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APG5229Prosperity, poverty and sustainability in a globalised world

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Arts

This unit seeks to answer the question, ‘what drives sustainable economic prosperity?’ To answer, the unit begins with prominent economic theorising around channels of economic prosperity, including the role of technology, specialisation,...

ATS3407Psychoanalytic readings - Freud, Jung, Lacan

UnitLevel 3|6 credit points|Arts

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

UnitLevel 2|6 credit points|Arts

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

UnitLevel 3|6 credit points|Arts

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...

AMG5197Public affairs and media

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Arts

Effectively navigating relationships with media and diverse publics is a core competency for professionals working in strategic communication. As digital platforms continue to shape how information circulates and influence is built, media...

Semester 2Malaysia

APG5998Public financial management

UnitLevel 5|Arts

Public financial management covers a range of resource management practices that underpin policy-making in contemporary government, including fiscal rules to guide government spending and borrowing, multi-year expenditure frameworks that...

Semester 2Australia (Other)

APG5081Public health ethics

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Arts

In this unit, you will explore foundational issues in public health ethics, which has been one of the fastest growing subdisciplines of bioethics during the 21st century. Following philosophical analysis of the concept and goals of public...

ATS2319Public policy: Practice and impact

UnitLevel 2|6 credit points|Arts

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

ATI5969Public policy simulation

UnitLevel 5|12 credit points|Arts

This unit examines a number of interrelated themes dealing with the resolution of various types of complex policy problems. Students will be assigned specific roles and participate in extended problem-based simulations. These theoretically...

ATS2996Public relations and society

UnitLevel 2|6 credit points|Arts

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

UnitLevel 3|6 credit points|Arts

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

UnitLevel 1|6 credit points|Arts

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

UnitLevel 2|6 credit points|Arts

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

APG5104Public sector reform

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Arts

The unit examines reform in the public sector in Australia and internationally, and the impact of public sector reform as a global phenomenon. It considers theoretical explanations of reform and implementation in practice. The focus is on...

Semester 1Caulfield

ATI5104Public sector reform

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Arts

The unit examines reform in the public sector in Australia and internationally, and the impact of public sector reform as a global phenomenon. It considers theoretical explanations of reform and implementation in practice. The focus is on...

Indonesia

ATS2355Race and power: Imagining Indigenous Australia

UnitLevel 2|6 credit points|Arts

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

UnitLevel 3|6 credit points|Arts

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

UnitLevel 2|6 credit points|Arts

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

UnitLevel 2|6 credit points|Arts

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

UnitLevel 2|6 credit points|Arts

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...