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APG5608Translating literary and cultural narratives

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Arts

Elective unit of the Master in Interpreting and Translation Studies (MITS). It addresses 21st century methodologies for research in literary translation studies, concentrating on debates around migration, identity and cultural translation....

WinterClayton

APG5883Translation project

UnitLevel 5|12 credit points|Arts

The project consists of a practical translation component of approximately 6,000-7,000 words, with a substantial critical introduction (written in English) of 2,000-3,000 words. ‘Practical translation’ may be construed broadly and is not...

Semester 1Clayton

APG5881Translation studies abroad 1

UnitLevel 5|12 credit points|Arts

Students will undertake in-country study at the institution with which Monash University has an exchange agreement. This study will be the equivalent of 12 points of fifth-year postgraduate study in Arts at Monash University in the form of...

Semester 1Semester 2Overseas

APG5882Translation studies abroad 2

UnitLevel 5|12 credit points|Arts

You will undertake in-country study at the institution with which Monash University has an exchange agreement. This study will be the equivalent of 12 credit points of fifth-year postgraduate study in Arts at Monash University in the form...

Semester 1Semester 2Overseas

APG5611Translation technologies

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Arts

This unit offers you a chance to engage with cutting-edge technologies in translation and multilingual communication. You will develop the skills necessary to work effectively with computer-assisted translation and machine translation...

Clayton

ATS3956Trauma and memory in the modern world

UnitLevel 3|6 credit points|Arts

How do traumatic histories shape individual lives, political communities, and cultural memory long after violence itself has ended? How do experiences of war, displacement, illness, mourning, shame, and survival become narratable—or resist...

Semester 2Clayton

ATS2267True happiness: The art, practice and science of human flourishing

UnitLevel 2|6 credit points|Arts

This elective will explore the art, practice and science of contemplative practices and how they can contribute to authentic and sustainable happiness and human flourishing, even in the face of adversity. Important questions will be...

Semester 1Semester 2Clayton

ATS3327True happiness: The art, practice and science of human flourishing

UnitLevel 3|6 credit points|Arts

This elective will explore the art, practice and science of contemplative practices and how they can contribute to authentic and sustainable happiness and human flourishing, even in the face of adversity. Important questions will be...

Semester 1Semester 2Clayton

APG5196True happiness: The how of human flourishing

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Arts

In this unit you will explore the art, practice and science of contemplative practices and how they can contribute to authentic and sustainable happiness and human flourishing, even in the face of adversity. Important questions you will be...

Semester 1Clayton

ATS2792Understanding Australia: From the deep past to the present

UnitLevel 2|6 credit points|Arts

In this unit, you will be introduced to key moments, themes, and controversies in Australian history. The story of Australia and its peoples is traced through a series of central themes: the experiences, knowledge, and perspectives of...

Semester 2CaulfieldClayton

ATS2040Understanding contemporary China

UnitLevel 2|6 credit points|Arts

The unit introduces you to perspectives on contemporary Chinese culture and society as presented in academic publications, social commentary, media reports and on the Chinese Internet. It covers key topics in cultural studies, politics and...

Semester 1Clayton

ATS3805Understanding contemporary Korean society and culture through literature and media

UnitLevel 3|6 credit points|Arts

This advanced unit critically examines various forms of writing, literature, and media produced on the Korean peninsula from the colonial period (1910–1945) to the present day. You will encounter a variety of text types, including short...

Semester 1Clayton

ATS1421Understanding crime

UnitLevel 1|6 credit points|Arts

In the unit, you will consider crime as a social phenomenon and map key theoretical frameworks that have been advanced to explain crime and deviance. You will engage your 'criminological imagination' to understand the causes of crime, and...

Semester 1CaulfieldClayton

ATS1261Understanding human behaviour

UnitLevel 1|6 credit points|Arts

The unit introduces you to cognitive-behavioural, psychodynamic and social understandings of human behaviour. This multi-disciplinary orientation, including studies of the human mind, consciousness, emotion, and normal and abnormal...

Semester 1CaulfieldClayton

APG5456Understanding media audiences

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Arts

In this unit, you explore the complex relationship between media and audiences, users and consumers. You examine key qualitative methods for researching media audiences in order to analyse how audience experiences, agency, participation,...

Semester 1Caulfield

ATS3801Understanding media violence

UnitLevel 3|6 credit points|Arts

In this unit you will examine conceptual and methodological tools to make sense of media violence. You will explore how and why violence became a driving force in media industries and economies, and why, as a result, media violence is a...

Semester 2Caulfield

ATS2298Understanding political violence

UnitLevel 2|6 credit points|Arts

This unit will provide you with an overview of contemporary types of political violence, including terrorism, guerrilla warfare, insurgency, revolution, and related forms of violence. You will examine the different ways in which political...

Semester 1Clayton

ATS1262Understanding social behaviour

UnitLevel 1|6 credit points|Arts

This unit introduces you to range of key issues regarding human behaviour in its social context. Contemporary understandings of health, quality of life, social inclusion, and resilience are explored, while introducing you to concepts and...

Semester 2CaulfieldClayton

ATS1280Understanding the media

UnitLevel 1|6 credit points|Arts

The media play a central role in all aspects of contemporary life. In this unit you will consider the field of media studies by investigating a variety of media forms - from film and radio to video games and social media - with a...

Semester 2CaulfieldClayton

APG5455Understanding the screen brain, AI and data futures

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Arts

This unit explores the mechanisms underpinning screen image perception and comprehension. By examining how our mind, brain and body work in tandem when engaging with the screen, it explains how the screen image moves viewers and to what...