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  1. ATS3124Life in the Soviet Union

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    UnitLevel 36 credit pointsArts

    The unit will examine how Communism transformed everyday life in the Soviet Union by reshaping social structures and communal ties. How did the Bolshevik ascent to power reshape the private sphere? How did the Communist authorities try to...

    Semester 2Clayton

  2. ASP1022Life in the universe: Astrobiology

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    UnitLevel 16 credit pointsScience

    This unit focuses on understanding astronomical, geological, chemical, biological and technological conditions necessary for primitive and intelligent life. The topics covered include: stellar and planetary formation, dynamics of planetary...

    Semester 2Clayton

  3. BIO1022Life on Earth

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    UnitLevel 16 credit pointsScience

    This unit views the extraordinary diversity of life on Earth through the prism of evolutionary theory and in the context of human and environmental health. You will examine how animals and plants, through the agents of gene mutation and...

    Semester 2ClaytonMalaysia

  4. ATS3324Lifestyle journalism

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    UnitLevel 36 credit pointsArts

    This unit explores the research and reporting practices of Lifestyle Journalism, which fall into the category of popular journalism. Lifestyle Journalism is associated with travel, entertainment, leisure/fashion, lifestyle, food, music,...

    Semester 1Caulfield

  5. MTH2025Linear algebra (Advanced)

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    UnitLevel 26 credit pointsScience

    Vector spaces, linear transformations. Determinants, eigenvalue problems. Inner products, symmetric matrices, quadratic forms. Linear functionals and dual spaces. Matrix decompositions, least squares approximation, power method....

    Semester 1Clayton

  6. MTH2021Linear algebra with applications

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    UnitLevel 26 credit pointsScience

    Vector spaces, linear transformations. Determinants, eigenvalue problems, matrix decompositions. Inner products, least squares approximation. Applications to areas such as coding, economics, graph theory, Markov chains, differential...

    Semester 1Clayton

  7. LENL-MAJLinguistics and English language

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    Area of studyMajorUndergraduate48 credit pointsArts

    Linguistics and English Language is a major that is dedicated to the scientific study of language and its applications. Across our varied units, you will delve into the structure, diversity and use of languages across a range of settings,...

  8. LENL-MINLinguistics and English language

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    Area of studyMinorUndergraduate24 credit pointsArts

    Linguistics and English Language is dedicated to the scientific study of language and its applications. Across our varied units, you will delve into the structure, diversity and use of languages across a range of settings, as well as the...

  9. SPH1002Linguistics and phonetics

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    UnitLevel 16 credit pointsMedicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

    In this unit, you will gain foundational knowledge in linguistics and phonetics, focusing on the structure and function of language and speech sounds. You will explore key concepts in phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics,...

    Semester 1Peninsula

  10. ATS1339Linguistic structure and language diversity

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    UnitLevel 16 credit pointsArts

    There are 7,000+ living languages in the world, each of which have their own structures, communities of users and cultures. In this unit we explore this diversity. Drawing on data from English and a range of other languages, we investigate...

    Semester 2Clayton

  11. LITR-MAJLiterary studies

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    Area of studyMajorUndergraduate48 credit pointsArts

    Literary Studies is dedicated to the study of literature in English and the development of your skills in creative writing. You will learn how to write critically about what you read, and examine the relations between language, literature...

  12. LITR-MINLiterary studies

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    Area of studyMinorUndergraduate24 credit pointsArts

    Literary Studies is dedicated to the study of literature in English and the development of your skills in creative writing. You will learn how to write critically about what you read, and examine the relations between language, literature...

  13. ATS3189Literary theory

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    UnitLevel 36 credit pointsArts

    How do you know whether you are interpreting a literary text the ‘right’ way? This question goes to key issues of approach, method and disciplinarity which are collectively known as literary theory. Different literary theories are like...

    Semester 1Clayton

  14. ATS1076Literature and environment: Text, genre, world

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    UnitLevel 16 credit pointsArts

    In this unit you will examine how literary texts frame and influence understandings of the natural world. You will explore texts from eighteenth-century Romanticism, through the era of industrialisation and empire, to the growth of...

    Semester 2CaulfieldClayton

  15. ATS3421Literature and modernism

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    UnitLevel 36 credit pointsArts

    In this unit you will examine some of the major writers and texts of modernist literature from the Anglophone world from 1900 to 1940. You will discuss the famous works of 'High' modernism (e.g. Mrs Dalloway, The Waste Land), the...

    Semester 2Clayton

  16. BEW4020Literature review

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    UnitLevel 46 credit pointsBusiness and Economics

    This unit allows you to independently gain in-depth discipline knowledge in a selected area of business and commerce as a foundation to the completion of an honours/postgraduate diploma project. You will undertake further independent...

    Semester 2Malaysia

  17. PAR4001Literature review

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    UnitLevel 412 credit pointsMedicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

    In this unit you will develop research skills, analytical abilities, communication skills, and acquire advanced knowledge in a specific area relevant to paramedicine. Under academic guidance, you will undertake an advanced research...

    Semester 1Semester 2Peninsula

  18. LAW4303Litigation and dispute resolution

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    UnitLevel 46 credit pointsLaw

    The focus of the unit is the major steps in civil dispute resolution and litigation. Using the Rules of the Supreme Court of Victoria, the chronology of a civil proceeding from the decision to sue until the matter is ready for trial is...

    Summer ASemester 1Semester 2Clayton

  19. ATS1079Live! From the past

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    UnitLevel 16 credit pointsArts

    In this interdisciplinary unit you will step into the past and play immersive role playing games that bring history’s pivotal moments to life. You will receive expert introduction to a period and event and then play the roles of historical...

    Semester 1Clayton

  20. ATS2266Living a meaningful life: Wisdom traditions and their contemplative practices

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    UnitLevel 26 credit pointsArts

    This unit will be informative, experiential and reflective. You will use teachings and texts from a number of the world's great wisdom traditions and their contemplative practices to help you reflect on and discuss some of life's most...

    Semester 2Clayton