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Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering Undergraduate elective courses

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Elective courses

Elective courses may be part of your program and must be completed.
Electives allow you the freedom to tailor your program toward your personal or professional interests.
Some programs have a restriction on the number of 100 coded courses you are allowed to study, so remember that when you choose your electives.
Note: Some courses may also include a compulsory field trip, requiring payment of an additional fee and may be held outside of the regular teaching weeks, ie on weekends or during semester breaks.

Introductory (100 coded) elective courses
CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
ENG101 Australian Society: How does(n't) it work? - An Introduction to Sociology
ENS103 Academic and Professional Skills: Planning for success
ENS120 ICT for Academic and Professional Applications
LFS100 Professional People Skills for Study, Community and Society
LFS112 Introduction to Psychology A
LFS122 Australian Society: How does(n't) it work? - An Introduction to Sociology
MLS110 Introduction to Psychology B
MLS121 Current Directions in Psychology
MTH100 Introduction to Indigenous Australia
MTH102 Academic and Professional Skills: Planning for success
NUT102 ICT for Academic and Professional Applications
OES100 Professional People Skills for Study, Community and Society
OES101 Introduction to Psychology B
PUB102 Australian Society: How does(n't) it work? - An Introduction to Sociology
PUB104 Introduction to Indigenous Australia
PUB112 Introduction to Psychology A
SCI102 Current Directions in Psychology
SCI105 Foundations of Sustainability
SCI107 Measuring Sustainability
SCI110 Communicating Sustainability
SET111 Sustainability Problem Solving
SPX101 Plant Diversity and Ecology
SPX102 Vertebrate Diversity and Ecology

 

Elective courses

Elective courses may be part of your program and must be completed.
Electives allow you the freedom to tailor your program toward your personal or professional interests.
Some programs have a requirement on the number of 200 and 300 coded courses you are required to study, so remember that when you choose your electives.
Note: Some courses may also include a compulsory field trip, requiring payment of an additional fee and may be held outside of the regular teaching weeks, ie on weekends or during semester breaks.

