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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 Contracts B
BUS101 Genetics
BUS102 Property A
BUS104 Constitutional Law
BUS105 Corporations Law
BUS106 Property B
BUS108 Equity & Trusts
ICT110 Civil Procedure
ICT112 Administrative Law
ICT115 Evidence
ICT120 Professional Conduct
MGT130 Regulation
PED120 Aquaculture
TSM102 Coastal and Marine Ecology
Developing and Graduate level elective courses (200, 300 or 400 coded)
CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
ACC210 Coastal Conservation and Management Project
ACC211 Coastal Geomorphology
ACC221 Accounting Principles
ACC310 Business Analytics
ACC311 Introduction to Economics
ACC320 Introduction to Management
ACC321 Introduction to Marketing
BUS201 Accounting for Business
BUS202 Introduction to Informatics
BUS203 Introduction to Data Science
BUS211 Creative Problem Solving with Programming
BUS303 Introduction to Systems Design
BUS305 Introduction to Computer Networks
BUS320 Supply Chain Management
BUS331 Property Economics
ENT211 Introduction to Tourism, Leisure and Events
ENT221 Financial Accounting
ENT222 Business Finance
ENT311 Company Accounting
ENT321 Management Accounting
ENT322 Taxation Law and Practice
FIN210 Contemporary Accounting Issues
FIN220 Auditing and Professional Practice
FIN221 Applied Microeconomics
FIN310 Applied Macroeconomics
FIN320 Business Law and Ethics
FIN321 Strategic Management
HRM210 Money and Banking
HRM211 Econometrics
HRM220 Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility
HRM311 Business Internship
HRM312 New Venture Development
HRM321 New Venture Growth
IBS210 Managing the Social Enterprise
IBS220 New Venture Establishment
IBS221 New Venture Operation
IBS310 Social Enterprise Establishment
IBS320 Introduction to Financial Planning
IBS321 Retirement and Superannuation
ICT211 Insurance and Risk Management
ICT220 Personal Investment Management
ICT221 Tax and Estate Planning
ICT301 Financial Plan Construction
ICT310 Managing Human Resources
ICT311 Staffing and Remuneration
ICT320 Managing Workplace Relations
ICT321 Leadership and Team Dynamics
ICT341 Training and Development
ICT342 Managing Organisational Change
ICT351 Principles of International Business
ICT352 Cross-Cultural Management
MGT233 Trade and Finance in a Global Economy
MGT310 International Marketing
MGT325 Managing Global Logistics
MGT326 International Business Strategy
MKG210 Database Design
MKG211 Wireless Communications
MKG220 Object-Oriented Programming
MKG221 Network Management and Security
MKG222 Systems Analysis and Design
MKG322 Mobile App Development
MKG324 Database Programming
PED210 Architecture and Systems Integration
PED220 ICT Internship
PED310 ICT Industry Project
PED311 ICT Professional Practice
PED312 Project Management
PED320 Retail Supply Chain Management
PED321 Small Business and New Venture Management
PED322 Quality Management
TSM221 Strategic Supply Chain Management
TSM223 Consumer Behaviour
TSM313 Services Marketing
TSM314 Marketing Communication
TSM315 Sport and Event Marketing
Introductory level elective courses (100 coded)
CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
CMN102 Marketing of Social Causes
CMN103 Brand Management
CMN104 Contemporary and Emerging Marketing Perspectives
CMN105 Principles of Property Valuation
CMN116 Property Investment Valuation and Market Analysis
CMN117 Property Investment Analysis - Financing and Capital Markets
CMN120 Property Development Feasibility and Analysis
CMN130 Property and Asset Management
CMN140 Property Research Project
CMN150 Property Development and Project Management Processes
COR109 Statutory and Specialist Valuation
DES101 Tourism, Sport and Leisure Policy and Planning
DES102 Sustainable Tourism, Leisure and Event Management
DES103 Technology and Innovation in Tourism, Leisure and Events
DES104 Event Management
DES105 Business Events
DES106 Creativity and Communication
DRA100 Introduction to the Creative Industries
DRA102 Introduction to Media and Communication Industries
EGL120 The Illuminated Screen: Introduction to Film and Television Studies
IND110 Playing with Words : an Introduction to Creative Writing Craft
IND111 Playing with Genre
ITL110 Public Relations: Contemporary Perspectives
ITL111 Introduction to Journalism
