Monash University Handbook 2012 Postgraduate - Units

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Chief examiner(s)

Lynette Russell

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Chief examiner(s)

Lynette Russell

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Synopsis

This unit is used by the faculty to enrol students undertaking outbound exchange studies at a host institution. Students will not be able to enrol in this unit via WES. The faculty will manage the enrolment of students undertaking an outbound exchange program to ensure fees and credit are processed accurately.

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Synopsis

This unit is used by the faculty to enrol students undertaking outbound exchange studies at a host institution. Students will not be able to enrol in this unit via WES. The faculty will manage the enrolment of students undertaking an outbound exchange program to ensure fees and credit are processed accurately.

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Synopsis

This unit is used by the faculty to enrol students undertaking outbound exchange studies at a host institution. Students will not be able to enrol in this unit via WES. The faculty will manage the enrolment of students undertaking an outbound exchange program to ensure fees and credit are processed accurately.

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Synopsis

This unit is used by the faculty to enrol students undertaking outbound exchange studies at a host institution. Students will not be able to enrol in this unit via WES. The faculty will manage the enrolment of students undertaking an outbound exchange program to ensure fees and credit are processed accurately.

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Synopsis

This unit is used by the faculty to enrol students undertaking outbound exchange studies at a host institution. Students will not be able to enrol in this unit via WES. The faculty will manage the enrolment of students undertaking an outbound exchange program to ensure fees and credit are processed accurately.

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Synopsis

This unit is used by the faculty to enrol students undertaking outbound exchange studies at a host institution. Students will not be able to enrol in this unit via WES. The faculty will manage the enrolment of students undertaking an outbound exchange program to ensure fees and credit are processed accurately.

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Synopsis

This unit is used by the faculty to enrol students undertaking outbound exchange studies at a host institution. Students will not be able to enrol in this unit via WES. The faculty will manage the enrolment of students undertaking an outbound exchange program to ensure fees and credit are processed accurately.

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Synopsis

This unit is used by the faculty to enrol students undertaking outbound exchange studies at a host institution. Students will not be able to enrol in this unit via WES. The faculty will manage the enrolment of students undertaking an outbound exchange program to ensure fees and credit are processed accurately.

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Synopsis

This unit is used by the faculty to enrol students undertaking outbound exchange studies at a host institution. Students will not be able to enrol in this unit via WES. The faculty will manage the enrolment of students undertaking an outbound exchange program to ensure fees and credit are processed accurately.

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Synopsis

This unit is used by the faculty to enrol students undertaking outbound exchange studies at a host institution. Students will not be able to enrol in this unit via WES. The faculty will manage the enrolment of students undertaking an outbound exchange program to ensure fees and credit are processed accurately.

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Synopsis

This unit will introduce students to the Chinese language as it is used in academic writing within the Chinese humanities. It will cover a range of key topics in the disciplines of literature, politics, history and cultural studies, as these are discussed and written about in English and Chinese. It will also examine and compare Chinese and Western styles of academic writing and research methods. Questions of translation, both linguistic and cultural, will be central to this unit.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit, students will be expected to have acquired:

1. A basic understanding of key features of modern Chinese intellectual history with reference to: East-West perspectives on Chinese Studies; May Fourth concepts of enlightenment, democracy, science and nationalism; the Cultural Revolution and the renewal of humanist values in post-Mao China.
2. Library and web-based research skills relevant to modern Chinese studies.
3. Translation skills (appropriate to the Chinese language ability of individual students) and an understanding of aspects of translation theory relevant to modern Chinese studies.
4. A good knowledge of the socio-political contexts of the evolution of modern Chinese thought in the twentieth century.
5. Skills of analysis and interpretation in the study of China through exposure to the textual sources used in this unit.

Assessment

Written work and translation:(3000 words): 75%
Oral presentation: 15%
Literature review (750 words): 10%

Chief examiner(s)

Gloria Davies

Contact hours

3 hours (3 x 1 hour seminars) per week

Prerequisites

Chinese 2 or equivalent

Prohibitions

ATS2039/ATS3053/ATS4045

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Notes

Synopsis

This unit will extend on the work completed in Understanding Modern China by introducing students to further aspects of the Chinese language as it is used in academic writing within the Chinese humanities. It will cover a range of key topics in the disciplines of literature, politics, history and cultural studies, as these are discussed and written about in English and Chinese. It will also examine and compare Chinese and Western styles of academic writing and research methods. Questions of translation, both linguistic and cultural, will be central to this unit.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit, students will be expected to have acquired:

1. A basic understanding of issues and themes in contemporary Chinese critical inquiry with reference to intellectual debates on: inter-cultural dialogue; the public sphere; socialist principles vs. globalisation; new theoretical developments in the Chinese humanities and social sciences;
2. Library and web-based research skills relevant to modern Chinese studies;
3. Translation skills (in accordance with the Chinese language ability of individual students) and an understanding of aspects of translation theory relevant to modern Chinese studies;
4. A good knowledge of the socio-political context of contemporary Chinese critical inquiry;
5. Skills of analysis and interpretation in the study of China through exposure to the textual sources used in this unit.

Assessment

Written work and translation project: 67%
Oral presentation and written summary (750 words): 16%; Film review (750 words): 17%

Chief examiner(s)

Gloria Davies

Contact hours

3 hours (3 x 1 hour seminars) per week

Prerequisites

Chinese 2 or equivalent.

Prohibitions

ATS2040/ATS3054/ATS4046

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Synopsis

This unit provides students with the opportunity to:

1. take up examples from their own professional work and subject this to detailed analysis with the support of the supervisor - this option only applies to professionals who have been working with NGOs, agencies etc in the field prior to their enrolment; or
2. undertake an analysis of a particular theory or case study of importance to the current or future professional development of the student. In both cases the one-to-one relationship with the expert supervisor ensures that a carefully structured reading and writing program is developed in a manner directly relevant to the research topic.

Outcomes

On sucessful completion of this unit the student will be able to:

1. Review a body of literature in their chosen topic, and demonstrate a command of that literature.
2. Develop key research questions.
3. Develop critical analytical reasoning of issues through independent thought.
4. Structure a well written research paper, with a coherent argument.
5. Write longer, integrated and sustained critical argument.
6. Gain an in-depth understanding of a comprehensive approach and international best practice to crisis management.

Assessment

Research paper (9000 words): 100%

Chief examiner(s)

Sharmini Sherrard

Contact hours

One hour contact (flexible) and an average of 10 hours per week in private research and assessment projects.

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Synopsis

This unit provides a theoretical and practical overview of key issues in the rebuilding of household economies following a disaster, from short-term income protection during the acute phase of an emergency to longer-term livelihood planning for the recovery phase and beyond.

Outcomes

The unit covers the following key competencies required by development practitioners engaged in livelihood programs:

1. An introduction to the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework and its applications for post-disaster needs assessments.
2. An introduction to subsector analysis and other methodologies for assessing potential livelihoods activities.
3. A critical case-study based review of livelihood interventions in the post-disaster context, including but not limited to cash-for-work programs, asset replacement, technical assistance, microfinance, vocational training and infrastructure building. Particular attention will be given to cross-sectoral issues such as housing, gender and health and their implications for livelihood planning

Assessment

Research paper (9000 words): 100%

Chief examiner(s)

Sharmini Sherrard

Contact hours

One hour of online contact or discussion every week, An average of 10 hours per week in private research and assessment projects. The weekly contact is designed for international students who may be here on a scholarship.

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Synopsis

This unit examines practical and theoretical issues involved in translation of literature and cultures, between French and English. Students will explore individually or collectively ideas about translation through a range of specific text types (different literary genres; journalistic, scholarly or cultural texts). They will work in both language directions within translation workshops where the translation process will be studied through notions such as adaptation/transposition/textual equivalence/communicative function of the translation/comparative stylistics/semantic transfer, etc. Students will practice and develop their own translation skills through a series of translation exercises and a translation project.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the unit, students will:

1. have considerably developed their translation skills and their understanding of issues involved in the translation process
2. be able to critically reflect on their own translation practises
3. be able to understand, discuss and analyse different theoretical issues involved in literary and cultural translations
4. have developed an ability to engage, critique and compare different types of translations, and
5. have acquired an understanding of issues of comparative stylistics and a more developed sense of the richness of both languages.

Assessment

Class participation: 5%
Translation assignments (3000 words): 25%
Translation project (2000-3000 words): 25%
Group translation presented in class (500-1000 words): 15%
Examination (3 hours): 30%

Chief examiner(s)

Marc Orlando

Contact hours

Two 2-hour seminars or workshops

Prerequisites

ATS3070 and ATS3083 (for French Studies) + APG4813 and APG4815 (for Translation studies)

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Synopsis

Students join approved fourth level language studies at an Indonesian institution 260 contact hours. Program is negotiated in advance of departure with convenor.

Assessment

Students are assessed in-country by qualified staff under supervision of Monash staff. Documentation is reviewed at Monash on the student's return.

Chief examiner(s)

Yacinta Jurniasih

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Indonesian studies

Prerequisites

Permission of Study Abroad convenor

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Synopsis

Students participate in an approved program of study which includes formal language classes and an agreed number of workshops and excursions relevant to Indonesian culture.

Assessment

Students are assessed in-country by qualified staff under supervision of Monash staff. Documentation is reviewed at Monash on the student's return.

Chief examiner(s)

Yacinta Jurniasih

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Indonesian studies

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Synopsis

Students participate in an approved year long program of study in Indonesia covering areas relevant to a language and related disciplines.

Assessment

Students are assessed in-country by qualified staff under supervision of Monash staff. Documentation is reviewed at Monash on the student's return.

Chief examiner(s)

Yacinta Kurniasih

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Indonesian studies

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Synopsis

Students participate in an approved year long program of study in Indonesia covering areas relevant to a language and related disciplines.

Assessment

Students are assessed in-country by qualified staff under supervision of Monash staff. Documentation is reviewed at Monash on the student's return.

Chief examiner(s)

Yacinta Jurniasih

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Indonesian studies

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Notes

Synopsis

This unit allows fourth year students to study in Japan at a recognised tertiary institution. Individual study plans based on Japanese proficiency and the host institution's program s are negotiated with the coordinator. Students will normally enrol in a unit or units formally offered by the institution concerned, based on the study plan agreed to before departure. The workload for this unit will be not less than that required for a 12-point unit at Monash University and will normally be completed over approximately 3-4 weeks for intensive programs, or over a semester or two semesters when combined with other study.

Assessment

Coursework test (2 hours): 50%
Examination (2 hours): 50%

Chief examiner(s)

Hiroko Hashimoto

Prerequisites

An undergraduate major in Japanese with a third-year sequence at credit level or equivalent

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Notes

Synopsis

Develop skills in speed reading and comprehending a variety of texts in Japanese, including longer works than are included in other language units at this level. Skills in summarising will be introduced and discussion sessions will focus on both textual and linguistic features and content.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit students will:

1. Be able to use a variety of reading skills and strategies appropriate for the purpose such as scanning, skimming and prediction.
2. Be able to summarise a variety of Japanese texts effectively.
3. Be able to read Japanese materials in a larger quantity than previously, from a variety of fields, while recognising features of the different genres covered.
4. Have a basic capacity for independent reading in Japanese through on-line learning materials and web based resources.

Assessment

2 Exams: (15%
35%)
Class contribution and exercises: 20%
Written work: 30% (1500 words)

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Kuniko Yoshimitsu

Contact hours

4 hours (2 x 2 hour seminars) per week

Prerequisites

Japanese 6 or equivalent

Prohibitions

ATS2155, ATS3155, ATS4155, APG5132

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Notes

Synopsis

Theoretical foundations for researching and analyzing cultural and social aspects of specific societies. Discussion will centre on theories associated with French structuralism and post-structuralism and British Social theory cultural studies. Each of these will be examined for its respective treatment of the relationship between individual creativity, culture and society and for their impact on the theory of ethnographic research.

Assessment

Seminar paper (3000 words): 40%
Essay (6000 words): 60%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr John Bradley

Contact hours

2 hours (1 x 2 hour seminar) per week

Prohibitions

ANY4399, APG5259

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Synopsis

This unit offers a critical historical analysis of so-called factual documentary representations of war in words and images, examining how and by whom conflicts have been represented since the mid-C19; how the physical and technical constraints within which reporters and photographers operate affect the nature of their reports and images; how their reports are censored, by whom, in accordance with whose guidelines and with what ends. It examines how these reports and images are transmitted from the battlefield and how the mediating technologies through which these accounts are disseminated influence the nature and inflect the form of the reports and pictures which constitute the war report.

Outcomes

By the conclusion of the unit students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate a clear understanding of the historical development of nominally factual, documentary forms of war reporting and their key technological developments and innovations.
2. Identify, explain and offer a sophisticated critique of the processes forms, effects and purposes of the major forms of censorship, which have determined the representations of war from the mid C19th to the present day.
3. Present a sophisticated reading of individual reports and images from specific conflicts drawing on appropriate theoretical resources, accounting for the influences of physical and technical constraints, mode of transmission, information management regimes and intended deployment in the shaping of the final report/image.
4. Demonstrate a sophisticated understanding of how the differing media which have been employed to disseminate accounts of war - newspapers, photography, newsreel, radio, television, video, internet streaming - have influenced, inflected and structured content at differing historical junctures.
5. Drawing on appropriate theoretical and critical sources, account for and explain the processes by which Governments, military and the media inflect the reception of images and reports of war in order to achieve specific political or cultural effects.
6. Identify and offer an informed critique of the processes by which the preferred readings promoted by Government, the military and the media have been challenged, subverted or questioned in contrary readings of key media texts.
7. Demonstrate how war reporters/photographers have featured in fiction and film and to explain how these representations offer an array of alternative opinions on how and why specific conflicts have been represented in particular ways.

Assessment

Research outline (1000 words):10%
Lit review (3000 words):30%
Research essay (5000 words):50%
Seminar participation (1000 words):10%

Contact hours

3 hours per week

Prerequisites

An approved First Year sequence

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Synopsis

This unit examines the complexity of criminal behaviours and the range of criminological theories espoused in order to explain such diverse behaviours. Humans are rule-making and rule-enforcing beings, but not all of us conform to these rules. Many violate the rules and are subject to sanctions and punishment. Individual, group and organisational criminal behaviours and enterprises are examined in this unit. A sophisticated analysis of criminal behaviours includes exploration of biological, psychological and social explanations of crime and the interactionist tradition including differential association theory. Crowd disorders and street gang behaviours will be examined. Organisational and institutional criminal behaviours extend from white-collar and corporate criminal activity to the dynamics of political crimes of violence, corruption and human rights violations that can be committed by the state and against the state. The unit involves study of definitional and conceptual issues, causes, methods of control and the effects of such organisational criminal behaviour. The unit examines the legal controls and responses by governments and other agencies in order to curb and prevent criminal behaviours of individuals, groups and organisations.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit, students are expected to have developed:

1. an understanding of definitions of criminal behaviour, including an awareness that the law is not static and changes over time
2. the ability to identify the key characteristics of criminal behaviours and criminal enterprises
3. knowledge about the core theoretical debates and issues of criminal behaviours that focus on individuals, groups and organisations
4. the ability to identify traits about the nature of individuals, groups and organisations that engage in criminal activity
5. an appreciation of the various models available for explaining the relationship between criminality, the individual and society
6. an awareness of the contribution of the criminal behaviour theories to criminal justice policy and practice
7. an understanding of what it means to be a victim of criminal behaviour instigated by individual, group or organisation

Chief examiner(s)

David Baker

Prerequisites

APG4416 and APG4417

Prohibitions

CRJ5004

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Synopsis

A study of the work of four twentieth-century American poets: Wallace Stevens, Marianne Moore, Elizabeth Bishop and John Ashbery. Topics include genres, poetic forms, metre and rhetoric; discourse theory and narratology; modern theorisations of genre, poetic form and rhetoric, especially essays by contemporary critics including Harold Bloom, John Hollander and Paul de Man.

Assessment

Two essays (4500 words each): 100%

Chief examiner(s)

TBA

Contact hours

2 hours (1 x 2 hour seminar) per week

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Synopsis

The development of hermeneutics from a theory of textual interpretation to a theory of understanding in the work of Heidegger, Gadamer and Habermas. Its application in the study of literature and history in the work of Hirsch, Betti, Ricoeur and Jauss. Issues include the conflict between subjectivity and objectivity, the dialectics of the foreign and the familiar, the recognition of the new, the role of language and the function of tradition in understanding, the universality of hermeneutics as a theory of cognition and its impact on the social sciences.

Assessment

Two seminar papers (1000-1500 words each): 40%
Research essay (6000 words): 60%

Chief examiner(s)

Andrew Benjamin

Contact hours

2 hours (1 x 2 hour seminar) per week

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Synopsis

This unit will explore the processes of rethinking theatre history in a number of ways: the challenges to received critical thinking and methodology, and to canonical assumptions; the implications for theatre history of parallel texts reflecting 'translations' into new media; the responses of analytical and critical approaches in Drama and Theatre Studies to the influence of thinking in other disciplines; the reframing of canonical texts in the light of contemporary theoretical and cultural perspectives, and its implications for historicised interpretation.
It will examine a range of plays in relation to traditional scholarly interpretations and to specific recent re-readings.

Outcomes

Students completing 'Rethinking Theatre History' should have acquired:

1. A working awareness of contemporary theoretical perspectives.
2. The capacity to apply specific theoretical approaches to a diverse range of theatrical texts.
3. An ongoing sensitivity, openness and scepticism to shifts in the climate of disciplinary debate.
4. A developed sense of the continuing volatility and contingency of intellectual debate in the field.
5. A sophisticated understanding of the issues underlying those debates at a level appropriate to graduate study.
6. Enhanced confidence in articulating informed arguments and interpretations, in both oral and written form.

Assessment

An exegetical essay (3000 words): 30%
An oral class presentation (equivalent 2000 words): 20%
A long essay (4000 words): 50%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Barry Laing

Contact hours

2 hours per week

Co-requisites

APG4421

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Notes

Synopsis

This unit will examine historical and cultural changes in the representation of childhood and the child figure in a range of texts from the romantic to the modern eras. Prose fictions, some addressed to adult readers, some to child readers, will be explored for the ways in which discourses about the 'child' intersect with discourses about notions of origins; gender and sexuality; class, social place, power and subjectivity; race; the family and the home; education of mind and body; and growing up. The unit will employ poststructuralist, semiotic and discourse theory, and will have a feminist emphasis.

Outcomes

It is intended that students undertaking this course should develop:

1. Knowledge and an understanding of the historicity and cultural constructedness of the child figure.
2. A detailed knowledge and understanding of traditional, romantic, modernist and postmodern representations of the child.
3. A detailed knowledge and understanding of the iconography of childhood.
4. Critical skills pertaining to deconstruction, and the specific ability to deconstruct discourses of childhood in a range of texts for adults and children.
5. An understanding of the ideological relationship between discourses of childhood and western discourses of gender, class and race.
6. A knowledge of narratology and reception theory, and the skills to analyse and interpret such textual elements as narrator, implied reader and narratee in cultural context.
7. The capacity to meet the general learning objectives of the department.

Assessment

Written work: 100% (9000 words)

Chief examiner(s)

Rebecca-Anne Do Rozario

Contact hours

2 hours (1 x 2 hour seminar) per week

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Notes

Synopsis

This subject offers a study of theories of literature and covers a range of topics and questions which lie at the heart of thinking about creativity, literature and interpretation. No previous theoretical knowledge is assumed, but the unit is appropriate for students already interested in asking questions of a general nature about the practice of literature and criticism.

