Australia

This course examines the social function of popular culture in Australia with particular emphasis on the period from the 1960s to the present. It explores how popular culture is produced and consumed and asks how specific forms and practices (such as cinema, music, sport, and food) contribute to concepts of individual and national identity. The course does not attempt to define a uniquely Australian form of popular culture. Rather, students examine the distinctive ways in which cultural activity and practice, whether originating in Australia or overseas, have been produced and consumed in Australia.

This course provides a set of generic concepts and skills for negotiation and resolving interpersonal and inter-group conflicts. Students work with theory, skills, and processes of negotiation relevant to a wide range of contexts (including commercial, organizational, political, legal, and industrial relations). This course provides an analytical understanding of negotiations including negotiation planning, strategy, and tactics, as well as develops practical skills necessary for implementation of this knowledge. Students gain these practical skills through negotiation role play exercises, which develop in complexity as the course progresses.

This course examines aquatic environments from glacial ecosystems to deep-sea ecosystems including where the water that makes up these systems came from, and the broad-scale atmospheric and hydrologic cycles that govern its distribution and movement. It also covers the physical, chemical, hydrological and ecological characteristics and processes of glacial, freshwater, coastal, and marine ecosystems.

This course will cover the basic and advanced counseling, psychotherapeutic, and behavior management skills used by professionals in health sciences working with individuals with communication disorders.

This course examines the main areas, processes, actors and structures involved in contemporary international relations. It covers three main areas: international security, international organizations, and international political economy. 

This course examines the evolution of money from the gold standard to the present; and, the institutions, instruments, and markets of modern finance, with a special focus on financial innovation and its challenges.

This course examines key social challenges the world is grappling with such as power and inequality, human security, human mobility, human rights, and globalization. It explores the lived experience of people and cultures around the world and how they make meaning.