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Undergraduate elective courses

Elective courses allow you the freedom to tailor your program toward your personal or professional interests.

School of Creative Industries

Introductory level electives
(100 coded)

Communication Studies
  • CMN101 Education Research Project
  • CMN102 Communicating Education Project Outcomes
  • CMN103 Communication and Thought
  • CMN104 Cell Biology
  • CMN105 Chemistry
  • CMN106 Science Research Methods
  • CMN107 Human Physiology
  • CMN108 Biodiversity and Ecology
  • CMN116 Environment, Technology and Sustainability
  • CMN117 Invertebrate Biology and Ecology
  • CMN120 Plant Diversity and Ecology
  • CMN130 Biochemistry
  • CMN140 Vertebrate Diversity and Ecology
  • CMN150 Molecular Biology
Design
  • DES101 Genetics
  • DES102 Introduction to Mathematics
  • DES103 Mathematics Foundations
  • DES104 Foundations of Australian Law A
  • DES105 Criminal Law and Procedure A
  • DES106 Foundations of Australian Law B
  • DES107 Criminal Law and Procedure B
Drama
English
Japanese
Languages
Music
Serious Game Development
Fashion

Developing and Graduate level electives
(200, 300 or 400 coded)

General Arts electives
  • ART200 Economics for Managers
Communication Studies
  • CMN200 Strategic Management
  • CMN201 International Business Law and Ethics
  • CMN202 Managing Across Global Cultures
  • CMN203 Management Informatics
  • CMN204 Managing People
  • CMN213 Leveraging Innovation, Design and Creativity
  • CMN224 Supply Chain Management
  • CMN226 Project Management Principles
  • CMN228 Project Risk
  • CMN231 Accounting for Managers
  • CMN235 Managing Research
  • CMN237 Managing Organisations
  • CMN240 Research Project
  • CMN246 Corporate Finance
  • CMN247 Marketing Management
  • CMN252 International Business Law and Ethics
  • CMN260 Managing Across Global Cultures
  • CMN266 International Trade and Finance
  • CMN276 Management Informatics
  • CMN277 Managing People
  • CMN300 Corporate Entrepreneurship and Innovation
  • CMN302 Supply Chain Management
  • CMN303 Project Management Principles
  • CMN304 Project Risk
  • CMN305 Communication and Thought
  • CMN308 Accounting Principles
  • CMN309 Introduction to Economics
  • CMN311 Management and Organisational Behaviour
  • CMN312 Business Analytics
  • CMN313 Introduction to Informatics
  • CMN314 Financial Accounting
  • CMN315 Business Finance
  • CMN316 Company Accounting
  • CMN317 Business Law and Ethics
  • CMN320 Law of Business Associations
  • CMN330 Management Accounting
Design
  • DES200 Taxation Law and Practice
  • DES204 Contemporary Accounting Issues
  • DES205 Auditing and Professional Practice
  • DES206 Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility
  • DES211 Introduction to Telecommunications and Networks
  • DES212 Telecommunications and Networks
  • DES221 Advanced Network Topics, Management and Security
  • DES222 Architecture and Systems Integration
  • DES231 Introductory Bioscience
  • DES232 Introduction to Dietetics
  • DES303 Science Research Methods
  • DES304 Communication and Thought
  • DES305 Human Physiology
  • DES306 Food in Society
  • DES307 Public Health Foundations
  • DES308 Chemistry
Drama
English
Indonesian
  • IND210 Medical Nutrition Therapy 1
  • IND211 Epidemiology and Biostatistics
  • IND310 Nutrition Communication
  • IND311 Complementary Nutrition
Italian
  • ITL210 Sport and Exercise Nutrition
  • ITL211 Advanced Public Health Nutrition
  • ITL310 Medical Nutrition Therapy 2
  • ITL311 Food Service Systems
Japanese
  • JPN200 Counselling and Communication Skills for Dietetics
  • JPN201 Nutrition and Dietetic Skills
  • JPN210 Nutrition and Dietetics Research and Evaluation
  • JPN211 Medical NutritionTherapy Placement
  • JPN212 Food Service Placement
  • JPN310 Community and Public Health Nutrition
  • JPN311 Nutrition and Dietetic Practice Management
Politics and International Studies
  • INT202 Anatomy and Physiology
Music
  • MUS200 Nursing, Assessment and Technology
  • MUS201 Caring for Child, Youth and Family
  • MUS202 Cultural Diversity in Nursing and Midwifery
  • MUS203 Human Pathophysiology
  • MUS300 Nursing Practicum 2
  • MUS301 Drug Therapy
Serious Game Development
Fashion

