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ECX5631The Australian economy
No reviews yetUnitLevel 56 credit pointsBusiness and Economics
This unit will examine the experience of the Australian economy past, present, and future to better understand the development of the country’s economy and its place in the world via examining the changing economic structures, resource...
Semester 1Caulfield
SWM5133The Australian welfare state and social policy
No reviews yetUnitLevel 56 credit pointsMedicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
In this unit you will be introduced to the concept of the modern welfare state and its critics including the ideological positions of the major Australian political parties. You will learn how to apply a critical lens to the examination of...
Semester 1Semester 2Caulfield
ATS3438The body: A human history
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In this unit, you will develop your own understanding of key primary and secondary sources dealing with the history of the body. The unit draws on work from different fields of historical enquiry including the history of medicine,...
Semester 1Clayton
HEC5981The business of health
No reviews yetUnitLevel 56 credit pointsBusiness and Economics
This unit introduces you to the economic forces that shape the health system. It takes a data-driven approach to understanding the motivation of economic actors and characterising their behaviour under different incentives, market...
Semester 2Caulfield
BAS5500The challenge of change
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Creating change is hard; creating transformational change is even harder. Why? This unit explores fundamental questions around how change happens, why purposeful change can be so difficult, and how change can be understood and influenced...
Semester 1Clayton
SWM5122The child in society: Promoting children’s well-being and responding to abuse and neglect
No reviews yetUnitLevel 56 credit pointsMedicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
In this unit your attention will be drawn to the changing roles and views of children in our society. You will consider how views of children, social and cultural values and issues of power and authority have influenced laws and policies...
Semester 1Caulfield
ECF5360The clean energy transition: Economics and policy
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Climate change is the defining challenge of our time, and the global shift to cleaner energy is reshaping economies, industries, and everyday life. In this unit, you will explore the economic forces driving the energy transition and the...
Semester 1Caulfield
LAW4543The death penalty: Law, politics and advocacy
No reviews yetUnitLevel 46 credit pointsLaw
The overall aim of this unit is to provide you with a good understanding of the scope and practice of the death penalty as well as the movement - backed by international organisations, human rights treaties and the domestic courts—to...
LAW5476The death penalty: Law, politics, and advocacy
No reviews yetUnitLevel 56 credit pointsLaw
The overall aim of this unit is to provide students with a good understanding of the scope and practice of the death penalty as well as the movement—backed by international organisations, human rights treaties and the domestic courts—to...
MWC5206The diabetes foot
No reviews yetUnitLevel 56 credit pointsMedicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
In this unit you will have the opportunity to examine the complex factors contributing to diabetes-related foot wound development, including aetiology, pathophysiology and weight bearing functions. Learning opportunities will enable you to...
Semester 2Clayton
LEX5103The digital enterprise
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Organisations around the world enjoy increasing opportunities to embrace the ever-expanding capabilities of a digital enterprise. Digital enterprises promote a culture of excellence dedicated to the realisation of an overarching digital...
Semester 2Summer BCaulfield
GNA2022The dynamic cell
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In this unit you will study the cell as a dynamic unit capable of responding to environmental, cellular and molecular cues that can result in a range of outcomes such as: motility; movement or rearrangement of internal structures;...
Semester 2Clayton
MCB2022The dynamic cell
No reviews yetUnitLevel 26 credit pointsScience
In this unit you will study the cell as a dynamic unit capable of responding to environmental, cellular and molecular cues that can result in a range of outcomes such as: motility; movement or rearrangement of internal structures;...
Semester 2Clayton
EAE1022The Earth system: Changing environments and climates
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This unit is a core unit for further studies in geosciences, climate and atmospheric science, environmental earth science, geographical science, and environmental science. We live on a constantly changing planet. In this unit, you will...
Semester 2Clayton
EAE1011The Earth system: From the core to the atmosphere
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This unit is a core unit for further studies in geosciences, climate and atmospheric science, and environmental earth science. The Earth is a constantly changing complex system involving many physical, chemical, and biological processes...
Semester 1Clayton
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
No reviews yetUnitLevel 26 credit pointsBusiness and Economics
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
No reviews yetUnitLevel 26 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