University of New South Wales

This course examines traditions, perspectives and concepts of media studies. Starting with the familiar and the everyday, this course covers the breadth of contemporary media studies from television and the tradition of mass media studies, to telephony and the study of networked media and communication technologies. With an eye on the way that television and telephony have adapted to changing realities over the decades, this course explains how media and communication technologies have transformed the rhythms of everyday life, the organization of domestic space, the boundaries between private and public, and our sense of involvement with national and public collectivities. In addition, the course examines the concept of mediation by exploring how both television and telephony shape the experience of time, distance, immediacy and liveness.

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 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 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 key principles and approaches for working with and in the sculptural space of 3D Computer Generated Imagery (CGI). Topics include foundational technical skills in 3D CGI and visual effects, focusing on 3D CGI animation processes, modelling, and texturing within film, games, and media arts contexts.

This course examines economic explanations of underdevelopment, and modern strategies for fostering development. It investigates the role of institutions, institutional change, and markets as they relate to economic development, and discuss related domestic and international economic policy questions. Special emphasis is put on the interplay and synergy between economic theory (attempting to explain underdevelopment) and empirical data (providing both motivating facts and specific testing grounds for theory).

This course examines the study and practice of storytelling for screen media. It will provides a framework through which to recognize and critically analyze key elements of the screenwriting process.

This course examines the mathematical techniques most commonly used in business and economics. Topics include the mathematics of finance, matrix algebra, calculus and (unconstrained and constrained) optimization. Special emphasis is put on the illustration of the covered concepts and techniques with applications to typical problems in business and economics.

This course examines the contemporary theoretical and empirical work from the fields of media and social semiotics to explore new media practices across social media platforms. A central focus is understanding the new forms of sociality that are emerging in relation to these new technologies. It looks at how identities are performed and communities are formed through close analysis of the communicative patterns observable in both small and large sets of social media texts. Of particular interest is how opinion and sentiment are construed in these texts.