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Study graduate diploma humanities & social science online with Griffith University through Open Universities Australia. Explore all degrees, subjects and short courses now.

Health and Wellbeing in Social and Cultural Contexts

Genre and Classic Texts

Dangerous Pleasures: An Introduction to Literary Studies

Academic Writing

Archaeology of Ancient Civilisations

Introduction to Cultural Studies

Sustainability, Climate Change and Economics

Academic and Professional Communications

Drugs in Society

English Language in Use

Over the last decade, populists have come to power in the world&#39;s four largest democracies: India, the United States, Indonesia and Brazil, among a range of other countries. Populists have run on platforms challenging the checks and balances of liberal democracy, rejecting globalization and international institutions, and opposing free trade and movement. This course will enable students to gain a deeper understanding of the unique challenges posed by populism to democracy in the twenty-first century, including in Australia and Asia. It examines what happens when populists take power, what the impacts of populism on global politics are likely to be in the 2020s, and how political leaders can respond.Students should not enrol in this subject if they have previously completed 3022GIR The Business of Global Populism or 3022GIR The Rise of Global Populism at Griffith University.

The Rise of Global Populism

This course introduces the discipline of literary studies through case studies of a wide and diverse selection of shorter fiction. It will combine detailed attention to the formal design of the fiction with a consideration of geographical and social location, and historical context. The literature will be drawn from Ireland, the United Kingdom, the Caribbean, United States of America, and Australia. The course examines literary form and language and develops methods of close reading and is designed to increase your confidence when responding to literature. It also looks at the study of literature as a discipline with its own history, topics, methods, and debates. It considers how the study of literature can be an important practical, vocational, cultural, and social component of a university education.

This subject examines the relationship between popular genres and popular culture since the late 19th century. By focusing on three of the most popular genres in the world: crime, romance and speculative fiction the subject examines how the style and focus of popular texts reflects shifting attitudes and tastes in society and culture. These popular genres are examined in a range of modes including fiction, television, film and a variety of screen based cultures. The subject develops a range of skills and knowledge that explore the relationship between written and screen-based texts and publishing in popular genres. Students should note that content referred to in this subject can be challenging or explicit when exploring genre intent, parameters and innovations. Students will be provided with learning options and context in relation to this material.

Popular Genres

This subject introduces students to Australian literature as a field of study connected to and intersecting with questions of Australian national history, culture, and identity. It draws from a diverse roster of Australian texts, including graphic narratives/webcomics, novels, short stories, personal essays, and literary criticism, that capture the current &#39;pulse&#39; of Australian writing and publishing, generally. Students will practice transferrable skills such as critical reading, literary comprehension, and interpretation to understand the role Australian literature can and should play in examining political, social, ecological, and cultural issues. Through this process of engagement, inquiry, and reflection, students will consider how this literature operates within the specificity of the Australian national context and connects to broader international concerns.

Contemporary Australian Literature

They say systematic desensitisation is the cure for all phobias. In this subject, you will be &#39;desensitised&#39; to statistics through a practical and down-to-earth approach that minimises the mathematics and maximises the applications. We will concentrate on what can be done with statistics to solve social problems and describe communities. To do so, the subject describes the construction, evaluation, administration, and analysis of survey-based data. This subject prepares you for many rewarding career paths: government policy, data analyst, applied researcher, customer insights and marketing professional, and community program developer/evaluator, just to name a few. Students will benefit from a wealth of learning resources, including: lectures, tutorials, online reference videos from practicing social scientists and statisticians, contemporary readings, and summary materials to review each week. The subject is organised around a problem or question-centred model, with a focus on how to use statistics to solve real-world issues and discover data-driven insights.

Social Data Analytics

This subject travels through different cultures of writing, and writing from different cultures. Focusing on contemporary literature, we will begin by examining the complex interplay between Indigenous and non-Indigenous literature and culture in Australia, before &#39;packing our bags&#39; to journey across some of the most exciting and unusual literary terrains in the rest of the world. Award-winning and highly influential works of fiction, poetry and non-fiction will provide us with opportunities to study a diverse range of writing techniques, as well as a platform for critical engagement with contemporary cultures and their literatures.

Writing Across Cultures

This course examines how business is changing and how, as a result, there are a growing number of businesses that are focused on responding to major social, environmental, and economic challenges both in Australia and internationally. Businesses are changing the way we approach issues like poverty, homelessness, climate change, and unemployment and alongside these changes we are seeing the growth of social enterprises, impact investment, social innovation, and market-based approaches to creating positive outcomes for people, place and planet.Students should not enrol in this subject if they have previously completed 3038IBA The Business of Changing the World at Griffith University.

The Business of Changing the World

This course surveys the comparative political economy of East Asia, a highly dynamic region and one of critical importance to Australia&#39;s economic prosperity and security. It examines nine countries, including China, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Thailand, and Indonesia. Within these national settings, it focuses on government interventions in national economies and business involvement in politics, and activities that have helped to shape different rates of economic growth and political openness. This course is offered at Nathan in even years, and Gold Coast in odd years.Students should not enrol in this subject if they have previously completed 2009IBA Business and Politics in the Asia Pacific Region, 3027IBA Business and Politics in the Asia Pacific Region or 3027GIR Business and Politics in the Asia Pacific at Griffith University.

Business and Politics in the Asia Pacific

The course is designed both as an exercise in covering the theory and literature in the field, and as a vehicle for encouraging research in migration politics. With respect to theory, the course covers themes in comparative politics including mass political behaviour, parties and party systems, parliamentary systems, elections and electoral systems, representation, legislative behaviour, social capital, identity politics, political elites, citizenship frameworks and immigration policies. With respect to research, the course includes online tasks that are designed to help you engage in research on significant questions regarding the political participation of minority groups in Australia and in comparative perspective. Students should not enrol in this subject if they have previously completed 3023GIR Migration and Diversity in Democratic Politics or 3023GIR The Age of Migration at Griffith University.

The Age of Migration

This course provides an introduction to the politics of international organisations and international law from the perspective of the International Relations (IR) discipline, with a specific focus on peace and conflict. More specifically, it aims to introduce students to i) the main IR approaches to studying international organisations and law and the key debates surrounding them ii) some of the most influential international organisations and legal frameworks and how they operate and iii) central issues pertaining to international law, norms and organisations in the areas of peacekeeping, conflict prevention and human rights. Students should not enrol in this subject if they have previously completed 2019IBA Politics of International Law &amp; International Organisations, 2019GIR Politics of International Law and Organisations or 2019GIR International Organisations, Peace and Conflict.

International Organisations, Peace and Conflict

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