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sydney.edu.au Short Term - Study Abroad Session A: 26 May - 7 July 2018 Session B: 8 July - 11 August 2018
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Study with us How it works Unit of study
options
Delivery
−− Session A:
26 May – 7 July 2018
Every year, we welcome −− Session B:
hundreds of students from 8 July – 11 August 2018 The University of Sydney offers
around the world to the the largest selection of units
Study in Australia to Study Abroad
University of Sydney through
our popular Study Abroad −− Choose from up to 25 students. Each unit of study is
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Program. While some students intensive units of study taught in an intensive format,
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are attracted to our world-class −− Same credit points earned while maintaining credit point
academic reputation, others per unit, as a full semester values and academic integrity.
come to experience our vibrant Many unit of study options
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city and student life. provide hands-on experiential
orientation, social
learning in an Australian cultural
events and farewell
Whatever the reason, join context. Students can choose
us and discover why we’re Fees either 1 or 2 units of study in
students’ number one −− 1 unit of study: $3,075 AUD either session, one of which
preference!** can be our credit-bearing
−− 2 units of study:
Internship.
$6,150 AUD
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environment for our students.
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*Times Higher Education 2017
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National Union of Students (NUS)
2012, 2013, 2015
visual user interface elements in an ENGL2638 Literature and Cinema
interactive product. Using digital image This unit will examine issues arising
Units of study manipulation tools, such as Adobe
Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator,
from a comparative study of literature
and cinema, including: the continuities
Units listed are based on previous program offerings and may students will learn how to develop and discontinuities between the two
change. Please check our web page for updated information and design concepts and how to turn mediums; the cultural and historical
to register your interest for 2018. concepts into visual communication contexts of literary and cinematic
materials in the form of digital images texts; authorship, auteurism and
aesthetic authority; adaptation and
ANTH1001 Cultural Difference An the unique anatomical, physiological DECO2102 Web design and Technologies intertextuality; the figurative styles of
Introduction and behavioural adaptations that This unit introduces students to web literature and cinema; narrative and
Anthropology explores and explains have enabled our wildlife to survive design and modern web technologies narration in literature and cinema;
cultural difference while affirming and thrive within varied Australian for the purpose of designing and genre study
the unity of humankind. It provides ecosystems prototyping web-based user interface
accounts of cultural specificity that solutions. Students will learn about ECON1002 Introductory
illuminate the world today. Lectures DECO2010 Designing Social Media
design principles and patterns for Macroeconomics
will address some examples of cultural This unit provides students with an
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the web and apply them in practical Introductory Macroeconomics
difference from the present and the understanding of principles and
exercises that involve designing and addresses the analysis of the level of
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past. These examples will introduce technologies relevant to the design of
creating interactive web applications. employment and economic activity in
modern Anthropology, the method of social media, that is, media supporting
Students will develop an understanding the economy as a whole. Introductory
ethnography, and its related forms of social interaction. The unit covers
of web technologies and their role in Macroeconomics examines the main
social and cultural analysis. the history and theory of social
user experience and interaction design, factors that determine the overall levels
networks, techniques and methods
such as the use of web technologies for of production and employment in the
ARTS2600 Internship 1 for analysing social media networks,
prototyping user interfaces. Prototyping economy, including the influence of
Gain work experience and professional design principles and patterns for the
techniques covered in this unit include: government policy and international
development at an Australian workplace creation of social media applications,
scripting and mark-up languages trade. This analysis enables an
or within a research setting, with a and the development and delivery of