Outcomes

This subject will not discuss 'primary literary texts' (novels, plays, poems), but 'texts about literature' and 'texts about criticism' ('literary criticism', critical discourse, what readers and critics do) 'texts about texts'. We shall examine the practice and assumptions behind the activities called critical judgement and critical reading in relation to a wide variety of theories. The rationale of this subject is literary, not philosophical. In addition to surveying a wide range of types of critical discourse, we look at the often unexamined, or so-called 'axiomatic' principles and practice of literary creation from both the writer's and reader's points of view. The literary criticism listed below under 'Readings' may be no less imaginative, fictional, creative, or 'textual', than the literary works some of them claim to 'explain'. Criticism may seek to take the place of the text in the same way that the text may seem to take the place of 'reality'. Do not expect a final set of transportable 'truths' to emerge at the end. The emphasis of the course is placed on the questions we ask of literature and of criticism when we engage in reading and in the production of texts: questions about where literature belongs in human experience; its relationship to and difference from other sorts of discourse: its definition; the terminology we use to describe it; assumptions about the role and function of literature in society, and so on. Such questions have been asked by many writers and critics from the time of Aristotle to the present day.

Assessment

Exercises (4000 words): 50%
Essay (4500 words): 50%

Chief examiner(s)

Chris Worth

Contact hours

2 hours (1 x 2 hour seminar) per week

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Notes

Synopsis

This subject covers a range of plays by Shakespeare and the most outstanding of his contemporaries. Each work is studied as a work of art in its own right and also with reference to its theatrical, ideological and philosophical contexts.

Assessment

Two seminar papers (1500 words): 30%
Essay (2500 words): 30%
Essay (3500 words): 40%

Chief examiner(s)

Peter Groves

Contact hours

2 hours (1 lecture and 1 tutorial) per week

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Notes

Synopsis

The unit will offer students the opportunity to engage in creative writing and critique. The main focus of the unit will be on diversity of literatures in English (mainly of the past three decades) with the emphasis on writing that confronts difference in preoccupation with identity, religion, history, gender and sexuality, children, space and landscape, marginality and diaspora, and hybridity in recent postcolonial writing. The unit will offer students the opportunity to develop their creative writing and reading skills, and provide a strong foundation for further study in creative writing, reading and research.

Assessment

Either one creative fiction/non-fiction with critical exegesis or an essay (5000 words): 60%
Seminar presentation (2000 words): 10%
Essay (2000 words): 20%
Participation: 10%

Chief examiner(s)

Chandani Lokuge

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Synopsis

This unit examines some concepts in the history of film theory by considering a number of theoretical and critical writings in relation to a range of films. Topics for examination include early silent film theory, the notion of the historical avant-garde in the form of French impressionism, the film theories of Kracauer and Bazin, French new wave criticism, the neglected tradition of realist phenomenology in film theory, 1968 and the leftist turn and the question of film language and structuralism.

Outcomes

By the completion of the subject students will be expected to:

1. identify and summarise a number of critical positions in historical film theory;
2. critically assess the limitations of these positions so as to begin to establish new domains of inquiry;
3. identify and defend their own critical positions with the field of film studies;
4. relate these positions to the examination of films and film related material;
5. demonstrate an understanding of research methodologies and the requirements of research papers.

Assessment

Written work: 80% (7500 words)
Participation and paper (1500 words): 20%

Chief examiner(s)

Therese Davis

Contact hours

4 hours (one 2-hour seminar and one 2-hour screening) per week

Prerequisites

A major in Film and Television Studies or other approved discipline

Prohibitions

ATS4279 / APG5279

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Notes

Synopsis

This is primarily a reading unit that will consider aspects of film theory since 1975. A major portion of the unit will be devoted to the debates around modernism and post-modernism as they relate to film studies. Other areas of investigation include: textual analysis, feminist film theory, historical poetics, historical reception studies, queer film theory, and the impact of the cultural studies and Cinema books of Gilles Deleuze. Film texts for exploration will include those from Australian, American, European and Asian cinemas

Outcomes

By the completion of the unit students will be expected to:

1. Identify and summarise a number of critical positions in contemporary film theory.
2. Critically assess the limitations of these positions so as to begin to establish new domains of inquiry.
3. Identify and defend their own critical positions within the field of film studies.
4. Relate these positions to the examination of films and film related material.
5. Demonstrate an understanding of research methodologies and the requirements of research papers.

Assessment

Written work: 80% (7500 words)
Participation and paper (1500 words): 20%

Chief examiner(s)

Associate Professor Adrian Martin

Contact hours

4 hours (one 2-hour seminar and one 2-hour screening) per week

Prerequisites

A major in Film and Television Studies or other approved discipline

Prohibitions

ATS4280 / APG5280

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Synopsis

This field-based unit is taught on location in the National Park/World Heritage Area of Cinque Terre on the Italian Riviera. Identified by UNESCO as an environment and cultural landscape worth preserving, the region is under immense pressure due to rural depopulation, abandonment of agricultural lands, landscape instability, and burgeoning tourism. Problems of integrating tourism and agricultural objectives, while minimising negative environmental and cultural impacts, will be explored and possible solutions for regional sustainability proposed. The unit provides unique opportunities for interaction with staff of the National Park and various local and national authorities.

Outcomes

On completion of this unit, students will be able to:

1. Understand the range of complex environmental, social and economic interrelationships that shape a particular region and to be able to differentiate a cultural landscape from a natural landscape.
2. Understand the criteria and processes that lead to the designation of a World Heritage Area and to be able to identify, describe and interpret problems of sustainability in the context of a region of truly global significance.
3. Have gained practical experience in problem formulation and solution using field-based techniques of survey and analysis, along with appropriate presentation skills.
4. (In the case of Level 4 students) have developed specialised skills in research/project formulation, appraisal, budgeting and implementation strategies.

Assessment

Field-study journal 1,500 words 35%
Group oral presentation 20 min 20%
Essay (Level 3) or Project Report (Level 4) 2,500 words 45%.

Contact hours

8 day intensive, involving lectures/seminars, tutorials and field work

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Sustainability, environment and society
Geography and environmental science (ARTS)
Geographical science

Prerequisites

18 points of Geography and Environmental Science, European Studies, Tourism or permission of the Head of SGES. Other interested undergraduate and level 4 students will need to obtain permission from the Head of SGES.

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Notes

Synopsis

Central to our approach in this unit is a focus on social equity within the limits of a finite planet. Work, markets, trade, food production and distribution, patterns of consumption and aid as well as the role of transnational corporations, all are topics covered that enable us to better understand social, economic and environmental disparity in a post neo-liberal era. Sharing prosperity is a unit for students wanting to understand how social inequality is produced and who want to investigate alternative paradigms that could more effectively enable better distributive and non-distributive forms of social, environmental and economic justice.

Outcomes

Students successfully completing this subject will demonstrate the following skills and capacities:

1. Knowledge of key measures of prosperity operating at a variety of scales including GDP, comparative advantage, profit and turnover, as well as more qualitative measures such as social well-being, social capital, sustainability, innovation and creativity indexes;
2. Understanding of the disparate patterns of: work, food production and distribution, consumption, trade and aid, and the key role played by institutions;
3. Knowledge of market, state-led and gift economy mechanisms for distributive and non-distributive forms of social and environmental justice;
4. A critical understanding of the social nature and finite limits of 'economy';
5. Sound written expression, demonstrating an ability to critically analyse text, film and other data;
6. Sound interpretation of graphs and maps.

Assessment

Written assignment (3000 words): 40%
Class participation and presentation: 40% +
Exam: 20%

Contact hours

3 hours per week (seminar)
a one day fieldtrip

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Sustainability, environment and society
Geography and environmental science (ARTS)
Geographical science
Urban, regional and international development

Prohibitions

ATS3283

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Notes

Synopsis

This unit provides an introduction to basic terms, concepts and debates necessary for understanding the current state of contemporary theorising on gender issues. Designed to be broadley interdisciplinary in its concerns, it will examine such issues as the formation of knowledge, the construction of bodies, the shifting nature of femininity and masculinity and questions of sexual and cultural difference. These broad issues will be considered through close reading and discussion of selected works by theorists. Contemporary theoretical interventions will be examined with respect to the history of feminist movements worldwide and the impact of feminist thought on disciplinary knowledges.

Assessment

Written work: 80%
Seminar presentation: 20%

Chief examiner(s)

Assoc. Prof. JaneMaree Maher

Contact hours

2 hours (1 x 2 hour seminar) per week

Prohibitions

WMN4010, APG5284

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Notes

Synopsis

Dante's medieval world (1265-1321) was one of cultural innovation, religious revival and economic growth, as well as of political strife in many urban communities throughout Italy. This unit explores the political, social, artistic and spiritual worlds of Dante and his contemporaries, and in so doing will give coherency to this dynamic medieval period. Taught in Prato and its environs, the unit provides an opportunity to understand Dante's literary achievement and political activities through direct experience of Dante's Tuscany during the medieval period.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit students will be expected:

1. to be familiar with the social, political, cultural and religious environment of the world in which Dante lived and formulated his writings
2. to be familiar with core writings of Dante (in translation)
3. to be capable of original analysis of a primary document and the location in which it was generated
4. to formulate an argument and engage in original research
5. to communicate a historical argument to staff and fellow students
6. At fourth-year level, students will be expected to show greater initiative in developing their own research hypothesis and proposal.

Assessment

Written work: 90%
Oral presentation: 10%

Chief examiner(s)

Constant Mews

Contact hours

Three 3-hour seminars per week for four weeks

Prerequisites

Second-year sequence in Historical Studies or Religion and Theology

Prohibitions

ATS3285, ATS4285

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Notes

Synopsis

This two-week intensive study abroad unit explores the modern history of European Jews before the destruction. Students will travel to the major centres of interwar Jewish life in Italy, Germany, Poland and Lithuania, and encounter the diverse heritage of Jewish life in each country. The unit will explore issues central to this period and the individuals who shaped their times. Students will visit museums, synagogues, cemeteries, destroyed ghettos, and sites of mass murder such as Auschwitz-Birkenau. We will ask what remains of the past, by looking at the ways in which the lost world of European Jews is being memorialised and renewed through tourism and return.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit students will have:

1. the capacity to locate the development of modern Jewish life in the context of modern Europe
2. a demonstrated ability to evaluate the social, political , economic and intellectual concerns of the inter-war community
3. an understanding of the institutions and individuals that shaped the interwar European Jewish communities
4. the capacity to describe and analyse the diversity of Jewish communal life and cultural expression in interwar Europe
5. an understanding of gender and class issues within the framework of the interwar European Jewish communities
6. an understanding of the significance of Yiddish as a literary and cultural phenomenon
7. a broader appreciation of the social history and cultural differences in Europe gained through study abroad
8. In addition, students at fourth-year level will have a familiarity with the primary sources and an appreciation of the historiographical problems involved in reconstructing a history of these destroyed communities.

Assessment

Major essay (5000 words): 50%
Analytical travel diary: 30%
Exam (2-hours): 20%

Chief examiner(s)

Karen Auerbach

Off-campus attendance requirements

Two-week intensive study abroad unit in Prato and other European sites

Prohibitions

ATS3284 and ATS4286

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Notes

Synopsis

This two week intensive unit begins with a workshop on conflict resolution at the Monash Prato campus in Italy,. Students will travel for tthe remaining period to areas that have experienced conflict to observe first hand the complexities of peace-building and reconciliation. The course focuses on the Arab-Israel conflict and investigates current attempts to mediate peace between Jews and Palestinians, the impact of the conflict on the lives of people, poverty, settlements and security issues, terrorism and counter-terrorism, Jerusalem and its holy sites. In some years, the course will also travel to alternate sites of conflict, such as Northern Ireland or the former Yugoslavia.

Outcomes

Upon completion of this unit, students will be expected to have the ability to:

1. Understand the geography of Israel and the Palestinian territories;
2. Understand debates about security issues and the impact security measures have on the day-to-day life of people;
3. Appreciate the social and political divisions that lead to violence and internecine conflict;
4. Have an in-depth understanding of peace movements and the obstacles they confront;
5. In addition, students studying at a fourth-year level will be expected to have the capacity to understand the changing historiographical debates about conflicting narratives and conflict resolution.

Assessment

Written work (9000 words): 100%

Chief examiner(s)

Mark Baker

Off-campus attendance requirements

20-hours per week for two weeks of intensive study

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Jewish civilisation
History

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Notes

Synopsis

The papacy has been central to the development of the modern world. A mysterious and powerful institution, it lies at the heart of European culture and the broader Catholic world. This unit explores the nature and role of the papacy in relation to changing political, social, intellectual and cultural circumstances from the medieval to modern periods. Topics include: understandings of papal polity, religious reform and revolt, the impact of humanism, cultural encounters and exchanges, Catholicism and modernity, the papacy on the world stage, as well as expressions of power in papal Rome.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit students will

1. have acquainted themselves with the considerable body of knowledge on the changing nature of the papacy and religious reform and be able to evaluate it critically
2. have some knowledge of the ways in which religion interacts with social, cultural and political experience in specific contexts
3. be able to evaluate the various methodologies and the theoretical issues surrounding recent approaches to the study of religion and religious reform
4. be able to engage in critical discussion of the issues raised by the subject
5. have acquired critical and analytical skills, and the ability to communicate their views verbally and in writing (coherently, economically and rigorously), in a way which is appropriate to the advanced study of religious discourse within an historical framework
6. be able to display an independent approach to research on the issues involved
7. be able to demonstrate a sophisticated understanding of the theoretical issues involved. Students taking the subject at Level 4 have the additional objectives of acquiring a greater degree of analytical skills and a greater understanding of the key conceptual and methodological issues involved in using different kinds of literary and historical works in the context of social history.

Assessment

Essay related work: 60%
Critical journal: 20%
Seminar preparation and presentation: 20%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Peter Howard

Contact hours

One 1-hour lecture and one 2-hour seminar per week

Prerequisites

A History, International Studies or RLT Sequence

Prohibitions

ATS3288, ATS4288

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Notes

Synopsis

This unit examines the intellectual interaction between Judaism, Christianity and Islam in the medieval period. Focusing mainly on the late twelfth and thirteenth century, the unit revolves around a central religious fault line of the era- reason and rationalism on the one hand, and the mystical quest on the other - and pursues a comparative analysis of the major figures from each of the traditions. Beginning with the rationalists, the course explores the thought of Ibn Rushd, Maimonides and Thomas Aquinas, before moving to a comparative examination of various mystics, such as - Bernard of Clairvaux, Bonaventure, the Zohar, Meister Eckhart, Ibn al-Arabi and Rumi.

Outcomes

On completion of this unit students will be expected to:

1. have an understanding of the major intellectual currents within Judaism, Christianity and Islam in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries;
2. have an understanding of the relationship between and mutual influences informing the various traditions;
3. understand the role of classical thinkers and writers on the varied traditions;
4. demonstrate familiarity with the major texts of the key religious figures of the period;
5. appreciate the exegetical horizons facing interpreters of scripture;
6. be able to engage in comparative analysis of philosophers and mystics from the different traditions;
7. have applied the reading and interpretative skills they have learned to unseen texts; and
8. identify continuities and ruptures among the thinkers and writers examined.

Assessment

Research essay (6000 words): 50%; Seminar paper (1000 words): 15%; Take-home exam (2000 words): 25%; Seminar preparation: 10%.

Chief examiner(s)

Professor Constant Mews

Contact hours

One 2.5 hour seminar per week

Prohibitions

ATS4289, APG5289

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Notes

Synopsis

This unit will trace the changing contours of Holocaust memory from its inception to the present day. Topics include witnessing, survivor testimony, second-generation memoirs, representations of the Holocaust in cinema, photography, museums, literature and online, the practices of 'death camp tourism', the memory debates of Germany and Poland and the globalising of Holocaust memory, the relationship that remembering the Holocaust has to Jewish identity and to Jewish political existence, questions of ethics 'after Auschwitz', and the rise of Holocaust denial.

Outcomes

Students completing this unit will have the ability to:

1. understand differences between individual, collective, and official memories of the Holocaust
2. have researched different mediums in which Holocaust memory is transmitted including testimony, literature, memorials, cinema, museums, annual days of remembrance
3. have engaged with theoretical debates about the relationship between history and memory and modern participation in remembrance practices
4. understand some of the ways in which memory informs personal and national identities
5. have formulated their own arguments on key issues of Holocaust memory, informed by the relevant primary sources and secondary readings.

Assessment

Seminar Participation: 10%; Short Essay (3000 words): 30%; Research Essay (6000 words): 60%.

Chief examiner(s)

Assoc Prof Mark Baker

Contact hours

One 2 hour seminar

Prohibitions

ATS4290, APG5290

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Notes

Synopsis

This unit explores the character and genealogy of genocidal thought. The first part focuses on the development of racial thought in the post-Enlightenment period, especially the objectification of human life and ideas of progress and destiny in relation to the Holocaust. It will consider eugenics, the variants of anti-semitism and of nationalism. These studies will provide the basis for a typology of genocidal thought. The second part considers genocidal thought evident in colonial Australia, the Bosnian wars, and apocalyptic religion.

Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be expected to:

1. have an understanding of the content and development of genocidal thought
2. have an understanding of typologies of genocidal thought
3. appreciate the possible relationships or connections in extreme forms of thought within the realms of religion, race and class conflict
4. have a capacity to undertake research in the subject area of this unit

Assessment

Tutorial participation: 10%; Short essay (3000 words): 30%; Research essay (6000 words): 60%

Chief examiner(s)

Professor Andrew Markus

Contact hours

1 two hour seminar for 12 weeks

Prohibitions

ATS4293, APG5293

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Notes

Synopsis

This unit introduces ways in which understandings of the past inform policy and practice in contemporary museums. Using a range of history museums as case-studies the unit examines the historical origins and development of modern museums, both local and national; the challenges of presenting national history in a post-modern and post-colonial world; techniques of presenting the past, including textual, digital and dramatic forms; and tensions between the role of museums in education and tourism. Students will have opportunities to develop their skills in the application of history to museums, and to learn from museum professionals the tasks normally performed by historians in such settings.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit students will:

1. Have been introduced to the history of the museum in a variety of national contexts.
2. Be aware of the challenges facing museums in postmodern and post-colonial contexts.
3. Have been introduced to basic practices of museology in a variety of contexts.
4. Have been introduced to new media and communications technologies and their utility in museum practice.
5. Have improved their oral and written communication skills, including for DE students, their electronic communication skills.

Assessment

Review of museum or exhibition (2000 words): 20%
Proposal for, and design of, a museum exhibition (4500 words or equivalent): 50%
Reflective essay (2000 words): 20%
Seminar or discussion group participation: 10%

Contact hours

1 hour on-line discussion group or two hour seminar

Prerequisites

Undergraduate degree with a major in history, or permission from the co-ordinator

Prohibitions

ATS4295, APG5295

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Notes

Synopsis

Imagining Europe surveys the ways that Europe has been thought of from classical times to the present. Through literature, painting, architecture, travellers' tales, cinema and other sources, it traces the development of the idea of Europe as a region defined both geographically and by its culture, distinct from other 'non-European' cultures. The unit will trace the idea of multiple Europes: of a culturally defined 'Eastern Europe'; of regions within Europe, each with its own special character; and after World War II, the images of Eastern and Western Europe as politically distinct entities. The unit will conclude by looking at the impact of the European Union on images of Europe.

Outcomes

In addition to the general objectives for students in Honours in the relevant area (History or European Studies), a student who has successfully completed this unit at Level 5 should have:

1. A knowledge of the way that ideas and representations of Europe have changed across its history;
2. An understanding of the way that apparently natural, even geographical entities are defined culturally, and of the role that visual and literary images play in defining and redefining such categories;
3. A sound grasp of the debates surrounding the concept of Europe, and of the different cultural, national, and ideological positions that underlie them;
4. An awareness of different disciplinary approaches to the concept of 'Europe' and of the way that each one provides specific understandings of the way our perceptions of the world are structured;
5. An ability to undertake independent research;
6. An ability to use material from a range of disciplines and to apply interdisciplinary perspectives

Assessment

Written work: 100% (9000 words)

Chief examiner(s)

David Garrioch

Contact hours

2 hours per week

Prerequisites

A relevant undergraduate degree.

