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Faculty of Arts, Business and Law undergraduate elective courses

Elective courses

  • Elective courses in your program structure must be completed
  • Elective courses allow you the freedom to tailor your program toward your personal or professional interests
  • Most programs have a restriction on the number of introductory level courses (100 coded) you are allowed to study, so please check your program requirements before selecting elective courses
  • 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
  • Elective courses may be used to add a major or minor area of study to your program (Faculty of Arts, Business and Law majors and minors or Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering majors and minors)
Introductory level elective courses (100 coded)
CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
ACC106 Engineering Statics
BUS101 Earth's Surface Processes
BUS102 Mathematics Foundations
BUS104 Biodiversity and Ecology
BUS105 Chemistry
BUS106 Physics
BUS108 Science Research Methods
ICT110 Environment, Technology and Sustainability
ICT112 Introduction to Engineering Design
ICT115 Engineering Computer Programming
ICT120 Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics
MGT130 Engineering Project Management
PED110 Soil Mechanics
PED120 Engineering Project 1
PED121 Engineering Project 2
PED122 Engineering Research Methodology
TSM102 Design of Roads and Drainage
Advanced level elective courses (200, 300 or 400 coded)
CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
ACC210 Plant Diversity and Ecology
ACC211 Terrestrial Vertebrate Diversity and Ecology
ACC221 Soil Properties, Processes and Rehabilitation
ACC310 An Introduction to Geographic Information Science and Technology
ACC311 Restoration Ecology
ACC320 Population Ecology and Genetics
ACC321 Hydrology and Geomorphology
BUS201 Coastal Geomorphology
BUS202 Calculus and Algebra
BUS211 Numerical Analysis
BUS301 Fluids, Waves and Thermodynamics
BUS320 Statistics with Teeth: Understanding Ecological Data
BUS331 Advanced Research Methods and Statistics
ENT211 Coastal Conservation Planning
ENT221 K'gari-Fraser Island Field Studies
ENT222 Special Field Studies Topic
ENT311 Special Research Project
ENT321 Workplace Learning I
ENT322 Structural Engineering
FIN210 Mechanics of Materials
FIN220 Engineering Materials
FIN221 Construction Technology
FIN310 Engineering Sustainable Design
FIN320 Advanced Soil Mechanics
FIN321 Concrete Structures and Technology
HRM210 Introduction to Sustainable Energy Systems
HRM211 Engineering Hydrology
HRM220 Reservoir and Stormwater Engineering
HRM311 Design of Wastewater Treatment Systems
HRM312 Design of Water Supply Systems
HRM321 Introduction to Weather and Climate
IBS210 Applied Spatial Analysis and Geoprocessing
IBS220 Applied Systems Modelling
IBS221 Introductory Bioscience
IBS310 Practice Foundations
IBS320 Health Care and the Professions
IBS321 Professional Health Communication
ICT211 Anatomy and Physiology
ICT220 Contexts of practice: child, youth and family
ICT221 Contexts of Practice: The Older Person and Family
ICT301 Preparation for Practice 1
ICT310 Nursing Practice 1
ICT311 Drug Therapy
ICT320 Contexts of Practice: Health Alteration
ICT321 Preparation for Practice 2
ICT341 Nursing Practice 2
ICT342 End of Life Care
ICT351 Contexts of Practice: Complex Care
ICT352 Preparation for Practice 3
MGT210 Research Foundations for Health Practice
MGT232 Health, Law and Ethics
MGT233 Nursing Practice 3
MGT310 Contexts of Practice: Mental Health Care
MGT322 Preparation for Practice 4
MGT325 Leadership in Clinical Practice
MGT326 Nursing Practice 4
MGT327 Neonatal and Infant Health
MGT328 Perinatal and Infant Mental Health
MKG210 Life Crisis
MKG211 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Cultural Safety
MKG212 Nursing Internship
MKG220 Calculus II and Linear Algebra
MKG221 Numerical Analysis
MKG222 Discrete Mathematics
MKG322 Applied Systems Modelling
MKG324 Statistics with Teeth: Understanding Ecological Data
PED210 Reading in Advanced Mathematics
PED220 Applied Mathematics
PED310 Workplace Learning I
PED311 Calculus II and Linear Algebra
PED312 Discrete Mathematics
PED320 Statistics with Teeth: Understanding Ecological Data
PED321 Reading in Advanced Mathematics
PED322 Applied Mathematics
TSM211 Numerical Analysis
TSM221 Applied Systems Modelling
TSM223 Introduction to Psychology A
TSM313 Current Directions in Psychology
TSM314 Introductory Counselling Skills
TSM315 Introduction to Psychology B
Introductory level elective courses (100 coded)
CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
CMN102 Research Methods in Psychology A
CMN103 Physiological Psychology
CMN104 Introduction to Human Development
CMN105 Research Methods in Psychology B
CMN116 Social Psychology
CMN120 Motivation and Emotion
CMN130 Advanced Methods in Psychology
CMN140 Intercultural and Indigenous Psychologies
CMN150 Personality and Assessment
DES101 Psychology of Health and Wellbeing
DES102 Cognitive and Perceptual Psychology
DES103 Human Associative Learning
DES104 Abnormal Psychology
DES105 Adult Development and Ageing
DES106 Advanced Statistics in Psychology
DRA100 Advanced Theoretical Issues in Psychology
DRA102 Research Dissertation A
EGL120 Professional Practice of Psychology
IND110 Ethical and Professional Issues In Psychology
IND111 Research Dissertation B
ITL110 Communication and Thought
ITL111 Think Health
JPN110 Introductory Bioscience
JPN111 Introduction to Behavioural Health
LNG110 Anatomy and Physiology
SGD100 Research Foundations
SGD101 Environment and Health
SGD103 Public Health Foundations
SGD120 Microbiology
Advanced level elective courses (200, 300 or 400 coded)

CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
CMN200 Professional Practice: Legal Frameworks and Issues
CMN201 Science Research Methods
CMN202 Medical Microbiology
CMN203 Food Safety: Laws, Regulations and Quality Assurance
CMN213 Environmental Health Risk Management
CMN214 Biodiversity and Ecology
CMN216 Planning and Environmental Law
CMN222 Integrated Environmental Management
CMN224 Concepts of Epidemiology
CMN226 Environmental Health Practicum
CMN228 Biodiversity and Ecology
CMN231 Science Research Methods
CMN235 Earth's Surface Processes
CMN237 Introduction to Environmental Management
CMN238 Foundations of Sustainability
CMN240 Measuring Sustainability
CMN243 Environmental Impact Assessment
CMN246 Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation
CMN247 Environmental Health Risk Management
CMN248 Planning and Environmental Law
CMN249 Plant Diversity and Ecology
CMN251 Geographic Information Science and Technology
CMN252 Globalisation, Development and Indigenous Peoples
CMN253 Environmental Economics
CMN260 Integrated Environmental Management
CMN266 K'gari-Fraser Island Field Studies
CMN273 Special Field Studies Topic
CMN275 Special Research Project
CMN276 Workplace Learning I
CMN277 Earth's Surface Processes
CMN300 Introduction to Environmental Management
CMN302 Foundations of Sustainability
CMN303 Biodiversity and Ecology
CMN304 Science Research Methods
CMN305 Plant Diversity and Ecology
CMN306 Geographic Information Science and Technology
CMN307 Advancing Sustainability: Planet, People and Prosperity
CMN311 Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation
CMN320 Environmental Impact Assessment
DES204 Planning and Environmental Law
DES205 Environmental Economics
DES206 Integrated Environmental Management
DES211 Environmental Health Risk Management
DES212 Globalisation, Development and Indigenous Peoples
DES213 K'gari-Fraser Island Field Studies
DES214 Special Field Studies Topic
DES215 Special Research Project
DES216 Workplace Learning I
DES221 Earth's Surface Processes
DES222 Introduction to Environmental Management
DES223 Foundations of Sustainability
DES224 Biodiversity and Ecology
DES225 Science Research Methods
DES226 Plant Diversity and Ecology
DES231 Geographic Information Science and Technology
DES232 Measuring Sustainability
DES233 Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation
DES234 Environmental Impact Assessment
DES235 Planning and Environmental Law
DES236 Environmental Economics
DES301 Integrated Environmental Management
DES302 Environmental Health Risk Management
DRA202 Globalisation, Development and Indigenous Peoples
DRA204 K'gari-Fraser Island Field Studies
DRA206 Special Field Studies Topic
DRA301 Special Research Project
DRA305 Workplace Learning I
EGL201 Discovering Management
EGL205 Marketing Essentials
EGL206 Foundations of Sustainability
EGL285 Communication and Thought
IND210 Exploring Business Research
IND211 Accounting for Business
IND212 Introduction to Informatics
IND220 Introduction to Economics
IND221 Introduction to Indigenous Australia
IND222 Business Law and Ethics
IND223 Social Research
IND310 World of Work: Your Pathway to Employment
IND311 Business, Governance and Society
INT202 Creativity, Design and Communication Project
ITL200 Social Sciences and Humanities Project
ITL201 Accounting for Business
ITL210 Information Systems in Organisations
ITL211 Introductory Chemistry
ITL310 Science Research Methods
ITL311 Economics for Business
JPN200 Cell Biology
JPN201 Marketing Essentials
JPN210 Biodiversity and Ecology
JPN211 Discovering Management
JPN212 Business Law
JPN310 Discovering Science
JPN311 Statistics with Teeth: Understanding Ecological Data
LGL301 Advanced Research Methods and Statistics
SGD200 World of Work: Your Pathway to Employment
SGD202 Business, Governance and Society
SGD204 K'gari-Fraser Island Field Studies
SGD210 Special Field Studies Topic
SGD211 Analytical Sciences
SGD213 Special Research Project
SGD214 Workplace Learning I
SGD230 Innovation Management and Professional Development
SGD240 International Trade and Finance
SGD304 Marketing in a Global Environment
SGD305 Evidenced Based Decision Making
 
