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)
- CMN101 Drug Therapy
- CMN102 Acute Health Alteration
- CMN103 Nursing Practicum 3
- CMN104 Life Crisis - Translating Theory Into Caring Practice
- CMN105 The Child Client
- CMN106 Challenges to Mental Health
- CMN107 Nursing Practicum 4
- CMN108 Caring for the Older Client
- CMN116 Palliative, Rehabilitation and Continuing Care
- CMN117 Nursing Internship
- CMN120 Communication and Thought
- CMN130 Introductory Bioscience
- CMN140 Environment and Health
- CMN150 Public Health Foundations
- EGL120 Health Promotion Assessment and Planning
- LNG110 Health Promotion Implementation and Evaluation
- FSH100 Biodiversity and Ecology
Developing and Graduate level electives
(200, 300 or 400 coded)
- ART200 Animal Ecology Field Course
- CMN200 Endangered Animals and their Conservation
- CMN201 Communication and Thought
- CMN202 Cell Biology
- CMN203 Accounting for Business
- CMN204 Introduction to Informatics
- CMN213 Terrestrial Vertebrate Diversity and Ecology
- CMN224 Cross-Cultural Management
- CMN226 Introduction to Economics
- CMN228 Discovering Management
- CMN231 Marketing Essentials
- CMN235 The World of Tourism, Leisure and Events
- CMN237 Animal Ecophysiology
- CMN240 Statistics with Teeth: Understanding Ecological Data
- CMN246 World of Events
- CMN247 Sustainable Tourism, Leisure and Event Management
- CMN252 Business Law and Ethics
- CMN260 Invertebrate Biology and Ecology
- CMN266 Coastal and Marine Ecology
- CMN276 World of Work: Your Pathway to Employment
- CMN277 Animal Behaviour
- CMN300 Global-Change Ecology
- CMN302 Business, Governance and Society
- CMN303 Tourism, Leisure and Sport Policy and Planning
- CMN304 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- CMN305 Coastal Conservation Planning
- CMN308 The Innovation and Technology Effect in TLEM
- CMN309 The Meetings, Incentives, Conventions and Exhibitions (M.I.C.E) Industry
- CMN311 Software Defined Networking
- CMN312 Full Stack Web Development
- CMN313 Cloud and DevOps
- CMN314 Database Programming
- CMN315 Introduction to Creative Entrepreneurship
- CMN316 Creativity and Communication
- CMN317 Introduction to the Creative Industries
- CMN320 Introduction to Media and Communication Industries
- CMN330 The Illuminated Screen: Introduction to Film and Television Studies
- DES200 Contemporary Communication Theory and Trends
- DES204 Photographic Narratives
- DES205 The Photography Professional
- DES206 Photomedia Curation
- DES211 Visual Identity
- DES212 Visual Communication and Culture
- DES221 Introduction to Interactive Media
- DES222 Responsive Design and Technology
- DES231 Animation Principles, Process and Production
- DES232 Visualisation and Sonification
- DES303 Digital Sculpting: Creatures and Characters
- DES304 Sensing Environments
- DES305 Creative Branding and Design
- DES306 Art of Illustration and Design
- DES307 Interactive Technologies and Environments
- DES308 Augmented Reality Design
- INT202 Independent Research Project
- SGD200 Experimental Game Design
- SGD202 Video Game Analysis and Design
- SGD211 Game Art: Characters & Vehicles
- SGD213 Professional Games Programming
- SGD214 Interactive Narrative: Puzzles and Quests
- SGD230 Game Art: Virtual Environments
- SGD240 Advanced Games Programming
- SGD304 Game Studio: Vertical Slice
- SGD305 Game Studio: Polish and Publish
- SGD321 Interactive Narrative: Characters and Worlds
School of Education
Developing and Graduate level electives
(200, 300 or 400 coded)
School of Health and Sport Sciences
Developing and Graduate level electives
(200, 300 or 400 coded)
- MLS211 Medical Biochemistry
- NUT201 Food Studies
- NUT203 Active Lifestyle Nutrition
- NUT205 Public Health Nutrition
- NUT212 Principles of Nutrition
- NUT232 Nutritional Biochemistry