Prohibitions

ATS4296, APG5296

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Notes

Synopsis

This unit examines the theoretical and methodological issues posed in the creation of oral history interviews, drawing upon the rich inter-disciplinary and international literature in the field and through critical reflection on students' own oral history interview practice. Students will explore: debates about memory and oral history; approaches and issues in interview preparation; approaches and issues in conducting oral history interviews; digital audio recording techniques and issues; ethical, epistemological and political issues posed by the oral history relationship; and approaches and issues in the documentation and preservation of oral history interviews.

Outcomes

Students successfully completing this unit will be expected to demonstrate:

1. a comprehensive and critical understanding of the key intellectual and political debates about the nature of recorded memory and its use as a source for social and historical research;
2. a thorough grasp of the essential elements of oral history project preparation, of the techniques of oral history interviewing and recording, of the debates about oral history methodologies and the oral history relationship, and of the ethical guidelines of the Oral History Association of Australia;
3. a thorough grasp of the main approaches to the documentation of oral history interviews, and of the debates about transcription and documentation;
4. strong skills in critical oral and written assessment of the academic scholarship, including methods, assumptions and uses of evidence, and in organising and defending a verbal and written argument based upon those assessments;
5. a capacity to devise, plan and successfully complete an oral history interview project, including research and preparation, an extended interview and appropriate documentation;
6. a capacity to evaluate issues posed within the course of an oral history recording project by drawing upon oral history scholarship
7. at level 5, students will have developed an enhanced appreciation of these issues through more extensive understanding of theoretical approaches.

Assessment

Written work: 100% (9000 words)

Chief examiner(s)

Professor Alistair Thomson

Contact hours

Regular seminars totaling 24 hours per semester

Prohibitions

ATS4297, APG5297

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Notes

Synopsis

History and Heritage introduces students to the policy and practice of heritage professionals in the twenty- first century. The unit draws on local and international examples to demonstrate the contested nature of what constitutes heritage. Students are introduced to ideas about cultural and architectural heritage, the meanings of culture, cultural significance, 'reading' historic buildings and landscapes, and how all of these are interpreted by heritage professionals. Students learn the various local, national and international statutes that protect and enhance physical and cultural heritage.

Outcomes

On completion of this unit students will:

1. Have been introduced to concepts of heritage and heritage value.
2. Know of and understand usual criteria for heritage assessment.
3. Have developed skills in identifying, researching and classifying heritage themes and sites.
4. Have developed strong writing skills, including the production of heritage reports and preservation submissions.
5. Have developed strong oral communication skills, including the ability to defend positions and recommendations.
6. Have developed skills in the use of computers and other new media.
7. Have developed reflective skills and understandings of the broader issues around heritage and conservation issues.

Assessment

Test (500 words) 10%
Heritage Project or essay (4500 words) 50%
Reflective essay (2000 words) 20%
Class Participation (2000 words) 20%

Chief examiner(s)

Seamus O'Hanlon

Contact hours

2 hours per week for on-campus students

Prerequisites

Undergraduate major in History or permission.

Prohibitions

APG5299, ATS4299

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Notes

Synopsis

This unit is designed to improve your understanding of the craft of writing history. The emphasis throughout is on reading history across different periods and places in order to appreciate the strategies used in the writing of history. A variety of styles and genres of historical writing will be studied, in order to analyse some of the key elements of historical prose, such as story-telling, scene-setting, characterisation, placing oneself in the text, documentation and the onus of proof. The unit also encourages self-conscious reflection about style, prose and voice, and has workshops designed to improve and extend students own experience of writing history.

Outcomes

1. To examine issues of historiography and method through a critical reading of selected historians.
2. To analyse some of the key elements of historical prose, such as story-telling, beginnings and endings, transitions, scene-setting, characterisation, placing oneself in the text, addressing different readerships, documentation and the onus of proof, irony and indirection, the use of different voices and tropes, formal and colloquial prose.
3. To develop practical skills in reading and writing historical prose.

Assessment

Essays and writing exercises (9000 words): 100%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Ernest Koh

Contact hours

2 hour seminar per week

Prohibitions

ATS4301, APG5301

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Notes

Synopsis

Judaism and Christianity and both text-centred religions and, as such, the practice of interpretation invariable mediates the authority of the text. Interpretation is the way in which the authority of the text is extended and contested. This course examines the interpretive methods as well as the theological and ideological content of practices such as: Midrash, allegory, legal interpretation, mystical symbolism and multi-levelled approached to the text. Focus will be given to the historical contexts in which such practices arose and to their socio-political investment, as well as to the differences and similarities of Jewish and Christian approaches

Outcomes

Students who successfully complete this course will be able to demonstrate:

1. a comprehensive knowledge of the strength, status and scope of claims to authority made both by and for the Bible in Jewish and Christian traditions.
2. knowledge of the historical, theoretical and cultural issues involved in claiming authority for any sacred text.
3. Understanding of the basic interpretive practices that have been applied by Jewish and Christian communities to the Bible.
4. skills in evaluating and applying different kinds of exegesis and hermeneutic theory.

Assessment

Written work: 90%
Participation: 10%

Chief examiner(s)

Michael Fagenblat

Contact hours

2.5 Hours

Prohibitions

JWC4010, JWM4010, JWM5010, APG4302, APG5302, RLT4090, RLM4090, RLM5090

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Notes

Synopsis

This unit is a history of the way people have related to and thought about the natural environment in the past. It will provide an introduction to recent literature on environmental history, including the environmental consequences of European expansion into the New World, of industrialization and imperialism, and of medicine and science. Attention will also be given to climate change, plagues and other diseases, and the depletion of natural resources. The subject will conclude with some reflections on the historical underpinnings of current debates about global pollution, population, and global warming.

Outcomes

In addition to the general objectives for fourth year defined by the School of Geography and the School of Historical Studies, students successfully completing this subject will have:

1. A general grasp of the two-way interaction between social practices and the environment in the past.
2. An understanding of changing Western ideas about the natural world.
3. An awareness of the way that current environmental debates are based on historically-determined conceptions of the environment and of the place of humans within it.
4. A grasp of the principal debates in environmental history.
5. An ability to find and use a wide range of historical sources, including visual sources.

Assessment

Written work: 75% (7000 words)
Take-home examination: 25%

Chief examiner(s)

David Garrioch

Contact hours

2 hours per week

Prohibitions

ATS4303, GES4180, APG5303

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Notes

Synopsis

This unit will explore the ways that Europeans interacted with people they encountered in settler societies in North America, Australia, and the Pacific. It will examine how these newly encountered groups of people were depicted in the era of colonialism, explore the histories of racial designations such as black, white and red, and examine how interracial sexual relationships complicated these neat colonial categories. Racism remains a huge problem in 21st century society: this unit will explore the background to this issue, not just narrating the events of colonialism, but putting the issue of 'otherness' and the formation of racial categories at the forefront of the story.

Outcomes

At the successful completion of the unit students will be expected:

1. to have a detailed understanding of the history of settler colonialism as both a global and a local phenomenon
2. to understand the theoretical arguments about how race was understood from the 17th to the 19th centuries, and how interracial sexuality came to play an increasingly important role in such classifications
3. to be able to critically examine contemporary texts and drawings to evaluate what they reveal to the historian about ideas of race in the era
4. to be able to fully articulate, verbally and in writing, their conclusions from these examinations
5. to have shown their capacity to devise, research, and complete an essay on some aspect of Colonial Encounters based on their own study of the sources and scholarship
6. to be able to reflect on the way in which history has influenced the present, through evaluating how our present-day racial formations are not fixed categories but historically and geographically unstable constructs
7. In addition, students at fifth-year level will be expected to demonstrate more sophisticated analytical skills and submit work incorporating a higher level of competence in independent reading and research.

Assessment

Tutorial presentation (approx. 1000 words): 10%
Report (2000 words): 20%
Research essay (4000 words): 50%
Take-home test (2000 words): 20%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Kat Ellinghaus

Contact hours

One two-hour seminar per week

Prohibitions

ATS4304, APG5304

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Notes

Synopsis

This unit introduces the theoretical and conceptual frameworks deployed in the analysis of various forms of history that involve memory. In particular it considers oral history, life stories and autobiography, and commemoration, and explores the relationship between these forms of memory and history. Specific topics include oral history and social history, private and public memory, myth and history, war and remembrance, popular memory and nostalgia, psychoanalysis and history, memory and collective identity, and trauma and memory.

Outcomes

This subject aims to:

1. Introduce key conceptual and theoretical issues in the relationship between memory and the writing of history.
2. Introduce students to a range of past and present 'memory-work' particularly as it relates to the development of shared understandings of the past, including the production of oral histories and life stories and various forms of public and private commemoration.
3. Provide students interested in exploring research tools such as oral history or life story reconstruction with a coherent and thorough grounding in the relevant historical scholarship and critical literature.
4. Introduce students to key questions about the ethical dimensions involved in producing and using various forms of memory as historical evidence.
5. Provide supervised practical experience in research techniques involving the use of memory in the writing of history.

Assessment

Written work: 100% (9000 words)

Chief examiner(s)

Professor Alistair Thomson and Professor Bain Attwood

Contact hours

Regular seminars totalling 24 hours per semester

Prohibitions

ATS4305, APG5305

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Notes

Synopsis

This unit examines the religious cultures of Europe from the twelfth to the early sixteenth century, including the recovery of the classical past in the re-envisioning of the Christian life, the boundaries between magic, superstition, and orthodox religion, the cult of the saints, shrines, and pilgrimage, the relationship between institutional religion and popular piety, high culture and popular expressions of devotion, the function of preaching and education by friars in local contexts, and the extent to which public theology shaped the cultural and material milieu.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit students will:

1. Have acquired an understanding of the nature of Christianity as the matrix of experience in the Medieval and Renaissance city.
2. Have acquired an understanding of the variety within that experience.
3. Be critically conversant with the conceptual and analytical issues relating to the term 'popular'.
4. Have worked with the conceptual complexities of 'religious culture'.
5. Understand the nature of, and the religious and the social function of, devotion and devotional space.
6. Have examined the Renaissance understanding of the nature of the natural order, sign and symbol, language and power.
7. Understand the impact of the return 'to sources' which was part of the humanist agenda.
8. Will have engaged the inter-relationship between the material world (piazza, building; representation) and the aesthetic, spiritual and religious medieval and renaissance Europeans.
9. Have developed a capacity to analyse the processes which underpinned the construction of devotional and theological texts.
10. Will have developed the capacity to detect the resonances of language and code embedded in particular texts and their relationship to social context.
11. Will be able to engage in critical discussion of texts in relation to genre and context.

Assessment

Essay related work: 60%
Critical journal: 20%
Seminar preparation and presentation: 20%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Peter Howard

Contact hours

2 hours per week

Prerequisites

A History or RLT Major

Prohibitions

ATS4307

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Notes

Synopsis

This unit focuses on local and community history, and investigates concepts of community, the relationship between people and place and the connection between past and present. Students will study methods of historical research including oral history, material culture, emerging technologies, and cultural events. Through the assignments that include reviewing existing local history material and undertaking a community history research project, students will acquire a range of skills to equip to them to become involved in local and community history writing.

Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit students will:

1. have been introduced to concepts of 'community' and community history-making
2. have been introduced to the origins of local and community histories, and their uses and purposes.
3. have developed skills in researching and writing local and community histories
4. have developed strong writing skills, including the production of a community history
5. have developed strong oral communication skills, and recognised the importance of consultation and engagement with community groups when undertaking local and community histories
6. have developed skills in the use of computers and other new media.
7. have developed reflective skills and understandings of the broader issues of the importance of community and belonging

Assessment

Written work/reviews: 90% (8000 words)
Participation: 10%

Chief examiner(s)

Assoc. Prof. Seamus O'Hanlon

Contact hours

24 hours over the semester

Prerequisites

Undergraduate degree with a major in history, or permission from co-ordinator.

Prohibitions

GSC2506, GSC3513, ATS2566, ATS3566

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Notes

Synopsis

This unit will examine in detail a range of texts written during the late medieval and renaissance periods in Italy. Some may be canonical, for instance Dante's 'Divine Comedy' and Machiavelli's 'The Prince'. Others will represent literary genres popular at the time: vernacular letters, diaries and sermons etc. In particular, this unit will draw on the resources of the Archivio di Stato of Prato, and the 'Archivio Datini Online' making maximal use of the digitised documents available through this portal. Texts will be read from a variety of historiographical perspectives, and considered within the appropriate historical contexts.

Outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit:

1. Will have a thorough knowledge of the text(s) chosen for study.
2. Will have gained an understanding of different genres of text circulating in Medieval and Renaissance Italy (chronicle, letter, diary, tract, sermon, poem, play, dialogue, treatise, monument, visual representation).
3. Will have gained a grounding in core skills for Medieval and Renaissance Studies with respect to archives, manuscripts and palaeography.
4. Will have developed a capacity to analyze the processes which underpinned the construction of particular texts.
5. Will have developed the capacity to detect the resonances of language and code embedded in particular texts and their relationship to social context.
6. Will have developed the capacity to read 'against the grain' in relation to the Medieval and Renaissance Italian social, political and social contexts.
7. Will be able to engage in critical discussion of texts in relation to the urban context of Italian Medieval and Renaissance Society.

Assessment

Essay related work: 60%
Class related written work: 20%
Seminar preparation and presentation: 20%

Chief examiner(s)

Peter Howard

Contact hours

Clayton on-campus: one 2-hour seminar per week;
Prato: 4 hours per day over 5 days in December with follow-up seminars at Clayton during February

Prohibitions

ATS4311, APG5311

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Notes

Synopsis

This unit examines new approaches in anthropology and history, specifically the development of 'ethnohistory', a theoretical perspective and growing body of work which attempt to understand the past through culture. This includes investigating the ways in which culturally oriented reading strategies have been used to uncover the 'hidden transcripts' encoded in texts, rituals and events. Particular emphasis will be placed on the way these strategies might be applied in the preparation of honours dissertations.

Outcomes

This subject examines methodological approaches in anthropology and history and looks at the ways in which culturally oriented reading strategies have been used to uncover the 'hidden transcripts' encoded in texts, rituals and events. Students are expected to:

1. Think carefully about the relationship between anthropology and history and the nature and implications of attempts to work within and between these two disciplines.
2. Consider the concept of 'culture' and its uses as a tool for historical investigation.
3. Relate their reading to a set of general questions about what historians do, including the nature of historical evidence and the conclusions that may be drawn from it.

Assessment

Written work: 80%
In-class test: 20%

Chief examiner(s)

Jane Drakard

Contact hours

2 hour seminar per week

Prohibitions

ATS4313, APG5313

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Notes

Synopsis

This unit will bring together students from Monash campuses in Australia and South Africa to study the contemporary histories of post-genocide and post-conflict societies, through two specific cases: the South African approach after apartheid and local and global responses to the Rwandan genocide. Held in the winter semester as a two-week intensive, students will spend a week in Johannesburg and a week in Rwanda exploring public debates on memory and justice through visits to memorial sites and museums. Places to be explored include Soweto, the Apartheid Museum, Constitution Hill, the Murambi genocide memorial, and a Gacaca village trial.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit students will have:

1. an understanding of the human impact of genocide and conflict on the communities that survive it
2. an understanding of the modern historical contexts in which these conflicts emerged
3. an appreciation of the issues and the agencies involved in rebuilding states and societies after genocide and conflict
4. the capacity to describe and analyse questions of memory and justice using historical examples
5. In addition, students undertaking this unit at fourth-year level will be expected to have the ability to analytically differentiate between the different forms genocide and conflict manifest themselves in.

Assessment

Major essay (6000 words): 50%
Short writing exercise or text analysis (1000 words): 20%
Exam (2 hours): 30%

Chief examiner(s)

Mark Baker

Contact hours

One 4-hour lecture per day, five days a week, for three weeks

Prohibitions

ATS3314, ATS4314

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Notes

Assessment

Written work: 80% (9000 words)
Seminar work: 20%

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Notes

Synopsis

This unit comprises an advanced seminar in international political economy (IPE), The unit explores the concept of a global political economy, and examines the key themes, theories and paradigms in IPE in the contemporary literature. The unit covers three main areas:

1. theoretical approaches to the global political economy;
2. major developments in 20th and 21st-century IPE; and
3. case studies from North America, Europe and East Asia. Australia is included as a paradigmatic case of a 'middle power' that is both an influential actor in, as well as a state profoundly affected by, the global political economy

Outcomes

The main objectives of the unit are for students to develop: i) a critical understanding of the principal themes and theories in international political economy; ii) an awareness of the major developments in the international political economy since World War Two, with emphasis upon the impact of economic interdependence and globalisation; iii) insights into how a small country can influence international regulatory structures and institutions, in a world dominated by the economic powers like the United States, Japan and the European Union; and, iv) a critical appreciation of the costs and benefits of Australia's responses to global economic pressures, with emphasis upon developments within the past decade.

Assessment

Essay (6,000 words) : 50%
Examination (3 hours) : 50%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Remy Davison

Contact hours

2 hours (1 x 2-seminar) per week

Prerequisites

Admission to Politics 4th-Year Honours or admission to the MA in International Relations or admission to the Master of Counter-Terrorism Studies

Prohibitions

ATS4324

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Notes

Synopsis

This subject explores the relationship between contemporary forms of political violence, especially terrorism, and the forces of globalisation. It focuses in particular on violence as a manifestation of the disintegration of traditional belief systems centering on 'the nation' and the emergence of assertive forms of sub-cultural resistance. Through case studies of terrorist networks and the ideologies that motivate them, the course addresses conundrums such as the distinction between 'freedom fighters' and 'terrorists', the relationship between technology, economy and political violence, and the impact of violence on traditional notions of national and international governance.

Outcomes

1. To develop in students a sophisticated understanding of
   1. the global circumstances behind rise of culture and identity as contested political concepts,
   2. under what circumstances cultural politics can take on a violent/terrorist edge, and
   3. the implications of these developments for national and international forms of governance.
2. To foster in students a high level understanding of the challenges posed to established norms of global politics by the spread of terrorist networks and other violence-prone movements (including through case studies of terrorist movements).
3. To enhance students' ability to contribute to public debates on issues such as counter-terrorism, state-sponsored violence, and arguments over trade-offs between civil and individual rights and public security.

Assessment

Essay (6000 words): 50%
Examination (3 hours): 50%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Ben MacQueen

Contact hours

2 hours (1 x 2 hour seminar) per week

Prerequisites

Applicants should have completed a bachelors degree with a major in politics, or a Faculty Certificate in politics with grades of at least credit average. Subject to the approval of the Graduate Coordinator, applicants with a major in a cognate discipline may be admitted.

Prohibitions

ATS4327, APG5327

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Notes

Synopsis

Selected topics in the history of political thought, including the nature of epic or grand theories of politics and the role of various forms of moral, religious, scientific, and metaphysical thinking in such theories. Texts and arguments considered are of two kinds:

1. models of construction and deconstruction of the history of Western political and philosophical thought in writings of Heidegger, Arendt and Strauss;
2. conceptions of knowledge, power and morality, culture and civilisation in the thinking of Socrates, Plato, Machiavelli, Rousseau and Nietzsche.

Assessment

Essay (6000 words): 50%
Examination (3 hours): 50%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Michael Janover

Contact hours

2 hours (1 x 2 hour seminar) per week

Prerequisites

APG5328, ATS4328

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Notes

Synopsis

This subject will explore the origins of 'political Islam' or 'Islamism'- a backlash against the economic, political and cultural dominance of the 'West'. It will survey the gamut of Islamist organisations in the Middle East, South and South East Asia against the backdrop of an increasingly shrinking world. Political Islam begins with the study of Islamic responses to European imperialism in the 19th and 20th centuries, with particular emphasis upon the emergence of Islamic modernism. It then focuses on the growth of Islamic movements and their response to contending ideologies, including secular nationalism and socialism. Finally we consider the impact of Islam on international relations.

