University of New South Wales

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.

This course examines the fundamentals of Bayesian inference, including the specification of prior and posterior distributions, Bayesian decision theoretic concepts, the ideas behind Bayesian hypothesis tests, model choice and model averaging, the capabilities of several common model types, such as hierarchical and mixture models. It also looks at the ideas behind Monte Carlo integration, importance sampling, rejection sampling, Markov chain Monte Carlo samplers such as the Gibbs sampler and the Metropolis-Hastings algorithm, and use of the WinBuGS posterior simulation software.

This course focuses on the role of women in five of the world’s major religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. It examines the traditional theological principles and the practical laws that have directly impacted, for better or for worse, upon the lives of women within these religious traditions. It also explores historical and contemporary challenges to doctrines and practices that are seen to undermine women’s equality and freedom. Rather than study each religion in serial fashion, the course adopts a comparative, thematic methodology, tracing key themes across the religions concerned. Those themes include femininity and divinity, historical founders’ attitudes to women, key scriptural texts and their interpretation, life-cycle rituals, marriage and divorce, sex and procreation, clothing and social freedom, worship and purity, and leadership and authority.

This course examines the core of persuasive communications: the ability to reach a deep understanding of the people you are communicating with. This means listening, thinking critically, and asking the right questions. Who are they? Where are they? What do they desire? What keeps them awake at night? How do they make sense of the world? These questions are the building blocks for crafting the insightful campaigns that transform a clients' problem into a strategic and creative public relations or advertising solution. To answer them you need the right tools to understand and analyze consumers, publics, and media audiences.