, India and Pakistan, Egypt, Sy...
- Summer Term
Principal coordinator Lieve Donnellan Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 30 hours: 4 x 2.5 hour seminars per week for the 3-week teaching period Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 22 January 2024 to 8 February 2024 Last self-enrol date 25 January 2024 Census date 2 February 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 9 February 2024 Assessment period ends 23 February 2024 Summer Term contact information
- The Ancient Greeks: Art & ArchaeologyANCW20027
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024
The Ancient Greeks have occupied a central role in modern imaginations of the history of the western world. Building, art and political government were modelled after ancient Greek examples and the ancient Greeks played a pivotal role in the identity of the western world, at least up until World ...
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Lieve Donnellan Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 29 hours: A 1.5 hour lecture every week and a 1 hour tutorial for 11 weeks (week 2 - week 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
- The Anthropological ImaginationANTH30013
Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024
This is the Capstone subject for students majoring in Anthropology. Focusing on contemporary issues (such as relatedness, identity, personhood, value, modernity and embodiment) that have been encountered through the course of the Anthropology major, the subject is designed to enable students to r...
- Semester 2
Coordinator Rebekah Plueckhahn Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours A 2-hour seminar in weeks 1-9, a 1-hour workshop in Weeks 2-11, and a presentation day in Week 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
- The Anthropology of DevelopmentDEVT90056
Graduate coursework subject Offered:July Year:2024
This subject offers an advanced introduction to the Anthropology of Development, covering key issues, theories and debates. The subject will focus on ways in which anthropological approaches can contribute to understandings of Development and to improved Development practices and outcomes. Starti...
- July
Coordinator Anne Decobert Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total of 24 contact hours: A 3 hour seminar per week for eight weeks from the teaching start date. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 22 July 2024 to 13 September 2024 Last self-enrol date 1 August 2024 Census date 9 August 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 30 August 2024 Assessment period ends 27 September 2024 July contact information