Outcomes

Students successfully completing this subject will have gained a critical understanding of Islamic radicalism, in its different manifestations globally, and the political and conceptual forces that extend or hamper its scope. This subject will place political Islam within the context of a shrinking world and offer students a nuanced appreciation of relations between the West and the Muslim world.

Assessment

+ Seminar presentation: 10%
Short essay (2,000 words): 30%
Take home exam (5,000 words): 60%

Chief examiner(s)

Prof Greg Barton

Contact hours

A 2-hour seminar per week

Prohibitions

ATS4329, APG5329

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Notes

Synopsis

As the consumer ethos invades every area of our lives, identity is increasingly related less to the place one inhabits and more to what one owns or is capable of attaining. These developments have implications, not only for our political life as citizens, but for the Western tradition of thinking about politics itself. To the extent that political thought and action has traditionally been based around an embedded notion of citizenship, it is in serious need of re-examination. This unit explores how changes in modes of consumption in post-industrial societies have altered our notions of citizenship and produced a new 'politics of rebellion' outside the conventional political arena.

Outcomes

On completion of this unit students will be able to:

1. Understand different theoretical approaches to consumerism.
2. Connect debates over consumerism to notions of democracy and citizenship.
3. Develop a deeper understanding of globalisation and its discontents.
4. Be able to make connections across different disciplines (particularly politics, sociology and cultural studies).
5. Display advanced oral communication skills.
6. Undertake independent research and present the results in a coherent written format.

Assessment

Written work: 50% (5000 words)
Take home exam: 40%
Oral presentation: 10%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Narelle Miragliotta

Contact hours

2 hours (1 x 2 hour seminar) per week

Prohibitions

APG5330, ATS4330

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Notes

Synopsis

This unit examines the social, historical and intellectual dynamics driving Islamic revivalism in Turkey and Indonesia and pays particular attention to their progressive potential. Drawing upon the critical work of contemporary civil society movements and innovative intellectuals in both countries, it explores the conceptual and practical dimensions of the pursuit of constructive interfaith relations in the Islamic world. By placing Turkey and Indonesia at the centre of analysis, the unit aims to reveal Islam, less as a source of violence and terrorism, than as a source of tolerance, peace and conflict resolution.

Outcomes

By the end of this unit, students at 4th level will have achieved:

1. An sound understanding of the character and position of Islam and Islamic thought in contemporary Turkey and Indonesia
2. An understanding of the significance of Islam in late modernity with particular emphasis on the rise of religious social movements in Turkey and Indonesia and the role of Islamic movements in political dissent conflict violence and terrorism
3. An understanding of the role of Islamic social movements in Turkey and Indonesia in promoting tolerance conflict resolution and contributing to the common good
4. A sound understanding of traditional Islamic thought practices and social movements in Turkey and Indonesia
5. A broad understanding of the social historical and intellectual dynamics driving Islamic revivalism in Turkey and Indonesia
6. A broad understanding of radical Islamist movements in Turkey and Indonesia including terrorist groups
7. An sound understanding of progressive Islamic thought and social movements in Indonesia
8. An understanding of progressive Islamic thought and social movements in Turkey in particular the contribution of Said Nursi and the Nurcu movements and of Fethullah Gulen and the Gulen movement to Islamic thought and practice in Turkey
9. Improved writing skills by producing two research essays
10. Developed research skills and theoretical background and ability.

1. An sound understanding of the character and position of Islam and Islamic thought in contemporary Turkey and Indonesia
2. An understanding of the significance of Islam in late modernity with particular emphasis on the rise of religious social movements in Turkey and Indonesia and the role of Islamic movements in political dissent conflict violence and terrorism
3. An understanding of the role of Islamic social movements in Turkey and Indonesia in promoting tolerance conflict resolution and contributing to the common good
4. A sound understanding of traditional Islamic thought, practices and social movements in Turkey and Indonesia
5. A broad understanding of the social, historical and intellectual dynamics driving Islamic revivalism in Turkey and Indonesia
6. A broad understanding of radical Islamist movements in Turkey and Indonesia, including terrorist groups
7. An sound understanding of progressive Islamic thought and social movements in Indonesia
8. An understanding of progressive Islamic thought and social movements in Turkey, in particular the contribution of Said Nursi and the Nurcu movements and of Fethullah Gulen and the Gulen movement to Islamic thought and practice in Turkey
9. Improved writing skills by producing two research essays
10. Developed research skills and theoretical background and ability
11. Highly sophisticated level of oral skills
12. Highly developed writing skills by producing two research essays
13. Highly developed research skills and theoretical background and ability

Assessment

Short essay (3000 words): 30%
Major essay (5000 words): 50%
Field trip: 10%
Class Participation: 10%

Chief examiner(s)

Prof Greg Barton

Contact hours

One 1-hour lecture and one 1-hour seminar per week, and in addition one 7-hour field trip

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Notes

Synopsis

Strategic studies is defined here as the analysis of the military dimension of international relations. Within this setting, the unit looks at the following topics: the role of US military power in world affairs, Australian defence policy, armed intervention, threats to the peace, the proliferation of 'weapons of mass destruction', arms control and concepts of security.

Assessment

Essay plan (400 words): 5%
Essay (5000 words): 50%
Examination (3 hours): 45%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Andy Butfoy

Contact hours

2 hours (1 x 2 hour seminar) per week

Prohibitions

ATS4332, APG5332

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Notes

Synopsis

Major impacts on Australian national government and politics over the last two decades. The changing economic and social fabric of Australia; the impact of globalisation and the re-emergence of neo-liberal ideology. The changing Australian political tradition; recent challenges to representative and accountable governance; the increase in political disenchantment and the gradual dealignment of the electorate and the effect of these on the political parties; and, more generally, the form and nature of democracy in Australia.

Assessment

Essay (6000 words): 40%
Seminar presentation and participation: 20%
Examination (3 hours): 40%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Nick Economou

Contact hours

2 hours (1 x 2 hour seminar) per week

Prohibitions

ATS4333, APG5333

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Notes

Synopsis

Development strategies in Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam. Development options and development policies of successive governments - the groups which benefit and lose. Issues of political economy affecting the region as a whole, including environmental controversies, democratisation and women and development.

Assessment

Book report (2000 words): 25%
Essay (4000 words): 45%
Tutorial presentation: 10%
Examination (2 hours): 20%

Chief examiner(s)

A/Prof. Susan Blackburn

Contact hours

3 hours (2 x 1 hour lectures and 1 x 1 hour tutorial) per week

Prohibitions

ATS4334

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Notes

Synopsis

This unit will examine the role of interfaith relations in promoting social harmony and common security in the 21st century. It will include a historical overview of interfaith relations; religion and globalization; interfaith peacebuilding; methods for interfaith engagement; the nexus between interfaith relations and security since the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001; approaches to interfaith relations from the major religious traditions; a case study of interfaith relations in Australia; gender and youth issues in interfaith; interfaith environmental activism.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit, students at 4th level will have achieved:

1. an intricate knowledge of the international history of interfaith relations
2. an understanding of the significance of religion in late modernity, with particular emphasis on the rise of religious social movements and the role of religion in conflict, violence and terrorism
3. an understanding of the role of religion in peacebuilding and conflict resolution
4. a detailed knowledge of the methods and practices of interreligious engagement
5. an understanding of the nexus between interfaith relations and security following the events of September 11, 2001
6. an understanding of the various manifestations of interreligious engagement including Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Buddhist and Hindu perspectives
7. an understanding of interreligious engagement in the Australian context, with particular emphasis on co-operation between religious and state actors including police
8. an understanding of interreligious environmental activism
9. a sophisticated level of oral skills
10. improved writing skills by producing two research essays
11. developed research skills and theoretical background and ability.

1. an intricate knowledge of the international history of interfaith relations
2. an understanding of the significance of religion in late modernity, with particular emphasis on the rise of religious social movements and the role of religion in conflict, violence and terrorism
3. an understanding of the role of religion in peacebuilding and conflict resolution
4. a detailed knowledge of the methods and practices of interreligious engagement;
5. an understanding of the nexus between interfaith relations and security following the events of September 11, 2001
6. an understanding of the various manifestations of interreligious engagement including Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Buddhist and Hindu perspectives
7. an understanding of interreligious engagement in the Australian context, with particular emphasis on co-operation between religious and state actors including police
8. an understanding of interreligious environmental activism
9. highly sophisticated level of oral skills
10. highly developed writing skills by producing two research essays
11. highly developed research skills and theoretical background and ability.

Assessment

Short essay (3000 words): 30%
Major essay (5000 words): 50%
Field trip: 10%
Class participation: 10%

Chief examiner(s)

Prof. Greg Barton

Contact hours

One 1-hour lecture and one 1-hour seminar per week, and one 1-day (7 hours) field trip.

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Notes

Outcomes

Upon completion of this unit, students will have attained an intricate and critical knowledge of the diversity of Islamic thought in relation to modernity; a profound and detailed understanding of the key issues at the heart of tensions between Islam and modernity; a deep understanding of the way Muslims in the Muslim world and Muslims in the West are affected by the ongoing tension between Islam and modernity; a critical appreciation of the way reformist Islamic thinkers have tried to deal with the question compatibility between Islam and modernity; a detailed knowledge of the common ground between Islam and modernity that is used by Islamic modernists/reformers and the analytical ability to deconstruct that argument with reference to traditional Islamic sources; a deep understanding of the broad conceptual basis of Islamic political thoughts; a detailed understanding of the Islamic reformist movement that has emerged in the West; a sophisticated level of oral presentation skills; highly developed writing skills; and developed research skills..

Assessment

Class participation and think-piece presentation: 10%
Review essay (1000 words): 10%
Short essay (2000 words): 20%
Take-home examination (6000 words): 60%

Chief examiner(s)

Professor Greg Barton

Contact hours

One 2-hour seminar

Prohibitions

ATS4336/APG5336

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Notes

Synopsis

This unit will explore the patterns of civil and international conflict in Islamic societies in the Middle East and attempts at its resolution. Specifically, it will highlight how a variety of formal and informal conflict resolution mechanisms have been employed with varying degrees of success. This review of the mechanics of conflict resolution will be complemented by a detailed examination of conflict resolution theory and how it links to practice. A series of case studies will be coupled with a detailed examination of both the theoretical and practical underpinnings of conflict resolution to evaluate current and alternative trends at the resolution of conflict in the Middle East.

Outcomes

Upon completion of this unit, students will have

1. An intricate knowledge of the patterns of conflict in the Middle East as well as the mechanics of conflict resolution;
2. An understanding of the interconnectedness of patterns of conflict in the Middle East and an ability to relate the interconnectedness of conflicts to the difficulties of conflict resolution;
3. An understanding of Islamic political and social mechanisms relative to the processes of conflict resolution;
4. A detailed knowledge of the conflict resolution processes in the Arab-Israel/Israeli-Palestinian conflicts, the Lebanese civil war, the Iran-Iraq war, the Algerian civil war and the current conflicts in Iraq and Sudan;
5. An appreciation of the role of international powers in the conflict and resolution processes in the Middle East;
6. An understanding of the broad conceptual basis of conflict resolution theory from materialist, structuralist, and 'culturalist' standpoints;
7. An understanding of the various manifestations of conflict resolution practice, such as Track I and II diplomacy, interstate and non-state negotiations, and the role of civil society;
8. An understanding of the role of major international powers in Middle Eastern conflict resolution as well as the mechanics of United Nations conflict resolution practice, the role of NGOs and local cultural processes of conflict resolution;
9. A sophisticated level of oral skills;
10. Improved writing skills by producing two research essays;
11. Developed research skills and theoretical background and ability.

Assessment

Written work: 50% +Oral presentation: 20%
Class tests: 30%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Ben MacQueen

Contact hours

1 two-hour seminar

Prohibitions

ATS4337, APG4337

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Notes

Synopsis

This unit focuses on Islamic thought and social movements in South Asia, an important region where about forty percent of the world's Muslim population lives. The purpose of this unit, is to make both a regional and a conceptual shift in order to depict the multiplicity, creativity, dynamism and contesting forms of Islam outside of Islam's 'heartland'. It will focus on movements, events, ideas, rituals, institutions and practices that have impacted the social, cultural and political life of Muslims and non-Muslims in modern South Asia. Interdisciplinary in its approach, this Unit will employ a range of historical, ethnographic, sociological, political scientific and literary sources. Geographically, it will focus on Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan.

Outcomes

All students who successfully complete this unit should be able to:

1. Critically assess the natural association of Islam with the Middle-East, and appreciate the dynamic, diverse and contesting forms of normative and lived Islam in modern South Asia;
2. Engage in a critical appraisal of different theoretical approaches and methodological issues to the study of religious traditions in general and Islamic traditions in particular;
3. Have achieved understanding of key elements of relevant material in a variety of social science fields such as anthropology of religion, political sociology, social movement studies, gender studies, history of ideas, Islamic Studies, and transnationalism;
4. Understand, critique, and develop an argument, and demonstrate its effective application - oral as well as written in-class presentations, and composition of essays, and reviews.

Assessment

Think piece presentation: 5%
Review essay (1000 Words): 10%
Long essay (5,000 words): 50%
Take home exam (3,000 words): 35%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Irfan Ahmad

Contact hours

One 2-hour seminar

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Notes

Synopsis

The unit explores the ways in which different cultures confront the experience of death through metaphor, ritual, and symbolic association, and the ways in which they memorialize the dead. It considers the nature of beliefs about life, death and the hereafter; funerary rituals and strategies for body disposal; the physical and symbolic boundaries between the worlds of the living and the dead; the perceived impact of the dead on the affairs of the living; the dying process as a public or private event; taboos about dying and death in everyday discourse and the language used regarding death; death in myths. Examples will be drawn from major religious traditions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism), ancient Mediterranean cultures, and modern secular societies, including contemporary Australia.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit students will:

1. Gain familiarity and be conversant with the main conceptions and ritualisation of death and symbolic themes in a range of different cultures and societies.
2. Reflect critically on the influence particular death ethos has on the conduct of the living.
3. Understand the nature and the social function of death related practices.
4. Develop a capacity to understand, analyse and contextualise the symbolic language of death.
5. Research and complete a research essay that considers the process of memory and ceremony in relation to the dead, within a specific cultural situation.

Assessment

Written work: 80% (7000 words)
Tutorial presentation: 20% (2000 words)

Chief examiner(s)

Tamara Prosic

Prohibitions

ATS4340, APG5340

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Notes

Synopsis

This unit will explore the textual sources of Islam, the Qur'an and hadith from Sunni, Shiite and Western points of views, as well as the notion of independent inquiry (itjihad) within Islam involved in exploring these texts. It will consider the different ways in which the Qur'an and hadith or Prophetic sayings have been interpreted as a source of understanding and implementation of Islamic jurisprudence. It will explore both traditional and contemporary interpretations of the Qur'an and hadith in the Islamic world and the West. In the process, the students will develop their ability of research and analysis of sacred text and Islamic law.

Outcomes

By the end of this unit, students will:

1. gain a foundational knowledge of the science of the Qur'an and hadith
2. understand the compilation and structure of the Qur'an and the collection and ranking system of hadith
3. be familiar with the relationship between Qur'anic exegesis, hadith interpretation and Islamic law from Sunni and Shiite point of views
4. have analyzed contemporary discussions of the Qur'an and hadith sfrom a critical point of view
5. have developed the ability to undertake academic research and analysis of Islam's sacred texts and law
6. In addition, at fourth-year level students will engage in original research in applying Islamic principles to contemporary issues.

Assessment

Written work (8000 words): 90%
Seminar participation: 10%

Chief examiner(s)

Salih Yucel

Contact hours

One 2-hour seminar per week

Prohibitions

ATS3341, ATS4341

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Notes

Synopsis

This unit examines a variety of methodological approaches to studying the ancient classical world: Greece, the Hellenistic kingdoms and Rome. Categories of data studied include: historiography, numismatic, epigraphic, papyrological, and material remains. The unit is organised around a series of case studies; these include aspects of Athens under Peisistratos and Perikles, the Hellenistic world in the reign of Ptolemy II, and Rome under Gaius Caligula.

Outcomes

On completion of this unit students will be expected to:

1. Have an understanding of the variety of data available for accessing the ancient classical world;
2. Have developed a sound approach to a using a wide range of methodologies in researching the ancient past;
3. Have an understanding of the different historiographic approaches of the authors of the three cultures studied;
4. Have well-developed textual analysis skills for each of the cultures studied;
5. Demonstrate an ability to use coins, inscriptions, papyri and objects to reconstruct aspects of, or events in, the past;
6. Have developed good presentation skills; and
7. Demonstrate an ability to use a variety of source material to produce a sustained piece of written work.

Assessment

Written work: 70%
Oral and written presentation: 20%
Seminar/workshop participation: 10%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Gillian Bowen

Contact hours

One one-hour lecture and one one-hour seminar/workshop per week for 12 weeks.

Prerequisites

A major sequence in Archaeology and Ancient History

Co-requisites

APG4257

Prohibitions

ATS4345

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Notes

Synopsis

Explore the role of language in society by examining language variation and change, multilingualism and how individuals adjust their speech to the situations they find themselves in. You will explore regional and social variation in language as well as topics such as language and gender, language and power and language policy, as well as conducting your own small research project.

Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to identify key theories of language variation and language change, describe and account for language variation within a number of different communities, and gather and analyse sociolinguistic data in their own small research project.

Assessment

Written Work (9,000 words in total): 100%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Louisa Willoughby

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Notes

Synopsis

Learn about the various approaches to research in applied linguistics. You will explore different data collection procedures, including interviewing, participant observation and questionnaire surveys. You will also investigate data description, analysis, interpretation, quantitative and qualitative research and ethical concerns relating to linguistic research.

Outcomes

Upon the successful completion of this unit students will be able to:

1. demonstrate knowledge of quantitative and qualitative approaches to research in applied study of language (with a particular focus on English);
2. articulate research questions for the purpose of developing a thesis or project;
3. plan the elements of a thesis or research project, including literature review, methodology and data analysis;
4. identify major types of data collection, and issues associated with analysis and interpretation of data;
5. address ethical concerns in relation to language research.

Assessment

Written work: 90%
Oral presentation: 10% (on campus students only)
Participation: 10% (off campus students only)

Chief examiner(s)

Simon Musgrave

Contact hours

Off-campus: N/A On-campus: 2 hours lecture/seminar per week

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Notes

Synopsis

The course will address key concepts, theoretical models, accepted approaches and contested frameworks and theories in the rapidly changing field of second language acquisition. Topics covered include models and theories of second language acquisition, first and second language acquisition, error analysis and interlanguage, interlanguage pragmatics, input and interaction, learner strategies, learning styles, cognitive processes, classroom observation, second language identity and learners' rights.

Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:

1. summarize key theoretical debates in relation to second language acquisition, and evaluate relevant empirical evidence;
2. compare the work of competing theorists, and recognise their role in the development of SLA theory;
3. reflect on their own language learning experience and classroom practice in the light of theoretical and empirical studies;
4. evaluate major methodological approaches to the study of second language acquisition;
5. and apply at least one methodology to a selected context.

Assessment

Written Work (9,000 words in total): 100%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Olav Kuhn

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Synopsis

This unit will help students conceptualise the multidisciplinary field of Australian Studies. It will focus on seminal theoretical texts drawn from the disciplines of Australian history, literature, politics, sociology and cultural studies to familiarise students with different ways of conceptualising the Australian experience. This unit also introduces students to an extensive range of research materials, including scholarly databases and bibliographical references, newspaper archives, pictorial and moving images and online resources.