School of Education

Introductory level electives
(100 coded)

Outdoor Education Studies
Education
  • EDU101 Discovering Science
  • EDU103 Introduction to Mathematics
  • EDU104 Introduction to Applied Mathematics
  • EDU110 Introductory Calculus

Developing and Graduate level electives
(200, 300 or 400 coded)

Education
Mathematics
  • MTH302 Introduction to Pharmacology
Outdoor Education Studies

School of Health and Sport Sciences

Introductory level electives
(100 coded)

General Science
Health
Life Sciences
Nutrition and Dietetics
Public Health
Sport and Exercise Science
  • SPX101 Special Research Project
  • SPX102 Workplace Learning I
  • SPX121 Workplace Learning II
Medical Laboratory Science

Developing and Graduate level electives
(200, 300 or 400 coded)

Biomedical Science
  • BIM202 Special Research Project
  • BIM203 Special Research Project
  • BIM263 Workplace Learning I
  • BIM331 Workplace Learning II
  • BIM341 Professional Experience: Orientation to the Profession
  • BIM371 English Language and Literacy
Life Sciences
  • LFS202 Outdoor Living and Travel Skills
  • LFS251 Foundations of Outdoor Environmental Studies
  • LFS262 Introduction to Coaching Science
Medical Laboratory Science
  • MLS211 Introduction to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education
Nutrition and Dietetics
  • NUT201 Assessing Learning
  • NUT203 Professional Experience: Managing Learning Environments
  • NUT205 Teaching Junior Secondary HPE
  • NUT212 Teaching Senior Secondary HPE
  • NUT232 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Perspectives in Learning and Teaching
  • NUT301 Professional Experience: The Professional Teacher
  • NUT310 Diversity and Inclusion
  • NUT315 Teacher as Researcher
  • NUT401 Literacy and Numeracy Across the Curriculum
  • NUT402 Professional Experience: Individual Learner Needs
  • NUT404 The Psychology of Learning
  • NUT405 Using Data for Learning
Occupational Therapy
  • OCC201 Teaching Junior Secondary English
  • OCC202 Teaching Senior Secondary English
  • OCC212 Teaching Junior Secondary Science 1
  • OCC222 Teaching Senior Secondary Science 1
  • OCC301 Teaching Junior Secondary Geography
  • OCC311 Teaching Senior Secondary Geography
  • OCC312 Teaching Junior Secondary History
  • OCC321 Teaching Senior Secondary History
Public Health
  • PUB205 Teaching Junior Secondary Mathematics
  • PUB210 Teaching Senior Secondary Mathematics
  • PUB252 Introduction to Sport and Exercise Science
  • PUB262 Anatomy and Physiology for Exercise
  • PUB271 Active Lifestyle Nutrition
  • PUB272 Leading Groups in Outdoor Environments
  • PUB351 Motor Control and Learning
  • PUB361 Advanced Sports Nutrition
Sport and Exercise Science
  • SPX201 Outdoor Environmental Expeditions
  • SPX202 Leading Coastal Environmental Studies
  • SPX203 Introduction to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education
  • SPX211 Introduction to Economics
  • SPX221 Discovering Management
  • SPX222 Communication and Thought
  • SPX231 Exploring Business Research
  • SPX301 Marketing Essentials
  • SPX302 Accounting for Business
  • SPX306 Introduction to Informatics
  • SPX312 Business Law and Ethics
  • SPX322 Managing Human Resources
  • SPX331 Leadership for Organisations
  • SPX371 Managing Workplace Relations
  • SRP301 World of Work: Your Pathway to Employment †
  • SRP321 Cross-Cultural Management †

School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine

Introductory level electives
(100 coded)

Health
  • HLT100 Anatomy and Physiology
Nursing
  • NUR104 Contexts of Practice: The Older Person and Family
  • NUR111 Practice Foundations
  • NUR121 Health Care and the Professions
  • NUR131 Research Foundations for Health Practice
Midwifery
Paramedicine
  • PAR101 Paramedic Professional Studies

Developing and Graduate level electives
(200, 300 or 400 coded)

Health
  • HLT301 Contexts of Practice: Mental Health Care
Nursing
  • NUR212 Contexts of practice: child, youth and family
  • NUR222 Health, Law and Ethics
  • NUR332 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Cultural Safety
Paramedicine
  • PAR212 Paramedic Primary Healthcare - Trauma
  • PAR222 Legal and Ethical Practice in EMS (Emergency Medical Services)
  • PAR301 Paramedic Primary Healthcare: Maternal and Neonatal Health
Midwifery
  • HLT201 Therapeutics in Midwifery
  • HLT203 Collaborative Midwifery Practice
  • HLT310 Leadership and Governance in Maternity Care

