22 Oct 2008 5:03:00 pm

interesting breadth subjects to study. HEH HEH.


Australia in the Wine World

The objective of this subject is to introduce students to the Australian wine industry and its role in world wine production.

The content includes:

evolution of the grapevine;

history of viticulture and winemaking;

main grape varieties of the world and their distribution;

chemistry of winemaking;

wine tasting;

appellation and the culture of wine;

world wine regions including France and Germany, Spain, Portugal and Italy, North America, South America, South Africa, New Zealand and Australia;

Australian wine regions and production;

the global wine trade and Australia's export markets; and

wine, food, health and culture.




did you see wine tasting? LOL!
i wouldn't mind taking this just because it seems interesting. but the work is such a turn off.

Examination (3-hour, 40%), assignment (4000 words, 40%), practical reports (20%).

stupid wine course examination so tough?
3 hr paper leh. 4000words assignment, and shit practical reports! nononono, ib scared me with its stupid reports. no more practical reports tyvm.

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880-108 Virtual Environments

To plan or design requires the imagining of worlds yet to exist. Drawings and models undertaken with analogue or digital media operate as virtual environments that articulate proposals for environmental change in the physical world. An understanding of how media shape real environments is the aim of this intensive foundation year subject. A series of lectures will introduce students to the range of spatial media and techniques used to develop design concepts and planning strategies. The emphasis will be on developing knowledge of the critical relationship between media and outcomes, and how tools and techniques encourage or constrain possibilities. Concluding each lecture, students will be introduced to self teaching modules that will enable experimentation with media and techniques typically used in design and planning.

Course work consisting of: analogue/digital drawing and modeling 40% (assessed weekly); critical review of lectures 1000 words in total 20% (assessed weekly); final project using mixed media 40% (due in the end-of-semester examination period).



LOL! design your own 'yet to exist' world. HAHAHAHAHA.
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'La Serenissima': The Myth of Venice

This intensive four-week study abroad subject will be taught in Venice and examines in detail the many aspects of the so-called 'Myth of Venice'. The rulers of Venice in the Renaissance self-consciously fashioned their city's image and institutions as representative of the most stable and serene government in Europe. Students will examine the extensive historiography of this 'myth', the role of print media in its transmission, as well as its expression in the rituals, art and literature of the city. Students will also examine the darker consequences of prioritising stability in Venetian society including expansion onto the 'terrafirma', the Jewish ghetto, and the infamous Officers of the Night. Students will complete this subject with a deeper understanding of cultures other than their own and of ways of interpreting the past utilising a range of media.



TAUGHT IN VENICE! hahahaha. but don't think we can study.

Assessment A seminar presentation (15%) during the intensive, a journal 1,500 words (20%) due at the end of the intensive, and one research essay 2,500 words (65%) due at the end of semester one 2008.


DAMN!

Prerequisites 50 points of first year from any area within the Faculty of Arts
Corequisites Students enrolled in this subject need to enrol concurrently in either ITAL20006 The Story of Italian: Study Abroad or ITAL30012 The Story of Italian: Study Abroad
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121-107 Anthropology: Studying Human Diversity


Anthropology explores the different ways people live their lives. In this subject, an introduction to foundational knowledge in the discipline, students will be exposed to a variety of social and cultural forms around the world and the methods and theories developed to understand them as diverse expressions of a shared human condition. Topical issues that will be encountered include how different peoples around the world experience and react to pleasure, suffering and death; use ritual, religion and magic to understand and change their worlds; organise their sexual and family lives and their friendship networks; create and maintain their identities – individual, gendered, ethnic and youth sub-cultural; and maintain and resist the relations of power in which they are all enmeshed. On completion, students will have developed a foundational knowledge of the discipline of anthropology. They will also have developed an appreciation of both anthropology’s distinctiveness and its complementarity with other social science disciplines such as sociology, criminology, geography, political science, history, philosophy and gender studies. Finally, and most importantly, they will, through cross cultural comparison, understand the peculiarity of their own taken-for-granted ways of being.