Introductory level elective courses (100 coded)
CourseSemester of offer
(Sunshine Coast)
UnitsRequisites
CRM101 Economics for Managers
CRM102 Global Business Management
CRM103 Strategy, Governance and Ethics
CRM105 Finance and Accounting for Managers
JST101 Managing Across Global Cultures
Advanced level elective courses (200, 300 or 400 coded)

LAW coded courses listed below are only available to students enrolled in a Law program.

CourseSemester of offer
(Sunshine Coast)
UnitsRequisites
ACC220 Leading and Managing Organisations
BUS203 Innovation Management and Professional Development
CRM201 Strategy, Governance and Ethics
CRM202 International Trade and Finance
CRM203 Marketing in a Global Environment
CRM204 Finance and Accounting for Managers
CRM301 Managing Across Global Cultures
CRM302 Leading and Managing Organisations
CRM303 Evidenced Based Decision Making
CRM304 Economics for Managers
CRM305 Global Business Management
HRM221 Introduction to Management
JST202 Communication and Thought
LAW305 Trends in Health and Community Care
LAW306 Contexts of Community Care
LAW307 Research Foundations for Health Practice
LAW309 Quality and Governance in Health and Community Care Settings
LAW310 Contexts of Practice: Mental Health Care
LAW311 Managing Human Resources
LAW312 Managing Workplace Relations
LAW313 Health Law and Ethics
LAW315 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Cultural Safety
LAW316 Leadership and Team Dynamics
LAW318 Training and Development
LAW405 Special Topic in Health and Community Care
LAW406 Managing Organisational Change
LAW407 Workplace Learning I
LAW408 Health Practicum
LAW409 Introduction to Economics
LAW410 Discovering Management
LAW411 Introduction to Criminology
LAW412 Communication and Thought
LAW414 Marketing Essentials
LAW415 Accounting for Business
LAW416 Introduction to Informatics
LGL201 Understanding Crime
LGL202 Business Law and Ethics
LGL301 Justice and the Australian Legal System
PED222 Foundations of Human Behaviour
Honours courses
CourseSemester of offer
(Sunshine Coast)
UnitsRequisites
LAW440 World of Work: Your Pathway to Employment
LAW441 Business, Governance and Society

