Units

The unit will consist of two integrated and complementary sections: Culture (50%) and Language (50%). Culture: an introduction to key events in the formation of the Italian Nation and key concepts and issues in the development of an Italian…

The unit will consist of two integrated and complementary sections: Culture and Language. Culture: an introduction to Italian history, culture and society in the twentieth century, through the critical analysis of important cultural texts.…

We are living in The Urban Century and Cities are the key to sustainable futures! Cities are dynamic and complex environments that are vital centres of socio-economic activity and engines of economic growth (and decline). With more than hal…

This unit explores the tension between sex, gender and power as it played out in the literature and art of the Ancient Near East through such artefacts as the Epic of Gilgamesh, the love poems of the Sumerians, Egyptians, and Israelites, co…

This study tour offers a unique opportunity to experience francophone cultures of the South Pacific. You will undertake a two-week intensive program in New Caledonia or French Polynesia where you will stay with a host family/in a university…

More than ever, science and technology are transforming our futures, but not always in ways that are desirable, ethical or just. Artificial intelligence, digital platforms, reproductive technologies, climate science, energy technologies, an…

In this unit, you will develop knowledge and professional skills in Chinese translation across a range of professional communication contexts. You will critically analyse source texts by considering genre, communicative purpose, audience, r…

In this unit you will explore tools for environmental analysis and decision-making around development projects, production processes, and governmental policies. You will focus on Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), a key tool for environ…

The unit involves an international field trip to Monash Malaysia and provides you with formal and applied training in qualitative and ethnographic field research methods. The unit consists of a two week (16 day) stay in Malaysia. This inclu…

This study tour offers a unique environment for you to engage with the history politics and culture of Cuba. You will undertake a two-week intensive stay in Cuba where you will have the opportunity to engage with academics, activists and le…

This unit examines the concept of the music city, and the industrial, cultural and social relationships between cities and the music industries. Located in the music city of Melbourne, you engage with the cities’ recording, live music, educ…

In your final year of the PPE degree, you will apply your newly-aquired skills and knowledge to real-world problems. This experiential learning-based unit focuses on the issue of inequality: where does it come from, how can we measure it, a…

This capstone unit consolidates professional public relations knowledge and skills through practical experience with 'real life' organisations. Working in teams, you develop public relations campaigns for not-for-profit organisations over t…

Criminal justice agencies such as police, corrections, crime prevention, victim support, and border control, place a strong focus on evidence-based practice in relation to their area of operation and responsibility. In this unit, you will l…

In this unit, you will apply the skills learned across the core units in the Bachelor of Criminology degree. Leading industry experts will identify key emerging challenges in their fields, which will inform the area of focus for your assess…

This research simulation unit is designed to develop your research and collaborative skills and apply them to addressing the real world challenges of our time. In this unit you develop a Regional Security Report for Australia. You will lear…

This unit provides you with a unique opportunity to engage in depth with a specific industry or professional field in which public relations and strategic communication operate. Choosing from specialisations such as government communication…

Broadcast studio journalism introduces students to the fast-paced, challenging and exciting operation of fully functional television and radio studios. Students will learn the key skills required to broadcast news and current affairs progra…

Sustainability plays a key role in shaping today’s Italy and its global appeal. This unit enables you to foster a critical perspective on sustainability issues through engagement with a range of cultural and creative industries, engagement…

The unit’s cultural component explores transculturality and multilingualism in contemporary societies; the language-specific component (French, German, Italian, or Spanish), explores related themes, while further developing language acquisi…

The unit includes a cultural component about contemporary global challenges in local contexts; and a language-specific component (French, German, Italian, or Spanish), which explores related themes, while developing language acquisition at…

In this unit, you will develop advanced skills in music creation by conceptualising live showcase performances with accompanying branding and marketing assets. You will develop new organisational strategies and refine performance and techni…

In this unit, you will develop advanced skills in performance by realising a non-placement Industry Engagement (IE) project. You will critically examine potential employment pathways and refine methods for managing and refine methods for pr…

The European Union is a unique historic and political achievement. It helped turn Europe from a zone of war into a zone of peace, and it contributed to the consolidation of democracy in the post-fascist and post-communist eras. Yet it is al…

This two-week intensive study abroad unit explores the modern history of European Jews and their complex relations with their non-Jewish neighbours. You will travel to the major centres of interwar Jewish life in Europe, and encounter the d…

The ability to develop innovative research projects, and to collaborate in interdisciplinary teams, are skills highly sought after by policy makers, public administration, and industry. The Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration program i…

Crime narratives (fiction, TV and film) are among the most popular and dynamic genres in Europe and beyond. This unit explores how crime genres interrogate important issues, including history and memory, gender, sexuality, identity, truth a…

This unit examines cultural clashes and mutual influences between Europe and the World, and how European-language cultures across the globe have rejected, adopted, adapted, and transformed European cultural legacies.

The unit allows you to build on the critical, analytical and linguistic skills acquired throughout the European Languages major by developing a research or translation project tailored to their disciplinary and linguistic interests.

This unit focuses on contemporary philosophy of mind and cognition. It will explore consciousness, thought, perception and the self. We address questions like: Can we measure consciousness? What is the relation between consciousness and int…