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LAW4170Trusts
No reviews yetUnitLevel 46 credit pointsLaw
The unit introduces students to the nature and function of trusts in the modern Australian legal system. Students learn how trusts are used and learn the rules governing their existence. In particular, the rules governing the creation and...
Semester 1Semester 2Clayton
DGN2305Type design
No reviews yetUnitLevel 26 credit pointsArt, Design and Architecture
This unit is concerned with the process of designing type to a professional level. It provides the opportunity to take a deep dive into this field from a pragmatic and theoretical perspective guided by the idea that letters mean what they...
DGN1302Typography 1
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This unit introduces the fundamental principles of typography. You will utilise type both as a communicative and expressive tool. Contemporary and historical methods of typographic production, from print to digital media are examined. You...
Semester 1Semester 2Caulfield
DGN2304Typography 2
No reviews yetUnitLevel 26 credit pointsArt, Design and Architecture
This unit builds upon Typography 1. The unit comprises a series of theoretical and practical exercises. You are encouraged to build upon your skills and knowledge of typography and begin to critically analyse and question the relationships...
Semester 2Caulfield
DGN2524Unconventional publishing
No reviews yetUnitLevel 26 credit pointsArt, Design and Architecture
This unit is for those wishing to explore new models of physical publishing involving designer-generated content. Various methods and rationales - both creative and pragmatic - for the instigation of self-initiated projects will be...
Semester 1Semester 2Caulfield
ATS2792Understanding Australia: From the deep past to the present
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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
EDF1088Understanding behaviour in classrooms and schools
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This unit focuses on how to create positive classroom and school environments that engage all learners, including those with disabilities. You will learn how learner behaviour, teacher behaviour, the curriculum and teaching strategies...
Semester 2Clayton
ATS2040Understanding contemporary China
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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
No reviews yetUnitLevel 36 credit pointsArts
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
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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
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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
ATS3801Understanding media violence
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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
BEX3260Understanding megatrends: The big forces shaping your future
No reviews yetUnitLevel 36 credit pointsBusiness and Economics
The next decade will not look like the last. Technologies once on the margins are remaking industries, populations are ageing and shifting, supply chains are being rewritten, and the effects of climate and geopolitical tensions are...
Semester 2Caulfield
ATS2298Understanding political violence
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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
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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
EDF1070Understanding students as learners
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This unit explores significant aspects of child and adolescent development, behaviours and relationships within the context of teacher education. It builds your understanding of the cognitive, social, emotional, physical, and cultural...
Semester 2ClaytonPeninsula
ATS1280Understanding the media
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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
ATS2211Understanding workplace innovation
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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
No reviews yetUnitLevel 36 credit pointsArts
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
ETW2500Unsupervised learning for business
No reviews yetUnitLevel 26 credit pointsBusiness and Economics
Unsupervised learning for business is a specialised field within machine learning that focuses on extracting valuable insights and knowledge from unlabelled data in a business context. Unlike supervised learning, which relies on labelled...
Semester 1Semester 2Malaysia