School of Science and Engineering

Introductory level electives
(100 coded)

Animal Ecology
  • ANM103 Animal Form, Function and Evolution
  • ANM104 Marine Vertebrates: Sharks, Seabirds, Fish, Turtles and Whales
Engineering
  • ENG101 Professional Engineering
  • ENG102 Engineering Statics
  • ENG104 Foundations of Engineering Design
Environmental Science
  • ENS103 Earth's Surface Processes
  • ENS120 Introduction to Environmental Management
General Science
Mathematics
  • MTH103 Introduction to Applied Mathematics
  • MTH104 Introductory Calculus

Developing and Graduate level electives
(200, 300 or 400 coded)

Animal Ecology
  • ANM201 Animal Ecophysiology
  • ANM203 Statistics with Teeth: Understanding Ecological Data
  • ANM301 Animal Behaviour
  • ANM302 Global-Change Ecology
Chemistry
  • CHM202 Organic Chemistry
  • CHM210 Inorganic Chemistry
  • CHM300 Advanced Biological Chemistry
  • CHM310 Physical Chemistry
  • CHM311 Medicinal Organic Chemistry
Engineering
  • CIV201 Geotechnical Engineering
  • ENG211
  • ENG212
  • MEC200 Thermodynamics
  • MEC205 Dynamics 1
  • MEC221 Mechanics of Materials
  • MEC225 Engineering Materials
  • MEC226 Manufacturing Technology
  • MEC227 Mechanical Design 1
  • CIV301 Road and Traffic Engineering
  • ENG302 Engineering Project Management
  • ENG304 Engineering Research Methodology
  • ENG312
  • ENG330
  • CIV340 Construction Technology
  • MEC300 Mechanical Design 2
  • MEC301 Materials Technology
  • MEC302 Thermofluids 2
  • MEC303 Computational Mechanics
  • MEC335 Production Engineering
  • MEC336 Engineering System Design
  • ENG402 Engineering Project 2
  • ENG411 Reservoir and Stormwater Engineering
  • ENG412
  • ENG421 Design of Water Supply Systems
  • MEC400 Thermofluids 3
  • MEC405 Advanced Dynamics and Control
Environmental Science
  • ENS204 Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation
  • ENS213 Invertebrate Biology and Ecology
  • ENS221 Plant Diversity and Ecology
  • ENS222 Terrestrial Vertebrate Diversity and Ecology
  • ENS223 Environmental Impact Assessment
  • ENS224 Soil Properties, Processes and Rehabilitation
  • ENS242 Weather and Climate
  • ENS253 Geographic Information Science and Technology
  • ENS254 Earth Observation: Remote Sensing and Surveying
  • ENS281
  • ENS282 Coastal and Marine Ecology
  • ENS300 Environmental Economics
  • ENS305 Environmental Chemistry
  • ENS316 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • ENS317 Coastal Conservation Planning
  • ENS318 Plant Growth and Reproduction
  • ENS321 Restoration Ecology
  • ENS323 Agricultural and Forest Ecology
  • ENS324 Advanced Genetics
  • ENS325 Population Ecology and Genetics
  • ENS330 K'gari Field Studies
  • ENS333 Special Field Studies Topic
  • ENS351 Integrated Environmental Management
  • ENS353 Applied Geospatial Analysis
  • ENS371 Sustainable Aquaculture
General Science
  • SCI202 Advanced Research Methods and Statistics
  • SCI212 Genetics
  • SCI302 Analytical Sciences
Geography
  • GEO201 Hydrology and Geomorphology
  • GEO301 Mapping with Drones
  • GEO302 Coastal Geomorphology

Life Sciences
Biotechnology
  • MBT254 Biotechnology: Research to Product
  • MBT301 Pharmaceutical and Food Microbiology
  • MBT352 Molecular Biotechnology
  • MBT353 Microbial Pathogenesis
  • MBT355 Bioinformatics
  • MBT361 Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
Mathematics
  • MTH201 Calculus II and Linear Algebra
  • MTH203 Numerical Analysis
  • MTH212 Discrete Mathematics
  • MTH301 Reading in Advanced Mathematics
  • MTH381 Applied Systems Modelling
Workplace Learning
  • WPL310 Workplace Learning I †
  • WPL311 Workplace Learning I †
  • WPL320 Workplace Learning II †

