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Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering 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
ENG101 Working With Families
ENS103 Ethics and Professional Practice
ENS120 Complexity and Social Work: Policy and Practice
HLT133 Indigenous Australia and the State
HLT134 Understanding Cultural Diversity
HLT140 Environment and Health
HLT150 Science Research Methods
LFS100 Systems Analysis
LFS112 Programming
LFS122 ICT Professional Practice and Ethics
MLS110 Managing Data
MLS121 Data Visualisation
MTH100 Business Research and Statistics
MTH102 Data and System Integration
NUT101 Machine Learning
NUT102 Project Management Principles
OES104 Databases
PUB102 Data Science Practice
PUB104 ICT Industry Project
PUB112 Introduction to Psychology A
SCI102 Current Directions in Psychology
SCI105 Introductory Counselling Skills
SCI107 Introduction to Psychology B
SCI110 Research Methods in Psychology A
SCI113 Physiological Psychology
SET111 Introduction to Human Development
SPX101 Research Methods in Psychology B
SPX102 Social Psychology
SPX121 Motivation and Emotion
Advanced level elective courses (200, 300 or 400 coded) 
CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
ANM203 Advanced Methods in Psychology
BIM202 Intercultural and Indigenous Psychologies
BIM203 Personality and Assessment
BIM263 Psychology of Health and Wellbeing
BIM303 Cognitive and Perceptual Psychology
BIM331 Human Associative Learning
BIM341 Abnormal Psychology
CHM202 Adult Development and Ageing
CHM210 Advanced Statistics in Psychology
CHM310 Advanced Theoretical Issues in Psychology
CHM311 Research Dissertation A
CHM312 Professional Practice of Psychology
EDU208 Ethical and Professional Issues In Psychology
EDU302 Research Dissertation B
EDU307 Communication and Thought
EDU310 Biodiversity and Ecology
EDU351 Chemistry
EDU371 Cell Biology
ENG203 Science Research Methods
ENG312 Introduction to Mathematics
ENG330 Introduction to Applied Mathematics
ENG336 Introductory Calculus
ENG402 Discovering Science
ENG411 Professional Learning: Building Community Connections
ENG412 Teaching English: Curriculum and Pedagogy
ENG421 Teaching Mathematics in the Early Years
ENG422 Teaching Science in Primary Schools
ENS213 Engaging Diverse Learners
ENS214 Professional Learning: Facilitating the Learning Environment
ENS221 Teaching History and Geography in the Primary School
ENS222 Teaching Arts in the Primary School
ENS224 Professional Learning: Developing a Personal Pedagogy
ENS242 Teaching Reading and Writing
ENS253 Responding to Diversity and Inclusion
ENS254 Teaching Health and Physical Education and Technologies in Primary School
ENS281 Professional Practice: The Inquiring Teacher
ENS282 Teaching Primary School and Lower Secondary Mathematics
ENS300 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Perspectives in Learning and Teaching
ENS305 Professional Learning: Transitioning into the Profession
ENS310 Introduction to Criminology
ENS314 Justice and the Australian Legal System
ENS315 Foundations of Human Behaviour
ENS316 Communication and Thought
ENS317 Understanding Crime
ENS318 Punishment and Corrections
ENS320 Policing
ENS323 Australian Society: How does(n't) it work? - An Introduction to Sociology
ENS324 Professional Development
ENS330 Criminal Profiling & Intelligence
ENS351 Homicide, Investigations & Forensic Science
ENS353 Youth Justice & Restorative Justice
ENS371 Introduction to Cyber Crime
GEO201 Applied Crime Prevention
GEO301 Criminal Law
GEO302 Social Research
HLT301 Professional Ethics and Integrity Management
LFS201 Diversity, Crime and Justice
LFS202 Criminal Profiling & Intelligence
LFS251 Homicide, Investigations & Forensic Science
LFS252 Youth Justice & Restorative Justice
LFS262 Professional Placement
LFS303 Introduction to Cyber Crime
MBT254 Professional Placement
MBT301 Crime Research Methods
MBT352 Working with Victims and Offenders
MBT353 International Justice and Human Rights
MBT355 Communication and Thought
MBT361 Creativity and Communication
MLS210 The Language of Design
MLS211 Introduction to Design and Concept
MTH202 Playing with Words : an Introduction to Creative Writing Craft
MTH212 Public Relations: Contemporary Perspectives
MTH301 Introduction to Journalism
MTH302 Introduction to Design and Concept
MTH312 Introduction to Journalism
MTH381 Introduction to Creative Advertising
NUT201 Fundamentals of Photographic Practice
NUT202 Art, Design and Visual Culture
NUT205 Typography
NUT212 Fundamentals of Photographic Practice
NUT232 Art, Design and Visual Culture
NUT301 Typography
NUT352 Editing for the Communications Professional
NUT401 Visual Storytelling
NUT402 Multimedia Advertising
NUT404 Advertising Campaigns
NUT405 Media Publishing: Law & Ethics
PHY201 Communication Campaign Planning
PHY202 Online Journalism
OCC201 Feature Writing
OES240 News Rounds
PHY201 Risk, Crisis and Issues Management
PHY202 Advertising: Copy and Image
PUB205 Media Publishing: Law & Ethics
PUB210 Online Journalism
PUB252 Creative Advertising
PUB262 Television & Video Journalism
PUB271 Investigative and Data Journalism
PUB272 Multimedia Advertising
PUB351 Advertising Campaigns
PUB352 Media Publishing: Law & Ethics
PUB361 Communication Campaign Planning
SCI202 News Writing and Reporting
SCI212 Online Journalism
SCI302 Feature Writing
SCI303 News Rounds
SPX201 Introduction to Design and Concept
SPX202 Communication and Thought
SPX211 Earth's Surface Processes
SPX212 Introduction to Environmental Management
SPX221 Biodiversity and Ecology
SPX222 Science Research Methods
SPX231 Communicating Sustainability
SPX301 Plant Diversity and Ecology
SPX302 An Introduction to Geographic Information Science and Technology
SPX312 Measuring Sustainability
SPX322 Terrestrial Vertebrate Diversity and Ecology
SPX331 Environmental Management Systems and Processes
SPX352 Planning and Environmental Law
SPX361 Environmental and Resource Economics
SPX362 Integrated Environmental Management
SPX371 Indigenous Peoples and the Environment
SRP301 Special Research Project
SRP321 Workplace Learning I
WPL310 Communication and Thought
WPL311 Introduction to Economics
WPL320 Cell Biology

† 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 Science Research Methods
ENB122 Accounting for Business
ENB123 Introduction to Informatics
ENB124 Chemistry
ENB125 Introductory Calculus
ENB126 Introduction to Management