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  • Urban Precinct StudioPLAN30005

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024

    The focus of this capstone studio is on planning the development and/or redevelopment of a precinct-scale urban site. Students will undertake site analysis, visioning, detailed concept planning and implementation considerations that together lead to the creation of a precinct structure plan or an...

  • Urban Soils, Substrates and WaterERTH90028

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024

    Urban soils can present distinct and unique challenges to the land manager, landscape architect or horticulturist responsible for developing, maintaining or improving urban landscapes. Often compacted, contaminated, or otherwise unsuitable for plant growth, urban soils require assessment, solutio...

  • Urban Sustainability and Climate ChangeABPL90064

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024

    This subject was previously known as Planning Urban Sustainability.    Humans have altered the earth's natural environment to such an extent, that scientists are considering the determination of a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene. Climate change is one of many indicators of these signific...

  • Urban Transport PoliticsABPL90056

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:Not offered in 2024 Year:2024

    This subject explores the politics of transport planning in cities and regions. It examines recent examples of transport planning in Australian cities and globally with a particular emphasis on how patterns of mobility and automobility have come to influence transport planning decisions. A dilemm...

  • Urinary Reproductive Tracts Lymph NodesVETS90041

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:Not offered in 2024 Year:2024

      This subject will focus on the urinary and reproductive tracts and lymph nodes. Each topic will be covered in separate tutorials. The tutorials will comprise be of a didactic nature with multiple still and video images to complement the text. Students will be required to obtain images from the...

  • Usability Evaluation MethodsINFO20004

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024

    AIMS How do we know if our digital designs will be usable and useful when people take them up in their work or social lives? Poor designs lead to errors and frustration and result in a substantial waste of money and resources. It is crucial that digital designers carefully evaluate and iterate t...

  • US and the World: Rise of a SuperpowerHIST30065

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024

    This subject examines the relationship between the United States and the world from the Spanish-American War in 1898 to September 11, 2001. It explores how the United States went from being a third-rate global power with a small military that was notionally wedded to non-interventionism and isola...

  • US Copyright Law and PracticeLAWS90104

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:Not offered in 2024 Year:2024Quotas apply

    The subject will cover the relationship of statutory to constitutional norms, particularly with respect to US copyright’s accommodation of freedom of expression. The copyright 'Subject Matter' topic will include applied art and computer programs – works whose protection courts have not easily res...

  • User Experience Design ProjectINFO90009

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1, Semester 2 Year:2024

    This subject gives students in the Human-Computer Interaction specialisation of the Master of Information Technology practical experience with the User Experience (UX) Design process. Students will take what they learned about fieldwork, prototyping, and evaluation, and apply it in a hands-on, ...

  • User Interface DevelopmentINFO20005

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024

    A crucial skill in developing interactive systems is building clear and well-designed user interfaces across a range of technologies. In this subject, students will learn how to design and build user interfaces. The subject will introduce methods, techniques, and principles of visual communicatio...

  • US Foreign PolicyPOLS90007

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:February Year:2024

    This subject examines the formation and conduct of US foreign policy.It explores the actors, ideas, interests and institutions that shape US foreign policy, including the role of the President, the Executive branch, Congress, interest groups, lobbies, and political culture, including debates abou...

  • Using Data to Improve LearningEDUC90939

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:March, Semester 2 Year:2024

    This subject examines the interpretation and use of assessment data in a range of settings from Early Childhood to Tertiary. Various approaches to the interpretation of assessment data are examined, including criterion and standards referenced methods, with an emphasis on the reliability of data ...

  • Using EvidencePADM90008

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:Not offered in 2024 Year:2024

    This subject will explore the issues of evidence construction and use in practice, allowing participants to reflect on their professional experience and develop their ability to be ‘smart consumers’ of information in a professional setting. It will explore how evidence is created, by whom, and fo...

  • US Intellectual Property LawLAWS70406

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:Not offered in 2024 Year:2024

    Intellectual property is an increasingly contested field – both nationally and internationally. Different states’ intellectual property laws manifest different attitudes towards the defining policy tension in this field of law: how to encourage and reward innovative activity, while ensuring that ...

  • US Patent LawLAWS90105

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:Not offered in 2024 Year:2024Quotas apply

    This subject provides an in-depth overview of the fundamental principles of US patent law and practice. It is taught by a distinguished former US judge and practitioner who has had extensive practical experience in patent litigation in that country. It will be a subject of immediate interest and ...

  • Utilising Knowledge in Aboriginal HealthRURA90008

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024

    Our knowledge of health comes from many different experiences, information sources and through different mediums. Our culture informs how we understand health and our expectations of health and health care. Western scientific knowledge also contributes to how we understand health. Furthermore, ou...

  • UX Design for Health and WellbeingABPL90427

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:Term 4 Year:2024

    UX is short for User Experience and is established within the disciplines of information technology, visual design and product design but is less well known with the built environment design professions. In this subject, we explore UX design for built environments by focussing on human-centred de...

  • Valuation of Land and BuildingsPROP30001

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 1 Year:2024

    Property and property valuation matter, Residential and commercial properties form a substantial part of a nation’s wealth. The practice of quantifying the wealth of landed resources affects the stability of the local, the national and the global markets.This subject introduces students to the ma...

  • Value Creation StrategiesMKTG90038

    Graduate coursework subject Offered:Term 2, Term 4 Year:2024

    This subject exposes students to an integrated perspective of the firm, how it interfaces with its environment, and how it creates and sustains value. Critical to the creation of value is the way a firm interacts with its various stakeholders. The subject builds a conceptual framework to examine ...

  • Values of ArtPHIL20048

    Undergraduate subject Offered:Semester 2 Year:2024

    For cultural critic bell hooks, art has the power to transform lives—but culture, class, gender and race conspire to ensure that only a select few benefit from art’s transformative power. But in what respects, exactly, can art transform lives? In other words, why is it so important that everyone ...