School of Social Sciences

Introductory level electives
(100 coded)

Counselling
  • COU101 Theories of Counselling: From Freud to Integrative Practice
  • COU180 Therapeutic Communication Skills
Environment and Planning Studies
  • ENP101 Introduction to Urban Design & Town Planning - Studio I
  • ENP103 Planning Theory, Governance and Politics
Geography
  • GEO100 The Changing Planet
  • GEO101 Space, place and the Anthropocene
History
  • HIS100 History of Australian popular culture: The nineteenth century and beyond
  • HIS140 Global Citizens: A History of Humanity
Politics and International Studies
  • INT101 Introduction to International Relations and Politics
  • INT102 Global Environmental Politics
Psychology
  • PSY100 Introduction to Psychology A
  • PSY101 Introduction to Psychology B
  • PSY102 Current Directions in Psychology
  • PSY103 Applied Psychology in Health Care
Social and Community Studies
  • SCS101 Foundations of Human Behaviour
  • SCS110 Australian Society: How does(n't) it work? - An Introduction to Sociology
  • SCS130 Introduction to Indigenous Australia
  • SCS140
Sustainability
  • SUS101 Foundations of Sustainability - Investigating Planetary Health
Social Work
  • SWK172 Introduction to Social Work and Human Services

Developing and Graduate level electives
(200, 300 or 400 coded)

Counselling
  • COU265 Strengths Based Counselling: Collaborative Approaches
Environment and Planning Studies
  • ENP200 Industry Project 1: Urban Design and Town Planning Studies
  • ENP211 Planning and Environmental Law
  • ENP236
  • ENP245 Landscapes, Place and People
  • ENP255 Public Space Planning and Design - Studio II
  • ENP311
  • ENP336 Strategic Infrastructure Planning
  • ENP355 Neighbourhood Planning and Design - Studio III
  • ENP365 Participation and Conflict Resolution
  • ENP411 Advanced Planning Policy and Practice
Geography
  • GEO310 Globalisation, Development and Indigenous Peoples
  • GEO340
  • GEO350 Geo-ethics: Plants, Animals and People
  • GEO390 Advanced Geographical Studies
History
  • HIS200 Heritage: Australian and Global Contexts
  • HIS201 The uses and abuses of history
  • HIS210 Explorations in Environmental History
  • HIS240 History of Nationalism and National Identity: 18th Century and Beyond
  • HIS300 Questioning History: Explorations in the Thinking and Practice of History
  • HIS320 Research Project in History
Politics and International Studies
  • INT245 Politics of the USA
  • INT250 Forces of Change in International Politics
  • INT257 Security in a Multispecies World
  • INT274 Politics and Security in East Asia ^
  • INT335 International Relations Theory and Practice
  • INT370 Politics and the Media
Psychology
  • PSY200 Research Methods in Psychology A
  • PSY201 Research Methods in Psychology B
  • PSY202 Physiological Psychology
  • PSY203 Introduction to Human Development
  • PSY204 Social Psychology
  • PSY205 Motivation and Emotion
  • PSY300 Advanced Methods in Psychology
  • PSY301 Cognitive and Perceptual Psychology
  • PSY302 Intercultural and Indigenous Psychologies
  • PSY303 Personality and Assessment
  • PSY304 Human Associative Learning
  • PSY305 Psychological Disorders
  • PSY306 Psychology of Health and Wellbeing
  • PSY307 Adult Development and Ageing
Social and Community Studies
  • SCS201 International Development and Global Justice
  • SCS225 Social Research
  • SCS230 Understanding Society: An Introduction to Social Theory
  • SCS235 Social Justice, Welfare and the State
  • SCS251
  • SCS290 Understanding Cultural Diversity
Sustainability
  • SUS201 Advancing Sustainability: Planet, People and Prosperity
  • SUS202 Communicating Sustainability
  • SUS302 Sustainability Problem Solving
  • SUS310
Social Work
  • SWK266
  • SWK277 Working With Children, Youth and Families
  • SWK278 Ethics, Law and the Helping Professions
  • SWK285
  • SWK286 Disability: Culture, Community and Change
  • SWK302 Community Development and Social Action
  • SWK303
  • SWK401 Critical Social Policy Analysis

USC Business School

Introductory level electives
(100 coded)

