Australia

This course provides an introduction to programming and numerical methods. Topics covered include computer arithmetic and computational errors, solution of nonlinear equations, systems of linear equations, numerical integration and differentiation, interpolation and approximation, initial value problems for ordinary differential equations. This course will cover basic concepts of numerical optimization and applications such as for instance numerical optimization in the rapidly evolving domain of machine learning.

This course examines the natural history of Australia from the Cretaceous to the present and the influence of Australia's First Peoples and Europeans on Australia’s environments. It explores the major biomes and climatic zones that have existed across the continent in the past, and the influence of climate change on their present and future distributions. It covers the incredible diversity of Australian flora and fauna both on land and in aquatic environments, and considers the biological challenges, adaptations and evolutionary journeys that have led to our current species diversity. This will include Australia's familiar and our more elusive inhabitants - from eucalypts and kangaroos to velvet worms and orchids.  

This course examines creative content and information within digital media. It also covers transmedia narratives, drawing on a variety of different genres and media platforms.

This course introduces students to Indigenous Australia in a stimulating, in-depth study of traditional and contemporary forms of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural expression. Ranging from dreaming and ancient knowledges, ceremony and lore, to the lives and societies of Indigenous peoples today, students learn about Aboriginal kinship, language, story and art, Indigenous agriculture, aquaculture and astronomy, and contemporary Indigenous cultures and cultural currents. Students explore traditional and contemporary Indigenous life, with special emphasis on the integrity, strength, and wisdom that has underpinned such extraordinary continuity.