Australia

This course examines database systems. It covers data models: entity-relationship, relational, object-oriented; relational database management systems: data definition, query languages, development tools; database application design and implementation; architecture of relational database management systems: storage management, query processing, transaction processing; lab: design and implementation of a database application.

This course focuses on the development of the individual and their interaction with their environment and considers what the consequences are, both when this interaction proceeds smoothly and when it does not proceed smoothly. It explores questions concerning human development; gives attention to cognitive and social-emotional aspects; covers some basic issues in human development; and examines the nature and development of personality and human interaction in social groups and cultural settings. Students are introduced to the tools used in psychology to find answers to these questions.

This course examines mythical narratives from the ancient Greek and Roman traditions. Students explore some of the central patterns and themes in classical mythology. These include narratives of birth and creation, war and the warrior, fire and flood, animals, gods and humans. The course examines how these symbolic themes are incorporated into a diverse range of myths, including stories of the birth of the cosmos, Zeus's rule over the world, the foundation of cities and peoples, and hero myths in which men confront monsters. It also reviews the story of Troy, which is the quintessential Greco-Roman myth, and the many classical tales of metamorphosis. The course engages directly with these narratives in the surviving literary sources (especially epic and drama), and in classical art, which is a major source for the Greek and Roman myths.

This course examines how cells work at the molecular level, with an emphasis on human biochemistry and molecular biology. It focuses initially on how genetic information is regulated in eukaryotes, including replication, transcription and translation, and molecular aspects of the cell cycle, mitosis and meiosis. Then it explores cellular metabolism and how cells extract and store energy from fuels like fats and carbohydrates, how the use of fuels is modulated in response to exercise, starvation and disease, and how other key metabolites are processed.

Economics underlies all business decisions, from pricing, to product development, to negotiations, to understanding the general economic environment. This course provides an introduction to economic analysis with a particular focus on concepts and applications relevant to business. It addresses how individual consumers and firms make decisions and how they interact in markets. It also introduces a framework for understanding and analysing the broader economic and public policy environment in which a business competes. The course provides a rigorous platform for further study and a major in economics as well as providing valuable tools of analysis that complement a student's general business training, regardless of their area of specialisation.

This course examines what a national literature means, and how it makes itself significant to the nation and beyond. It will think about colonialism and colonial writing in Australia, modes of Australian social realism, the emergence of an Australian modernism, ways of representing region, suburb and city, postcolonialism in Australia, 'multicultural' writing, and Indigenous literature. The focus is on the novel, short stories, poetry and genres such as romance and the Gothic.

This course examines fundamental genetic concepts using real life applications and implications of genetics while providing an opportunity for students to get hands-on experience in analyzing and interpreting genetic data.

This course examines the concept of the interaction between the host (or the animal), the agent of disease (genetics, physical, chemical and infectious agents) and environmental factors. It includes inflammation and repair; degeneration and necrosis; circulatory disturbances; tissue deposits and pigments; and disorders of growth.