University of Queensland

This course offers an introduction to ethics and associated philosophical issues. The basic concepts and techniques of moral reasoning will be introduced, along with some of the major moral theories. Particular policy issues in which ethical reasoning plays a crucial role are examined, such as justice, paternalism, globalization, international aid, and bioethics. Challenges to moral reasoning such as cultural relativism and psychological egoism are also examined.

This course explores the techniques involved in music creation and production using digital audio workstations and mobile and online applications. Students investigate how computers, tablets, and mobile technologies can be used as tools for creative music making. The course provides a practical understanding of the capabilities and limits of computer-based music technology. Students also gain a basic theoretical background to the nature of music and organized sound through experimentation with technologies which enable sound to be recorded, sampled, and programmed. Topics covered include music studio setups and workflows, audio recording, multi-track mixing, MIDI sequencing, virtual instruments, and sound design. This course employs a "flipped" course model consisting of weekly laboratory sessions and online content in place of traditional lectures.

This course examines ductile & brittle deformation; stress, strain & fracture theory; geometry & dynamics of faulting, folding & related structures; interpretation of geological maps & subsurface structures.

This course examines the cultural, industrial and technological history of commercial rock and popular music from the 1950s onwards.

This course examines the critical frameworks, essential terms, and research skills that are key both to the practice of literary studies and to any detailed and persuasive interrogation of the written word. It covers canonical texts from the late sixteenth century to the twentieth century to gain a foundational understanding of literary history and theory, and the characteristics of three major genres: drama, poetry, and prose fiction.