University of Melbourne

This course examines a range of standard electrical and electronic devices, basic circuit construction methods and electrical measurement techniques. It covers operation and selection of electrical and electronic devices used in various electronic circuits; common electronic circuit realizations to meet the most commonly required signal processing and conditioning applications; programmable digital circuits and microprocessor programming; circuit design and simulation tools; printed circuit board layout, circuit assembly, and soldering techniques; test and Measurement equipment and methods; and managing design issues and requirements.

This course examines and teaches how to play popular guitar styles that have had widespread impact over the past century, including blues, rock and global folk styles.

This course introduces how basic individual and group processes affect people in organizations. Major theories and models in key areas of organizational behavior are examined, including group dynamics, motivation, stress, communication, conflict, power, strategy, structure, and change management. Tutorials emphasize the application of theories, through exercises and case studies.

This course examines how mental processes such as attention, memory, language, and problem solving form the basis of our creative human cognitive abilities. An understanding of these cognitive abilities and the methods used by cognitive psychologists to study them provides an essential foundation for ongoing study in psychology. Classic and current research findings are discussed in this course to reveal what is known about the workings of the human mind. Specific topics covered in this course include: perceptual processes and their role in cognition; the nature and function of selective attention; categorization and the mental representation of knowledge; the structure, function and organization of the human memory system; human linguistic ability, including language acquisition, language disorders, and models of spoken and written language processes; and higher order cognitive processes such as problem solving, decision making, and musical ability.

This course examines needs and inter-dependencies of all beings; the diverse ways humans meet their needs through material and non-material means and the ecological and social consequences of this for humans and other beings; the economic, social and political norms that shape the ways we meet our needs; and the ethical and disciplinary frameworks through which the sustainability of human-environmental relationships can be assessed.

This course details how talk is managed in a range of professional settings, including education (e.g. teacher-student interactions), medicine (e.g. doctor-patient consultations), psychology (e.g. counseling), law (e.g. question design in courtrooms), and journalism (e.g. radio interviews). Students are exposed to interactional practices that are common to all workplaces: negotiation and resolving conflict, sources of misunderstanding, aligning with other speakers, managing topics, and different cultural practices in making sense of talk at work. Students learn how interaction is organized based on the fundamental tenets of conversation analysis: turn-taking, repair, and the sequential organization of talk.

This course examines the interplay of external and internal factors in inflaming conflict and tension in the Middle East. It covers the role of foreign powers in a number of case studies: the Arab/Israeli conflict, Iran-Iraq war, the Gulf War of 1990-1991, the war on Terror, the Arab Uprisings, and the rise of the Islamic State. These case studies illustrate the difficulties in separating national from international politics and provide a nuanced appreciation of international relations in this vital region.

This course examines Indigenous ways of knowing and history making in Australia; key theoretical and political debate connected to the rise of Aboriginal history in Australia; key theoretical and political debated connected to oral history methodology as a methodological discipline in history; and oral history narratives and other sources across time that provide insight into Aboriginal history making.