for enabling dynamic content and exploration of money, interest rates
minimum 120 hour placement social media strategy. Students will
interactive designs, such as HTML, CSS, and financial markets, and a deeper
gain proficiency designing social media
BIOL2032 Australian Wildlife Biology and JavaScript examination of inflation, unemployment
platforms and usage scenarios that
Australia has a unique assemblage of and economic policy. It is assumed that
solve a range of design challenges. DENT3231 Dental Elective Immersion
terrestrial vertebrate faunal species, students undertaking this unit will have
Students will participate in, critically Program
many of which are found nowhere a prior knowledge of mathematics
review and prototype new forms of The Dental electives immersion program
else on earth (for example, 94% of sociable media to demonstrate their provides opportunities for overseas ECOP1001 Economics as a Social
frog species are found nowhere else). understanding of the subject matter dental students to participate in Science
This unit aims to introduce students
observational and didactic learning Economic concerns are central to
to the fascinating life of Australia’s DECO2101 Visual Communication
experiences within the dental faculty. modern society and politics. Yet
diverse and unique vertebrate wildlife This unit introduces students to the
The students will gain experience and economists are deeply divided in their
fauna which have evolved in isolation principles of visual design, including
insight into Australia’s contemporary views about how the economy works
from other large land-masses for graphic design, colour theory and
model to oral health care as well as the and how it could be made to work
millions of years. It includes Australian typography. Students will develop an
opportunity to participate in dental better. This unit of study explores
reptiles, amphibians, birds and understanding of how to successfully
research. the principal competing currents of
mammals including all three mammalian combine visual elements to effectively
economic thought - classical, neo-
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lineages; monotremes, marsupials communicate an idea or concept, to
classical, institutional, Marxian and
and eutherian mammals. We focus on describe a product, and to represent
Keynesian. It looks at how these rival delivery are critically examined against Sydney. These experiences of Australian the violence of convict society,
economic theories shape views about the backdrop of Australian historical sporting culture are informed by a frontier conflict and early battles for
economic policy and the nature of and sociological perspectives socially critical examination of sport in self-government. It maps the political
capitalism. This unit provides a solid Australia through lectures and readings struggles, contested stories and
foundation for subsequent study in EDUH4052 Learning in Outdoor shifts in Indigenous-settler relations
political economy Education GEOS2115 Oceans, Coasts and Climate that accompanied the creation of a
Learning in Outdoor Education Change nation state after 1880, and explores
EDGU1003 Diet and Nutrition for Health examines the nature and significance of This unit of study introduces core the effects of war on different social
and Sport the learning that takes place through concepts about how the formation of groups. Finally, it charts Australia’s
In a world where nutrition advice is these experiences. While the unit ocean basins and their influence on cultural and political transformation
commonplace but not always accurate, aims to build knowledge and develop climate govern the development of after 1945 into the post-industrial
learning the basics of good nutrition understanding of specific areas of coasts and continental margins. The postcolonial society of today
habits is vital for development and natural significance, its principal focus Unit of Study systematically outlines
growth at all stages of the life cycle. is the theory and practice surrounding how these factors have played out to IBUS1102 Cross Cultural Management
If practiced correctly, nutrition Experiential Education. It does this produce, by gradual change, the coasts Critical to effective management
can help prevent disease, assist in by examining two different, yet we see today, as well as the less familiar in international and multi-cultural
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reaching health goals, influence sports interrelated, modes of learning in and deposits hidden beneath the sea and business environments is an
performance and reach academic about natural environments through coastal lands. The Unit of Study is understanding of cultural differences
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outcomes. This elective aims to equip lectures about these places and by structured around GIS-based practical and how to manage such differences.