Advanced (200, 300 or 400 coded) elective courses
CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
ANM203 Introduction to Sustainable Energy Systems
BIM202 Environmental and Resource Economics
BIM203 Climate Change Adaptation
BIM263 Coastal Conservation and Management Project
BIM302 Introduction to Climate Change Mitigation
BIM303 Integrated Environmental Management
BIM331 Environment and Health
BIM341 Environmental Health Risk Management
CHM202 Biodiversity and Ecology
CHM210 Workplace Learning I
CHM310 Introduction to Economics
CHM311 Planning and Environmental Law
EDU302 Regions, Change and Sustainability
EDU303
EDU307    
ENG203    
ENG302 Engineering Project Management
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
  • Online: Semester 1
  • Adelaide: Trimester 1
12Pre: Students to have completed at least 96 credits
Anti: ENG305
ENG312    
ENG330    
ENG411 Reservoir and Stormwater Engineering
  • Sunshine Coast: Not Currently Offered
12Pre: (MTH202 or MTH104) and (ENS314 or ENG330 or CIV330)
ENG412    
ENG421 Design of Water Supply Systems
  • Sunshine Coast: Not Currently Offered
12Pre: ENG202
ENG422    
ENS203    
ENS213 Invertebrate Biology and Ecology
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
12Pre: SCI102
ENS214    
ENS221 Plant Diversity and Ecology
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
12Pre: SCI102
Anti: ENS201
ENS222 Terrestrial Vertebrate Diversity and Ecology
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 2
12Pre: SCI102
ENS242 Weather and Climate
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 2
12 
ENS253 Geographic Information Science and Technology
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
  • Online: Semester 1
12 
ENS254 Earth Observation: Remote Sensing and Surveying
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 2
12 
ENS281    
ENS282 Coastal and Marine Ecology
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
12Pre: SCI110 or SCI102 or ANM104
ENS300 Environmental Economics
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
12Anti: ENS700
ENS305 Environmental Chemistry
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 2
12Pre: SCI105
ENS306    
ENS310    
ENS314    
ENS315    
ENS316 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
12Pre: (ENS222 and SCI110) or enrolled in SB303
ENS317 Coastal Conservation Planning
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
12Pre: (ANM203 or SCI202 or MTH203) and (ENS213 or ENS221 or ENS222 or ENS253 or ENS282) or enrolled in Coastal and Marine Environments Minor
ENS318 Plant Growth and Reproduction
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 2
12 
ENS320    
ENS321 Restoration Ecology
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
12Pre: ENS221 or ENS222 or ENS282 or ENS213 or ENS214 or LFS261
Anti: ENS361
ENS323 Agricultural and Forest Ecology
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 2
12Pre: SCI110
ENS324 Advanced Genetics
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 2
12Pre: Course Coordinator Consent required and (LFS100 or SCI100) or SCI102 or (LFS103 and enrolled in program SC355, SC357 or SC354)
ENS330 K'gari Field Studies
  • Sunshine Coast: Session 8
  • Moreton Bay: Session 8
12Pre: (Completion of 192 units and SCI110 and enrolled in SC319, SC316, SC320, SC301, AR397, SC425, SA308, SB301, Biological Science Major, or Biological Science Extended Minor) or by Coordinator Consent
ENS351 Integrated Environmental Management
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
12Anti: ESS351
ENS353 Applied Geospatial Analysis
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 2
12Pre: ENS253
ENS371 Sustainable Aquaculture
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
12Anti: ESS371
GEO201 Hydrology and Geomorphology
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
  • Online: Semester 1
12 
GEO301 Mapping with Drones
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
  • Online: Semester 1
12Pre: GEO100 or ENS253
GEO302 Coastal Geomorphology
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 2
  • Online: Semester 2
12 
LFS201    
LFS202    
LFS251 Biochemistry
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
12Pre: SCI105 and (LFS100 or LFS103)
Anti: MBT251
LFS252 Molecular Biology
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 2
12Pre: (SCI100 or LFS100) or (LFS103 and enrolled in Program SE303, AE304, SC355, SC357 or SC354)
LFS261 Microbiology
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
12Pre: SCI100 or SCI103 or LFS100 or LFS103
Anti: MEP263 or MBT263
LFS262 Medical Microbiology
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
12Pre: MBT263 or LFS261 or MEP263
Anti: MEP252 or MEP253 or MBT253
LFS303 Pathophysiology
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
12Pre: (LFS201 and LFS202) or LFS203 or
Co: LFS201 or LFS203 and enrolled in Program SC357
Anti: LFS302 or NUR221 or PAR221 or HLT221
MBT301 Pharmaceutical and Food Microbiology
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
12Pre: MBT263 or LFS261
MBT352 Molecular Biotechnology
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 2
12Pre: (LFS252 or BIM202) or enrolled in Biotechnology Minor
MBT353 Microbial Pathogenesis
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 2
12Pre: Course Coordinator Consent Required and MBT263 or LFS261 or (MLS200 and enrolled in UB001)
Anti: MEP351
MBT361 Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
12Pre: MBT263 or LFS261
Anti: MBT363 or MBT364
MLS210 Advanced Haematology
  • Sunshine Coast: Not Currently Offered
12Pre: MLS110 and enrolled in Program SC211, SC355 or SC357
MLS211 Medical Biochemistry
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 2
12Pre: LFS251
MTH200    
MTH202    
MTH212 Discrete Mathematics
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 2
12Pre: MTH101 or MTH102 or MTH103
Anti: MTH512
MTH302 Applied Mathematics
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 2
12Pre: MTH202 or MTH104
Anti: MTH522
MTH312    
MTH381 Applied Systems Modelling
