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Provides an overview of anthropology: its relevance, approaches and major areas of interest.
Topics include human evolution, archaeology as anthropology, and cross-cultural perspectives on areas
such as gender, language, kinship and religion.
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Introduces students to archaeologists, sites, artefacts, concepts and methods to demonstrate how contemporary archaeology informs us about the ancient human past.
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Features classic English literary works in English from mediaeval times to the late twentieth-century.
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Provides a broad introduction to journalism and communication and a foundation for further study in these fields through developing the students' knowledge, understanding and practical capacity.
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Explores the portrayal of Korean popular culture from the Korean War to the present day. Korean films,
TV dramas, internet and pop songs will help students to understand the Korean youth culture and the
Korean identity and those values and images depicted in modern Korea.
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Students will develop practical group music making skills through participation in one of The University of Queensland Ensembles; Chorale, Wind Symphony or Symphony Orchestra.
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Introduces students to philosophical concepts and what philosophers do through a discussion of the
work of mainstream philosophers such as Descartes and Sartre. Topics include scepticism, the relationship
between mind and body, and idealism.
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Aims to promote clearer thinking, foster better expression, and improve analytic capabilities with a view
to developing more persuasive argumentative skills.
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This course equips students with the conceptual tools for better understanding the changing nature of modern international relations.
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Explores basic psychological processes, such as perception, learning, motivation, consciousness, memory, thinking and sexual behaviour and the cognitive causes of these.
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Explores the development of thought, language and personality as well as issues in clinical psychology. The course also covers social issues including communication, aggression, and altruism.
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Introduces students to the basic principles of many of the world religions: Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism and New Religious Movements and spiritualities.
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Provides a survey of arguments for and against religious belief. Issues such as psychology and belief, the
problem of evil, religion and science will be covered.
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Explores different perspectives, understandings, and interpretations of phenomena often called ‘supernatural’.
The course will look at vampires, ghosts, angels, demons, fairies and will also ask the traditional science versus religion questions.
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Teaches writing at word level; syntax and grammar; effective punctuation; paragraphing and document
frameworks; revising, editing, and proofreading; and effective document design and presentation.
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A one week intensive course held during the Summer that introduces students to key skills of thinking and communication, gathering and assessing evidence, constructing arguments and presenting findings in a way that will enhance their prospects for success in their year 12 studies.
This is a restricted course; please contact the ESP Coordinator for more information on dates and eligibility criteria.
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