students with the knowledge required experiences in these places. During the sessions and problem-based project The aim of this unit of study is to
to make informed food choices and gain course of the unit students will come work, for which lectures provide the provide conceptual frameworks and
skills in analysing their personal diet and to know the places they visit through theoretical background evidence from practice that will develop
nutrition habits. Topics covered in the distinctly different learning experiences an understanding of the ways in which
unit include the anatomy and physiology provided by two field trips. There will be HPSC1000 Bioethics cultures differ, how these differences
of digestion, the link between common extra costs incurred in the field trips for Science has given us nearly infinite can impact management, and how
diseases and nutrition practices, this unit possibilities for controlling life. cultural issues can limit organisational
nutrition for sports performance, Scientists probe the origins of life effectiveness. The subject is explored
practical tips for shopping and cooking EDUH4058 Sport and Learning in through research with stem cells and from an internal perspective as well as
and the use of food to improve Australian Culture embryos. Science has provided new from an external perspective, looking
cognition This unit provides students with a ways of controlling and manipulating at issues within the company as well
socially critical perspective on the life and death. As a consequence, as issues between the multinational
EDUF3034 Australian Theatre, Film and place, meaning and practice of sport difficult ethical questions are raised in company and its host environment
Learning in Australian culture. Focused on the increasingly complex cultural and social
This unit of study examines the range of learning that takes place environments. This course will discuss INDG1001 Introduction to Indigenous
Australian identity through an through youth’s engagement in sport, major issues in the ethics of biology Cultures
exploration of Australian film, theatre, it examines the practice of sport at and medicine, from gene modification This unit introduces students to
and television traditional formats levels ranging from elite international to Dolly the sheep. This unit will be Indigenous Australia in a stimulating,
and new digital content and delivery sport to grass roots, community-based introductory, but a small number of in-depth study of traditional and
platforms. The unit focuses on young and school sport. In striving to provide topical issues will be studied in depth contemporary forms of Aboriginal
Australian playwrights, performers and a meaningful educational experience and Torres Strait Islander cultural
filmmakers, and the range of learning this unit places students’ first hand HSTY1089 Australia: Conflict and expression. Ranging from the Dreaming
that takes place through young people’s experiences of Australian sporting Transformation and ancient knowledges, ceremony
engagement in, and appreciation of, culture at the centre of the unit of Australia has been called the ‘quiet and lore, to the lives and societies of
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theatre, film, television and digital study through the provision of field continent’, but conflict has been part of Indigenous peoples today, students
content. A variety of genre, formats and trips to relevant sporting events in its history since 1788. This unit examines learn in areas such Aboriginal kinship,
language, story and art, Indigenous of phenomena and principles in new social and political imaginaries the difference between domestic and
agriculture, aquaculture and astronomy, behaviour, learning and perception, emerging. Examines the uses of international HRM, and the challenges
and contemporary Indigenous cultures abnormal psychology and their victimhood in trying to escape terror of cross-cultural management. This
and cultural currents relations to underlying neural and achieve reconciliation unit will provide students with a
substrates. The emphasis in learning is theoretical understanding of IHRM and
INFO1110 Introduction to Programming on instrumental conditioning and the USSC2601 US in the World cross-cultural management, as well
Programming in a legible, maintainable, principle of reinforcement, ranging This unit of study introduces students as a practical understanding of the
reusable way is essential to solve from applications of this principle to the key global transformations of the issues and challenges associated with
complex problems in the pervasive to its neural substrates. A number of contemporary era, focusing on the role managing employees in international,
computing environments. This unit perceptual phenomena will be studied, of the United States from an Australian global and cross-cultural contexts
will equip students with foundation such as motion detection, recognition perspective, amid the challenges
of programming concepts that are of faces and chronic pain. The practical posed by: globalisation, free trade, WORK3205 Organisational
common to widely used programming classes are designed for students with the rise of Islamic extremism, nuclear Communication
languages. Java, one of the most an interest in clinical and therapeutic proliferation, and the emergence of Communication is integral to many
popular programming languages, is used Psychology, and will allow students China and India as world powers. The organisational processes; for instance,
in this unit. It provides interdisciplinary to design and implement a behaviour unit is designed to give students the effective planning, decision-making,
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approaches, applications and modification programme ability to look behind today’s news negotiation, conflict management,
examples to support students from headlines to understand the underlying change management and leadership
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broad backgrounds such as science, SCLG2608 The Sociology of Deviance forces driving them, particularly the all rely upon effective communication
engineering, and mathematics and Difference behaviour and views of key policy by organisational actors. Drawing on
This unit of study focuses on makers and opinion leaders communication research models,
INFS1000 Digital Business Innovation understanding ‘deviance’ and theories and case studies, the unit
The Digital Economy, with its focus ‘difference’ from a sociological WORK3201 International Human will provide students with insight
on information as a key business perspective. The unit covers a range Resource Management into how to manage the complexities
resource, has changed the way Business of theories, from classic sociological This unit considers the opportunities of contemporary organisational
Information Systems (BIS) are viewed theories of deviance to more recent and challenges associated with communication. The unit will focus
in organisations. This unit is designed critical theories of difference, and managing employees in international primarily on internal organisational
to develop your understanding of explores the key issues involved in this and cross-cultural context. Within communication and will examine
how businesses operate. It shows change of term. These theories are the context of global labour markets, communication processes at various
how information systems support employed to explore a series of areas the unit considers the implications of levels: interpersonal (dyadic), group and
business operations and management of contemporary debate in society, internationalisation and globalisation organisation
through integration of people, business including youth subcultures, the for human resource management (HRM),
processes and systems. You will be construction of outsiders, rebellion, the
provided with an introduction to International Human
body, and mental health
Resource Management
state-of-the art business analysis
students learning in the
techniques, frameworks and models SCLG2623 Sociology of Terror Royal Botanic Garden,
to assist in understanding the nature This unit examines the relationship Sydney
and contribution of BIS in a range of between terrorism and globalisation.