JPN110 Introduction to Creative Advertising
JPN111 Visual Journalism
LNG110 Communication and Thought
MUS100 The Language of Design
MUS101 Visual Storytelling
SGD100 Fundamentals of Photographic Practice
SGD101 Art, Design and Visual Culture
SGD102 Introduction to Design and Concept
SGD103 Design in Application
SGD120 Acting 1: The actor's craft
Developing and Graduate level elective courses (200, 300 or 400 coded)
CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
ART200 Exploring Twentieth Century Theatre
CMN200 The ' English' Tradition: An Introduction to Literary Studies
CMN201 Indonesian A
CMN202 Indonesian B
CMN203 Italian A
CMN204 Italian B
CMN213 Japanese A
CMN224 Japanese B
CMN226 Languages and Linguistics
CMN228 Introduction to Music Production
CMN231 Songwriting
CMN235 Playcentric Game Design
CMN237 Game Art: Introduction to 2D & 3D
CMN240 Introduction to Games Scripting
CMN246 Serious Digital Game Design
CMN247 Interactive Narrative: Fundamentals
CMN252 Special Elective in Arts
CMN260 Introduction to Screenwriting: The Art of Visual Storytelling
CMN266 Children, Media and Society
CMN276 Screen Production and Editing
CMN277 Film Forms: Genres, Histories, Technologies
CMN300 Social Media: Content Curation and Creation
CMN302 Editing for the Communications Professional
CMN303 Advertising Campaigns
CMN304 Advertising: Copy and Image
CMN305 Media Publishing: Law & Ethics
CMN308 Communication Campaign Planning
CMN311 News Writing and Reporting
CMN320 Online Journalism
CMN352 Feature Writing
DES200 Writing for Young Adults
DES204 Creative Writing for the Illustrated Book
DES205 Public Relations Writing
DES206 Writing the Short Story
DES211 Writing Poetry
DES212 Social Media
DES221 Broadcast Journalism
DES222 Television: Advanced Concepts and Contemporary Issues
DES231 Investigative and Data Journalism
DES232 Screen Media Project
DES301 Writing Your Novel
DES303 News Rounds
DES304 Social Media: Monitoring and Measurement
DES305 Industry Project 1: Communication, Creativity and Design
DES306 Creative Writing and Editing for Publication
DRA202 Professional Creative Writing Practice: Industry Engagement
DRA203 Design Futures
DRA204 Photographic Practice II
DRA206 Photographic Practice III
DRA301 Photographic Practice IV
EGL201 Visual Identity
EGL205 Visual Communication & Meaning
EGL206 Introduction to Interaction & UX Design
EGL285 Responsive Website Design
IND210 Animation and Visualisation Design
IND211 3D Animation and Visualisation Design
IND212 Industry Project 1: Design
IND220 Character Design and Modelling
IND221 Post-Production
IND310 Branding and Package Design
IND311 Art of Illustration and Design
INT202 Directing Performance: Contemporary Perspectives
ITL200 Physical Theatre
ITL201 Theatre Production
ITL210 Acting 2: Contemporary Shakespeare
ITL211 Devising Performance
ITL310 Reality Bites: An Exploration of Non-Fiction
ITL311 Imagined Homelands: An Exploration of Australian Literature
JPN200 Reading Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Writing
JPN201 Wonderworlds: An Exploration of English Literature
JPN210 Indonesian C
JPN211 Indonesian D
JPN212 Indonesia: Society, Culture and Politics
JPN310 In-Country Indonesian Studies A
JPN311 In-Country Indonesian Studies B
LGL301 Indonesian E
MUS200 Indonesian F
MUS201 Industry Project 1: International Studies
MUS202 In-Country Italian Studies A
MUS203 In-Country Italian Studies B
MUS301 Italian C
SGD200 Italian D
SGD202 Italian E
SGD211 Italian F
SGD213 In-Country Japanese Studies A
SGD214 In-Country Japanese Studies B
SGD230 Japanese C
SGD240 Japanese D
SGD304 About Japan: Current Perspectives
SGD305 Japanese E
 
Introductory level elective courses (100 coded)
CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
CRM101 Japanese F
CRM102 Professional Practice: Legal Frameworks and Issues
CRM103 Foundations of Performance
CRM105 Music in Popular Culture
JST101 Music Production for Multimedia
Developing and Graduate 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 offerUnitsRequisites
ACC220 Advanced Songwriting
BUS203 Performance Mastery
CRM201 Game-Based Learning
CRM202 Video Game Analysis
CRM203 Game Art: Characters & Vehicles
CRM204 Professional Games Programming
CRM301 Interactive Narrative: Puzzles and Quests
CRM302 Game Art: Virtual Environments
