Courses 2012
Please ensure that you check your Program Rules before enrolling into any of the courses below. Program Rules are available at the undergraduate handbook.
Course outlines are available below. Semester 2 course outlines are currently in preparation. Please consult 2011 course outlines for information purposes only, or consult the course coordinator for more details.
Quicklinks: Philosophy, Environmental Studies, History and Philosophy of Science, History, Americas Studies, Asian Studies, Australian Studies, European Studies, Women's and Gender Studies, Elective courses
Philosophy
- ARTS1360 Introducing Moral, Social & Political Philosophy
- ARTS1361 Knowledge and Reality: Introduction to Philosophy | Enrolled students can consult Blackboard for a full outline
- ARTS1362 Thinking About Reasoning
- ARTS2301 Computers, Brains and Minds
- ARTS2360 Truth and Belief
- ARTS2361 Philosophy of Mind
- ARTS2363 Chinese Philosophy | Course Outline (PDF) | Enrolled students can consult Blackboard for a full outline
- ARTS2367 Aesthetics | Course Outline (PDF)
- ARTS2372 Power, Tradition and Subjectivity
- ARTS2374 Ways of Reasoning | Enrolled students can consult Blackboard for a full outline
- ARTS2375 Logic | Course Outline (PDF)
- ARTS2376 Nietzsche and Philosophy | Abridged Course Outline, enrolled students can consult Blackboard for a full outline (PDF)
- ARTS2382 Philosophy of Religion | Enrolled students can consult Blackboard for a full outline
- ARTS2383 Theories in Moral Philosophy | Course Outline (PDF)
- ARTS2384 Theories in Political Philosophy
- ARTS6731 Freedom Alienation modernity (level 2 course also open to postgraduates)
- ARTS3360 Philosophy Capstone: Examining Pivotal Texts
- ARTS3366 Advanced Moral Theory
- ARTS3368 Advanced Social and Political Philosophy | Course Outline (PDF)
- ARTS3372 Contemporary Metaphysics
- ARTS3373 Contemporary Epistemology | Course Outline (PDF)
- ARTS3375 Hegel and German Idealism | Enrolled students can consult Blackboard for a full outline
The University Handbook contains a full list of courses in the Philosophy major or Philosophy minor.
Environmental Studies
- ARTS1240 Environment and Society: Introduction
- ARTS1300 Understanding Science, Technology and Society | Course Outline (PDF)
- ARTS2240 Environment, Sustainability and Development | Course Outline (PDF)
- ARTS2241 Peak Carbon: Climate Change and Energy Policy
- ARTS2242 Environmental Controversy in Australia | Course Outline (PDF)
- ARTS2243 Waste and Society
- ARTS2244 Rethinking Wildlife | Course Outline (PDF)
- ARTS2306 Technology, Civilization and Culture | Course Outline (PDF)
- ARTS3240 Environment and Social Process: Env Stud Capstone
- ARTS3241 Environmental Justice | Course Outline (PDF)
- ARTS3242 Environmental History | Course Outline (PDF)
The University Handbook contains a full list of courses in the Environmental Studies major or Environmental Studies minor.
History and Philosophy of Science
- ARTS1301 Cosmos and Culture: Science in History
- ARTS1302 Science: Good, Bad & Bogus: Philosophy of Science
- ARTS2302 The Scientific Revolution: Science and Religion
- ARTS2303 On Drugs: Pharmaceuticals, Medicine, and Culture
- ARTS2304 In Sickness and in Health: A History of Medicine | Course Outline (PDF)
- ARTS2305 Scientific and Technological Controversies Galileo | Course Outline (PDF)
- ARTS3302 A History of Technology, Consumption & Comfort
- ARTS3303 Reason & Revolution in Science: T.S.Kuhn & Beyond | Course Outline (PDF)
The University Handbook contains a full list of courses in the History and Philosophy of Science major or History and Philosophy of Science minor.
History
- ARTS1270 The Big Picture: An Introduction to History | Course Outline (PDF)
- ARTS1271 The History Matrix: The Making of the Modern World
- ARTS1751 Development Studies: Poor World, Rich World
- CRIM2030 History from Crime: Investigating Europe's Past.
- ARTS2270 Australia 1788-1900: The Fatal Shore? | Course Outline (PDF)
- ARTS2271 Australia 1901-2008:From Federation to the Apology
- ARTS2272 Europe in Turmoil: From Renaissance to Revolutions | Course Outline (PDF)
- ARTS2273 Towards war and revolution: 19th century Europe
- ARTS2278 Slavery and Freedom: US History 1750-1890 | Course Outline (PDF)
- ARTS2279 Colonial Latin America 1492-1830
- ARTS2282 Rome
- ARTS2283 Classical Greece | Course Outline (PDF) | Reading list (PDF)
- ARTS2284 Europe in the Middle Ages | Course Outline (PDF)
- ARTS2285 Holocaust and Genocide in Historical Perspective | Course Outline (PDF)
- CRIM3004 Crime and Punishment in Historical Perspective | Course Outline (PDF)
- ARTS3270 Reflecting on Histories and Historians: Capstone | Course Outline Semester 1 (PDF)
- ARTS3283 Dynasties
- ARTS3286 Australian History and its Constructions
- ARTS3288 The United States and the Middle East
- ARTS3289 Documentary Film and History | Course Outline (PDF)
The University Handbook contains a full list of courses in the History major or History minor.
Americas Studies
- ARTS1150 Introduction to American Studies
- ARTS2750 Modern Latin America: Dependency and Development
- ARTS3151 First Nations of the Americas
The University Handbook contains a full list of courses in the Americas Studies minor.
Asian Studies
- ARTS1210 Concepts of Asia | Enrolled students can consult Blackboard for a full outline
- ARTS1211 Australia's Asian Context
- ARTS2210 India and South Asia | Enrolled students can consult Blackboard for a full outline
- ARTS2212 Southeast Asia | Enrolled students can consult Blackboard for a full outline
- ARTS2215 Religion in World History
- ARTS3218 Japanese History: Modern Miracles & Mythologies
The University Handbook contains a full list of courses in the Asian Studies major or Asian Studies minor.
Australian Studies
The University Handbook contains a full list of courses in the Australian Studies minor.
European Studies
- ARTS2781 End of Empire | Course Outline (PDF)
- ARTS2782 Political Culture and Ideologies in Modern Europe | Enrolled students can consult Blackboard for a full outline
- ARTS6710 Europe between the Wars | Enrolled students can consult Blackboard for a full outline
- ARTS6711 Confronting the Past in Postwar Europe
- ARTS3784 Modern Italy since Unification | Enrolled students can consult Blackboard for a full outline
The University Handbook contains a full list of courses in the European Studies major or European Studies minor.
Women's and Gender Studies
- ARTS1900 Gendered Worlds: Intro to Women's & Gender Studies
- ARTS2900 Feminism: A Transnational History | Abridged Course Outline, enrolled students can consult Blackboard for full outline (PDF)
- ARTS2906 History of Sexuality | Course Outline (PDF)
- ARTS2909 Women in Southeast Asian Societies
- ARTS3900 Feminist Studies: History & Other Disciplines | Abridged Course Outline, enrolled students can consult Blackboard for full outline (PDF)