business contexts. With its emphasis on Explores themes of massacre, ethnic
business rather than IT, this unit does cleansing, and terrorism in the context
not require prior IT-related experience of social uncertainty and crises in
nation states. Examines the production
PSYC2010 Brain and Behaviour of victims and the process of cultural
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This Unit of Study examines a range symbolisation of the body and the
Internships
Short term study abroad We work with companies from a Eligibility “My internship experience has
students have the opportunity variety of fields including start- Applicants are placed on a exceeded my expectations! It
to develop familiarity with the ups, technology firms, financial best-fit basis. Placement is was a tremendous experience to
Australian workplace culture service providers and not-for- competitive and based on immerse oneself in another culture
while applying their academic profit organisations. Research eligibility criteria, applicability and develop a sense of community
learning in real workplace placements with University of of academic studies (including a within Sydney, while exploring
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situations. By enrolling in our Sydney academics may also be cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher and appreciating the culture as
credit-bearing internship unit of available, as an alternative to on a 4.0 scale and completion
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well as building my resume. The
study (ARTS2600), students can industry internships. of at least one year of university internship program is one of a kind
enhance their communication, study) to the placement, and I’d do it again in a heartbeat!”
Placements
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Guaranteed accommodation Mates Abroad and
Social Program
We provide peace of mind −− Gym and yoga room Mates Abroad Joining the Mates Abroad
to our students by offering −− Cinema and Games room To ease your transition into program is an excellent way to
guaranteed accommodation Sydney student life, promote see the city as a local, while
−− Onside laundry facilities
with one of our accommodation a multicultural environment jump-starting your social circle
−− Apple IMAC computer
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partners, like Urbanest. and share exciting adventures here in Australia:
stations with
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Urbanest is a student with new friends, students are −− facebook.com/groups/
accommodation complex unlimited internet encouraged to join our Mates matesabroad
situated fifteen minutes walk Accommodation is guaranteed Abroad mentoring program.
from campus and located on for students who participate Social Program
the doorstep of downtown in a 5-6 week program and In this program, you will be The University of Sydney offers
Sydney. Urbanest has their own apply by the accommodation paired with an Australian a terrific social program for you
social calendar and weekly deadline. student mentor and throughout your stay, including
sausage sizzle (BBQ) and benefit from the following welcome and departure events,
pancake breakfast to promote a opportunities: a harbour cruise, a learn to surf
community atmosphere. camp and breakfast with Koalas.
−− Meet and connect with
Aussie mentors pre-arrival
Students who live at Urbanest
via email, and social media
have access to great facilities
and services including: −− Personal support upon arrival
as you settle into Sydney life
−− Fully furnished
−− Make new Aussie
apartments with private
friends through your
ensuite bathrooms
mentor’s social circle
−− 20GB internet/month or
−− Learn to navigate
100GB for large studios
Sydney public transport
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−− Social and study spaces with your mentor
−− 24/7 security system
If you read only one thing, read this.
−− Top 0.3 percent of
universities worldwide
−− Variety of study options
−− Internship placements available
−− Guaranteed accommodation
−− Mates abroad mentor program
−− Amazing social events calendar
−− 1 unit of study: $3,075 AUD
−− 2 units of study: $6,150 AUD
−− Accommodation for 6 weeks: $2,160 AUD
−− Application deadline
31 March 2018
The University of Sydney
Student enquiries Partner enquiries
emily.may@sydney.edu.au jessica.d@sydney.edu.au
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