 
Introductory level elective courses (100 coded)
CourseSemester of offer
(Sunshine Coast)
UnitsRequisites
COU101 Punishment and Corrections
COU180 Policing
ENP101 Australian Society: How does(n't) it work? - An Introduction to Sociology
ENP103 Planning Theory, Governance and Politics
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 2
12 
GEO100 The Changing Planet
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
  • Online: Semester 1
12Anti: ENP100
GEO101 Space, place and the Anthropocene
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 2
  • Online: Semester 2
12 
HIS100 History of Australian popular culture: The nineteenth century and beyond
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
  • Online: Semester 1
12 
HIS140 Global Citizens: A History of Humanity
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 2
  • Online: Semester 2
12 
INT100    
INT140    
PSY100 Introduction to Psychology A
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
  • Online: Semester 1
12Anti: SCS101
PSY101 Introduction to Psychology B
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 2
  • Online: Semester 2
12Pre: The online course offering is not available to students enrolled in an accredited Psychology program or dual degree program due to external accreditation.
PSY103 Applied Psychology in Health Care
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
12Pre: Enrolled in Program SC395, SC306, AR374, AR403 or AR405
SCS110 Australian Society: How does(n't) it work? - An Introduction to Sociology
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1, Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1, Semester 2
  • Fraser Coast: Semester 2
  • Online: Semester 1, Semester 2
12 
SCS130 Introduction to Indigenous Australia
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1, Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1, Semester 2
  • Caboolture: Semester 2
  • Fraser Coast: Semester 2
  • Gympie: Semester 2
  • Online: Semester 1, Semester 2
12 
SCS140    
SCS172    
SUS101 Foundations of Sustainability - Investigating Planetary Health
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
  • Online: Semester 1
12 
Advanced level elective courses (200, 300 or 400 coded)
CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
ENP200 Industry Project 1: Urban Design and Town Planning Studies
  • Sunshine Coast: Session 5, Session 8, Semester 1, Semester 2
12Pre: Course Coordinator Consent Required and at least 96 units
ENP211 Planning and Environmental Law
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
12Anti: ENP210
ENP236    
ENP245 Landscapes, Place and People
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 2
  • Online: Semester 2
12 
ENP255 Public Space Planning and Design - Studio II
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
12 
ENP311    
ENP336 Strategic Infrastructure Planning
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
12 
ENP355 Neighbourhood Planning and Design - Studio III
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
12Pre: ENP255
Anti: ENP704
ENP365 Participation and Conflict Resolution
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
12 
ENP411 Advanced Planning Policy and Practice
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
12 
GEO310 Globalisation, Development and Indigenous Peoples
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 2
  • Online: Semester 2
12Anti: GEO210 or GEO700
GEO340    
GEO350 Geo-ethics: Plants, Animals and People
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
  • Online: Semester 1
12 
GEO390 Advanced Geographical StudiesNot currently offered12Pre: Course Coordinator Consent Required
HIS200 Heritage: Australian and Global Contexts
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
  • Online: Semester 1
12 
HIS201 The uses and abuses of history
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
  • Online: Semester 1
12 
HIS210 Explorations in Environmental History
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 2
  • Online: Semester 2
12 
HIS240 History of Nationalism and National Identity: 18th Century and Beyond
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 2
  • Online: Semester 2
12 
HIS300 Questioning History: Explorations in the Thinking and Practice of History
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
  • Online: Semester 1
12 
HIS320 Research Project in History
  • Sunshine Coast: Not Currently Offered
  • Moreton Bay: Not Currently Offered
  • Online: Not Currently Offered
12Pre: Course Coordinator Consent Required and History Major or final year of study
Anti: HIS220
INT230    