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
12Pre: MTH202 or MTH104
Anti: ENS381
NUT201 Food Studies
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
12Pre: SCI105
Anti: FSN201
NUT202 Nutrition Assessment
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
12Pre: NUT201 and NUT212 and enrolled in Program SC302 or SC406
NUT205 Public Health Nutrition
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 2
12Pre: (NUT211 or NUT102) and PUB112
NUT212 Principles of Nutrition
  • Online: Session 1, Semester 1
12Pre: LFS103 or LFS112 or HLT100 or SPX103
Anti: FSN212
NUT232 Nutritional Biochemistry
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 2
12Pre: MBT251 or LFS251
Anti: BIM212 or BIM352 or BIM252
NUT301 Advanced Public Health Nutrition
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
12Pre: (NUT306 or NUT352) and NUT205
NUT352    
OES204    
PHY201    
PHY202    
PHY311    
PUB205 Food Safety Laws and Regulations
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
12Anti: NUT322
PUB252 Health Promotion Assessment and Planning
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
12Anti: PUB705
PUB262 Environmental Health Risk Management
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 2
12 
PUB271 Health Promotion Principles
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
12 
PUB272 Healthy Public Policy and Advocacy
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
12Anti: PUB704 and PUB742
PUB332    
PUB351 Health Promotion Implementation and Evaluation
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
  • Online: Semester 2
12 
PUB352    
PUB361 Epidemiology and Biostatistics
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
12Pre: SCI110
SCI202 Advanced Research Methods and Statistics
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 2
12Pre: SCI110 or BUS101
Anti: ANM203
SCI212 Genetics
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 2
12Pre: Course Coordinator Consent Required and (SCI100 or LFS100) or (LFS103 and enrolled in Program SE303, AE304, SC355, SC357 or SC354) or SCI102 or first year subjects from Bachelor of Environmental Science, Bachelor of Animal Ecology
SCI302 Analytical Sciences
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
12Pre: CHM202 or CHM210 or LFS251
SPX201 Functional Anatomy
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
12Pre: LFS122
SPX202 Biomechanics I
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 2
12Pre: LFS122
SPX211 Exercise Physiology I
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 2
12Pre: LFS112 or SPX103
SPX212    
SPX221 Sports and Exercise Medicine
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
12Pre: LFS122
SPX222 Sport and Exercise Psychology
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 2
12Pre: PSY100 or PUB104 or SPX101 or SPX102
SPX231 Motor Control and Learning
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 2
12Pre: LFS122 or HLT100 or SPX103
SPX301 Exercise in Cardiorespiratory and Metabolic Health
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
12Pre: SPX331
Co: SPX300
SPX302 Exercise in Musculoskeletal Health
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
12Pre: SPX221 and (SPX201 or SPX202)
SPX312 Performance Enhancement
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 2
12Pre: SPX322 or SPX331
SPX322 Biomechanics II
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
12Pre: SPX202
SPX331 Exercise Physiology II
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
12Pre: SPX211
SPX340 Professional Placement in Sport and Exercise Science
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1, Semester 2
12Pre: Course Coordinator Consent Required. SPX121 and SPX203 and enrolled in Program SC344. Mandatory requirements must be submitted to SONIA before you are eligible to attend a manual enrolment meeting
SPX341    
SPX342    
SPX352    
SPX361    
SPX362    
SPX371 Advanced Coaching Science
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 2
12Pre: SPX102 and SPX203
SRP301 Special Research Project
  • Sunshine Coast: Session 8, Semester 1, Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Session 8, Semester 1, Semester 2
12Pre: Course Coordinator Consent Required
SRP321 Special Research Project
  • Sunshine Coast: Session 8, Semester 1, Semester 2
24Pre: Course Coordinator Consent Required
WPL310 Workplace Learning I
  • Sunshine Coast: Session 1, Session 5, Session 8, Semester 1, Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Session 1, Session 5, Session 8, Semester 1, Semester 2
  • Fraser Coast: Semester 2
12Pre: Course Coordinator Consent Required
WPL311 Workplace Learning I
  • Sunshine Coast: Not Currently Offered
  • Moreton Bay: Not Currently Offered
  • Fraser Coast: Not Currently Offered
12Pre: Course Coordinator Consent Required
WPL320 Workplace Learning II
  • Sunshine Coast: Session 1, Session 5, Session 8, Semester 1, Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Session 1, Session 5, Session 8, Semester 1, Semester 2
  • Fraser Coast: Session 1, Session 5, Session 8, Semester 1, Semester 2
24Pre: Course Coordinator Consent Required

† Subject to special entry requirements. Course coordinator approval only.
* Subject to approval and/or not available until further notice.

 

Enabling courses

Enabling courses are offered to support you in achieving academic success. Courses are held before the start of each semester, and as weekly tutorials throughout the teaching year.

The Tertiary Enabling Program (TEP) offers a range of enabling courses in key areas. These courses allow you to learn new skills, refresh your knowledge, and increase your potential for excellent results in your undergraduate degree program.

Enabling courses are free-of-charge to Commonwealth-supported and International students, they don’t count towards your degree and they have no impact on your overall university grades.

CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
ENB121    
ENB122    
ENB123    
ENB124    
ENB125    
ENB126