Outcomes

At the completion of the course students will:

1. Be familiar with and able to apply a range of theoretical approaches to analyse and explain the Australian experience;
2. Have knowledge of key theoretical traditions associated with Australian history, literature, politics, sociology and cultural studies;
3. Be able to make appropriate and efficient use of sources within the multidiscipline of Australian Studies;
4. Be able to locate and make use of regular and archival holdings relating to Australian Studies in major research libraries;
5. Be familiar with electronic, printed and audio-visual sources, and know how to access them;
6. Be able to undertake independent research;
7. Be able to discuss and write critically and in an ordered and conceptual manner about their research;
8. Be able to research and write scholarly essays of postgraduate standard.

Assessment

Seminar participation/presentation: 10%
Seminar paper 1 (2000 words): 20%
Seminar paper 2 (2000 words): 20%
Research essay (5000 words): 50%

Chief examiner(s)

Agnieszka Sobocinska

Contact hours

One 3-hour combined lecture/seminar per week

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Australian studies

Prohibitions

APG5350

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Synopsis

The unit will involve a study tour of major media organizations, with some attention also to alternative media. Most site visits will be in Melbourne and Sydney, but may also include international travel. Students will draw on background knowledge and skills in analysis gained from other units, gaining the opportunity to test them against real world examples. The unit will have a strong element of experiential learning, through seeing the insides of media organizations and having direct contact with those who work in them. At the same time, it will encourage critical scholarly thinking.

Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to;

1. demonstrate an understanding of the internal organization and culture of media organisations;
2. demonstrate an appreciation of the complex 'ecology' of a major media industries, gaining the ability to see lateral connections between different organisations;
3. demonstrate skills in direct observation of media industries, as a complement to reading and scholarship in the area;
4. demonstrate an awareness of production and audience contexts in communications and media studies;
5. have confidence in approaching and working with individuals and organisations at the cutting edge of communications and media.

Assessment

Site brief (2000 words): 20%
Site log (3000 words): 30%
Major essay (4000 words): 50%

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Synopsis

This unit enables students to read widely in a relevant topic within a cultural arts field, under the guidance of a supervisor. It may be an area not offered in any other fourth or fifth-year level unit, or involve building more in-depth knowledge in an area with which the student already has some familiarity. Details for the reading unit will be defined and approved individually for each student and will include objectives, assessment and an initial reading list. Students enrolling in this unit must have the approval of the unit coordinator.

Outcomes

On the successful completion of this unit students will have:

1. gained detailed knowledge and in-depth understanding of an area of interest to the student, which is not formally taught;
2. developed an ability to analyse and construct arguments from a range of academic sources;
3. developed skills at critiquing and evaluating others ideas, opinions and arguments;
4. demonstrated a willingness to present ideas for scrutiny to a supervisor and accept criticism of those ideas;
5. and learned self-reliance and time management skills in order to gain greater independence as a learner.

Assessment

Written assessment (9000 words): 100%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Elizabeth Paton

Contact hours

One 1-hour supervisory meeting per week plus self-directed learning/research

Prohibitions

APG5363

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Notes

Synopsis

This unit explores the dramatic transformations that have defined the Aian region in the post-colonial period. The most fundamental change has been the shift of large agrarian societies from their rural base into industrial modes of production and the habit of living in cities. This massive migration of people has had important consequences for technological change, political stability, social inequalities, cultural heritage and the environment. We examine how the old balances of power amongst the political, business and religious elites of Asia are changing and how Asia itself is challenging the nature of world leadership. Our approach includes analysing the shifting realities at the level of mega-cities, towns and villages.

Outcomes

1. To familiarise students with the major transformations of Asian politics, society, culture and economy since 1950;
2. To develop an in-depth understanding of the complexity of these processes and the contradictions of modernity in various country cases studies including India, China, Indonesia, Cambodia, Malaysia and others;
3. To expose students to world class authors and scholars who have written about these issues and have an intimate knowledge of the forces of change;
4. To encourage students to appreciate the important of multi-dimensonal changes and apply multi-disciplinary approaches to their study of Asia;
5. To promote the analytial abilities of students in their written and oral work

Assessment

Written work (including exam): 100%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Jeremy Breaden

Contact hours

One 1-hour lecture
one 2-hour seminar per week

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Notes

Synopsis

This unit addresses the challenges of research work in the Asian region and seeks to equip students with some of the skills needed for it. In a series of modules, students will be introduced to a range of potential source materials for the study of Asia, such as documents, census reports, fictional texts, and films, and to a range of research methodologies applicable to the study of Asia including fieldwork in villages, archival work, data collection and interviews. Students will be encouraged to think about issues of ethical obligations in relation to fieldwork, such as those raised by non-Asian scholars making judgments about Asia, cultural bias, and the ownership of knowledge.

Outcomes

Students successfully completing APG4385 will:

1. Be able to converse intelligently about issues of cultural bias and the ownership of knowledge.
2. Have a firm grasp of a range of sources and methodologies applicable to research in Asia and a firm understanding of the scholarly principles that underpin them.
3. Have a firm understanding of the link between scholarship, public debate and nationalistic political agendas in Asia.
4. Be able to put together a sophisticated Asia-related research or consultancy proposal.

Assessment

Written work(including exam): 100%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Joel Atkinson

Contact hours

One 1-hour lecture
One 2-hour seminar per week

Prerequisites

Enrolment in a postgraduate program

Co-requisites

At least one other unit in a postgraduate program

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Notes

Synopsis

This unit introduces students to the structure of the tourism industry from a global perspective. The key questions of: what types of tourists exist, who are the key players driving development and what are the basic economic principles of demand, supply and yield management that underpin its existence are addressed. Students are then presented with an overview of basic international service marketing concepts within a marketing planning framework. Topics include marketing research and analysis, the marketing mix, segmentation, target marketing, marketing strategy, communication methods, advertising, public relations and publicity.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit students will have:

1. An understanding of the structure and operation of the tourism industry globally, and within Australia.
2. The ability to undertake a critical analysis of tourism marketing strategies employed by countries, regions and individual firms.
3. An understanding the basic economic concepts associated with the tourism industry.
4. An understanding of the concepts and theories of marketing as applied to the tourism industry.
5. An understanding of the basic techniques and tools of marketing management as applied to the tourism industry.
6. Developed their research and presentation skills on tourism related subjects.

Assessment

Examination (3 hrs) : 30%
Research Paper (2500) : 25%
Major Assignment (3500) : 35%
Participation : 10%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Jeff Jarvis

Contact hours

2 hour seminar

Prohibitions

ATD4010

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Notes

Synopsis

This contemporary unit is designed to focus on key issues arising in the global tourism industry such as poverty alleviation through tourism and the growth of independent travel. The unit is presented via a number of key industry seminars and a proposed field work study tour to a destination such as Fiji or North Queensland. (The selected study tour destination will be nominated at the start of semester and may vary from year to year)

Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will have gained: 1) an understanding of key problems and issues in the current and future development of the global tourism industry;2) a developed capacity to undertake original research on an area of their particular interest;3) enhanced written and oral communication skills suitable for progress in the tourism profession;4) an understanding of key issues facing the future development of the industry; 5) an understanding of the principles and practices of e-tourism.

Assessment

Written work: 70%
2 hour exam: 20%
Participation: 10%

Chief examiner(s)

Vicki Peel

Contact hours

6 x 2 hour lectures, 1 x 3 hour student presentation seminars and a 7 day intensive study tour with industry seminars and field work

Prohibitions

ATD4060, APG5390

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Notes

Synopsis

This unit aims to provide students with a basic understanding of ethical theory, as a foundation for their studies in bioethics. The unit outlines three main perspectives in normative ethics - Kantianism, Utilitarianism, and Virtue Ethics - and examines several key problems for each of these approaches. The unit also considers certain issues in meta-ethics, such as the question of whether moral judgements must be relative to individuals or cultures, or whether they can be objective.

Assessment

Written work (6000 words): 70%
Exam: 30%

Chief examiner(s)

Assoc. Prof. Justin Oakley

Contact hours

One 3 hour seminar per week

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/bioethics/pgrad/units/chb4101.php

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Notes

Synopsis

This unit examines a variety of ethical issues concerning the beginning and end of life, such as the morality of abortion, infanticide, and causing death. The unit also deals with the ethical problems raised by new reproductive research and biomedical technologies, such as embryo experimentation, cloning, genetic counselling, genetic therapy and genetic engineering. There will be discussion of a range of philosophical problems central to these issues, including the sanctity of life doctrine, notions of potentiality, the nature of personhood, the acts/omissions distinction, and the definition of death.

Assessment

Written work (6500 words): 75%
Take-home exam (2500 words): 25%

Chief examiner(s)

Assoc Prof Justin Oakley

Contact hours

One 2.5 hour seminar per week

Prerequisites

APG4393 or equivalent

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/bioethics/pgrad/units/chb4102.php

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Notes

Synopsis

Managing Criminal Justice Issues engages students in the critical study of the concepts, initiatives and directions currently reshaping criminal justice agencies. Issues covered include: managing criminal justice agencies; the intra and inter agency environment; alternative dispute resolution and new directions and frameworks in criminal justice management.

Outcomes

Upon completion of Managing Criminal Justice Issues students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate a critical understanding of key management issues in the criminal justice context including inter and intra agency team building; effective communications strategies across the sector and the oversight of criminal justice project change.
2. Demonstrate a critical understanding of inter agency criminal justice management including working with the media; working with community organisations and pressure groups and working with diverse populations.
3. Demonstrate a critical understanding of alternative dispute resolution including negotiation and mediation; working with bodies of inquiry and organisational problem solving.
4. Demonstrate critical understanding of new directions and frameworks in criminal justice management including ethical considerations; accountability; and best practice and benchmarking.

Assessment

Benchmarking Manual (4000 words): 40%
Development of a whole-of-government approach on an inter-agency management issues (5000 words): 60%

Chief examiner(s)

Prof Colleen Lewis

Contact hours

2 hours per week

Prohibitions

APG5395

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Notes

Synopsis

The ability to be able to find, use, assess and present information is crucial to those working in the communications industry. This unit focuses on research methods, sources, writing and theories used in the study and practice of media and communications, with a focus on Australian examples. The range of sources studied includes scholarly databases and bibliographical references, newspaper archives, and pictorial and moving images.

Outcomes

1. To be able to make appropriate and efficient use of Australian sources within the field of communications and media;
2. To be able to research and write scholarly essays at postgraduate standard;
3. To be able to locate and make use of regular and archival holdings relating to media and communications field of major research libraries;
4. To be familiar with electronic, print and audio-visual sources;
5. Familiarity with key Australian media;
6. To be able to discuss and write critically about independent research undertaken.

Assessment

3 research projects (2000 words): 60%
Research essay (3000 words): 30%
Class participation/Seminar presentation: 10%

Chief examiner(s)

John Arnold

Contact hours

One 2-hour seminar per week

Prohibitions

APG5396

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Notes

Synopsis

The subject examines the history of communications and media from the genesis of the mass circulation press to the new media of the 21st century. It provides students with an appreciation of how communication and media are shaped by technological advances, decisions by policy-makers and broader social forces. It also provides students with an opportunity to consider how the media's coverage of important public debates and controversies has helped shape society. In the major research essay students will have the opportunity to investigate media coverage of a major historical issue or event.

Outcomes

Upon completion of this subject students should:

1. Have a broad overview of communications and media history;
2. Have an understanding of how technological advances, decisions by policy-makers, and broader forces have shaped that history;
3. Have an appreciation of how media coverage of watershed events and issues has influenced society;
4. Be able to conduct independent research;
5. Be able to write lucidly and with analytical depth.

Assessment

Class participation and attendance (1000 words equivalent): 10%
Seminar introduction (1000 words equivalent): 10%
Two Short essays (2000 words each): 40%
Major research essay (4000 words): 40%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Liz Conor

Contact hours

One 2-hour seminar per week

Prohibitions

APG5397

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Notes

Synopsis

This unit introduces students to the changing relationships between the media, telecommunications and computing industries. It investigates the practices of electronic publishing and its impact on the communications industry. The unit profiles both traditional media such as the book, print and broadcasting in the light of new forms of content delivery such as the web, wireless and digital broadcasting. It also explores the challenges of developing and delivering high-quality, user-focused content in a digital environment, including social media.

Assessment

Research essay (4500 words): 50%
Two research projects (2250 words each): 40%
Seminar presentation and participation: 10%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Mark Poole

Contact hours

2 hours (one 2 hour seminar) per week

Prohibitions

APG5398

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Notes

Synopsis

This unit introduces students to professional ethics and the media. Students will evaluate the media's fourth-estate role and its political agency in a commercial environment. Legislation, industry codes of practice and journalistic ethics will be analysed. Investigative reporting will be examined with reference to Watergate and investigative reporting's mythical 'golden age'. The interrelationship between PR, media liaison units and journalism will be explored. Tabloid journalism will be analysed with reference to economic and ethical concerns. The tension between the media's idealistic fourth-estate image and its professional, commercial and public interests is the unit's unifying theme.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the unit students will be able to demonstrate:

1. A critical understanding of the history and continuing evolution of the media's role as the fourth estate.
2. A critical understanding of the complex interplay between ethical, regulatory, political and economic factors in media reporting.
3. An advanced knowledge of the key communications industry codes of conduct and the differing approaches to their enforcement including professional codes of ethics and industry codes of practice.
4. A critical understanding of the nature of investigative reporting and the impact and legacy of Watergate on journalism, reporting and public figures.
5. A critical understanding of the interrelationship between public relations, institutional media liaison units and journalism.
6. An enhanced ability to critically evaluate topical debates about media ethics.

Assessment

Research essay (5,000 words): 50%; Short essay 1 (2,000 words): 20%; Short essay 2 (2,000 words): 20%; Seminar participation: 10%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Bryce Weber

Contact hours

1 x 2 hour seminar per week

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Notes

Synopsis

This subject explores key issues arising from the rapid change, development and growth in international communications. It examines the impact of globalisation and shifts in production, distribution and consumption in international communications. Students will consider power and disadvantage; cultural flows and exchange; development communication; cross-cultural communication; international advertising and public relations; diasporic cultures; and legal and ethical issues in international communications. Examples will be drawn from many different countries, including case studies of communications and media in Asia, Europe, North America and the Middle East.

Outcomes

Upon completing this unit, students should:

1. Have a sound understanding of globalisation as it affects communications and media industries;
2. Be able to analyse global media and the policies which affect them;
3. Be aware of the potentials and problems of cross-cultural communication and of the major theories which have been developed to explain them;
4. Understand changing modes of reception by global audiences, together with the implications of these processes for national and personal identity;
5. Be aware of the major legal and ethical challenges thrown up by the globalisation of communications and media.

Assessment

Essay (3500 words): 40%
Poster project: 30%
Research project (3000 words): 20%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Jinna Tay

Contact hours

One 3-hour seminar per week

Prohibitions

APG5400

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Notes

Synopsis

This unit engages with the challenges facing the traditional media companies at a time when the mass-market and advertising business models that have long sustained them are under assault from new digital production and distribution technology that is fragmenting audiences and enabling smaller, more entrepreneurial organizations to compete against bureaucratic 'empires'. How do companies such as News Corporation, Channel Nine or Fairfax respond to the threats and opportunities posed by the new digital media businesses like Google, Apple iTunes and Facebook, and community activist projects such as Wikipedia that are leading and exploiting changes triggered by the digital revolution.

Outcomes

Upon completion of this unit students are expected to demonstrate an ability to;

1. Critically analyse the business models of a variety of traditional media companies and the challenges and opportunities posed by new digital media;
2. Assess government policy responses to issues arising from new digital technology, media convergence and fragmentation of audiences;
3. Understand key debates surrounding transformation of public media, such as the Australian Broadcasting Corporation;
4. Engage in discussion informed by current media research and theory about the changing media environment in Australia and internationally;
5. Conduct independent research in the field of communications and media;
6. Think critically and conceptually about contemporary media industries and how they relate with content producers and audiences.

Assessment

First Essay (3,500 words): 40%; Second essay (3,500 words): 40%; Seminar presentation (2,000 words): 20%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Bryce Weber

Contact hours

2 hours (1 x 2 hour seminar) per week

Prohibitions

ATS4720, APG5401

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Synopsis

The unit will survey the history, concepts and methods of critical media audience research. It will consider both the mass communications and cultural studies disciplines, and will develop students' ability to critique scholarly work on both conceptual and methodological grounds. Audiences and the Social Influence of Media will enhance students' ability to develop and present original research projects, based on empirical explorations of how people interact with media in a variety of social places. The academic skills it cultivates will be directly applicable to thesis work.

Outcomes

On successfully completing this unit a student will be able to demonstrate:

1. an appreciation of the political, cultural and institutional factors that influence the questions scholars ask and the methods they use to analyze media influence
2. a broad understanding of key questions in the field of media influence, and knowledge of how and why these questions have emerged
3. an ability to critique scholarship on both conceptual and methodological bases;
4. the ability to perform scholarly literature reviews in a manner leading to original research questions
5. the ability to select appropriate data gathering methods for exploring questions of particular relevance to the student
6. Postgraduate students will be asked to format Assessment 3 in line with a grant proposal of their choosing Assessment 3.

Assessment

Literature review (3500 words): 40%
Class presentation: 10%
Project proposal (4500 words): 50%

Contact hours

One 2-hour seminar per week

Off-campus attendance requirements

Two 6-hour weekend seminars and 2 hours per week MUSO participation

Prerequisites

Communication and Media Studies major or other major approved by coordinator

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Notes

Synopsis

The unit examines the development of communication and information organisations and technologies, the social forces driving their expansion, their social and economic impact, and the role of technological systems and practices in social development. The nature of organizational communication and the role of technology in communication are discussed as well as their implications for communication arts, economies, and society.

Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to demonstrate:

1. Knowledge, skills and attributes necessary for the participation in and management of complex organizational and technology-driven processes;
2. Increased understanding of and competency at dealing with the convergence between organizational and social-technological knowledge sets;
3. Increased understanding of the large-scale and long-term social, political, institutional and economic context in which organizational communications systems and communication technologies systems occur;
4. Increased knowledge, skills, and attributes necessary for independent research; enhanced capacity to formulate and research technology and organizational communication issues, to analyse and evaluate arguments, develop a case study, and understand critical approaches to technology and organization-focussed communications;
5. Enhanced intellectual independence, and greater self-reliance and critical distance in intellectual and professional activity especially related to organizational and technology dilemmas and issues;
6. Significantly greater understanding of the nature, role and limits of communication technologies in the workplace and the key forms of organizational communication.

Assessment

Assignment 1 Case Study (4000 words): 40%
Assignment 2 Research Essay (5000 words): 60%

Chief examiner(s)

Elizabeth Paton

Contact hours

3 hours (1 x 3 hour seminar) per week.

Off-campus attendance requirements

Students will be expected to participate for a minimum of one hour per fortnight in on-line discussion.

Prohibitions

APG5407

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Notes

Synopsis

The unit addresses the fundamentals of political advocacy, professional writing for publics, public sector communication, and public relations. Students gain experience and understanding of writing techniques, oral rhetoric, and visual imaging suited to different channels of public communication and to diverse public spheres including governmental, organizational, and associational.

Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to demonstrate:

1. Knowledge, skills and attributes necessary for the understanding and utilising the ethics, techniques, channels and limits of public advocacy and influence;
2. Increased understanding of and competency in formulating and making, public statements, images, and gestures;
3. Increased understanding of the large-scale and long-term context in which public communications has developed;
4. Increased knowledge, skills, and attributes necessary for independent research, enhanced capacity to formulate and research public communications, to analyse and evaluate arguments, and to understand critical approaches to the conduct of public communications;
5. Enhanced intellectual independence, and greater self-reliance and critical distance in intellectual and professional activity especially regarding the effective and ethical formulation and delivery of public communication;
6. Significantly increased ability to engage in public communication.

Assessment

Assignment 1 Rhetoric Exercise (3000 words): 33.3%;
Assignment 2 Writing Exercise (3000 words): 33.3%;
Assignment 3 Visual Exercise (3000 words): 33.3%

Contact hours

3 hours (1 x 3 hour seminar) per week.