INT235    
INT245 Politics of the USA
  • Sunshine Coast: Not Currently Offered
  • Online: Not Currently Offered
12 
INT250 Forces of Change in International Politics
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Online: Semester 1
12 
INT257 Security in a Multispecies World
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 2
  • Online: Semester 2
12 
INT270    
INT274 Politics and Security in East Asia
  • Sunshine Coast: Not Currently Offered
12 
INT276    
JST202 International Justice and Human Rights
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 2
  • Online: Semester 2
12Pre: Any 2 courses or enrolled in Program AR505 or AR605
PSY200 Research Methods in Psychology A
  • Sunshine Coast: Not Currently Offered
  • Moreton Bay: Not Currently Offered
12Pre: PSY100 and PSY101
PSY201 Research Methods in Psychology B
  • Sunshine Coast: Not Currently Offered
  • Moreton Bay: Not Currently Offered
12Pre: PSY100 and PSY101
PSY202 Physiological Psychology
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
12Pre: PSY100 and PSY101
PSY203 Introduction to Human Development
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
12Pre: (PSY100 and PSY101 and enrolled in AB314, AB315, AB302, AR364, AR374, AR375, AR405, SA306, SA307, SB304, SC308 or Psychology major) or (PSY100 and PSY101 and enrolled in SC440) or (PSY100 and OCC100 and enrolled in program SC440).
PSY204 Social Psychology
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 2
12Pre: PSY100 and PSY101
PSY205 Motivation and Emotion
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 2
12Pre: PSY100 and PSY101
PSY300 Advanced Methods in Psychology
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
12Pre: (PSY200 and PSY201) or PSY207
PSY301 Cognitive and Perceptual Psychology
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 2
12Pre: (PSY200 and PSY201) or PSY207
PSY302 Intercultural and Indigenous Psychologies
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
12Pre: (PSY200 and PSY201) or PSY207
PSY303 Personality and Assessment
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
12Pre: (PSY200 and PSY201) or PSY207
PSY304 Human Associative Learning
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 2
12Pre: (PSY200 and PSY201) or PSY207 or (PSY200 and SCI110 and enrolled in AE304 or SE303)
PSY305 Psychological Disorders
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 2
12Pre: (PSY200 and PSY201) or PSY207
PSY306 Psychology of Health and Wellbeing
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
12Pre: PSY207 or (PSY200 and PSY201) or (PSY200 and SCI110 and enrolled in Program AE304 or SE303)
PSY307 Adult Development and Ageing
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 2
12Pre: (PSY200 and PSY201) or PSY207
SCS201 International Development and Global Justice
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
  • Online: Semester 1
12 
SCS204    
SCS205    
SCS210    
SCS216    
SCS225 Social Research
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 2
  • Fraser Coast: Semester 2
  • Online: Semester 2
12Pre: Any 2 courses or enrolled in Program AR707 or AR708
SCS230 Understanding Society: An Introduction to Social Theory
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
  • Online: Semester 1
12 
SCS235 Social Justice, Welfare and the State
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 2
  • Fraser Coast: Semester 2
  • Online: Semester 2
12 
SCS251    
SCS266    
SCS273    
SCS277    
SCS278    
SCS285    
SCS286    
SCS290 Understanding Cultural Diversity
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 2
  • Online: Semester 2
12Pre: Any 2 courses
SCS295    
SUS201 Advancing Sustainability: Planet, People and Prosperity
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
  • Online: Semester 1
12 
SUS202 Communicating Sustainability
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 2
  • Online: Semester 2
12 
SUS302 Sustainability Problem Solving
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 2
  • Online: Semester 2
12Pre: 2 SUS coded courses including SUS101
SUS310    
SWK302 Community Development and Social Action
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 2
  • Fraser Coast: Semester 2
  • Online: Semester 2
12 
SWK303    
SWK401 Critical Social Policy Analysis
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1, Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Session 5, Semester 1, Semester 2
  • Fraser Coast: Session 5
12Pre: (SCS235 and (SWK300 or SWK301)) OR (SWK300 or SWK301 and enrolled in AR363)

  

* This course runs in alternate even years
^ This course runs in alternate odd years