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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
CRM101
CRM102
CRM103 Punishment and Corrections
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 2
  • Online: Semester 2
12 
CRM105 Policing
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 2
  • Online: Semester 2
12Anti: JST205
JST101 Justice and the Australian Legal System
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1, Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1, Semester 2
  • Online: Semester 1, Semester 2
12Anti: LAW101 or LAW102 or LAW100 or LAW108
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 offerUnitsRequisites
ACC220 Law of Business Associations
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 2
  • Online: Semester 2
12Pre: (BUS103 or BUS203) or (LAW204 and enrolled in Program AB311)
Anti: LAW303
BUS203 Business Law
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1, Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1, Semester 2
  • Online: Semester 1, Semester 2
12Anti: BUS103 or LAW101 or LAW102 or LAW201 or LAW202 or LAW203 or LAW204
CRM201 Criminal Profiling & Intelligence
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
  • Online: Semester 1
12 
CRM202    
CRM203 Homicide, Investigations & Forensic Science
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
  • Online: Semester 1
12 
CRM204 Applied Crime Prevention
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 2
  • Online: Semester 2
12Anti: CRM104
CRM301    
CRM302 Youth Justice & Restorative Justice
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
  • Online: Semester 1
12Pre: Completed 96 units
Anti: CRM303
CRM303    
CRM304 Professional Ethics and Integrity Management
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
  • Online: Semester 1
12 
CRM305 Professional Placement
  • Sunshine Coast: Session 8, Semester 1, Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Session 8, Semester 1, Semester 2
  • Online: Session 8, Semester 1, Semester 2
12Pre: Course Coordinator Consent Required. Enrolled in AR325, AR364, AR316, SA307 or AR396 with a minimum cumulative GPA of 5 and successful completion of 192 coursework units, including successful completion of CRM206 Professional Development.
HRM221    
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
LAW305    
LAW306    
LAW307 Commercial Law
  • Sunshine Coast: Not Currently Offered
12Pre: LAW204 and enrolled in any Law Program
Co: LAW205
LAW309    
LAW310 Children & the Law
  • Sunshine Coast: Not Currently Offered
12Pre: (LAW100 and LAW105) or (LAW102 and LAW104 and LAW202)
LAW311 Law Professional Practice
  • Sunshine Coast: Not Currently Offered
  • Moreton Bay: Not Currently Offered
12Pre: Course Coordinator Consent Required and 96 units of LAW courses.
LAW316    
LAW318 Advocacy
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
  • Online: Semester 1
12Pre: (LAW100 and LAW105) or LAW104
LAW405 Legal Dispute Resolution
  • Sunshine Coast: Not Currently Offered
12Pre: LAW202 and LAW204 and enrolled in any Law Program or UU301 or XU301
LAW406    
LAW407 Wills, Estates and Elder Law
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1
  • Online: Semester 1
12Pre: (LAW202 and LAW204 and LAW206) or (LAW100 and LAW105)
LAW408 Intellectual Property
  • Sunshine Coast: Session 1
12Pre: 96 units and enrolled in any Law, Business or Creative Industries Program
LAW410 Public International Law
  • Online: Not Currently Offered
12Pre: (LAW301 and enrolled in any Law Program) or (JST202 and enrolled in AR323)
LAW411    
LAW412 International Human Rights Law
  • Online: Not Currently Offered
12Pre: (LAW104 and LAW204 and enrolled in any Law Program) or (JST202 and enrolled in Program AR323)
LAW414 Legal Internship
  • Sunshine Coast: Semester 1, Semester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Semester 1, Semester 2
12Pre: Course Coordinator Consent Required and (LAW100 and LAW105 and LAW423) or (144 units Law coded courses including LAW311 and a GPA of 4.5 or above)
LAW415 Sports Law
  • Sunshine Coast: Not Currently Offered
12Pre: LAW104 and LAW202 and enrolled in any Law Program
Co: LAW204
LAW416    
LGL201    
LGL301    
PED222    
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.
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    
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
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 
HIS301    
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    
SCS273    
SCS277    
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    
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