- NUT301 Advanced Public Health Nutrition
- NUT310 Advanced Sports Nutrition
- NUT315 Complementary Approaches to Food and Nutrition
- NUT401 Nutrition and Dietetics Research and Evaluation
- NUT402 Nutrition and Dietetics Placement 1
- NUT404 Community and Public Health Nutrition
- NUT405 Nutrition and Dietetic Practice Management
- OCC201 Occupational Therapy Theory
- OCC202 Therapeutic Skills
- OCC212 Evaluation of Occupational Performance
- OCC222 Neurological Causes of Occupational Dysfunction
- OCC301 Enabling Occupation: The Child and Adolescent
- OCC311 Enabling Occupation: The Adult
- OCC312 Enabling Occupation: The Older Person
- OCC321 Occupational Therapy in Mental Health
- PUB205 Food Safety Laws and Regulations
- PUB210 Concepts of Epidemiology
- PUB252 Health Promotion Assessment and Planning
- PUB262 Environmental Health Risk Management
- PUB271 Health Promotion Principles
- PUB272 Healthy Public Policy and Advocacy
- PUB351 Health Promotion Implementation and Evaluation
- PUB361 Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- SPX201 Functional Anatomy
- SPX202 Biomechanics I
- SPX203 Exercise Prescription and Programming II
- SPX211 Exercise Physiology I
- SPX221 Sports and Exercise Medicine
- SPX222 Sport and Exercise Psychology
- SPX231 Motor Control and Learning
- SPX301 Exercise in Cardiorespiratory and Metabolic Health
- SPX302 Exercise in Musculoskeletal Health
- SPX306 Clinical Skills for Exercise Physiology
- SPX312 Performance Enhancement
- SPX322 Biomechanics II
- SPX331 Exercise Physiology II
- SPX371 Advanced Coaching Science
- SRP301 Special Research Project †
- SRP321 Special Research Project †
School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine
School of Science and Engineering
Introductory level electives
(100 coded)
Developing and Graduate level electives
(200, 300 or 400 coded)
- CIV201 Geotechnical Engineering
- ENG211 Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics
- ENG212 Structural Engineering
- 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 Design of Wastewater Treatment Systems
- ENG421 Design of Water Supply Systems
- MEC400 Thermofluids 3
- MEC405 Advanced Dynamics and Control
- 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
- LFS252 Molecular Biology
School of Social Sciences
Introductory level electives
(100 coded)
- SUS101 Foundations of Sustainability - Investigating Planetary Health
Developing and Graduate level electives
(200, 300 or 400 coded)
- COU265 Strengths Based Counselling: Collaborative Approaches
- ENP200 Industry Project 1: Urban Design and Town Planning Studies
- ENP211 Planning and Environmental Law
- ENP236 Regional Transformation: political and economic geographies
- 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
- 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
- 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
USC Business School
Developing and Graduate level electives
(200, 300 or 400 coded)
- ICT211 Database Design
- ICT220 Wireless Communications
- ICT221 Object-Oriented Programming
- ICT301 Network Management and Security
- ICT310 Systems Analysis and Design
- ICT311 Mobile App Development
- ICT320 Database Programming
- ICT321 Architecture and Systems Integration
- ICT341 ICT Internship
- ICT342 ICT Industry Project
- ICT351 ICT Professional Practice
- ICT352 Project Management
- PED310
- PED311
- PED312
- PED320
- PED321
- PED322
- 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
Developing and Graduate level electives
(200, 300 or 400 coded)
- ACC220 Law of Business Associations
- 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
- BUS203 Business Law
- JST202 International Justice and Human Rights
- 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
- LGL301 Professional Practice: Legal Frameworks and Issues