University of New South Wales

This course examines the foundational principles of contemporary media production. It focuses on three areas of media production; graphic design, animation and interaction design. It also studies the applied theories and techniques involved in creating contemporary media productions and current tools and strategies for a range of media contexts.

In this course, students work with an industry client to develop a project to realization, identifying an area of specialization and consolidating the skills needed to work in the media industries. The main emphasis in this course is practical production, augmented by critical and creative thinking within a range of specializations including Animation, Video Production, Interaction Design or Sound.

This course covers aspects of both the physical and biological environments of the sea and their inter-relationships. It depicts marine science as a body of knowledge and a process of continual enquiry and testing of ideas. It considers human impacts on the marine environments and how the principles and methods of science in general are used to predict and solve the problems created by human activities. The course includes discussion of the marine environment; its physical, geological, chemical, and biological characteristics and their interactions; the sea as a source of human food; marine productivity, fisheries, and mariculture and how science can assist in management for a sustainable yield; and the effects of development, especially industrial development on the marine environment, and how science can contribute to providing solutions to these problems.

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 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.

The course introduces students to transdisciplinary ways of viewing and examining modern Australia's relationship with the broad Asian region. It examines the conflicting perceptions, images, and emotions that Australians have towards their region and the various themes and events that have impacted upon them. Materials examined include historical accounts, literature, art, blogs, documentaries, and movies. Topics covered include: Asia and the formation of Australian identities, the rise of Asia and Australia’s shifting strategic relationships, the impact of Asian migration and multiculturalism, the transformations of urban spaces, Asian Australians speaking out, educating about and for the Asian Century, military adventures into Asia, tourism to Asia, economic ties with Asia, and cultural integration with our region.

This course examines the theatrical and performative modes of writing, including writing delivered live by a performer or performers in a theater, encountered by a seated or mobile audience, or experienced through media such as headphones or hypertext.

This course examines sociological and anthropological perspectives on the nature of the social. It considers questions such as: what is the social; what is the relation between the individual and society; how is the social lived and experienced; and wow do we understand the everyday. It examines the social as idea, concept and experience through themes such as biography and selfhood, identity and difference, power and freedom, nature and culture, and state and nation.

This course examines models of aggregate income determination in open economies; theories of aggregate economic behavior with respect to consumption, investment expenditures, and financial transactions; balance of payments and exchange rate analysis; theories of inflation and unemployment; introductory dynamic analysis; and theories of growth and business cycles. The models will be applied to the data and used to analyze the observed growth patterns across the world.

This course examines psychological assessment, personality, and psychopathology. The assessment portion of the course will include key concepts related to personality and intelligence testing. The psychopathology portion of the course is an introduction to the study of maladaptive behaviour and mental disorders. The course will provide an overview of common mental disorders, including anxiety, mood, eating, childhood, and psychotic disorders. Emphasis will be placed on diagnostic criteria, contemporary theories of psychopathology, and empirically supported approaches to treating mental disorders.