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ATS3253Leadership and change in politics, philosophy and economics

UnitLevel 3|6 credit points|Arts

In your final year of the PPE degree, you will apply your newly-aquired skills and knowledge to real-world problems. This experiential learning-based unit focuses on the issue of inequality: where does it come from, how can we measure it,...

Semester 2Clayton

APG5471Leadership in intercultural environments

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Arts

In this unit, you will explore how discourses of equity, diversity and inclusion invite us to rethink current leadership models. You will examine how intersectionality challenges dominant views of leadership, and re-imagine new...

Semester 1Semester 2Caulfield

ATS3903Leadership, politics and power

UnitLevel 3|6 credit points|Arts

How do we make sense of political leadership? What makes a “good” leader? In this unit, you will critique and investigate the nature of political leadership, challenges posed against it, and its impacts. You will explore the intersections...

Semester 2Clayton

APG5602Legal and financial translation

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Arts

The unit addresses specific translation issues in specialised fields of legal and financial translation. The focus is on the development of practical skills in translating authentic texts in these domains, critically applying theoretical...

ClaytonSuzhou (SEU)

ATS3124Life in the Soviet Union

UnitLevel 3|6 credit points|Arts

The unit will examine how Communism transformed everyday life in the Soviet Union by reshaping social structures and communal ties. How did the Bolshevik ascent to power reshape the private sphere? How did the Communist authorities try to...

Semester 2Clayton

ATS3324Lifestyle journalism

UnitLevel 3|6 credit points|Arts

This unit explores the research and reporting practices of Lifestyle Journalism, which fall into the category of popular journalism. Lifestyle Journalism is associated with travel, entertainment, leisure/fashion, lifestyle, food, music,...

Semester 1Caulfield

ATS1339Linguistic structure and language diversity

UnitLevel 1|6 credit points|Arts

There are 7,000+ living languages in the world, each of which have their own structures, communities of users and cultures. In this unit we explore this diversity. Drawing on data from English and a range of other languages, we investigate...

Semester 2Clayton

ATS3189Literary theory

UnitLevel 3|6 credit points|Arts

How do you know whether you are interpreting a literary text the ‘right’ way? This question goes to key issues of approach, method and disciplinarity which are collectively known as literary theory. Different literary theories are like...

Semester 1Clayton

ATS1076Literature and environment: Text, genre, world

UnitLevel 1|6 credit points|Arts

In this unit you will examine how literary texts frame and influence understandings of the natural world. You will explore texts from eighteenth-century Romanticism, through the era of industrialisation and empire, to the growth of...

Semester 2CaulfieldClayton

ATS3421Literature and modernism

UnitLevel 3|6 credit points|Arts

In this unit you will examine some of the major writers and texts of modernist literature from the Anglophone world from 1900 to 1940. You will discuss the famous works of 'High' modernism (e.g. Mrs Dalloway, The Waste Land), the...

Semester 2Clayton

ATS1079Live! From the past

UnitLevel 1|6 credit points|Arts

In this interdisciplinary unit you will step into the past and play immersive role playing games that bring history’s pivotal moments to life. You will receive expert introduction to a period and event and then play the roles of historical...

Semester 1Clayton

ATS2266Living a meaningful life: Wisdom traditions and their contemplative practices

UnitLevel 2|6 credit points|Arts

This unit will be informative, experiential and reflective. You will use teachings and texts from a number of the world's great wisdom traditions and their contemplative practices to help you reflect on and discuss some of life's most...

Semester 2Clayton

ATS3326Living a meaningful life: Wisdom traditions and their contemplative practices

UnitLevel 3|6 credit points|Arts

This unit will be informative, experiential and reflective. You will use teachings and texts from a number of the world's great wisdom traditions, and their contemplative practices to help you reflect on and discuss some of life's most...

Semester 2Clayton

ATS2718Love, families, and relationships

UnitLevel 2|6 credit points|Arts

In this unit, you will focus on intimate relationships and the complexities of contemporary love and changing families. You will examine theoretical perspectives on personal life and put diversities of contemporary relationships and...

Semester 2Clayton

ATS2371Magic, science and religion

UnitLevel 2|6 credit points|Arts

The unit enables you to gain understanding of what magic, ritual and spiritual beliefs means to people in the modern world. It also introduces first year students to some of the contributions that anthropologists and sociologists of magic...

Semester 2Clayton

ATS2671Managing intercultural communication

UnitLevel 2|6 credit points|Arts

The 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...

Semester 2Clayton

APG5470Managing multicultural teams

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Arts

In today's globalised world, particularly in multicultural societies such as Australia, all professions require a nuanced understanding of the challenges and opportunities created by cultural diverse workplace. 21st-century graduate...

APG5990Managing public sector organisations

UnitLevel 5|Arts

In the public sector and beyond, management is more than just a job title. It's a philosophy that’s shaped by each person's unique experiences, formal education, and professional development. These personal theories of management are...

Semester 2Australia (Other)

APG5189Measuring effectiveness in International Development

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Arts

Ensuring effectiveness is a key competency in international development practice, and has a wide range of applications in other cross-disciplinary sectors including public administration, the corporate sector and project management in the...

Semester 2Clayton

APG5752Media and communications field trip

UnitLevel 5|12 credit points|Arts

The unit will involve a study tour of major media organisations, with some attention also to creative, community and non-profit media. Most site visits will be in Melbourne and Sydney, but may also include international travel. You will...

Summer ACaulfield