Australia

This course examines the creative and conceptual foundations of animation practice. It focuses on the basic elements of animated movement, allowing students to incorporate real-world physics into their own animated sequences. 

This course examines the development of Romanticism as a major movement in 19th-century philosophy. Topics include the relation between art, nature, and scientific knowledge; the meaning of human freedom; skepticism; and the idea of a system of knowledge.

The fate of the European Union hangs in the balance. The crisis concerns more than economics. Do Europeans feel European, or is Europe simply a collection of states with a history of close interactions and devastating wars? Will Europe overcome its dilemmas? How do contemporary social theorists respond to the political, social, and cultural questions raised by the crisis? The course probes these issues to deepen understanding of Europe in the context of contemporary social theory

This course examines the historical and contemporary social determinants of Indigenous wellbeing. Through an exploration of holistic Indigenous health and wellbeing frameworks, students identify a range of successful strategies that facilitate self-determination and transform Indigenous health and wellbeing outcomes. 

This course examine core theories and frameworks used in geography to account for the social, spatial and economic unevenness in global development. it focuses on questions relating to who are the winners and losers from contemporary patterns of global economic change. This includes the analysis of relevant conceptual approaches to understand processes of global development and inequality (including comparative advantage, global value chain theory, developmentalism, structuralism, neo-liberalism, and post-development). Then, it adopts a livelihoods approach to better understand these broader processes from the perspective of individuals, households and communities. In general, issues are tailored to themes being played out in Asia-Pacific countries. 

This course examines the core concepts and research techniques of modern evolutionary biology, including natural selection, evolutionary genetics, macroevolution, and applications of evolutionary ideas to practical questions such as human health. 

In collaboration with an artist/artists in residence, students will experience training and/or rehearsal and/or creative development practices geared towards public performance. Guided by the artists and lecturers, students will participate physically, conceptually, and creatively through the course of intensive workshops, framed by preparatory and post-experience seminars.