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ATS2848The economic history of the modern world
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This unit introduces you to the economic history of the modern world. Employing recent insights from both history and economics, it examines major turning points, trends, and events in the development of the modern world. Upon completing...
Semester 2Clayton
ECX2144The economic history of the modern world
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This unit introduces you to the economic history of the modern world. Employing recent insights from both history and economics, it examines major turning points, trends, and events in the development of the modern world. Upon completing...
Semester 2Clayton
ATS2292The ethics of artificial intelligence
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Advances in artificial intelligence are poised to transform almost every aspect of modern society – ranging from how we work to how we create art, how we practice medicine to how we fight wars, and how we sentence criminals. This unit...
Semester 1CaulfieldClayton
ATS2640The ethics of global conflict
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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
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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...
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ATS2349The golden age of Athens
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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
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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
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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
ECX2641The Indian economy
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The rise of India on the world economic stage has been heralded for some time now. India’s economy is currently the fifth largest globally and poised to be the third largest by 2027. It is already the third largest in terms of purchasing...
ATS2199The inhuman body in the human world: Corporations and contemporary culture
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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
ATS2256The mind, the self and political behaviour
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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
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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...
ATS2875The moral psychology of evil
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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...
MTH2132The nature and beauty of mathematics
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This unit is intended for students with little or no mathematical background. Through the discussion of historical, practical and conceptual questions, it will emphasise the beauty and the power of mathematics. The number of topics covered...
Semester 1Clayton
FIT2014Theory of computation
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This unit introduces formal languages, models of computation, and computational complexity. It looks at what computers can and cannot compute. Topics include finite state automata, regular expressions, grammars, pushdown automata,...
Semester 1Semester 2ClaytonMalaysia
ATS2951 The politics of discrimination
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In this unit you will investigate the origins and impacts of discrimination, and strategies to combat it in politics and society. Grounded in political science theory and empirical evidence, you will analyse discrimination based on race,...
Semester 2Clayton
ATS2949The politics of sustainability
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In this unit, you will develop an interdisciplinary understanding of how global sustainability agendas are formulated and implemented in practice. You will examine the most influential global frameworks for sustainable development and...
Semester 1Clayton
ATS2893The Renaissance in Florence
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In this unit you will explores the political, social, and cultural history of Renaissance Florence through examination of the city’s urban, artistic, and political spaces. You will be invited to understand the city’s evolution from the...
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ATS2595The rise and fall of Nazi Germany
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The unit examines the course of German history from 1918 to 1945, focusing on the development, policies, course and implications of National Socialism as movement and regime. It explores the development, nature and decline of the Weimar...
Semester 2Clayton
CHE2164Thermodynamics 1
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Introduce fundamentals and applications of classical thermodynamics. Understand the concepts of heat, work, energy, and entropy, the First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics and their application. Introduction to the Carnot cycle and the...
Semester 1ClaytonMalaysia