CRM303 Advanced Games Programming
CRM304 Serious Game Project A
CRM305 Serious Game Project B
HRM221 Introduction to Criminology
JST202 Understanding Crime
LAW307 Punishment and Corrections
LAW310 Policing
LAW311 Justice and the Australian Legal System
LAW312 Law of Business Associations
LAW318 Business Law and Ethics
LAW407 Criminal Profiling
LAW408 Diversity, Crime and Justice
LAW414 Homicide
LAW415 Applied Crime Prevention
LAW416 Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice
LAW417 Youth Justice
LAW418 Restorative Justice and Mediation
LAW419 Professional Ethics and Integrity Management
LAW420 Professional Placement
LGL201 Employment and Industrial Law
LGL301 International Justice and Human Rights
PED222 Commercial Law
Honours courses
CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
LAW440 Honours Research Methods, Design and Confirmation
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
12Pre: Course Coordinator Consent Required and enrolled in Law Honours Program with 8 courses to complete
LAW441 Law Honours Thesis
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 2
12Pre: LAW440 and enrolled in any Law Program and invited to enrol in Law Honours based on a minimum GPA of 5.75 in LAW coded courses
 
Introductory level elective courses (100 coded)
CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
COU101 Theories of Counselling: From Freud to Integrative Practice
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 2
  • Gympie: Semester 2
12 
COU180 Therapeutic Communication Skills
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
  • Caboolture: Semester 1
  • Fraser Coast: Semester 1
  • Gympie: Semester 1
  • Online: Semester 1
12Pre: The online course offering is not available to students enrolled in a Bachelor of Counselling or Counselling dual degree programs due to external accreditation.
Anti: SCS180
ENP101 Introduction to Urban Design & Town Planning - Studio I
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
12 
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.
PSY102 Current Directions in Psychology
  • Online: Semester 2
12Pre: Enrolled in Program AB314, AR302, AR374, AR364, AR405, SC308
Co: PSY100 or PSY101
PSY103 Applied Psychology in Health Care
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
12Pre: Enrolled in Program SC395, SC306, AR374, AR403 or AR405
SCS101 Foundations of Human Behaviour
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
  • Online: Semester 1
12Pre: Not enrolled in Program AR374, AR405, AB314, AB315, AR302 or AR364
Anti: PSY100
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    
SUS101 Foundations of Sustainability - Investigating Planetary Health
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
  • Online: Semester 1
12 
SWK172 Introduction to Social Work and Human Services
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
  • Caboolture: Semester 1
  • Fraser Coast: Semester 1
  • Gympie: Semester 1
  • Online: Semester 1
12Anti: SCS172 or SCS272
Developing and Graduate level elective courses (200, 300 or 400 coded)
CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
COU265 Strengths Based Counselling: Collaborative Approaches
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 2
12Pre: COU180 or SCS180 or SCS280
Anti: SCS265
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    
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    
PSY201    
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    
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    
SWK266    
SWK277 Working With Children, Youth and Families
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Session 5, Semester 1
  • Fraser Coast: Session 5
12Anti: SCS277
SWK278 Ethics, Law and the Helping Professions
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1, Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1, Semester 2
  • Fraser Coast: Semester 1
  • Online: Semester 1, Semester 2
12Anti: SCS278
SWK285    
SWK286 Disability: Culture, Community and Change
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1, Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1, Semester 2
  • Fraser Coast: Semester 1
  • Online: Semester 1, Semester 2
12Anti: SCS286
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