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ATS1343Popular music in global perspective

UnitLevel 1|6 credit points|Arts

Popular music, namely, music that appeals to large audiences and which is disseminated via mass media, is an increasingly global phenomenon. From rock to reggae, hip-hop to Afro-pop, this unit introduces you to select popular musics from...

Semester 2Clayton

ATS3725Population and society

UnitLevel 3|6 credit points|Arts

In this unit, you will examine the social dynamics of the Australian population. You will explore the key population concepts and tools and components of population change, and substantive issues including population ageing, patterns in...

Semester 1Clayton

ATS2856Populism and the crisis of democracy

UnitLevel 2|6 credit points|Arts

This unit will provide you with an understanding of one of the defining political phenomena of our times – populism. Several of the most prominent and controversial leaders, parties and movements of recent years have been labelled as...

Semester 2Clayton

ATS3632Post-conflict: Justice, memory, reconciliation

UnitLevel 3|6 credit points|Arts

This unit examines the emergent histories of post-genocide and post-conflict societies. It explores the negotiation of perpetrator, victim and bystander identities after genocide through histories of return and diaspora; and considers the...

Semester 1Clayton

ATS3639Poverty, climate change and international justice

UnitLevel 3|6 credit points|Arts

What does justice demand of rich individuals and/or nations in response to poverty, climate change and natural disasters? What difference does it make if these misfortunes occur inside or outside of our national border? What is the proper...

Semester 2Clayton

AMU2019Power and conflict: The international politics of the Asia Pacific

UnitLevel 2|6 credit points|Arts

In this unit, you will analyse the factors that shape the international relations and foreign policies of Asia Pacific states. In the first part of the unit, you will examine the different forms of modernisation and related ideologies that...

Semester 1Malaysia

ATS3293Power, place and people: European legacies, global resistance, and transculturation

UnitLevel 3|6 credit points|Arts

This unit examines cultural clashes and mutual influences between Europe and the World, and how European-language cultures across the globe have rejected, adopted, adapted, and transformed European cultural legacies.

Semester 1Clayton

ATS2556Power struggles: anti-colonialism and anti-racism in history

UnitLevel 2|6 credit points|Arts

The struggle of colonised peoples to attain independence from foreign domination is one of the defining features of contemporary world history. In this unit, you will explore modern anti-colonial movements in the Asia-Pacific, Africa and...

ATS3181PPE global study tour

UnitLevel 3|6 credit points|Arts

Designed exclusively for PPE students, this study tour will immerse you in the political, philosophical, and economic issues of a major society in the Indo-Pacific region. PPE students will meet with and learn from academics and...

Summer AOverseas

ATS3544Practical archaeology in the field

UnitLevel 3|12 credit points|Arts

The unit provides you with a thorough grounding in archaeological field techniques. Field techniques include pre-fieldwork preparations and critical analysis of different approaches by archaeologists to find, record and excavate sites....

Clayton

ATS1090Practice of journalism

UnitLevel 1|6 credit points|Arts

The unit introduces the key practices of research and reporting for news journalism, including the technical production and narrative conventions for print and online media. You research and produce original news stories to deadline and...

Semester 2Caulfield

ATS3094Preparing for careers in the performing arts industry

UnitLevel 3|6 credit points|Arts

This unit examines fundamental aspects of the Australian performing arts sector, focusing on the development of skills, knowledge and ways of working that will support your transition from study to industry. You will undertake a range of...

Semester 1Clayton

ATS3161Prisons and punishment

UnitLevel 3|6 credit points|Arts

Prisons primary aim is to deter further offending, and improve community safety but how successful is it in fulfilling these mandates? Over the course of this unit we will consider the main theories and issues relating to contemporary...

Semester 1Clayton

ATS3309Producing and consuming Japan: A study tour through local geographies and consumption practices

UnitLevel 3|6 credit points|Arts

This intensive study program enables you to recognise and assess the nature of consumption practices in Japan. Japan is famous internationally for its production of consumer goods. This unit addresses more specifically the diversity of...

Overseas

ATS2910Professional and academic presentation skills

UnitLevel 2|6 credit points|Arts

In this unit, you participate in learning practices and activities directly concerned with presentation skills as practiced in academic and professional environments. You are introduced to key performance presentation concepts and given...

WinterSummer BClayton

ATI5044Professional internship

UnitLevel 5|12 credit points|Arts

Students undertake tasks or contribute to a workplace project defined by a domestic or international partner organisation. The placement may be an affiliated arrangement where a consultancy or research project is carried out in association...

ATS3935Professional practice

UnitLevel 3|6 credit points|Arts

You will undertake a professional placement with a host partner organisation. The host partner organisations are from a diverse range of industries and sectors, including government departments, private industry and not-for-profit...

Summer ASemester 1Semester 2Clayton

APG5044Professional skills for internship

UnitLevel 5|12 credit points|Arts

This unit accompanies your internship placement and provides the academic framework for reflecting on, analysing, and communicating your professional learning. While the internship itself involves undertaking agreed tasks or contributing...

Summer ASemester 1Semester 2Caulfield

ATS1298Professional writing

UnitLevel 1|6 credit points|Arts

In the modern workplace, the ability to communicate well in different forms (spoken and written) and contexts (online, face to face, and formal documents) is highly valued. In this unit we will focus on developing effective communication,...

Semester 2CaulfieldClayton

ATS3971Propaganda: Dark arts in a digital age

UnitLevel 3|6 credit points|Arts

In this unit you, will examine propaganda, ‘disinformation’ and influence operations in a digital age. You will learn about the history of propaganda in politics and conflicts, and how this helps us understand its contemporary practice....