Accounting
  • ACC106 Accounting Principles
General Business
  • BUS101 Exploring Business Research
  • BUS102 Economics for Business
  • BUS104 Discovering Management
  • BUS105 Marketing Essentials
  • BUS106
  • BUS108 Information Systems in Organisations
Information Systems
  • ICT110 Introduction to Data Science
  • ICT112 Programming Fundamentals
  • ICT115 Introduction to Systems Design
  • ICT120 Computer Networks
Management
  • MGT130 Managing Supply Chains
Tourism
  • TSM102 The World of Tourism, Leisure and Events

Developing and Graduate level electives
(200, 300 or 400 coded)

Accounting
  • ACC210 Financial Accounting
  • ACC211 Business Finance
  • ACC221 Company Accounting
  • ACC310 Management Accounting
  • ACC311 Taxation Law and Practice
  • ACC320 Contemporary Accounting Issues
  • ACC321 Auditing and Professional Practice
Business
  • BUS201 Applied Microeconomics
  • BUS202 Applied Macroeconomics
  • BUS203 Business Law
  • BUS211 Strategic Management
  • BUS303 Money and Banking
  • BUS304
  • BUS306 World of Work: Your Pathway to Employment
  • BUS320 Business, Governance and Society
  • BUS331
Entrepreneurship
  • ENT211 Igniting Entrepreneurial Talent
  • ENT221 Venture Growth and Innovation
  • ENT222 Managing the Social Enterprise
  • ENT311
  • ENT321
  • ENT322
Finance
  • FIN210 Introduction to Financial Planning
  • FIN220
  • FIN221
  • FIN310 Investment Analysis
  • FIN320
  • FIN321
Human Resource Management
  • HRM210 Managing Human Resources
  • HRM211 Leadership for Organisations
  • HRM220 Managing Workplace Relations
  • HRM311 Enabling Team Synergy and Performance
  • HRM312 Learning and Development
  • HRM321 Organisational Change and Agility
International Business
  • IBS210
  • IBS220 Cross-Cultural Management
  • IBS221 Trade and Finance in a Global Economy
  • IBS310
  • IBS320
  • IBS321 International Business Strategy: Sustainable and Digital Perspectives
Information Systems
  • ICT211 Database Design
  • ICT220 Wireless Communications
  • ICT221 Object-Oriented Programming
  • ICT301
  • ICT310
  • ICT311
  • ICT320 Database Programming
  • ICT321
  • ICT341
  • ICT342 ICT Industry Project
  • ICT351 ICT Professional Practice
  • ICT352 Project Management
Management
  • MGT233 Managing Retail Operations
  • MGT310 Managing the Small Business
  • MGT325 Managing Quality
  • MGT326
Marketing
  • MKG210 Consumer Behaviour
  • MKG211 Services Marketing
  • MKG220 Marketing Communication
  • MKG221 Sports Marketing
  • MKG222
  • MKG322 Building and Managing Brands
  • MKG324
Property Economics and Development
  • PED310
  • PED311
  • PED312
  • PED320
  • PED321
  • PED322
Tourism
  • TSM200 Creating and Managing Event Experiences
  • TSM223 Sustainable Tourism, Leisure and Event Management
  • TSM300 Tourism, Sport and Leisure Policy and Planning
  • TSM313 The Innovation and Technology Effect in TLEM
  • TSM315 Running Meetings, Incentives, Conventions and Exhibitions (M.I.C.E) industry events

School of Law and Criminology

Introductory level electives
(100 coded)

Criminology
Justice Studies

JST101 Justice and the Australian Legal System

Developing and Graduate level electives
(200, 300 or 400 coded)

Accounting
  • ACC220 Law of Business Associations
Criminology
  • CRM201 Criminal Profiling & Intelligence
  • CRM203 Homicide, Investigations & Forensic Science
  • CRM204 Applied Crime Prevention
  • CRM205 Criminal Law
  • CRM206 Professional Development
  • CRM302 Youth Justice & Restorative Justice
  • CRM304 Professional Ethics and Integrity Management
  • CRM305 Professional Placement
  • CRM307 Crime Research Methods
  • CRM308 Diversity, Crime and Justice
  • CRM309 Working with Victims and Offenders
  • CRM310 Introduction to Cyber Crime
General Business
Justice Studies
  • JST202 International Justice and Human Rights
Law
  • LAW307 Commercial Law
  • LAW311 Law Professional Practice
  • LAW312 Competition and Consumer Law
  • LAW405 Legal Dispute Resolution
  • LAW412 International Human Rights Law
  • LAW414 Legal Internship
  • LAW415 Sports Law
  • LAW417 Employment Law
  • LAW418 Health Law
  • LAW421
  • LAW440 Honours Research Methods, Design and Confirmation
  • LAW441 Law Honours Thesis