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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATS3893 | The Renaissance in Florence In this unit you will explore the political, social, and cultural history of Renaissance Florence through examination of the city’s urban, artistic, and political spaces. You will be invited to understand the city’s evolution from the late… | Arts | 3 |
| ATS3903 | Leadership, politics and power How do we make sense of political leadership? What makes a “good” leader? In this unit, you will critique and investigate the nature of political leadership, challenges posed against it, and its impacts. You will explore the intersections o… | Arts | 3 |
| ATS3908 | American empire: The United States from colonies to superpower In this unit you will examine the rise of the United States to global dominance across the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and to a superpower in the 21st century. You will investigate key events, from the dispossession of indigenous peo… | Arts | 3 |
| ATS3914 | Dark heroes, dark realms: Supernatural fantasy before 1900 In this unit you will be introduced to the origins of the dark heroes and dark realms of supernatural fantasy via a range of major English texts, in verse and in prose, from the early-Modern to the late-Modern period. Depending on staff ava… | Arts | 3 |
| ATS3916 | Critical perspectives on human rights What are we talking about, when we talk about human rights? And how does the way we speak about human rights shape global politics? Bringing together philosophical texts with real-world examples, this unit will introduce you to competing na… | Arts | 3 |
| ATS3919 | Journalism professional placement In this unit, you will undertake a professional placement with a host partner organisation in the news media industry. Placement opportunities are negotiated with the Unit Coordinator. While undertaking your placement, you will produce a se… | Arts | 3 |
| ATS3921 | Medieval Italy: Sites of encounter In this unit you will explore medieval Italy from the eleventh to the fourteenth centuries as a site of encounter between a range of religious and cultural traditions. You will be invited to understand the complex web of cultural interactio… | Arts | 3 |
| ATS3922 | Eco-Visions: Climate change in European thought, literature and visual culture European-language ideas and thinkers have played a vital role in shaping our understanding of the origins, motivations, and solutions to climate change. In this unit you will explore how these traditions have exposed dominant ideologies, cr… | Arts | 3 |
| ATS3935 | Professional practice You will undertake a professional placement with a host partner organisation. The host partner organisations are from a diverse range of industries and sectors, including government departments, private industry and not-for-profit organisat… | Arts | 3 |
| ATS3938 | Social change in practice (global intensive) This unit builds on the foundations of level 1 and 2 Global Studies units. You will bring together both discipline-specific and interdisciplinary skills that you have acquired over your study to formulate meaningful, ethical and innovative… | Arts | 3 |
| ATS3941 | Police leadership and professional practice In this unit you will explore some applied skills necessary for contemporary police practice such as reflective practice, communication, cultural awareness, interpersonal skills, conflict resolution, empathy, building an awareness of cognit… | Arts | 3 |
| ATS3942 | Crime and the city This course examines the concentration of crime in cities and urban communities and places the role of context at the centre of inquiry. It focusses on how local environments, geography, physical locations and residents’ perceptions and act… | Arts | 3 |
| ATS3944 | Writing the nation: Irish literature Writers have felt compelled to define national identity in response to crises, from international conflicts to changes in the status of religion, and the effects of globalisation. With reference to such contexts, this unit explores the rela… | Arts | 3 |
| ATS3945 | Contemporary issues in policing practice In this unit you will build on the critical and analytical skills acquired throughout your degree and apply them to some of the current issues in contemporary policing. You will explore key challenges that police encounter in your daily pra… | Arts | 3 |
| ATS3946 | Asian languages advanced: Transnational intersections Students expand their existing language skills by joining students of other Asian languages in an exploration of historical and contemporary contacts between societies of Asia. Students of Chinese, Indonesian, Japanese and Korean will study… | Arts | 3 |
| ATS3947 | The making of a modern Korea: History and development This unit aims to provide you with a deeper understanding of the essential historical developments and philosophical constructs that have impacted the Korean Peninsula. It focuses on some of the most contentious areas of premodern and moder… | Arts | 3 |
| ATS3949 | Emerging medias lab The Emerging medias lab is a multi-disciplinary learning environment where students from the different specialisations in the Bachelor of Media Communication come together to investigate new media technologies, production skills and practic… | Arts | 3 |
| ATS3950 | Advocacy for academic freedom: Applied workshop in human rights campaigning All over the world, academics face human rights abuses including unjust restrictions, prosecution or imprisonment for pursuing knowledge in their area of expertise and exerting their freedom of speech as public intellectuals. This unit prov… | Arts | 3 |
| ATS3951 | Japanese popular culture and identity In this capstone unit you will consolidate general knowledge about Japan and its popular culture by approaching popular cultures as a means by which personal and national identities are constructed. You will consider popular culture as a di… | Arts | 3 |
| ATS3956 | Trauma and memory in the modern world How do traumatic histories shape individual lives, political communities, and cultural memory long after violence itself has ended? How do experiences of war, displacement, illness, mourning, shame, and survival become narratable—or resist… | Arts | 3 |
| ATS3959 | Chinese politics and political cultures This unit introduces you to China’s political system and cultures. We begin from an overview of the historical origins of the current system, with a particular emphasis on divergent schools of political thought throughout history, including… | Arts | 3 |
| ATS3962 | Feasts for the eyes: French and francophone taste, style and fashion This elective unit provides you with the opportunity to develop your French language speaking, listening, reading and writing competencies and your knowledge of French and Francophone societies through the central theme of fashion. You will… | Arts | 3 |
| ATS3964 | Gender, race and media practices In this capstone unit you will explore media, identity and power in a contemporary context, with a particular focus on issues of gender and race. You will build on your existing knowledge of communications and media studies to interrogate h… | Arts | 3 |
| ATS3965 | Unity and diversity in China and global Sinophone communities In this unit, students explore the diversity of contemporary China and global Sinophone communities, reflecting on the meaning of “China,” “Chinese,” and “Chineseness” today. Beginning from an overview of theories of identity and a history… | Arts | 3 |
| ATS3967 | Health communications management In this unit you will consider the communicative dimensions of public health issues, and how they are enmeshed within broader socio-economic relationships and structures. Drawing on case studies, best practice and scholarly research in the… | Arts | 3 |
| ATS3968 | Health humanities professional practice You are placed as an intern with a host partner organisation and complete either a unique research project or work experience-based project jointly defined by the host partner organisation and the unit coordinator. Monash Arts partners with… | Arts | 3 |
| ATS3969 | Screen studies in the digital era This unit will provide an opportunity for you to critically reflect on the key critical approaches and concepts in film and television studies in the 2000s. It will look at the theoretical and critical issues arising from changes to the fie… | Arts | 3 |
| ATS3971 | Propaganda: Dark arts in a digital age In this unit you, will examine propaganda, ‘disinformation’ and influence operations in a digital age. You will learn about the history of propaganda in politics and conflicts, and how this helps us understand its contemporary practice. You… | Arts | 3 |
| ATS3974 | Nationalism and populism in the European Union Nationalism and war have been crucial motors of international relations, not least in Europe the birthplace of the Westphalian state system. The European Union is commonly seen as an antidote to nationalism and war in Europe; a view powerfu… | Arts | 3 |
| ATS3975 | Imagining Europe The identity of Europe has always been elusive and in-flux, a source of pride for some and contempt or fear from others. Like all identities it is a construction, a complex palimpsest of stories, collective memories, and invented and nurtur… | Arts | 3 |