Units
The individual subjects inside each degree: what’s taught, how it’s assessed, and when it runs.
4,303 units
| Code | Unit | Faculty | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATS1250 | Social justice and Indigenous Australians The unit introduces you to ideas of social justice and Indigenous rights, focusing on the role of the state and its obligations to the international community, and Aboriginal human and civil rights and self-determination. You will gain an a… | Arts | 1 |
| ATS1254 | Culture, power and difference: Indigeneity and Australian identity Anthropology is the study of the diversity of human expression through space and time, which not only focuses on differences and similarities between societies and cultures, but also on connections and contestations between them. This unit… | Arts | 1 |
| ATS1255 | Encountering cultures: Introduction to anthropology 1 Anthropologists seek understanding of how differences shape the world. They look beyond everyday explanations for realities of life and culture, and use their perceptions to create better futures for humans and their collectives. You will e… | Arts | 1 |
| ATS1261 | Understanding human behaviour The unit introduces you to cognitive-behavioural, psychodynamic and social understandings of human behaviour. This multi-disciplinary orientation, including studies of the human mind, consciousness, emotion, and normal and abnormal behaviou… | Arts | 1 |
| ATS1262 | Understanding social behaviour This unit introduces you to range of key issues regarding human behaviour in its social context. Contemporary understandings of health, quality of life, social inclusion, and resilience are explored, while introducing you to concepts and th… | Arts | 1 |
| ATS1264 | Ethics, health and justice The unit investigates how the law and public policy should respond to contemporary advances in biomedical technologies. The unit focuses on core topics in bioethics to explore the implications of the concepts of justice, discrimination and… | Arts | 1 |
| ATS1279 | Media and culture In this unit you will explore the core concepts and theoretical traditions within media studies including political economy, textual analysis, empirical studies and cultural studies. You will consider these in alignment with historical and… | Arts | 1 |
| ATS1280 | Understanding the media The media play a central role in all aspects of contemporary life. In this unit you will consider the field of media studies by investigating a variety of media forms - from film and radio to video games and social media - with a particular… | Arts | 1 |
| ATS1298 | Professional writing In the modern workplace, the ability to communicate well in different forms (spoken and written) and contexts (online, face to face, and formal documents) is highly valued. In this unit we will focus on developing effective communication, p… | Arts | 1 |
| ATS1304 | Introduction to television studies Employing textual criticism, critical theory and media industries research, this unit will introduce you to a variety of approaches to the study of television. It will consider the phenomenon of television through a critical approach to the… | Arts | 1 |
| ATS1305 | Introduction to film studies This introductory unit aims to acquaint you with basic principles of film studies, including film theory and history. Topics to be discussed include: film narrative and formal analysis, film sound and editing, film genre and authorship, art… | Arts | 1 |
| ATS1309 | The geography of global challenges How can we understand and address the interlinked global challenges of environmental degradation, economic inequality, and population growth? ‘The geography of global challenges’ is an introductory unit in Human Geography that grapples with… | Arts | 1 |
| ATS1310 | Extreme earth! The geography of disasters The world today is increasingly shaped by extreme events – bushfires, floods, earthquakes, droughts, hurricanes and tsunamis – that cost lives, damage infrastructure and ecosystems, and disrupt livelihoods and economies. In a changing clima… | Arts | 1 |
| ATS1314 | Introduction to international human rights This unit offers you an introduction to the theory and practice of international human rights. You will examine international human rights conventions and processes, along with legal, political and philosophical perspectives on human rights… | Arts | 1 |
| ATS1315 | Human rights and social justice In this unit, you will explore issues of human rights and social justice in domestic politics. You will explore the connections and tensions between human rights and social justice, and the social movements they inspire; and you will invest… | Arts | 1 |
| ATS1319 | Global Asia The unit provides a broad overview of major developments in Asia across the past two hundred years with a particular focus on Asia's place in the world today. It considers Asia's historic role at the centre of the global economy, its encoun… | Arts | 1 |
| ATS1338 | Cracking the language code: English and beyond Immerse yourself in the world of words! Every day, we're surrounded by an astonishing 100,000 of them. It's no wonder that linguistics—the scientific investigation of language—is an ever-growing field of study. In this unit, we'll focus on… | Arts | 1 |
| ATS1339 | Linguistic structure and language diversity There are 7,000+ living languages in the world, each of which have their own structures, communities of users and cultures. In this unit we explore this diversity. Drawing on data from English and a range of other languages, we investigate… | Arts | 1 |
| ATS1343 | Popular music in global perspective Popular music, namely, music that appeals to large audiences and which is disseminated via mass media, is an increasingly global phenomenon. From rock to reggae, hip-hop to Afro-pop, this unit introduces you to select popular musics from ar… | Arts | 1 |
| ATS1345 | Music across time This unit explores the historical conditions under which music was created and the purposes it served for composers, performers, patrons and the public. The unit utilises critical readings of historical and biographical texts in conjunction… | Arts | 1 |
| ATS1346 | Music across place Through the study of selected musics from around the world, this unit explores the ways in which culture shapes the philosophies, techniques, organising principles and concepts of musical performance. By analysing performers, audiences, tex… | Arts | 1 |
| ATS1347 | Ensemble studies 1 The unit draws together students from various levels of performance experience at pre-tertiary level and consolidates fundamental skills in ensemble performance. Students will develop reflective skills to refine their performance and prepar… | Arts | 1 |
| ATS1348 | Ensemble studies 2 The unit consolidates and extends fundamental skills in ensemble performance developed in ATS1347 Ensemble studies 1. You will utilise digital technology to reflect on ensemble interactions and develop your own strategy to resolve ensemble… | Arts | 1 |
| ATS1365 | Introduction to sociology Sociology helps us make sense of the social world and our place within it. In this unit, you will learn to use key sociological concepts and ways of thinking to analyse real issues in contemporary life, examining how social structures and c… | Arts | 1 |
| ATS1366 | Big ideas for better futures In an era of rapid transformation, environmental change, global mobility, economic transitions, and shifting political dynamics, sociological inquiry enables critical reflection on how individuals and communities can respond constructively… | Arts | 1 |
| ATS1396 | Drug cultures Using anthropological and ethnographic studies, this unit focuses on the social and cultural contexts of legal and illegal drug use. In doing so it highlights the unique approaches and contribution of anthropology as a discipline to underst… | Arts | 1 |
| ATS1420 | The global crime problem The unit presents contemporary global challenges for those tasked with responding to crime and criminality. You will be presented with several topical issues that are key challenges for contemporary governments and non-state actors. The uni… | Arts | 1 |
| ATS1421 | Understanding crime In the unit, you will consider crime as a social phenomenon and map key theoretical frameworks that have been advanced to explain crime and deviance. You will engage your 'criminological imagination' to understand the causes of crime, and s… | Arts | 1 |
| ATS1422 | Crime prevention and crime control You will develop foundational knowledge of theory and practice of crime control in Australia and internationally. The unit examines the roles of police and other institutions and organisations in controlling and preventing crime. By focusin… | Arts | 1 |
| ATS1423 | Criminal justice in practice The unit presents the administrative workings, functions and experiences in areas such as courts, sentencing, imprisonment, community corrections, parole and release. Importantly we observe how the administration of justice is played out th… | Arts | 1 |