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Study masters degree humanities & social science online with Macquarie 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

This subject was previously known as SOCX830 Doing Social Survey ResearchThis is a unit in applied survey research and data analysis. It will explain key survey techniques used and give you the chance to try them out in practice. The unit covers choosing survey methods, administering surveys and writing good survey questions. It also looks at some of the debates around the potentials and limits of surveys. Qualitative researchers often rely on surveys to prepare themselves for fieldwork or to &#39;triangulate&#39; their results from interview work. But ultimately, surveys are designed to enable statistical analysis of data, and therefore the unit covers some of the statistical techniques used. Understanding how quantitative analytical methods work with and augment qualitative methods requires some knowledge and use of statistics and a statistical package.

Doing Social Survey Research

Students will undertake studies in ancient history and/or archaeology relevant to their field of interest. Through extended research on a topic of their choice they will write a research question, design a research project and complete a short research paper. Students must choose a supervisor and research area from the list of available staff and staff specializations provided on iLearn, and contact the unit convenor by the first week of the session to obtain approval for the topic and choice of supervisor.

Archaeological and Historical Studies: Foundation in Archaeology or History

The unit aims to combine archaeology with history in the study of a number of key cities of the Roman Near East. The Silk Road and the Frankincense Road brought great prosperity to a number of cities of the Roman East, especially Petra, Palmyra and Dura Europos. Much of the history of these cities is written from a combination of archaeological reports and literary sources. Students will be given the opportunity to learn how to evaluate archaeological evidence against extant literary sources and also to study the architectural history of the Roman Near East and how their histories aligned with the growth of long-distance trade through the area. The Silk Roads and the Frankincense Road brought great prosperity to a number of cities of the Roman East, especially Petra, Palmyra and Dura Europos. Much of the history of these cities is written from a combination of archaeological reports and literary sources. Students will be given the opportunity to learn how to evaluate archaeological evidence against extant literary sources and also to study the architectural history of the Roman Near East.

Caravan Cities

The subject was formerly known as The Geopolitics of Asia.The international security order in the Indo-Pacific is experiencing a period of rapid transformation. This unit examines these changes and dynamics through the prism of geopolitical analysis. It explores the influence of geography on the current foreign policies and future of options of key countries in the Indo-Pacific. Aside from exposing students to the concept of geopolitics as an analytical instrument, this unit investigates a series of case studies, including the evolving US-Sino rivalry; the Sino-India great power game; the geopolitics of Southeast Asia. The unit will provide students with in-depth understanding about the key contemporary regional geostrategic dynamics and the implications for regional and international stability.

Get a global perspective on the political issues that affect places like the Middle East and Europe. Flick through case studies from across the years. Discuss contemporary points such as Brexit and the re-emergence of Russia and Germany’s power.

The Geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific

This subject was previously known as PICX813 The History of Intelligence.This subject considers how and why the practices of intelligence professionals and the organisations in which those professionals work have changed over time. It covers both ancient and modern intelligence, but focuses mostly on the post-World War II era. In surveying this history of intelligence as part of the broader development of national security policies and institutions, the subject provides context for some of the debates and discussions around intelligence today. In closely examining selected case studies of intelligence success and failure, students will develop their own skills in historical and analytical thinking - skills that are integral elements of intelligence tradecraft.

Gain a thorough understanding of the history of intelligence via political, economic, social, technological and military perspectives. Research and evaluate the advance of technology and how it has affected intelligence collection and analysis.

History of Intelligence

Pompeii, Herculaneum and Stabiae constitute one of the best known and perhaps the most important archaeological areas of the Roman world - the Vesuvian cities of ancient Campania. Evidence from these cities contributes information of inestimable value to our understanding of urban Roman life. This unit is designed for those wishing to investigate the wide range of evidence from Roman Campania, how it has been interpreted and how, in turn, this has influenced our understanding of urban development in the Roman world.

Under the Shadow of Vesuvius: Archaeology in Ancient Campania

The Amarna Age in Egypt was a time of great change and upheaval; it is best known for the religious reforms of Amenhotep III / Akhenaten, who attempted to replace a long-established polytheistic theology with a monotheistic one. It was also a time when Egypt&#39;s position in the Near East was under challenge from a resurgent Hittite kingdom. The interpretation of the history of the period is controversial with diverse points of view. This subject examines central historical issues of the Amana Age (from the reign of Amenhotep III to Tutankhamun). Students will evaluate the modern scholarship of the period through analysing and interpreting the relevant written sources (royal and non-royal) in translation against the background of the archaeological record, art and architecture.

Egypt in the Age of Akhenaten and Tutankhamun

This subject examines the history of Constantinople from its foundation by Constantine the Great in the fourth century to its capture by the Ottoman Turks in the fifteenth century. Students will learn to analyse critically the cultural, ecclesiastical, intellectual, military, art and architectural history of the city, using literary, documentary and archaeological evidence.

City of Constantine

Theocritus wrote: &#39;... there&#39;s no country so fruitful as the low-country of Egypt when Nile comes gushing up to soak the soil and break it, nor no country, neither, possessed of so many cities of men learned in labour ... and in them the lord and master of all is proud Ptolemy.&#39; In this unit this powerful empire is studied. Its kings, fifteen of them, all had the name of Ptolemy. In their capital city of Alexandria, founded by and named after Alexander the Great, the kings of the Ptolemy family built the Museum and Library which made their empire the beating heart of the Greek intellectual world. Theirs was the longest-lasting of the successor kingdoms which took over the lands conquered by Alexander, lasting until Octavian (later known as Caesar Augustus) defeated Cleopatra VII and Mark Antony in a sea-battle at Actium in 31 BC.

Egypt: Alexander to Augustus

This unit provides an in-depth study of the Athenian empire in the fifth century BCE. Together we will explore aspects of its development, administration, laws, finances and how power was exercised. We will do this by close examination of literary, epigraphic and archaeological evidence in seminars based on research you will do (and occasionally lead) before each session.

The Athenian Empire 510-404 BC

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