Assessment An ethnographic observation exercise of 1000 words 25% (due week 6), a one hour class test 25% (in week 10) and a 2000 word essay 50% (due at the end of semester). This subject has a hurdle requirement of attendance at a minimum of 8 tutorials.


HMMM!
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131-076 Asia, the Pacific & the West in History

From Burma to Japan, Manchuria to Thailand, the Cook Islands to Cambodia and Tibet, this subject will explore histories of Asia, the Pacific and the West's involvement in these areas from the 16th century to the present, with an emphasis on 20th century history. The subject will be divided into three thematic groups: early contact between Asia, the Pacific and the West; colonisation, resistance and the struggles for independence; and the decolonisation process and recent crises in Asia and the Pacific. Questions explored over the course of the subject include: What was the nature of early contact between the West and Asia and between the West and the Pacific? How did contact with the West transform states and societies in Asia and the Pacific? What policies did colonial powers (including Japan) implement? What forms did resistance to these policies take? How did colonisation and eventual decolonisation exacerbate racial, ethnic and national tensions, and how have these factors influence states and societies in Asia and the Pacific today? Finally, we will look at the role (if any), human rights, sanctions, and economic trade have had on the West's relations with countries in Asia and the Pacific today, particularly China (Tibet), Myanmar, Fiji, and Cambodia.


the places seem interesting! heee.

Assessment Online class participation, and written work totalling 4000 words comprising a 1000-word radio documentary comparison 30% (due during the one-week break), tutorial participation though online postings equivalent to 500 words 25% (throughout the teaching period) and a 2500-word essay 45% (due one week after the final class).

why does the assessments all seem so hard. its not even the core subject. wtf?
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This subject is an introduction to central aspects of Asian philosophy, and especially the philosophical traditions of India, China and Japan. Students can expect to learn the basic elements of the philosophical thought of Hinduism, Buddhism (including Zen), Islam, Taoism, and Confucianism. Issues in both ethics and metaphysics will be considered. Some parallels with Western philosophy may be drawn.


A 2-hour written examination (not open-book) 50% (at the end of semester). Tutorial mini-papers each week, the best five will be counted 50%.


Hinduism, Buddhism (including Zen), Islam, Taoism, and Confucianism?????


HAHAHAH. must we learn what the dalai lama says? LOL! mini papers? i don't mind that. oh and they have to stress that its not an open bk test yeah. memorise the scriptures! HOHOHOO. SCREW!
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Astronomy!

In many cultures the study of celestial phenomena has taken a central role in the attempts to understand their surroundings. The apparent regularity of sun, moon and stars enabled observers to formulate rules for the behaviour of celestial bodies and derive predictions from them. Consequently, astronomy has not only become the oldest field in the systematic study of nature, it gives an opportunity to compare these studies among different civilizations. This subject investigates the development of astronomical thought in various cultures ranging from East and South Asia via the Middle East and Europe to Latin America. Central questions will be: How were the same phenomena interpreted in different cultures? How was the relation between sun, moon and earth regarded? How were astronomical observations done? What functions did astronomy have in culture? How was astronomical knowledge transmitted in cultural exchanges? Why did early modern Europe become the place that developed the idea of modern science? What was the relevance of the heliocentric planetary system - with the earth revolving around the sun - in this development? The subject will thus give an overview of the genesis of our modern world view while offering reflections on cross-cultural studies.


Two 2000 word essays 30% each (one due mid semester, the other due at the end of semester) and an oral examination 40% (during the examination period).
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671-344 China in Transition

don't laugh but i really dun mind studying this. HAHA.


This subject is about the changing geography of 'Red Capitalist' China. The focus of the subject is the ongoing social, economic and political transformation and the impacts of the reforms on China's people and environment. The subject covers three sets of topics: China's many faces (generation conflicts; ethnic minorities, rural China; physical landscapes and environment; Chinese women - "half sky"); China in transition (large is not beautiful, population policy and one-child only; China's reform model; open door policy and geography of "Made in China"; population mobility and urbanisation; and spatial shifts of development focus); China's major challenges (AIDS/HIV, geography of commercial sex industry; income polarisation; corruption and "Guanxi" with Chinese characteristics; "get rich quickly" and environmental cost; development and resource demand; and Three Gorges Dam resettlement).

