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ATS2640The ethics of global conflict

UnitLevel 2|6 credit points|Arts

When, if ever, is warfare justified? What about humanitarian intervention? What about violent revolution and terrorism? Why should civilians be protected in conflict? This unit will introduce you to theoretical approaches to the ethics of...

Semester 1Clayton

ATS2275The European Union: Challenges, crises and opportunities

UnitLevel 2|6 credit points|Arts

The European Union is a unique historic and political achievement. It helped turn Europe from a zone of war into a zone of peace, and it contributed to the consolidation of democracy in the post-fascist and post-communist eras. Yet it is...

WinterPrato

ATS3275The European Union: Challenges, crises and opportunities

UnitLevel 3|6 credit points|Arts

The European Union is a unique historic and political achievement. It helped turn Europe from a zone of war into a zone of peace, and it contributed to the consolidation of democracy in the post-fascist and post-communist eras. Yet it is...

WinterPrato

ATS3235The French Pacific: Immersion into (post)colonial francophone cultures

UnitLevel 3|6 credit points|Arts

This study tour offers a unique opportunity to experience francophone cultures of the South Pacific. You will undertake a two-week intensive program in New Caledonia or French Polynesia where you will stay with a host family/in a...

ATS1309The geography of global challenges

UnitLevel 1|6 credit points|Arts

How can we understand and address the interlinked global challenges of environmental degradation, economic inequality, and population growth? ‘The geography of global challenges’ is an introductory unit in Human Geography that grapples...

Semester 2Clayton

ATS1420The global crime problem

UnitLevel 1|6 credit points|Arts

The unit presents contemporary global challenges for those tasked with responding to crime and criminality. You will be presented with several topical issues that are key challenges for contemporary governments and non-state actors. The...

Semester 1Clayton

ATS3186The global south in international relations

UnitLevel 3|6 credit points|Arts

In this unit, you are introduced to the agency, role, perspectives, and lived experiences of the Global South in shaping contemporary international relations and global order. You will explore how historical and contemporary events and...

Semester 1Clayton

ATS2349The golden age of Athens

UnitLevel 2|6 credit points|Arts

This unit focuses on the city-state of Athens during the 5th century BCE: the period when, in a burst of creativity, her citizens produced their greatest achievements. The unit offers a historical and archaeological framework within which...

ATS2110The history of slavery: From antiquity to the present

UnitLevel 2|6 credit points|Arts

Slavery has existed since ancient times and has been used in societies as diverse as Ancient Rome and modern India, medieval Europe and nineteenth-century America. It still exists, in various forms, today. The unit investigates the meaning...

ATS2600The Holocaust

UnitLevel 2|6 credit points|Arts

This unit examines the Holocaust and its place in the broader phenomenon of genocide and mass killing in history. Major topics covered include antisemitism, the Nazi state, ghettos and death camps, responses of victims, and the role of...

Semester 2Clayton

ATS3584The Indigenous history of modern Australia

UnitLevel 3|6 credit points|Arts

In this unit, you will consider relations between Indigenous and non-Aboriginal people in Australia since 1770. The main topics will include the legal basis of British sovereignty; the nature of frontier contact; violence and the...

Semester 2CaulfieldClayton

ATS2199The inhuman body in the human world: Corporations and contemporary culture

UnitLevel 2|6 credit points|Arts

In this unit, you will explore the relationship between humans, cultures and the corporation. Drawing on social science and humanities-based analysis of corporate activity in western and non-western settings, you will critically examines...

Semester 2Clayton

ATS3947The making of a modern Korea: History and development

UnitLevel 3|6 credit points|Arts

This unit aims to provide you with a deeper understanding of the essential historical developments and philosophical constructs that have impacted the Korean Peninsula. It focuses on some of the most contentious areas of premodern and...

Semester 1Semester 2Clayton

ATS1610The making of the modern world, 1750 to the present

UnitLevel 1|6 credit points|Arts

What defines the modern age? In this unit you will explore three hundred years of history shaped by political, cultural, economic and scientific revolutions; expanding and disintegrating empires; periods of war, conflict, and disorder; and...

Semester 1CaulfieldClayton

ATS4348Theme and genre in literary studies

UnitLevel 4|12 credit points|Arts

In this unit we will examine a particular conjunction of theme and genre in a range works of literature chosen from several historical periods, paying close attention to both their literary forms, structures and techniques, and to the...

Semester 2Clayton

ATS1611The Medieval and Early Modern world, 1050-1750

UnitLevel 1|6 credit points|Arts

The modern world is founded on the concept of a rupture from the medieval and early modern past. But to what extent was this so? How does our understanding change when Europe is just one among several sites of historical interrogation? In...

Semester 2CaulfieldClayton

ATS2256The mind, the self and political behaviour

UnitLevel 2|6 credit points|Arts

In this unit, you will develop a unique perspective of the political world around us by exploring political realities through a psychological, and especially a social-psychological, lens. The primary objectives of the unit are two-fold....

Semester 2Clayton

ATS2337The Minotaur to the Trojan war: Aegean archaeology

UnitLevel 2|6 credit points|Arts

In this unit we examine the art, architecture, burials and beliefs of two important pre-classical Aegean cultures, the Minoans of Crete and the Mycenaeans of mainland Greece. We study the labyrinthine palaces of the Minoans, the frescos...

ATS3580The modern Middle East

UnitLevel 3|6 credit points|Arts

This unit examines the history of the Modern Middle East encompassing both the Arab and the non-Arab worlds. The politics, culture, and development of key countries will be analysed. Regional relationships and conflicts will be examined,...

Semester 1Clayton

ATS2875The moral psychology of evil

UnitLevel 2|6 credit points|Arts

This unit investigates the nature of evil, in light of psychological and other factors that enable people to commit acts of great evil. Questions discussed include: If an evildoer suffered serious childhood abuse, should this influence our...