Off-campus attendance requirements

Students will be expected to participate for a minimum of one hour per fortnight in on-line discussion.

Prohibitions

APG5408

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Notes

Synopsis

The unit introduces students to the fundamentals of communication research methodologies, research project design, the planning, writing and editing of research, and the formulation of a research proposal.

Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to demonstrate:

1. Knowledge, skills and attributes necessary for understanding and engaging in advanced research;
2. Increased understanding of the methods of communication research;
3. Increased understanding of approaches to planning and designing research, and to writing and editing research;
4. Increased knowledge, skills, and attributes necessary for independent research, enhanced capacity to formulate and research communication issues, to analyse and evaluate arguments, and to understand critical approaches to the planning, writing and editing of research;
5. Enhanced intellectual independence, and greater self-reliance and critical distance in academic and professional research activity;
6. Significantly increased capacity to design, manage, and carry out research projects.

Assessment

Assignment 1 Literature Review (3000 words): 30%;
Assignment 2 Research Plan (6000 words): 70%

Chief examiner(s)

Sue Yell

Contact hours

3 hours (1 x 3 hour seminar) per week.

Off-campus attendance requirements

Students will be expected to participate for a minimum of one hour per fortnight in on-line discussion.

Prohibitions

APG5409

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Notes

Synopsis

This unit examines media audiences in relation to globalisation and new media and communication technologies. It examines local, national and transnational audiences and their formation in relation to a globalised media industry. Students will be introduced to a range of techniques of audience research, including the use of new communication technologies to conduct research.

Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to demonstrate:

1. an understanding of the relations between audiences, communication and media technologies, media industries and governments;
2. an awareness of the political, social, economic and cultural functions of audience formation;
3. the capacity to analyse trends in the development of ICTS and their impact on audiences and their formation;
4. the capacity to critically evaluate the importance of audiences in relation to various institutions and communities (the market, the public sphere, the nation, transnational communities);
5. the capacity to identify and evaluate a range of audience research theories, approaches and techniques;
6. highly developed skills in designing an audience research project, utilising the knowledge gained in Objective 5.

Assessment

Online discussion posts (1000 words) : 15%
Research essay (3000 words) : 35%
Research proposal (5000 words) : 50%

Chief examiner(s)

Sue Yell

Contact hours

3 hours (1 x 3 hour seminar) per week.

Off-campus attendance requirements

Students will be expected to participate for a minimum of one hour per fortnight in on-line discussion.

Prohibitions

APG5410

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Synopsis

In this unit students consider the key production, consumption and policy debates concerning the popular music industries. It situates popular music as a significant part of the global media and cultural industries, examining a range of music-media activity, including music journalism; music radio; film soundtracks; music television; and music on the internet. A key theme of analysis is the changing roles of industry, audiences and governments regarding how and where popular music remains meaningful. The unit will also address contemporary intellectual property and other policy debates, and how the 'local' is situated within global music landscapes.

Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to demonstrate:

1. An understanding of the key media studies, popular music and cultural studies theories associated with popular music activity;
2. An assessment of how popular music operates as part of local and global media and cultural industries;
3. An ability to critically and independently engage with key debates and issues within the popular music industries;
4. An ability to apply broader global concepts to distinct local contexts;
5. An ability to explain and analyse course concepts and debates in written and oral forms, and to engage at a high level of independent research.

Assessment

Essay I (theory and debates) (4000 words): 40%
Essay II (case study) (5000 words): 60%

Chief examiner(s)

Shane Homan

Contact hours

One 2-hour seminar per week

Prerequisites

Completion of Bachelor of Arts or equivalent

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Notes

Synopsis

This unit examines crime prevention and crime reduction initiatives, programs and strategies that attempt to alleviate the problem of criminal activities. This unit surveys crime prevention from the local community to that of global perspectives. Theories and arguments of crime prevention policy and practice are examined. Students learn various research methodologies used in conducting and evaluating crime prevention initiatives. Specific topics to be explored include threats to national security, international and transnational crime, people smuggling, theft of body parts, money laundering, drugs, commercial and organised crime, white-collar crime, public disorder and street crimes.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit, students are expected to have developed:1) a critical understanding of various theories and strategies of crime prevention;2) the ability to critically examine changes in international and transnational offending via appropriate legal, political and justice perspectives;3) a critical understanding of the governance and administration of collaborative international crime prevention efforts;4) the ability to evaluate the effectiveness and importance of crime prevention initiatives by identifying limitations and assumptions that underpin such programs;5) an awareness of global justice attempts to curb global crime problems;6) the ability to formulate crime prevention policy and practice;7) the ability to research and complete a substantial research project of the student's own choice;8) the ability to hypothesise about likely future global crime problems.

Assessment

Evaluation Paper (2500 words): 25%Crime Prevention Policy Analysis (2500 words): 25%Crime Prevention Research Project (4000 words): 50%

Chief examiner(s)

David Baker

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Notes

Synopsis

This unit explores policing in its generic sense. A broad range of investigative and control mechanisms, both in the public and private sectors, is examined in terms of curbing crime, criminal tendencies and threats. This unit appraises recent expansionary changes in state-sponsored policing and security organisations. It explores the recent shift from law enforcement to preventative risk management strategies and technologies. Issues such as the emergence of the 'risk society', the privatisation of policing, tensions between surveillance and personal privacy, and estimations of the risk of dangerousness characterising particular offender groups are examined and critiqued.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit, students are expected to have developed:1) a critical understanding of contemporary practice and research relating to policing and security; 2) a capacity to examine and critique contemporary control practices employed in policing, security and risk management;3) an understanding of contemporary surveillance, control and management strategies employed to curb crime and violence in various situations;4) a critical understanding of both the function of security and theoretical and practical approaches to risk assessment;5) enhanced problem-solving skills;6) the ability to evaluate information and research critically;7) the ability to design and communicate policy concepts clearly and logically about policing, security and risk management.

Assessment

Briefing Paper on policing/security issue (2500 words): 30%Policy Report (2500 words): 30%Essay (4000 words): 40%

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Notes

Synopsis

As for ATS4421

Outcomes

1. Understanding and integration of major concepts within dramatic theory, history and literature
2. Appreciation of the qualitative and critical significance of key thinkers within the discipline of theatre and performance studies
3. Critical tools to interpret and engage with complex ideas about theatre criticism, theory and performance-making
4. Awareness of diverse research methods and methodology appropriate to arts research, and experience in their practical application
5. Development of research and writing skills

Assessment

Methods research (1500 words): 20%; Investigation and presentation on an issue (2500 words): 30%; Subjective exercise (1000 words): 15%; Long research paper (4000 words): 35%

Chief examiner(s)

Maryrose Casey

Contact hours

2.5 hours per week

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Notes

Synopsis

This unit will examine the process of creating a design approach to theatrical production through an understanding of applied aesthetics. It will consider issues of lighting, sound, line, mass and colour, and the ways in which these design elements craft theatre scenography. It will focus on the ways in which specific texts might be interpreted as well as the histories and potentials of specific theatre buildings and structures to the design process. Both the 'craft' and 'art' of the design process will be explored in a practical project that should reflect the theoretical and historical understandings developed in this unit.

Outcomes

Students who complete this unit successfully should have developed:

1. A greater understanding of the craft elements of design.
2. A contextual understanding the art of design through a range of critical theories.
3. A working design for a production representing a coherent aesthetic.
4. The ability to critique theatrical design in sustained oral and written form.

Assessment

Practical folio of design for implementation (equivalent 4000 words): 40%
Seminar paper (equivalent 2000 words): 25%
Contribution to class discussion (equivalent 2000 words): 25%
Practical class work (equivalent 1000 words): 10%

Contact hours

2 hours per week

Co-requisites

APG4421

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Notes

Synopsis

This unit will investigate performance practice in two modules: one relating to the preparation of performance and one concerning both performance itself and the critique of performance. Students will be expected to initiate and carry out their own performance project, to discover appropriate background material, and to sustain a discussion with the class on issues arising from the development of their project. After the presentation of the performances, students will prepare a written or oral critique of their project.

Outcomes

Students who complete this unit successfully should be able:

1. To make a new performance work which draws on contemporary ideas and practices.
2. To critique the making of this work in the light of contemporary performance theory.
3. To participate in class investigations and help facilitate discoveries in methodologies of performance making.
4. To make presentations on the processes of creating performance.
5. To articulate in oral and written form the specific elements and objectives of an original piece of performance making.

Assessment

Workshop classes and presentations (2000 word equivalent): 25%
Performance project, supported by journal (2500 word equivalent each): 50%
Performance critiques (2000 words): 25%

Chief examiner(s)

Will Peterson

Contact hours

3 hours (1 x 3 hour workshop) per week

Co-requisites

APG4421

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Notes

Synopsis

People's approaches to environmental issues (what they see as problems and what they see as solutions) vary widely based on worldviews, assumptions, and value systems. This unit develops students' capacity to critically evaluate differing ideological, philosophical, and disciplinary approaches to environment and sustainability, such as positivistic science, technology, systems theory, social ecology, indigenous worldviews, deep ecology, bioregionalism, poststructuralism, neoliberalism, and sustainability science. Throughout, it will explore the implications of these approaches for policymaking, disciplinary research, environmental management, and political processes and action.

Outcomes

Students successfully completing this unit will be expected to demonstrate:

1. A thorough grasp of the ideas and assumptions behind a range of key perspectives on the environment and sustainability.
2. An ability to recognize and analyse different philosophical and ideological perspectives on the environment in use (in writing, in speech, in political positions...).
3. A capacity to understand the perspectives of different disciplines within an interdisciplinary context.
4. Skills in analysing the implications of differing environmental perspectives on practical courses of action and policy-making.
5. Skills in constructing critical and analytical arguments, in oral and written form, relevant to discussions of environmental worldviews and philosophies.

Assessment

Written work: 80% (4000 words)
Oral presentations: 20%

Chief examiner(s)

Professor Rebekah Brown

Contact hours

One 2 hour seminar per week

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Notes

Synopsis

Drawing on environmental expertise from inside and outside the university, this unit provides students with a fundamental technical understanding of a range of contemporary and emerging environmental issues such as loss of biodiversity, global warming, waste management, genetic engineering, water scarcity and management, and urban and rural sustainability. Throughout, the coordinator will ensure that social concepts and frameworks of sustainability are woven into a more comprehensive technical understanding of the environmental issues. The unit also considers responses proposed and/or implemented to address the various environmental issues.

Outcomes

Students successfully completing this unit will be expected to demonstrate:

1. A fundamental understanding of the scientific basis of a range of key environmental issues.
2. The ability to recognize that scientific understanding of major environmental issues is not complete, and that there are a range of scientific perspectives that can be brought to bear on any particular environmental issue.
3. The ability to apply social concepts and frameworks of sustainability to key environmental issues.
4. An awareness of the responses proposed and/or implemented in response to key environmental issues.
5. A capacity to construct critical and analytical argument in oral and written form, relevant to discussion of major environmental issues.

Assessment

Reading commentaries 1000 words 25%
Oral presentation (debate participation) Equivalent to 500 words 25%
Research essay 3000 words 50%

Chief examiner(s)

Nigel Tapper

Contact hours

Two, two-day intensive class sessions held in weeks 3 and 5

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Notes

Synopsis

This unit examines the process of economic development and its effects on prosperity, poverty and sustainability. The unit begins by studying the sources of prosperity via economic growth in the modern era, with particular reference to the Great Divergence in incomes that started during the 1800s. Second, the unit asks why some economic systems have prospered, whilst others have declined by turning its attention to disparate experiences of world-wide economic growth such as poverty and starvation. Finally we study the effects and prospects for future economic development in the context of environmental sustainability and climate change.

Outcomes

On successful completion of this subject, students should have developed:

1. An understanding of economic analysis as a key tool in explaining and understanding the disparate levels of wealth observed in the modern world
2. Knowledge of the key components of Economics thinking
3. The ability to use this analysis to identify the underlying causes of economic prosperity, poverty and environmental degradation in the modern global economy
4. Skills in critical analysis of policies aimed at alleviating global poverty such as the Millenium Development Goals, especially as they relate to sub-Saharan Africa
5. Skills in the critical assessment of academic contributions to issues of economic development and growth

Assessment

Discussion log: 15%
Research essay (3000 words): 35%
Examination (2.5 hours): 50%

Chief examiner(s)

Simon Angus

Contact hours

Two 1-hour lectures per week
One 1-hour tutorial per week

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Environmental Science

Prohibitions

ECF9530, ECC2800, APG5429

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Notes

Synopsis

This unit provides a broad introduction to ecology for candidates with no prior ecological experience. It aims to integrate selected concepts in ecology, biology, biogeography and earth sciences that underpin present ecological thinking. The unit examines the developmental history and present status of selected biological components in Australia and other southern hemisphere landmasses. Models of ecological management, nature reserve design and the ecological influence of humans through increasing demands on resources, are also critically examined.

Assessment

Essay (3000 words): 60%
Field report (1500 words): 40%

Chief examiner(s)

To be advised

Contact hours

2 hour lecture per week

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Notes

Synopsis

Now enlarged to 27 countries, the European Union is a key player in the world. Students will explore its genesis, its major historical milestones, its institutions and decision-making from an interdisciplinary perspective. They will examine EU policies including in the trade, agricultural, environmental, social, educational, monetary, development and security fields. They will be exposed to the main concepts and theories formulated to account for the development of the EU. They will be given guidance to pursue the exploration of specific EU policy outcomes at EU and member state level and be encouraged to make autonomous use of a wide range of resources including on-line material.

Outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be expected to demonstrate:

1. an understanding of the history of the European Union and of the socio-cultural norms that have informed European integration as well as of the tensions that have beset the process;
2. a developed understanding of the conceptual difficulties associated with the study of the process of European integration leading up to the creation of the European Union;
3. informed appreciation of the novelty of the European Union as a post-national mode of governance;
4. understanding of the main theories of European integration, their limitations and their place in the wider debate surrounding globalization
5. understanding of EU institutions and decision-making
6. knowledge of major EU policies and their impact on the national policies of EU member states and on non-EU countries
7. strong skills in the critical reading of a variety of texts and the academic scholarship based upon those texts;
8. strong skills in critical oral and written assessment of the academic scholarship, including methods, assumptions and uses of evidence, and in organising and defending a verbal and written argument based upon these assessments;
9. a capacity to devise, plan and successfully complete a research essay;
10. a capacity to reflect upon and make critical use of a range of resources including, where relevant, on-line materials.

Assessment

On Campus:
Written work (2500 words): 40%
Oral presentation: 20%
Take-home exam (2000 words): 40%

Off Campus:
Group online discussion: 10%
Journal: 10%
Research paper (2500 words): 40%
Examination (2000 words): 40%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Natalie Doyle

Contact hours

22 hours per semester offered in block mode

Prohibitions

APG5435, ATS2522, ATS3522

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Notes

Synopsis

This unit will explore regional economic, political and security cooperation and integration in Europe, Asia, the Americas and Africa, with a special focus on Asia (ASEAN, ARF, SAARC) and Europe (European Union, Council of Europe, EFTA, OSCE). It will also investigate inter-regional arrangements such as ASEM and APEC. Regional processes will be analysed comparatively, using an interdisciplinary, historically grounded perspective. Students will be exposed to the major theories of regionalism. They will study the significance of the European Union as a model of regional integration and its relations with other regional arrangements both in Europe and in the world, including with Australasia.

Assessment

On Campus:
Written work (2500 words): 40%
Oral presentation: 20%
Take-home exam (2000 words): 40%

Off Campus:
Group on-line discussion: 10%
Journal: 10%
Research paper (2500words): 40%
Examination (2000 words): 40%

Chief examiner(s)

Pascaline Winand

Contact hours

22 hours per semester offered in block mode

Prohibitions

APG5436

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Notes

Synopsis

Students will investigate the practice and theory of interest representation and lobbying in the European Union and in Europe. They will explore the channels and techniques of influence open to business, labour, environmental and consumer groups at various stages of the EU decision-making process. They will study the policy of European Union institutions towards these groups. A special emphasis will be placed upon the extra-European interest groups, including major business groups from Asia, the US and Australia, and their interaction with the EU. Practitioners from EU institutions and interest groups will be invited to contribute their experience via three videoconferences with Brussels.

Outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be expected to demonstrate:

1. an informed appreciation of the various channels and techniques of influence open to business groups, public interest groups (such as environmental groups and consumer groups), professional interests, labour interests and territorial interests at various stages of the EU decision-making process;
2. a knowledge of the policy of EU institutions towards interest groups, and more widely, civil society actors in Europe;
3. an understanding of the decision-making processes and evolution of the EU and their impact on the organization of public and private interest groups at the regional, national, European and world levels;
4. a developed understanding of the conceptual difficulties associated with the study of the theory of interest representation and lobbying in the European Union;
5. an understanding of the theoretical approaches to interest intermediation and representation and the literature pertaining to collective action and mobilization, European transnational movements and European non-governmental organizations;
6. strong skills in the critical reading of a variety of texts and the academic scholarship based upon those texts;
7. strong skills in critical oral and written assessment of the academic scholarship, including methods, assumptions and uses of evidence, and in organising and defending a verbal and written argument based upon those assessments;
8. a capacity to devise, plan and successfully complete a research essay;
9. a capacity to reflect upon and make critical use of a range of resources including, where relevant, on-line materials.

Assessment

On Campus:
Written work (2500 words): 40%
Oral presentation: 20%
Take-home exam: (2000 words): 40%

Off Campus:
Group online discussion: 10%
Journal: 10%
Research paper (2500 words): 40%
Examination (2000 words): 40%

Chief examiner(s)

Pascaline Winand

Contact hours

22 hours per semester offered in block mode

Prohibitions

APG5437, ATS4437

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Notes

Synopsis

As a powerful trade negotiator, a leading player in the environmental, development aid, and human rights fields, and a growing political and strategic presence in the world, the European Union is increasingly recognized as a force for global stability and security. Students will explore the EU's relations with non-EU countries, and its roles and legal status in the international system. They will be introduced to the institutional framework and policies of EU external relations. Special emphasis will be placed on the relations of the EU with Asia, the US, Australia, Africa and Russia. The unit will further examine the status of the EU and its member states in international organizations.

Outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be expected to demonstrate:

1. a developed understanding of the conceptual difficulties associated with the study of the EU's external relations;
2. informed appreciation of the EU's role as an actor and presence in world affairs;
3. understanding of the major theoretical debates about ways of analysing EU external policy and the roles of the EU in world affairs;
4. understanding of the institutions, processes and policies of EU external relations;
5. knowledge of EU relations with Asia, Oceania, the United States, Africa, Russia, the Mediterranean and the Middle East, Central and South America, and other countries and regions;
6. understanding of the status and role of the EU in key international organizations;
7. strong skills in the critical reading of a variety of texts and the academic scholarship based upon these texts;
8. strong skills in critical oral and written assessment of the academic scholarship, including methods, assumptions and uses of evidence, and in organising and defending a verbal and written argument based upon those assessments;
9. a capacity to devise, plan and successfully complete a research essay;
10. a capacity to reflect upon and make critical use of a range of resources including, where relevant, on-line materials;

Assessment

On-Campus Assessment:
Written work (2500 words): 40%
Oral presentation: 20%
Take-home exam (2000 words): 40%

Off-campus assessment:
Group online discussion: 10%
Journal: 10%
Research paper (2500 words): 40%
Examination (2000 words): 40%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Patrick Kimunguyi

Contact hours

22 hours per semester offered in block mode

Prohibitions

APG5438

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Notes

Synopsis

In this unit, student will have an opportunity to embark on a research project (9,000 words) that will address an issue relevant to European and International Studies. The topic should be selected before enrolment in the unit.

Outcomes

On completion of the project, students will have completed an original piece of research which demonstrates a contribution to the discipline.

