Search units & courses

Every unit, course, major, minor and specialisation in the Monash handbook, with requisite maps and course structures.

3,380 results in the 2027 handbookUndergraduate
  1. AHT2031World wide: Art beyond the Western canon

    No reviews yet

    UnitLevel 26 credit pointsArt, Design and Architecture

    This unit offers an overview of “non-Western” art and exhibition histories underlined by a decolonising impulse. You will be introduced to art and visual cultures across times, places and cultures, situating art history within the broader...

    Semester 1Caulfield

  2. AHT3031World wide: Art beyond the Western canon

    No reviews yet

    UnitLevel 36 credit pointsArt, Design and Architecture

    This unit offers an overview of "non-Western” art and exhibition histories underlined by a decolonising impulse. You will be introduced to art and visual cultures across times, places and cultures, situating art history within the broader...

    Semester 1Caulfield

  3. WRTG-MINWriting

    No reviews yet

    Area of studyMinorUndergraduate24 credit pointsArts

    The Writing minor will introduce you to a range of writing practices in the context of communication and media studies, cultural theory, and literary studies. You will become familiar with conventions and experimentation in various writing...

  4. ATS2900Writing about music: Headlines and hashtags

    No reviews yet

    UnitLevel 26 credit pointsArts

    What is the role of the music writer? What prompts individuals to write about music? What skills does one require to become a successful music writer? This unit explores the rise of writing about music, and the many personalities who have...

  5. ATS2490Writing and editing for the workplace

    No reviews yet

    UnitLevel 26 credit pointsArts

    This unit aims to further develop your professional communication capabilities, to assist you to apply knowledge and skills from an academic context to workplaces. The primary focus of this unit is the development of an extended individual...

  6. ATS3057Writing for the stage

    No reviews yet

    UnitLevel 36 credit pointsArts

    In this unit you will be introduced to key concepts of script writing as they operate in a theatrical context. You will encounter traditional strategies of playwriting such as crafting plot, character and dialogue, and also examine how...

    Semester 2Clayton

  7. ATS2841Writing Italy

    No reviews yet

    UnitLevel 26 credit pointsArts

    Italy has lured writers to its shores for centuries. In this unit you will survey a selection of fiction and nonfiction to discover exactly why the country has been a source of such fascination and inspiration for English-speaking authors....

    Summer ASemester 1Prato

  8. ATS3841Writing Italy

    No reviews yet

    UnitLevel 36 credit pointsArts

    Italy has lured writers to its shores for centuries. In this unit you will survey a selection of fiction and nonfiction to discover exactly why the country has been a source of such fascination and inspiration for English-speaking authors....

    Summer ASemester 1Prato

  9. AMU3859Writing portfolio

    No reviews yet

    UnitLevel 36 credit pointsArts

    The primary objective of the unit is to help you compile a collection of your writing samples across genres to serve as a portfolio for job seeking purposes upon graduation. You will bring to bear the breadth of your learning in your first...

    Semester 2Malaysia

  10. ATS2551Writing resistance: Understanding the power of Indigenous story-telling through literature

    No reviews yet

    UnitLevel 26 credit pointsArts

    In this unit you will explore and examine the critical importance of literature in developing an understanding of Indigenous story-telling and Indigeneity across the world. You will gain an appreciation of the ways in which Indigenous...

    Semester 1Clayton

  11. AMU1314Writing techniques: Forms and literary devices

    No reviews yet

    UnitLevel 16 credit pointsArts

    The unit covers a range of compositional techniques used in prose fiction. The weekly topics are organised around exercises designed to develop skills in effective use of creative detail, in conscious crafting of formal elements or writing...

    Semester 1Malaysia

  12. ATS3944Writing the nation: Irish literature

    No reviews yet

    UnitLevel 36 credit pointsArts

    Writers have felt compelled to define national identity in response to crises, from international conflicts to changes in the status of religion, and the effects of globalisation. With reference to such contexts, this unit explores the...

  13. ATS2248Writing women

    No reviews yet

    UnitLevel 26 credit pointsArts

    The unit examines women's literature across a range of periods, countries and genres. Issues examined include: the material conditions that have impacted on women as writers and readers; the place of women in the literary canon; currents...

  14. ATS1336Yiddish language, culture and literature 1A

    No reviews yet

    UnitLevel 16 credit pointsArts

    The central feature of Yiddish 1 will be the teaching of Yiddish as a living language, as a tool for both written and spoken communication. The course is designed for students who wish to improve their knowledge of the subject both in its...

  15. ATS1337Yiddish language, culture and literature 1B

    No reviews yet

    UnitLevel 16 credit pointsArts

    The central feature of Yiddish 1 will be the teaching of Yiddish as a living language, as a tool for both written and spoken communication. The course is designed for students who wish to improve their knowledge of the subject both in its...

  16. EDF3034Young children's literacy development

    No reviews yet

    UnitLevel 36 credit pointsEducation

    This unit is an advanced study of your understandings and pedagogical knowledge of children's literacy learning within the home, community, early childhood and school contexts. It builds on knowledge from earlier units and learning from...

    Singapore

  17. LAW4566Young people and criminal law

    No reviews yet

    UnitLevel 46 credit pointsLaw

    This unit examines the distinctive operation of criminal law in relation to children and young people, with a focus on criminal responsibility, procedure, policing, offences, sentencing, detention and non adversarial justice responses. Key...

    Semester 1Clayton

  18. EDF3091Youth mental health and wellbeing

    No reviews yet

    UnitLevel 36 credit pointsEducation

    This unit aims to consolidate your specific health-related knowledge, skills, pedagogies and capabilities. It focuses on the knowledge and understandings required to critically engage with mental health as a key priority health area for...

    Semester 1Peninsula

  19. ATS2326Youth social change and justice

    No reviews yet

    UnitLevel 26 credit pointsArts

    In this unit you will explore the social dynamics of young people’s lives in contemporary society, with a specific focus on social change and justice. We will tackle questions such as: What challenges do young people face in contemporary...

    Semester 1Clayton

  20. ATS3599Zion: Israel from the Bible to Post-Zionism

    No reviews yet

    UnitLevel 36 credit pointsArts

    For thousands of years Jews have grappled with the meaning and significance of Israel. What is the biblical promised land? To whom was it promised? Is Israel a religious holy-land or a political homeland? Is it a place, a nation, or a...