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ATS3407Psychoanalytic readings - Freud, Jung, Lacan
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Introduction to the theories of Sigmund Freud, Jacques Lacan and Carl Gustav Jung, based on a close reading of seminal texts. Key concepts of Freud's, Jung's and Lacan's psychoanalysis in their historical intellectual context: the...
ATS2817Psychology of language
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Speaking something as complex as a human language is an amazing intellectual ability, and in this unit you will study those unconscious processes that underlie this ability. You will examine the distinctive features of language (both...
ATS3817Psychology of language
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Speaking something as complex as a human language is an amazing intellectual ability, and in this unit you will study those unconscious processes that underlie this ability. You will examine the distinctive features of language (both...
ATS2319Public policy: Practice and impact
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In this unit, you will examine the factors that shape public policy outcomes and the consequences (both deliberate and unintended) that result from particular policy choices. You will trace the theoretical and normative debates associated...
Semester 2Clayton
PBRL-USPECPublic relations
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This specialisation will prepare you for a public relations career. It develops a critical understanding of all aspects of communication management and the role of strategic public relations in society, with an emphasis on ethical...
ATS2996Public relations and society
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In this unit you will explore the theory and practice of public relations through the lenses of society and culture. Drawing on recent public relations scholarship you will learn diverse theoretical approaches to understanding public...
Semester 1Caulfield
AMU3070Public Relations: Cases and approaches
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This unit will introduce you to various contemporary practical challenges faced by the public relations and communications industry in a globalising world. You will be exposed to real life public relations cases that reveal how...
Semester 2Malaysia
ATS1125Public relations foundations
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What is public relations? Is it simply spin, a professional practice, a global industry, or all of these? How can you be an ethical communicator when representing your client or employer? This unit explores the fundamentals of public...
Semester 1Caulfield
ATS2455Public relations strategy
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In this unit, you learn to research, plan, write, and evaluate a public relations strategy. You will develop and apply your understanding of strategic and socially responsible communication by working through contemporary case studies and...
Semester 2Caulfield
ATS2355Race and power: Imagining Indigenous Australia
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This unit critically examines the ability of white Australia to know Indigenous people through the discursive power of representation. This unit explores white Australia's attempt to represent Indigenous people, moving beyond the...
ATS3989Reading across cultures
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Literature is often seen as a representative aspect of a specific culture, language and nation. But what constitutes the cultural, linguistic or national traits and traditions of any literary work is often a matter of contention. In this...
Semester 2Clayton
AMU2017Reading literature
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The primary aim of this elective is to encourage you to actively, ethically and critically read literature, whether originally written in, or translated into, English, in order to underscore its importance as aesthetic expression, cultural...
Semester 2Malaysia
ATS2492Reading the past: Shakespearean drama
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In this unit, you will work through three to five key play-texts by, or related to, William Shakespeare (1564-1616), with particular emphasis on the cultural, political, religious, industrial and ideological contexts of the work and its...
Semester 1Clayton
ATS2558Rebellion and revolt: Protest movements in the post-World War II world
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What can we learn from the past about how to effect change? This unit explores protest movements from around the world in the second half of the twentieth century. You will become familiar with selected case studies in the contemporary...
ATS2159Recording and computer music production
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The unit enables you to record and produce music in digital audio workstation environments. By recording environmental, instrumental and vocal sounds using accessible equipment, you will learn about music production, editing, mixing, and...
Semester 2Clayton
ATS2876Reinventing media: Creative solutions for a divided world
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A series of large-scale, interlocking challenges are facing societies globally, and digital news and the media play a central role. Misinformation. News fatigue, avoidance and boredom. Climate crisis. Global population shifts. Political...
Semester 1CaulfieldClayton
ATS1040Religions and society
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This unit is a general introduction to the study of religions, spirituality, and belief and non-belief, in the contemporary world. In particular, it introduces a range of theoretical and methodological approaches, and examines some of the...
ATS2313 Representing migration in Europe: Crisis, creativity and culture
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The United Nations estimates that in 2020, there were around 281 million international migrants in the world - or 3.6 per cent of the global population. Australia, for instance, is a nation defined by migration: as of 2016, 28 per cent of...
ATS3891Representing migration in Europe: Crisis, creativity and culture
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The United Nations estimates that in 2020, there were around 281 million international migrants in the world - or 3.6 per cent of the global population. Australia, for instance, is a nation defined by migration: as of 2016, 28 per cent of...
ATS3852Researching social justice
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In this unit, you will learn what social justice issues are in contemporary social sciences, why social scientists study social justice issues, and how we study them. You will gain insights into a diversity of online and offline methods...
Semester 2Clayton