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ATS2292The ethics of artificial intelligence
No reviews yetUnitLevel 26 credit pointsArts
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...
WinterPrato
ATS3275The European Union: Challenges, crises and opportunities
No reviews yetUnitLevel 36 credit pointsArts
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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...
PSY3252The history of psychological disorders and disability
No reviews yetUnitLevel 36 credit pointsMedicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Psychology and psychiatry have long shaped how psychological disorders and disability are defined, studied, and managed. This unit traces the historical development of these concepts, examining their evolving place within psychology,...
Semester 1Clayton
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...
ATS3584The Indigenous history of modern Australia
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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
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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
DGN1303The language of graphic design
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In this unit you will study the work of innovative visual designers from Modernism until the present. You will analyse how designers use pictorial images and words to convey meanings; and how they achieve this by employing a form of visual...
Semester 2Caulfield
LAW4679The law of climate change
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Climate change is among the most daunting problems the world faces in the 21st century. This unit deals with the legal dimension of climate change, paying due regard to its social, political and economic context. The unit will examine the...
Semester 2ClaytonPrato
LAW4219The law of financial transactions
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This unit introduces you to the legal and regulatory issues relating to transactions undertaken by companies and other institutions in order to borrow money or otherwise to raise funds. The unit is in three parts. In the first part, the...
ATS3947The making of a modern Korea: History and development
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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
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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