University of Sydney

This course explores the boundary between artwork, publication, and portfolio. The unit acquaints students with the basics of InDesign, a software program that has become industry standard for designing digital and paper publications. Focusing on experimental magazines and other small scale artist's publications the unit explores the visual language of contemporary publishing from an artist's perspective. It examines the complex interplay of text, image, and sequence involved in producing multipage documents/artworks through the practical experience of creating work in InDesign.

This advanced darkroom course challenges students to rediscover photography in the age of the jpeg. Through two projects, the course introduces the wet and wonderful world of alternative analogue processes to encourage students to produce experimental images that consider the conceptual, material and alchemical possibilities of the 'outmoded'. The course also encourages the development of hybrid practices that combine contemporary digital technology with analogue processes.

This course offers an introduction to the study of the interrelationship between language and society. It is concerned with phenomena of language change and how that leads to varieties in a language. It answers the following questions: How are these varieties linked to social differences? What distinguishes male speech from female speech and what are the linguistic styles of different social classes or ethnic groups? What is slang, or jargon, and what distinguishes a casual conversation from an interview?

This course fosters practice and knowledge of creative writing through interactive workshops, seminars and lectures led by established writers and academics. The emphasis is on writing as a creative mode of intellectual, historical and aesthetic engagement with the contemporary. It is a workshop course and active participation is expected in order to foster a collaborative, productive, respectful and creative space for all students in the seminars and on this site in order for your creative and critical work to be supported and hopefully to flourish.

This course explores major concepts, discoveries, and controversies in the plant sciences. Lectures examine the mechanisms plants employ to adapt and acclimate to the environment. Topics include growth and development, acquisition of resources such as light and nutrients, perception and response to signals, and interactions of plants with other organisms. Emphasis is placed on integration of plant responses from molecular to whole plant scales. There is a focus on recent research that has been critical in enhancing our current understanding of plant biology. Lectures are augmented by experimental work.

This course provides the underpinning knowledge needed in biomedical engineering designs. The anatomic and physiological functional knowledge gained in this subject enhance prototype development of biomedical designs. The course provides familiarity with anatomical and physiological terms and their meaning, understanding of the gross anatomy of the major systems in the human body and their importance in the design of biomedical devices and understanding of the major physiological principles which govern the operation of the human body.

This is an introduction to central issues in political philosophy, theories of knowledge and philosophical conceptions of the self. The first part considers the state, freedom and political obligation. The second part examines some of the major theories of knowledge in the modern philosophical tradition. The final section looks at conceptions of the self as a knowing and acting subject.

This course provides an introduction to environmental regulation. Students investigate key environmental issues through an examination of environmental policies, legislation, and case law at the international, national, state, and local level. The ethics component provides a framework for thoughtful and informed positions on issues in environmental ethics. Students learn the broad principles of environmental law and apply them to contemporary environmental issues.

This course examines the physiological processes controlling plant growth and reproduction and how they are linked to environmental constraints. Students analyze the relationship between tissue and cellular structure and their underlying role in physiological and metabolic activities, particularly processes involving light capture, photosynthesis, water regulation, nutrient management, and metabolite redistribution. Experimentation and analysis of plant physiological processes helps students develop a skill base and greater appreciation of common plant processes.