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ATS3921Medieval Italy: Sites of encounter
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In this unit you will explore medieval Italy from the eleventh to the fourteenth centuries as a site of encounter between a range of religious and cultural traditions. You will be invited to understand the complex web of cultural...
ATS3171Medieval philosophy: Jews, Christians and Muslims on Plato and Aristotle
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This unit explores the major traditions that flourished and dominated the philosophical landscape of the Middle Ages (here referring especially to the 9th-14th centuries). Tracing the transmission of philosophical texts among Muslims,...
ATS3174Melbourne migrant cultures in contact
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Melbourne has been home to successive waves of migrants since the city's founding in 1835. In this unit you will consider the ways in which migrant communities have established themselves in Melbourne and the cultures they have created as...
Summer ASemester 1CaulfieldClayton
ATS2727Men, masculinity and society
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This unit explores recent sociological analyses of men and masculinity. In this unit you will develop a critical awareness of the status of men in society, be introduced to different sociological approaches to the study of men and...
Semester 2Clayton
ATS3882Metaphysics
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The primary focus of metaphysics is fundamental reality. Metaphysicians develop, and debate, competing conceptions of what there fundamentally is, and what it is fundamentally like. Broad categories that can be the focus of metaphysical...
Semester 2Clayton
APG5136Mindfulness for workplace wellbeing and productivity
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This unit will introduce the theory and practice of mindfulness, allowing you to engage in individual practice for both personal and professional benefit through improved wellbeing, productivity and effectiveness. You will explore...
Semester 1Semester 2Clayton
ATS2625Mobile worlds: Borders, displacement and belonging
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In this unit, you will explore socially and culturally diverse forms of human movement, mobility and migrant experience. This includes colonial settlers, permanent voluntary migrants, refugees, asylum seekers and displaced peoples, and...
Semester 1CaulfieldClayton
ATS3079Modern China: From the Middle Kingdom to Mao and beyond
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In this unit, you will learn the fundamentals of Chinese history since the First Opium War (1839-42), covering the nearly two centuries that have shaped the headline grabbing nation underpinning the global economy today. You will examine...
Semester 1Clayton
ATS2620Modern Japan: From Samurai to Pokemon
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In this unit, you will explore the history of Japan and East Asia via an examination of Japan’s final samurai-dominated shogunate, the Tokugawa (1603-1868), and the expansionist Empire of Japan (1868-1947), and its post-WWII...
Semester 2Clayton
ATS3719Modern political thought
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Modern political theorists grapple with significant political and social transformations such as capitalism, bureaucratisation, rationalisation and globalisation. They diagnose various 'pathologies' they fear might result from these...
Semester 1Clayton
ATS2882Monash Arts Malaysia: Global city Asia
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Drawing from the wide range of disciplines offered by the Faculty of Arts, Monash Arts Malaysia: Global city Asia uses contemporary Malaysian society as a gateway to understanding the challenges and opportunities occasioned by urbanisation...
Malaysia
ATS2881Monash Arts Prato: Discovering Europe
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Drawing from the wide range of disciplines offered by the Faculty of Arts, the Arts Italy Intensive offers you the opportunity to learn and experience the culture, history, language, society and landscape of one of the most influential...
Prato
A0001Monash Transition Program
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The Monash Transition Program is designed to support Indigenous Australians to make a successful transition to university study. It will help you develop the academic skills for success at university. Successful completion leads to a range...
APG5980Monash-Warwick University research thesis
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Under the supervision of suitable academic staff, you will conduct independent research on an appropriate topic. The research process results in the submission of a research thesis.
Semester 2Caulfield
ATS2202Monsters in popular culture
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In this unit, you will examine monsters such as vampires, zombies and demons in text and on screen. Using a comparative lens, you will investigate how the figures of these fictional creatures have been continuously re-adapted in popular...
Semester 2CaulfieldClayton
ATS1081Multicultural and multilingual society: Perspectives and practices
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In this unit you will explore the development and dynamics of multicultural and multilingual societies in Australia and global contexts. You will examine key dimensions including migrant communities, cultural identity formation, government...
Semester 1Clayton
MUSC-MAJMusic
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A major in music allows you to develop the necessary critical, analytical and interpretive skills to investigate various areas of musical thought and practice. In addition to the contextual study of music, you may participate in a range of...
MUSC-MINMusic
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A minor in music allows you to develop the necessary critical, analytical and interpretive skills to investigate various areas of musical thought and practice. In addition to the contextual study of music, you may choose to participate in...
ATS1346Music across place
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Through the study of selected musics from around the world, this unit explores the ways in which culture shapes the philosophies, techniques, organising principles and concepts of musical performance. By analysing performers, audiences,...
Semester 2Clayton
ATS1345Music across time
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This unit explores the historical conditions under which music was created and the purposes it served for composers, performers, patrons and the public. The unit utilises critical readings of historical and biographical texts in...
Semester 1Clayton