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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...

ATS2211Understanding workplace innovation

UnitLevel 2|6 credit points|Arts

In every working environment the ability for employees to value-add and innovate is greatly valued by employers. In this intensive unit you will develop an understanding of innovation as a workplace attribute and social process. Through an...

Semester 2CaulfieldClayton

ATS3965Unity and diversity in China and global Sinophone communities

UnitLevel 3|6 credit points|Arts

In this unit, students explore the diversity of contemporary China and global Sinophone communities, reflecting on the meaning of “China,” “Chinese,” and “Chineseness” today. Beginning from an overview of theories of identity and a history...

Semester 1Clayton

APG5075Using data to understand family violence

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Arts

In this unit, you will examine key national and international databases that document patterns of gendered family violence. You will use information contained within these databases to develop relevant knowledge about the health and...

APG5139Using language data and technology

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Arts

In this unit, students will explore the growing need for large-scale language data in identifying patterns and trends in language use across multimedia, multimodal, and multilingual contexts. Students will develop skills to understand and...

Semester 2Clayton

ATS2469Victims, justice and the law

UnitLevel 2|6 credit points|Arts

The unit considers the concepts of justice, victims and the law as they exist within and beyond the legal system. The unit engages with historical and contemporary perspectives and constructions of these intersecting concepts to explore...

Semester 2Clayton

ATS2200Victorian literature

UnitLevel 2|6 credit points|Arts

In this unit you will examine texts published during Queen Victoria's reign of Britain (1837-1901), such as fiction, poetry, drama and periodicals. You will encounter novels published by canonical authors (e.g. Charles Dickens and the...

Semester 1Clayton

ATS3836Victorian parliamentary internship

UnitLevel 3|12 credit points|Arts

In this unit you will gain first-hand experience of parliamentary structures and processes. You will focus on Australian politics to develop your understanding and skills in public policy. You will work under the overall supervision of a...

Semester 1Clayton

ATS2999Video game music

UnitLevel 2|6 credit points|Arts

In this unit you will examine the historical development of video game music, its sociocultural context, and its unique interactive compositional potential. Video game music presents composers with creative and technical challenges,...

WinterClayton

ATS3999Video game music

UnitLevel 3|6 credit points|Arts

In this unit you will examine the historical development of video game music, its sociocultural context, and its unique interactive compositional potential. Video game music presents composers with creative and technical challenges,...

WinterClayton

ATS2280Video games: Industry and culture

UnitLevel 2|6 credit points|Arts

Video games have become a major media industry, generating large revenues and exerting an ongoing impact on older media forms. From game consoles to social media platforms to mobile devices, they account for an increasing share of media...

Semester 1CaulfieldClayton

APG5135Video journalism

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Arts

The unit provides a detailed exploration of the production practices, resources, technologies and genres of Video Journalism, including broadcast and online modes. It develops the key performance practices of voice presentation and...

Semester 2Caulfield