Written work totalling 4000 comprising a 10- minute tutorial presentation 10%, a 1000 word tutorial paper 25% (due two weeks after tutorial presentation), and a 3000 word essay or research proposal 65% (due end of semester).
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672-340 Does God Exist?

This subject is a philosophical examination of whether God exists. What arguments are there in favour of the existence of God? How good are they? What objections are there to the existence of God? How good are they? We'll concentrate on various specific issues, such as whether recent scientific discoveries about the origins and nature of the physical universe count in favour of the view that the physical universe was designed by some intelligent being.

A written assignment of 2000 words 50% (due mid-semester), a 2-hour closed-book written examination 45% (held at the end of semester) and tutorial participation 5%.


Prerequisites A least one first-year single-semester philosophy subject, or permission from the Head of School or subject coordinator.


HAHAHA. for what! in case students riot in class? LOL! this subject so sensitive. hahahahaha xDD. quite cool. HMMMM. think only in ang moh countries can study. HEE.
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672-336 Epistemology

This subject deals with two major topics in the theory of knowledge. We will consider such central epistemological questions as these. What is knowledge? Do we have knowledge? How do we know? What is the structure of knowledge? These questions will be explored by considering a number of traditional and contemporary approaches to epistemological issues, such as scepticism,empiricism, rationalism, naturalism, and reliabilism. Students should gain a sound understanding of the philosophical problems relating to knowledge, as well as the major approaches which have been proposed in response to these problems.

A 1500 word essay valued at 30% due about mid-semester, and a 2500 word essay valued at 70% due at the end of semester.



ERRR. pui! its like TOK x 2.5 the work load. -.-
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674-306 Existentialism and its Critics

This subject is concerned with the tension between the freedom implied by consciousness and the constraints imposed by nature, culture and society. Freedom of thought and action arises from our capacity for reflection and imagination. And yet as natural, social and historical beings we appear as selves to be constrained by our biological and psychological needs and our social and historical position. The extent to which these factors constrain or merely influence our lives will be examined. The first half of the subject will be a study of key themes in Sartre's Being and Nothingness, particularly his account of human freedom. We will then consider the consequences for such freedom from consideration of Althusser's account of ideology and Foucault's account of power. On completion of the subject, students should be able to recognise the distinctive nature of philosophical problems and their significance for other areas of thought; know how to go about working through such problems; be in a position to engage with more philosophical material and to apply their philosophical skills in other disciplines.



Errrrrr. Albert Camus? hahahahahah.
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161-311 Experiment: Seeing is Believing?
100-184 From Homer to Hollywood
---Assessment An online diary 10% (ongoing, throughout the semester); participation in subject chatroom and blogsite 10% (throughout the semester); two 1000-word essays 20% each (due during the semester); a final examination 40% (held in the examination period).
672-332 God and the Natural Sciences
121-062 Sorcery and the Anthropology of Evil
-This subject entails a cross-cultural and historical investigation of the beliefs and activities seen as manifestations of evil in the world, from sorcery and witchcraft in Africa, the Pacific and the Americas to witchcraft revivals and 'witch hunts' in the modern world. Students completing this subject should be able to make a critical analysis of the ways in which anthropologists have attempted to explain the phenomena in question; understand the nature of beliefs and practices about supernatural malevolence in relation to arguments about rationality; and present some arguments about the interpretation of evil in society in relation to issues of race, class, gender and colonialism.

LOL! course names funny la.
and the assessment is cute! online diary? participate in chatroom and blogsite? i could do that! Hahahahahaha.

670-310 From Mateship to Mardi Gras
This subject introduces students to the history of homosexuality in Australia since European arrival. It explores the formation of sexual cultures in the 19th and early- and mid-20th centuries and examines the development of gay and lesbian politics and communities from 1969 to the present. On completion of the subject students should have developed ways to discuss and theorise homosexuality within an interdisciplinary framework. A knowledge of the complex history of homosexuality and of homosexual identities should enhance students' understanding of debates around subcultures, social movements and identity politics within Australian society in general.

what? LOL!