Australia

This course examines key concepts of gender, sexuality, and gender presentation, and the social aspects of gender. It covers how gendered identities are shaped by society; how identities are formed by but also resistant to cultural norms of masculinity and femininity; how gender is related to sexual difference; and how gender relations intersect with race, class and sexuality.

This course examines the major issues and core ideas of Buddhism from its beginnings to subsequent developments in others parts of Asia. It covers Buddhist understanding of liberation, existence, and knowledge, with a focus on exploring how Buddhist thought and practices, such as ritual and meditation, shape each other in larger socio-cultural contexts.

This course examines ways of testing assumptions, and challenging the logical validity of arguments. The ability to critically question is a fundamental competency for effective project management, whether that be exploring the finer points of contracts, constructing an argument to win a bid or challenging project decisions.

This course examines software engineering through programming with particular focus on the fundamentals of computing & programming. It includes building abstractions with procedures, data & objects; data modelling; and designing, coding & debugging programs of increasing complexity.

This course provides an economic perspective on the environment and discusses the reasons behind why environmental problems exist, why unregulated markets sometimes fail in this context, and potential economic solutions to these problems, which include regulations, taxes, subsidies, and pollution permit trading schemes. Students investigate methods for determining the benefits and costs of environmental preservation.

This course examines lived experiences and life narratives - ours’ and others’ – to examine the relationship between the past and the present, individuals and different types of social life, the public and the private, the local and the (trans)national. Topics include identity and representation (including self-representation), power and ethics, the complexities of memory, as well as possibilities afforded by different forms of life writing, which encompass personal essays, memoirs, biographies, diaries, letters, oral histories, family histories and blogs.

An introduction to Film and Television Studies explores the relationship between film and television and provides students with a range of tools and techniques for analyzing screen texts. The first half of the course examines the conventions of feature film and television production, exploring the impact that technical and aesthetic techniques have on meaning and audience responses. Areas of study include: mise en scène, cinematography, editing, and sound design for film and television. The focus of the second half of the course is on the industrial and institutional history of film and television with emphasis on the Hollywood film and TV industry. Areas of study include: the production, reception, and characteristics of cult media, art film, and of film and television genres; and the historical development of the star system, blockbusters, auteur studies, and the contemporary celebrity industry.