Assessment

Written work (inc. research project): 100% (9000 words)

Chief examiner(s)

Dr. Natalie Doyle

Contact hours

Consultation with supervisor

Prerequisites

APG4897 or APG5897

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Notes

Synopsis

Students will undertake study in a European country in which Monash University has an exchange agreement for European and European Union Studies. This study will be the equivalent of six points of postgraduate study in Arts at Monash in the form of one 4th year unit offered by the host institution in the domain of European and European Union Studies.

Outcomes

On completion of this unit students will have gained in depth knowledge about, and an appreciation of European Integration through immersion in an overseas learning environment.

Assessment

Exchange studies in accordance with the requirements of the host institution and as approved by the unit coordinator: 100%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr. Natalie Doyle

Contact hours

Study will be the equivalent of 6 points of postgraduate study in Arts at Monash in the form of one 4th year unit offered by the host institution

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Notes

Synopsis

Students will undertake study in a European country in which Monash University has an exchange agreement for European and European Union Studies. This study will be the equivalent of six points of postgraduate study in Arts at Monash in the form of one 4th year unit offered by the host institution in the domain of European and European Union Studies.

Outcomes

On completion of this unit students will have gained in depth knowledge about, and an appreciation of European Integration through immersion in an overseas learning environment.

Assessment

Exchange studies in accordance with the requirements of the host institution and as approved by the unit coordinator: 100%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr. Natalie Doyle

Contact hours

Study will be the equivalent of 6 points of postgraduate study in Arts at Monash in the form of one 4th year unit offered by the host institution

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Notes

Synopsis

Taught at the Monash Prato Centre in Italy, the unit will allow students to benefit from the experience of EU practitioners and highly qualified specialists from the European University Institute and other European Universities with which Monash has agreements. Under the guidance of Monash staff from the Faculties of Arts, Business and Economics or Law, students will attend lectures and seminars on economic, political, legal or cultural aspects of the European Union. Where feasible, the unit will include a study tour of European corporate and EU institutions, and will be open to students from other Australian universities. Students can also elect to conduct an autonomous research project.

Outcomes

Students will gain:

1. in-depth appreciation of the European Union's functions and powers and of some of its key-institutions (such as the European Council, the Council, the European Commission, the European Parliament, the European Court of Justice, the European Central Bank, the Committee of the Regions, the European Environment Agency), as well as of key European corporate institutions;
2. in-depth knowledge of some key areas of EU policy in their field of specialization (Competition Policy, Common Commercial Policy, Common Agricultural Policy, Economic and Monetary Union, Environmental Policy, Social Policy, Common Foreign and Security Policy/European Security;
3. awareness of the key debates and internal as well as external challenges facing the EU;
4. strong skills in the critical reading of a variety of texts and the academic scholarship based upon those texts;
5. strong skills in oral and written assessment of the academic scholarship, including methods, assumptions and uses of evidence, and in organising and defending a verbal and written argument based upon those assessments;
6. a capacity to devise, plan and successfully complete a research essay;
7. a capacity to reflect upon and make critical use of a range of resources including, where relevant, on-line materials, especially those produced by the European Union itself.

Assessment

Written work (inc.Seminar presentation): 80%
Take home exam: 20%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr. Paul Kalfadellis

Contact hours

3 weeks

Prohibitions

APG5442

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Notes

Synopsis

Students will complete an internship related to the European Union or international and regional organizations involved in the area of diplomacy and trade. The internship will involve academic and professional supervision in Europe/European posts abroad and local/ international posts. Students can work in European and EU institutions, international and regional organizations, multi-national firms, European industry associations, NGOs, political consultancies, think tanks and law firms. They will gain practical knowledge of the EU and international/ regional institutions in international relations, law, politics, business, finance and international trade and practice European languages.

Outcomes

On completion of this unit students will have

1. gained a developed practical understanding of the institutions and policies of the European Union or international institutions which focus on diplomacy and trade, thereby consolidating and extending what they have learned from core units and electives in the Master in European and International Studies/ Master in Diplomacy and Trade
2. developed skills associated with work in at least one aspect of the European Union and its policies or international organizations which focus on diplomacy and trade
3. developed communication and interpersonal skills appropriate to future professional employment
4. developed organizational and time management skills
5. developed their language skills in one or more European languages
6. developed an appreciation of the pressures inherent in producing high-quality, focused research under strict timelines
7. developed the capacity to devise, plan, write and successfully complete well-informed, well-structured and well-presented internship research reports
8. developed strong skills in critical oral and written assessment of their work experience and how it relates to academic scholarship on the European Union/diplomacy and trade.

Assessment

Written work (an internship journal and internship report - 9000 words): 80%
Oral presentation (given within 2 weeks of the students return to Australia): 20%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Natalie Doyle

Contact hours

12 points: Minimum of 80-90 hours over the course of one semester spent in an internship in Brussels. Equivalent of 24 hours per week contact and private study.

Prerequisites

Successful completion of core units of the Master in European and International Studies or of the Master in Diplomacy and Trade or with coordinator's approval.

Prohibitions

APG5443

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Notes

Synopsis

The research essay offers students an opportunity to initiate and explore research processes in film and television studies under the supervision of a member of staff, with whom one meets regularly. Students should select their topic for the research essay during the second half of the previous semester, in consultation with the postgraduate coordinator. The research essay needs to be submitted by the last teaching week of the semester in which the course is taken.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit, students will have demonstrated that they can:

1. Design and Develop a significant research project
2. Critically survey theoretical writings in order to find an appropriate theoretical framework for the project
3. Demonstrate an awareness of methodological considerations in carrying it out.
4. Undertake independent research with some guidance from a supervisor
5. Analyse texts and / or data in a way that is relevant to the framework adopted.
6. On the basis of the analysis carried out, present a cogently structured argument and a set of conclusions in relation to the topic.

Assessment

Research essay (9000 words): 100%

Chief examiner(s)

Adrian Martin

Contact hours

A fortnightly one hour meeting with the supervisor

Prerequisites

Honours degree (or equivalent) in Film and Television or approved discipline Completion of 2 units in the MA by Coursework in Film and Television Studies

Prohibitions

APG5447, APG5770

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Notes

Synopsis

This unit approaches experimentation in screen culture (including cinema, video, TV and digital) not as an activity that is marginal, but absolutely central to the formation, development and critical questioning of all screen/media practice. The unit tracks major modes in screen practice ie storytelling, representation, poetics, image-sound relations, the audiovisual essay back to historic and ongoing experiments with the essential elements of screen language. Works studied will include examples from the entire history of international screen culture; and a practical production element will be included so that students can discover the living process of experimentation for themselves.

Outcomes

By the completion of this unit students will be expected to demonstrate:

1. an understanding of the historical formation, development and critical appraisal of audio-visual experimentation;
2. a critical understanding of the formal, social and political functions of experimentation in screen media;
3. an ability to define and critically engage with specific forms experimental screen culture criticism on an international scale;
4. an understanding of how the notion of experimentation relates to notions of storytelling, representation, poetics, image-sound relations and the audiovisual essay.
5. an ability to engage with written and audio-visual (screen) texts in a clear and confident manner in both written and oral presentation;
6. an ability to develop and employ research skills in data collection in the service of advanced critical writing;
7. An ability to understand the practical implications (Digital Video) for experimentation in audio-visual forms.

Assessment

Written work: 80% (7500 words)
Practical production exercise: 20% (1500 words)

Chief examiner(s)

Deane Williams

Contact hours

One 2-hour seminar and one 2-hour screening per week

Prerequisites

Major in Film and Television Studies or approved discipline

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Notes

Synopsis

Television has had a profound impact on human sense perception, resulting in radical changes to our experience of space and time This unit investigates a range of theories and critical approaches that have been developed to help us understand the complex relationship between television - as form, technique and technology - and contemporary forms of experience, such as distraction, despatialisation, boredom and compassion fatigue. It identifies questions of memory and history as key issues in the debates that have emerged around these changes to experience. Investigation of this topic is grounded in close analysis of a diverse group of contemporary TV programs and local and global TV events.

Outcomes

By the completion of this unit students will be expected to demonstrate: 1) a good knowledge of the main theories and critical approaches to the relationship between television and experience developed in the past 15 years; 2) an in-depth understanding of the relationship between television and contemporary forms of experience as they relate to issues of memory and history; 3) an ability to apply relevant theories and critical approaches in close analysis of specific forms of television; 4) a high level of ability in engaging with written and visual (screen) texts in a clear and confident manner in both written and oral presentation; 5) development of research skills in data collection. An additional objective for fifth-year students is: 6) a deeper understanding of theoretical debates in the field of television studies, specifically at it applies to questions of memory and history.

Assessment

Written work: 80% (7000 words)
Participation and paper: 20%

Chief examiner(s)

Deane Williams

Contact hours

One 2-hour seminar and one 2-hour screening per week

Prerequisites

Honours degree (or equivalent) in Film and Television or approved discipline

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Synopsis

Through an in-depth analysis of current issues impacting upon international media and communications, this unit provides students with an understanding of the key quantitative and qualitative methodological approaches deployed in the discipline of Communications and Media Studies. This unit presents students with the opportunity to gain empirical and policy-based research skills, together with an awareness of the social and political issues of traditional and new media communications. Issues covered include, for example, the convergence of media and communications industries, international and national legislation, intellectual property regimes, and the 'public interest'.

Assessment

hort essay (3000 words): 30%
Research essay (5000 words): 50% +
Seminar presentation (c.1000 words): 10%
Seminar participation: 10%

Chief examiner(s)

Simone Murray

Contact hours

One 2-hour seminar per week

Prerequisites

None

Co-requisites

None

Prohibitions

None

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Notes

Synopsis

Remote sensing has become one of the important and widely applied methods for environmental and earth resource monitoring and evaluation. The information extracted from remotely sensed images may be used in many ways, e.g. as a basis for mapping land use/cover, for understanding environmental processes and for estimating biophysical variables. This unit will introduce the basic concepts and principles of remote sensing, and prepare students with image interpretation and digital image processing skills with an emphasis on the use of remote sensing imagery for vegetation, atmosphere, geology, soils and landform analysis.

Outcomes

1. To understand the major concepts and principles of remote sensing and digital image processing for environmental studies.
2. To identify the types of information that can be extracted from remotely sensed data on the environment.
3. To understand, explain and apply the fundamental image interpretation elements (e.g., tone, texture, size, shape, pattern, site and association)
4. To visually interpret aerial photos and satellite images.
5. To conduct digital image processing and analysis using a digital image processing system to extract information.
6. To understand how remotely sensed data are applied in environmental applications.

Assessment

Practicals: 40%
Project: 20%
Written examination: 40%

Chief examiner(s)

Xuan Zhu

Contact hours

One 2-hour lecture and One 3-hour practical

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Notes

Synopsis

This unit explores the concepts of regional development and sustainability, and draws attention to the practical constraints and issues associated with translating such concepts into regional policy and practice. Field-study takes place in South Africa and includes focus on topics such as: effects of commercial agriculture on soil and water quality; transnational water-sharing and flood management; ecotourism and conservation in nature parks; urbanisation, transportation and migration in environment-industry corridors; environmental education, health, and local ecological management.

Assessment

Field-study journal (3000 words): 35%
Oral presentation: 20%
Final research or development project proposal (5000 words): 45%

Contact hours

Intensive field-based unit

Prerequisites

Preferably 12 to 18 points of human geography or permission

Prohibitions

ATS3553

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Notes

Synopsis

National and international conflicts over the use of natural resources, eg rainforest destruction, land degradation, pressure on water supplies and common property resources. Analysis of resource disputes, including socio-political aspects and debate over causes and trajectories. Different managements approaches used to solve environmental problems, e.g. role of the state, communities, protected areas, and indigenous people.

Outcomes

Students successfully completing this unit will be expected to:

1. critically analyse the theoretical and empirical bases of resource management issues
2. appreciate the complex, intertwined nature of ecological, social, and political factors underlying resource management issues.
3. recognise, apply, and distinguish between the main explanatory theories
4. be able to construct critical and analytical arguments relevant to resource management issues in good quality writing.

Assessment

Written work: 55% (2500 words)
Tutorial participation 25%
Test 20%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Ben Reid

Contact hours

1 x 2hr lecture and 1 x 1hr tutorial per week

Prohibitions

ATS3554

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Notes

Synopsis

This unit engages in a comparative analysis of the geographical and economic dimensions of spatial and social change in the countries and regions of the Indo-Pacific Ocean rims. Themes include: state policies of economic growth, urbanisation and industrialisation, regional disparities in industrial growth, gender dimensions of industrialisation, politics of ethnicity; environmental outcomes of industrialisation, and urban governance.

Outcomes

Students successfully completing this unit will:

1. Show a sound understanding of theoretical concepts of state-led economic development, urbanisation, industrial growth, and regional development;
2. Develop a comparative analytical perspective for examining urbanisation and the role of the state in shaping spatial and economic development over time;
3. Gain in-depth understanding of the processes of spatial and social change occurring in one country region within the Indo-Pacific rims;
4. Be able to construct analytical arguments relevant to urbanisation and sustainable regional development issues in clear, concise, and grammatically correct English.

Assessment

Weekly tutorial commentaries (500 words) : 20%
Research essays (3000 words) : 50%
Examination (Take home 1000 words) : 20%
Tutorial Facilitation (20-25 minutes) : 10%

Chief examiner(s)

Haripriya Rangan

Contact hours

3 hours (1 hour lecture and 1x2 hour tutorial) per week

Prerequisites

Permission

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Synopsis

Under exceptional circumstances the department can organize a reading unit in an academically suitable area. The offering of such a unit is dependent on the availability and consent of a staff member able to conduct it, and on its likely impact on staff workload. Content, structure and schedule would be worked out between the tutor, the fourth-year co-ordinator and the student. Written assessment at the level of other fourth-year courses would be required.

Chief examiner(s)

Alan Dilnot

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Notes

Synopsis

This unit addresses the broad socio-cultural, political and physical contexts in which human service organisations are located. Students engage with, and critically reflect on the ideas and processes through which social, economic, political and juridical forces structure, define and legitimise the human services industry and human service organisations. Using case study and problem-based learning approaches, students examine the role, function, formation and resourcing of the human service organisation in rural, urban, regional and global contexts.

Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:

1. conduct an environmental analysis of a human service organisation;
2. identify and discuss the various roles, functions and responsibilities of the human service organisation in rural, regional, urban and global contexts;
3. critically discuss the emergence of new forms of organisational structure in the human services sector; 4) apply relevant theory to analysis of the socio-cultural, political and economic contexts in which human service organisations operate;
4. identify and critically review appropriate funding options and sources and prepare a funding submission;
5. conduct a literature review

Assessment

Written work: 100% (9000 words)

Chief examiner(s)

Chris Laming

Off-campus attendance requirements

Students will be expected to participate for a minimum of 1 x 1 hour per fortnight on-line discussion.

Prohibitions

APG5571

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Notes

Synopsis

This unit focuses on the principles and processes that shape and determine the internal culture of the human service organisation. Students will engage with topics covering, change management; procedural transparency; the learning organisation; human resource management; the impact and consequences of Government welfare policy; competition and collaboration; and public accountability. The unit offers a practical emphasis on professional skill development and encourages students employed in the field to draw on their own practice experience. Students will be encouraged to critically reflect on their own code of professional ethics and principles.

Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to;

1. Demonstrate knowledge, skills and awareness in the assessment, development and maintenance of appropriate organisational culture, while maintaining a strategic focus;
2. Knowledge of, and skills in applying ethical principles appropriate to the human services industry in human resource management and the maintenance of professional inter-personal relations;
3. Understanding of the principles of strategic approaches to implementing a social justice framework within a management context;
4. Knowledge and understanding of the principles and processes of change management theory in relation to human services.
5. Students will also be able to identify and develop appropriate approaches to organisational planning, decision-making and policy formulation for human services programs and critically discuss how external change effects the internal environment and culture of human services organisations.

Assessment

Written work: 100% (9000 words)

Chief examiner(s)

Cathy Trembath

Off-campus attendance requirements

Students will be expected to participate for a minimum of one hour per fortnight in on-line discussion.

Prohibitions

APG5572

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Synopsis

This unit functions as an advanced introduction into the world of historical research. It introduces students to some of the common problems and issues as well as key debates that confront all historians working with different types of primary sources. It explores the many ways in which the past is constructed through the production of history by challenging students to think about what history is, how different lenses inform our reading and making of histories, how and where different genres of primary sources can be found for a resourceful historian of the 21st century, and how these sources can best be used in shaping an intellectually rigorous dissertation.

Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will:

1. Have a deep understanding of the key debates that have taken place on the nature of history as a practice up until the present day
2. Recognise the different theoretical approaches or lenses (such as Marxist or Feminist) through which historians make history, and reconcile that with their own approaches to writing history
3. Develop the capacity to identify and access various repositories (such as digital libraries) to locate primary sources for their research
4. Become familiar with good practice in organising their primary sources, such as note-taking strategies, and reading and using different types of primary sources effectively in their work
5. Develop an understanding of how to use quantitative sources effectively in history-writing, as well as how to effectively make quantitative judgements in their research
6. Have an appreciation of how archival sources, material culture, autobiographical sources, and audio-visual sources can be used effectively in research
7. Have further developed their oral and written communication skills

Assessment

Written assessment (100%)

Chief examiner(s)

Julie Kalman

Contact hours

One 2-hour seminar per week

Prohibitions

APG5618

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Notes

Synopsis

In this subject we consider the origins of the term 'genocide' and the different ways in which it has been defined before considering whether the concept might be a useful tool for understanding aspects of colonialism in two settler societies, colonial America and Australia: epidemic diseases; frontier violence; and assimilation (particularly the removal of Indigenous children). The unit will consider whether there are any continuities or causal connections between intellectual and political traditions associated with European imperialism and the Nazi German genocide of European Jewry, and will investigate the public reception of the concept of genocide in Australia and the United States.

Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be expected to:

1. have an understanding of the different ways in which genocide has been defined
2. appreciate the possible relationships or connections between colonialism in settler societies and the Nazi genocide
3. have an understanding of the debates which have occurred about the application of the concept of genocide to the history of settler societies
4. have a capacity to undertake higher level research in the subject area of this unit

Assessment

Tutorial participation: 10%; Short essay (3000 words): 30%; Research essay (6000 words): 60%

Contact hours

1 two-hour seminar for 12 weeks

Prohibitions

ATS4621, HYM5470

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Notes

Synopsis

Students undertake a reading program and research project in the field of history decided in consultation with the course coordinator and potential supervisor. Students will carry out their research and write a research paper under the supervision of a member of the academic staff.

Outcomes

A student successfully completing this unit will be able to demonstrate:

1. the ability to plan, implement and complete a research program under the supervision of academic staff;
2. a comprehensive knowledge of the main themes, questions and issues of a particular field of study;
3. an awareness of the major methodological, theoretical and thematic issues raised by their project;
4. an ability to develop sound conclusions and interpretations based upon the critical analysis of a range of evidence; and
5. the fluent, effective and coherent communication of research findings and relevant theoretical and conceptual conclusions.

Assessment

Research paper (18,000 words): 100%.

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Julie Kalman

Contact hours

1-2 hours of meetings per week with supervisor

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Notes

Synopsis

Students undertake a reading program and research project in the field of history decided in consultation with the course coordinator and potential supervisor. Students will carry out their research and write a research paper under the supervision of a member of the academic staff.

Outcomes

A student successfully completing APG4624 and APG4770 will be able to demonstrate:

1. the ability to plan, implement and complete a research program under the supervision of academic staff
2. a comprehensive knowledge of the main themes, questions and issues of a particular field of study
3. an awareness of the major methodological, theoretical and thematic issues raised by their project
4. an ability to develop sound conclusions and interpretations based upon the critical analysis of a range of evidence; and
5. the fluent, effective and coherent communication of research findings and relevant theoretical and conceptual conclusions.

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Julie Kalman

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Notes

Synopsis

This unit introduces student to principles and analytical methods of political ecology, and its application to analysing sustainable development and natural resources management. The first part of the unit introduces the theoretical foundations for the political ecology approach and explores its application to the issue of sustainable development. The second part of the unit uses the political ecology approach from an international comparative perspective for analysing development conflicts in a range of environmental sectors in international and Australian contexts, including farming and pastoralism, water, mining, fisheries and forests.

Assessment

Reading diary (200 words per week): 30%
Group presentation (20 - 25 mins per group): 20%
Individual research project (2500 words): 50%

Chief examiner(s)

Craig Thorburn

Contact hours

2 hour seminar and 1 hour tutorial per week

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Notes

Synopsis

This subject deconstructs the concepts of 'development', 'progress' and 'underdevelopment' before embarking on a historical examination of how various theories have been translated into policy and action. It then looks chronologically at the rise and demise of various doctrines and approaches, focusing on the role of international development aid and trade. It engages the core question of 'What can reasonably be said about the causes of changes in a country or a region's 'level of development'?' Through case studies, it underscores the particularity of individual countries' experiences, while attempting to draw out what are the basic principles that can be compared across time and space.

Outcomes

1. Understanding of basic historical and theoretical contexts of notions of 'development', both as a focus of social science and government practice
2. Understanding of how the literature has approached the analysis of international development policy and practice.
3. Through examination of country experiences, a sense of how to put these into particular context, and to examine critically their applicability to analysing and assessing development policies and practice as they have varied over time and between countries; also, the extent to which development policy and practice has been driven by 'ideas' rather than indigenous political and social realities.

Assessment

Annotated bibliography/country report (2000 words): 67%
Reading diary (800 words): 23%
Seminar presentation/facilitation: 10%

Contact hours

One 1-hour lecture and one 2-hour tutorial/seminar per week, offered contiguously.

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Notes

Synopsis

This unit explores civil and human rights campaigns since 1945. It examines their origins and outcomes, and the ways in which they drew from and contributed to an emerging international framework. Further case studies include women's rights and sexual liberation, freedom of speech, capital punishment, economic justice and unfair trade. The unit examines the development of global movements and organisations, new technologies and tactics of protest and the formation of virtual communities of activism. It also covers the relationship between universal notions of justice and differences of gender, culture and belief, and potential differences between local and global understandings of 'rights'.

Outcomes

Students successfully completing this unit will be expected to demonstrate:

1. a comprehensive understanding of the key intellectual and political debates about the nature of justice, civil rights and human rights on a global scale, as well as the relationship between universal notions of justice and rights and arguments about difference and diversity;
2. a thorough grasp of the key differences and similarities in the arguments, objectives, strategies and outcomes of significant campaigns for justice and rights during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, of the links and tensions between local and global campaigns and movements, and of the development of global civil and human rights frameworks;
3. strong skills in the critical reading of a variety of texts, including contemporary documents, polemical literature and campaign material, the academic scholarship based upon those texts and the theoretical and conceptual debates about justice and rights;
4. strong skills in critical oral and written assessment of the academic scholarship, including methods, assumptions and uses of evidence, and in organising and defending a verbal and written argument based upon those assessments;
5. a capacity to devise, plan and successfully complete a detailed case study, including significant documentary research, that evaluates the significance of a particular campaign, organisation or issue; and
6. a capacity to reflect upon and make critical use of a range of resources including, where relevant, on-line materials, film and visual images.

Assessment

Tutorial presentation and review paper (2000 words): 30%; Research essay (5000 words): 50%; Take-home exam (2000 words): 20%.

Chief examiner(s)

Jamie Agland

Contact hours

A two-hour seminar per week

Prohibitions

ATS4810, APG5629

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Notes

Synopsis

An advanced introduction to sociolinguistics in its application to the study of Japanese and English usage in contact situations. Special emphasis is placed on intercultural communication, cross-cultural discourse patterns and speech acts, and Japanese language contact.

Assessment

Written and oral work: 100%

Contact hours

3 hours (2 x 1 hour seminars and 1 x 1 hour tutorial) per week

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Notes

Synopsis

A broad introduction to theoretical and practical issues in the teaching and acquisition of Asian languages. Topics include communicative competence (what students need to know in order to interact in Asian languages); the aims of language teaching; how people learn language; course design; approaches and methods; and assessment. The aim is not to provide definitive answers but to introduce students to a cross-section of current thinking and research on relevant issues. Seminar discussions and activities will enable students to relate the general issues to their own teaching and learning situations and to learn from the experience of others.

Outcomes

Be aware of a cross-section of current thinking and research on issues relevant to the teaching and learning of second or foreign languages, especially Asian languages. Be able to apply this knowledge to practical teaching and learning situations and problems. Develop skills in finding, reading and interpreting research articles relating to language teaching/learning. Develop abilities in academic writing, and in oral presentation. Relate prior learning in areas of applied linguistics and related disciplines to theoretical issues in language teaching and learning, and to the understanding of research in the field.

Assessment

Written work and class presentation: 80%
Test: 20%

Chief examiner(s)

Robyn Spence-Brown

Contact hours

3 hours (2 x 1 hour seminars and 1 x 1 hour tutorial) per week

Prohibitions

APG5633

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Notes

Synopsis

A selection of topics from Japanese linguistics, such as phonology, morphology, syntax, lexicon and semantics.

Assessment

Written and oral work: 100%

Chief examiner(s)

Helen Marriott
Jun Yano

Contact hours

2 hours (2 seminars) per week

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Notes

Synopsis

This unit explores the ways in which the philosophical basis, role and activities of journalism have developed in relation to social context. It takes a comparative approach to historical and contemporary forms of journalism in western liberal democracies, post-colonial multi-party states and single-party states, and relates professional and community practice in journalism to developments in the political, economic and coercive fields. Among other themes it will consider internationalisation of news flows, development journalism, policy initiatives such as NWICO (the New World Information and Communication Order), free speech and censorship, and public/private sector media. It emphasises the specificity of historical and geographic factors within larger structural developments, and takes a comparative and critical approach to the use and evaluation of social theory.

Outcomes

At the satisfactory completion of this unit, students will be able to:

1. compare and evaluate the contribution of different approaches to journalism to social goals
2. demonstrate an understanding of theoretical debates in the conceptualisation and evaluation of journalism
3. critically analyse the way professional principles such as 'public right to know', 'freedom of expression' and 'access to information' relate to historically and geographically specific social contexts
4. relate the scholarly issues and debates to the professional perspectives of practitioners in these fields.

Assessment

Participation in online discussion group (1200 words): 30%
Tutorial report and presentation of research work-in-progress (800 words ): 20%
Research essay (2,500 words): 50%

Chief examiner(s)

Associate Professor Philip Chubb

Contact hours

2 hour seminar per week

Prohibitions

APG5640

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Notes

Synopsis

This unit introduces students to a set of research and reporting approaches that enable in-depth investigation of environmental issues. The subject is designed to demonstrate a variety of practical research techniques, drawing on a broad range of scientific and social sources; to explore the relationship of media reporting and social change; and for students to produce in-depth investigations of their own.

Outcomes

On satisfactory completion of this unit students will be able to

1. recognise the local and global dimensions of high quality environmental reporting
2. contribute to a national or international database of investigative resources and sources on environmental issues.
3. utilize a range of research skills in finding and interviewing a wide range of sources.
4. produce quality environmental reporting relevant to both local and global audiences
5. understand and utilise narrative and presentation techniques appropriate to in-depth journalism.
6. demonstrate an understanding of the roles of environmental reporting in a context of marked environmental and social change.

Assessment

News Report: 25%
Feature Report: 50%
Online contribution: 25%

Chief examiner(s)

Philip Chubb

Contact hours

One 2-hour seminar per week

Prerequisites

APG4773 and APG4774

Prohibitions

APG5641

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Notes

Synopsis

This unit introduces students to a set of research and reporting approaches and techniques that enable in-depth investigation. The subject is designed to demonstrate a variety of practical research techniques, especially the use of public records and databases; to explore the relationship of investigative and news reporting; and to assist students to produce in-depth investigations of their own.

Outcomes

On satisfactory completion of this unit students will be able to:

1. recognise what distinguishes investigative journalism from other journalism.
2. develop their own ideas for investigative projects.
3. utilize advanced skills in finding and interviewing a wide range of sources.
4. employ a range of investigative research techniques
5. understand and utilise narrative and presentation techniques appropriate to in-depth journalism.
6. demonstrate an understanding of the role of investigative journalism in a democratic society and an appreciation of its practical link to the concept of the 'public right to know'.

Assessment

Minor project 1: 15%
Minor project 2: 25%
Major project: 40%
Online contribution:20%

Chief examiner(s)

Associate Professor Philip Chubb

Contact hours

One 2-hour seminar per week

Prohibitions

APG5642

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Notes

Synopsis

This unit examines basic concepts of intercultural communication: face and politeness in language; the relation between cultural values and discourse; cultural variation in speech acts, turn taking rules and formulaic patterns; cultural differences in the organization of written and spoken discourse; and examines theoretical explanations of their interaction in intercultural communication. Case studies drawn from a wide variety of cultures will provide opportunities to examine language use in light of broader cultural, political and social issues such as stereotyping and discriminatory language, cultural expectation and attitudes, cultural awareness training, language reform and policies.

Outcomes

On the successful completion of this unit it is expected that students will:

1. be aware of key directions which research has taken in the field of intercultural communication be sensitive to inter-cultural differences in communication patterns and cultural expectations
2. understand the key concepts of face and politeness in language; the relation between cultural values and discourse; cultural variation in speech acts, turn taking rules and formulaic patterns; cultural differences in the organization of written and spoken discourse; and be able to examine their interaction in intercultural communication
3. know what kinds of questions to ask about communication patterns in a culture with which they are not (very) familiar
4. be able to conduct smallscale research in the area of intercultural communication
5. be able to analyze cultural differences in expectations regarding different aspects of communication and identify possible causes of communication breakdown More generally students are expected to develop their abilities to
6. read and think critically
7. gain experience in the conduct of research
8. use analytic and interpretive skills in dealing with language data
9. present logical, coherent arguments both orally and in writing

Assessment

Written work: 90%
Class or online participation: 10%

Chief examiner(s)

Prof Farzad Sharifian

Contact hours

1 two-hour lecture/seminar

Prohibitions

Either APG4652 or APG5652 but not both

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Notes

Synopsis

This unit provides students with an introduction to research methods and theories in the Humanities. The unit requires students to address critically the theories and methods underpinning research in their own discipline of research, as well as developing their general research, argumentation and presentation skills

Outcomes

On the completion of this unit students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate critical reading and analysis skills
2. provide a synthesis of diverse material on specific topics and an evaluation of their applicability to specific research projects
3. Effectively use research tools such as databases
4. Present the results of their research coherently and effectively, both in written and in oral forms

Assessment

Written (8000 words): 90%
Presentation (1000 words): 10%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Sarah McDonald

Contact hours

One 2-hour seminar per week

Prerequisites

Completion of a major

Co-requisites

Enrolment in Honours

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Notes

Synopsis

Islamic Business and Economics has been hotly debated. As a result, many companies throughout the Islamic and non-Islamic world have new policies that are sympathetic to Islamic values. This unit introduces students to the principles of Islamic business values and ethics via carefully selected case studies. We ask what has been driving changing business practices? Is the rise of economically powerful Islamic actors one reason? Is OPEC just an ordinary cartel or do Islamic values come into play? Our interdisciplinary approach draws on the expertise of scholars and business people.

Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit students will be expected to:

1. Understand the basic principles of Islamic business and economics
2. Have a clear understanding how why and how these principles have been spreading globally and the conditions which make particular societies receptive to these idea
3. Have a good knowledge of some of the most important examples of Islamic business and economic practice at the global and local level in Australia
4. Have an understanding of the relationship between Islamic business and economic practice and how these relate to non-Islamic principles and practice
5. Have participated in vigorous group discussions and collaborative work in preparing for their research efforts into this area

Assessment

Assignment (1200 words): 10%
Class presentation and written work (1500 words): 25%
Research paper (4000 words): 65%

Chief examiner(s)

Antonia Vicziany

Contact hours

One 2-hour lecture
One 1-hour seminar per week in a three-hour block.

Prerequisites

An undergraduate degree in any discipline

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Notes

Synopsis

This unit surveys policy issues relevant to complex crisis responses by the international community utilising guest lecturers from various fields including faculties, non-governmental organisations, and security sectors. The unit provides a historical overview of international interventions IN natural disasters, conflict, and human security issues. Topics covered
include international human rights and legal instruments; international, regional and national policies and approaches, disaster preparedness and mitigation strategies. Field based case studies are used in workshop formats to support lectures.

Outcomes

On satisfactory completion of this subject, students will have developed research, critical thinking and writing of the highest academic standards.

Learning Objectives:

1. Critical understanding of the concepts behind human rights/international humanitarian law and international and regional strategies;
2. Critical understanding of field-based examples of crisis relief and response frameworks including integrated strategies that include humanitarian, social, political and security components;
3. Development of analytical skills that help to question the appropriateness of relief responses and interventions - eg the debate about the respective roles of humanitarian and military agencies, peace with justice, etc
4. Capacity for independent, self-motivated research;
5. Capacity to write lucid, critical, balanced assessments of crisis management;
6. Opportunities to specialise in particular areas of human rights/crisis management by the provision of world class research training and supervision.

Assessment

A short essay on 'Principles' (1,000 words): 15%
Ppt/oral presentation at the one day seminar: 10%
Research essay (7,000 words): 75%

Chief examiner(s)

Antonia Vicziany

Contact hours

33 hours of lecture/seminars in block mode plus a one day seminar consisting of 15 min project presentations by each student.

The block mode will be delivered from 19 - 27 March 2012.
[Further information on dates http://arts.monash.edu.au/mai/pgrad/maicm.php]

Prohibitions

APG5655

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Notes

Synopsis

This unit surveys a range of action-oriented strategies relevant to complex crisis responses by the international community utilising guest lecturers from various fields including faculties, non-governmental organisations, emergency and security components. The unit provides a historical overview of international responses and interventions to natural disasters, conflict, and human security issues. Topics covered include Needs Assessments, Monitoring and Evaluation, SPHERE Minimum Standards, people-oriented strategies, building capacities, disaster mitigation and preparedness. Field based case studies are used to support seminars.

Outcomes

On satisfactory completion of this subject, students will be able to analyse, design and produce research papers and models on crisis action and response mechanisms.
Specifically the learning outcomes are:

1. Critical understanding of the concepts pertaining to operational modalities and the timing of appropriate exit strategies;
2. Critical understanding of field-based examples of crisis relief and responses in a manner that contextualises crisis management within the cultural, social, political, economic cultures of the areas in crisis;
3. Opportunities to specialise in particular areas of crisis response and recovery by the provision of world class research training and supervision;
4. Development of analytical skills that help to question the appropriateness of relief responses and interventions through principles such as Do No Harm;
5. Capacity for independent, self-motivated research;
6. Capacity to write lucid, critical, balanced assessments of crisis action and response;

Assessment

A short essay on 'The Operational Aspects of Crisis Management' (1,000 words): 15%
Ppt/oral presentation at the one day seminar: 10%
Research essay (7,000 words): 75%

Contact hours

33 hours of lecture/seminars in block mode plus a one day seminar consisting of 15 min project presentations by each student.

Prerequisites

APG4655

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Notes

Synopsis

This unit will survey a range of policy issues relevant to building and restoring democratic and electoral processes in post-conflict societies. The unit will provide a historical overview of the processes, international institutions and practice and debates including the liberal peace agenda. Field based case studies and evidence based best practice will be used in workshop formats to support lecture style presentations.

Outcomes

On satisfactory completion of this subject, students will have developed research, critical thinking and writing of the highest academic standards.

Learning Objectives:

1. Critical understanding of the concepts behind the stabilization processes in post-conflict societies.
2. Critical understanding of field-based examples relevant to the unit.
3. Development of analytical skills that help to question the appropriateness of responses and interventions.
4. Capacity for independent, self-motivated research.
5. Capacity to write lucid, critical, balanced assessments of crisis management.
6. Opportunities to specialise in particular areas of building democratic and civil society institutions and electoral management by the provision of world class research training and supervision.

Assessment

Powerpoint/oral presentation at the one day seminar: 10%
A short essay (1,000 words): 15%
Research essay (7,000 words): 75%

Contact hours

33 hours of lecture/seminars in block mode including a seminar consisting of 10 min project presentations by each student.

The block mode will be delivered from 5 - 9 March 2012.
[Further information on dates http://arts.monash.edu.au/mai/pgrad/maicm.php]

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Notes

Synopsis

This unit provides the student with an opportunity to

1. take up examples from their own professional work and subject this to detailed analysis with the support of the supervisor - this option only applies to professionals who have been working with NGOs, agencies etc in the field prior to their enrolment; or
2. to undertake an analysis of a particular theory or case study of importance to the current or future professional development of the student. In both cases the one-to-one relationship with the expert supervisor ensures that a carefully structured reading and writing program is developed in a manner directly relevant to the research topic.

Outcomes

On the completion of this unit the student will have acquired the capacity to write longer, integrated and sustained critical arguments which would enable the best students to articulate into a Masters by research degree or a PhD:

1. To provide the student with close access to a high level expert in the field of Crisis Management.
2. To closely supervise the literature review that the student undertakes.
3. To ensure that the student develops high competencies in accessing relevant documentary and internet materials.
4. To enhance the critical analytical and writing skills of the student via intensive discussions with their supervisors.

Assessment

Research Project (9,000 words): 100%

Contact hours

An average of 10 hours per week in private research and assessment projects.

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Notes

Synopsis

In this unit students consider individual, group and social processes driving creativity and creative action. Themes include the role of cognition, imagination, judgment, criticism, personality, materials, forms, humor, social milieu, and cities in the creative process. The aim is for students to understand the multiple factors affecting creativityand how creative individuals, organizations and societies are possible. Examples will be drawn from a wide variety of creative arts including theatre, film and visual arts, architecture, music, writing and publishing.

Outcomes

On the successful completion of this unit, students will be able to demonstrate:

1. An understanding of the general nature of creative processes.
2. An understanding of the relation between individual, group and social aspects of creativity.
3. An enhanced capacity to identify creative acts, works, and processes.
4. An ability to explain and analyze course concepts and debates in written and oral forms, and to engage at a high level of independent research.

Assessment

Essay 1 (theory and debates) (4000 words): 40%
Essay 2 (Case Study) (5000 words): 60%

Chief examiner(s)

Elizabeth Coleman

Contact hours

One 2- hour seminar per week

Prerequisites

Completion of Bachelor of Arts or equivalent

Prohibitions

APG5660

Refer to the specific census and withdrawal dates for the semester(s) in which this unit is offered, or view unit timetables.

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Synopsis

In this unit students consider the political economy, economic growth, social impact, status and authority, policy environments, geographical location, and organizational forms of cultural and creative industries. The unit looks at how creative industries and cultural institutions relate to creative energies and processes. The relationship between society, art, cultural bodies and the economy is analyzed. Examples are drawn from a wide variety of culture industries including theatre, film and visual arts, architecture, music, writing and publishing - and cultural institutions such as museums, galleries, cultural media and universities.

Outcomes

On the successful completion of this unit, students will be able to demonstrate:

1. An understanding of theories and major analyses of creative and cultural industries.
2. An understanding of the cultural, social and economic significance of creative and cultural industries.
3. An enhanced capacity to analyze the functioning of creative industries.
4. An ability to explain and analyze course concepts and debates in written and oral forms, and to engage at a high level of independent research.

Assessment

Essay 1 (theory and debates) (4000 words): 40%
Essay 2 (case study) (5000 words): 60%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Elizabeth Paton

Contact hours

One 2- hour seminar per week

Prerequisites

Completion of Bachelor of Arts or equivalent

Prohibitions

APG5662