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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 Information Systems in Organisations
  • CMN102 Accounting Principles
  • CMN103 World of Work: Your Pathway to Employment
  • CMN104 Marketing Essentials
  • CMN105 Economics for Business
  • CMN106 Discovering Management
  • CMN107 The World of Tourism, Leisure and Events
  • CMN108 Professional Health Communication
  • CMN116 Research Foundations for Health Practice
  • CMN117 Contexts of practice: child, youth and family
  • CMN120 Introductory Bioscience
  • CMN130 Practice Foundations
  • CMN140 Health, Culture and Society
  • CMN150 Anatomy and Physiology
Design
  • DES101 Contexts of Practice: The Older Person and Family
  • DES102 Preparation for Practice 1
  • DES103 Nursing Practice 1
  • DES104 Contexts of Practice: Mental Health Care
  • DES105 Drug Therapy
  • DES106 Contexts of Practice: Health Alteration
  • DES107 Preparation for Practice 2
Drama
English
  • EGL120 Contexts of Practice: Complex Care
Japanese
  • JPN110 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Cultural Safety
  • JPN111 Preparation for Practice 3
Music
  • MUS100 Nursing Practice 3
  • MUS101 Preparation and Nursing Practice 4
Serious Game Development
  • SGD100 Leadership in Clinical Practice
  • SGD101 Nursing Internship
  • SGD102 Palliative, Rehabilitation and Continuing Care
  • SGD103 Life Crisis
  • SGD120 The Child Client
Fashion
  • FSH100 Introduction to Criminology

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

Communication Studies
  • CMN200 Foundations of Australian Law A
  • CMN201 Foundations of Australian Law B
  • CMN202 Punishment and Corrections
  • CMN203 Marketing in a Global Environment
  • CMN204 Innovation Management and Professional Development
  • CMN213 Strategy, Governance and Ethics
  • CMN224 Leading and Managing Organisations
  • CMN226 Evidenced Based Decision Making
  • CMN228 Finance and Accounting for Managers
  • CMN231 Introductory Bioscience
  • CMN235 Introduction to Dietetics
  • CMN237 Science Research Methods
  • CMN240 Think Health
  • CMN246 Introduction to Indigenous Australia
  • CMN247 Introduction to Sport and Exercise Science
  • CMN252 Foundations of Sustainability
  • CMN260 Human Physiology
  • CMN266 Food in Society
  • CMN276 Public Health Foundations
  • CMN277 Chemistry
  • CMN300 Integrated Physiology
  • CMN302 Biochemistry
  • CMN303 Food Studies
  • CMN304 Principles of Nutrition
  • CMN305 Medical Genetics
  • CMN308 Nutrition Assessment
  • CMN309 Public Health Nutrition
  • CMN311 Nutritional Biochemistry
  • CMN312 Pathophysiology
  • CMN313 Medical Nutrition Therapy 1
  • CMN314 Nutrition and Dietetics Research Proposal
  • CMN315 Nutrition Communication
  • CMN316 Sport and Exercise Nutrition
  • CMN317 Advanced Public Health Nutrition
  • CMN320 Medical Nutrition Therapy 2
  • CMN330 Food Service Systems
Design
  • DES200 Counselling and Communication Skills for Dietetics
  • DES204 Nutrition and Dietetic Skills
  • DES205 Nutrition and Dietetics Placement 1
  • DES206 Food Service Placement
  • DES211 Community and Public Health Nutrition
  • DES212 Nutrition and Dietetic Practice Management
  • DES221 Nutrition and Dietetics Thesis
  • DES222 Discovering Management
  • DES231 Marketing Essentials
  • DES232 Introduction to Psychology A
  • DES303 Research Methods and Analysis 1
  • DES304 Accounting Principles
  • DES305 Economics for Business
  • DES306 Introduction to Psychology B
  • DES307 Business Law
  • DES308 Physiological Psychology
Drama
  • DRA202 Research Methods and Analysis 2
  • DRA203 Social Psychology
  • DRA204 Motivation and Emotion
  • DRA206 Interpersonal and Group Skills
  • DRA301 World of Work: Your Pathway to Employment
English
  • EGL201 Introduction to Human Development
  • EGL205 Advanced Methods in Psychology
  • EGL206 Intercultural and Indigenous Psychologies
  • EGL385 Business, Governance and Society
Indonesian
  • IND210 Cognitive and Perceptual Psychology
  • IND211 Personality and Assessment
  • IND310 Psychology of Health and Wellbeing
  • IND311 Work Integrated Learning Project
Italian
  • ITL210 Work Integrated Learning Placement
  • ITL211 Human Associative Learning
  • ITL310 Abnormal Psychology
  • ITL311 Adult Development and Ageing
Japanese
  • JPN210 Introduction to Creative Entrepreneurship
  • JPN211 Creativity and Communication
  • JPN212 Introduction to the Creative Industries
  • JPN300 Introduction to Media and Communication Industries
  • JPN301 The Illuminated Screen: Introduction to Film and Television Studies
  • JPN310 Contemporary Communication Theory and Trends
  • JPN311 Introduction to Professional Communication
Politics and International Studies
  • INT202 Issues in Social Media
Music
  • MUS200 Playing with Words : an Introduction to Creative Writing Craft
  • MUS201 Playing with Genre
  • MUS202 Public Relations: Contemporary Perspectives
  • MUS203 Introduction to Journalism
  • MUS300 Introduction to Creative Advertising
  • MUS301 Visual Journalism
Serious Game Development
  • SGD200 Grammars of Design
  • SGD202 Visual Storytelling
  • SGD211 Fundamentals of Photography
  • SGD213 Art, Design and Visual Culture
  • SGD214 Introduction to Design and Concept
  • SGD230 Design in Application
  • SGD240 Drawing Practice
  • SGD304 Acting 1: The actor's craft
  • SGD305 Exploring Twentieth Century Theatre
  • SGD321 The ' English' Tradition: An Introduction to Literary Studies
Fashion
Languages
  • LNG210 Intro to Songwriting and Production

School of Education

Introductory level electives
(100 coded)

Outdoor Education Studies
  • OES101 Intro to Songwriting and Performance
  • OES104 Playcentric Game Design
Education
  • EDU101 Game Art: Introduction to 2D & 3D
  • EDU103 Introduction to Games Scripting
  • EDU104 Serious Digital Game Design
  • EDU110 Interactive Narrative: Fundamentals

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

Education
  • EDU202 Introduction to Key Concepts of Fashion
  • EDU208 Introduction to Screenwriting: The Art of Visual Storytelling
  • EDU307 Children, Media and Society
  • EDU340 Screen Production and Editing
Mathematics
  • MTH302 Film Forms: Genres, Histories, Technologies
Outdoor Education Studies
  • OES240 Social Media: Content Curation and Creation

School of Health and Sport Sciences

Introductory level electives
(100 coded)

General Science
  • SCI110 Editing for the Communication Professional
Health
  • HLT140 Advertising Campaigns
  • HLT150 Advertising: Copy and Image
Life Sciences
  • LFS100 Media Publishing: Law & Ethics
  • LFS103 Communication Campaign Planning
  • LFS112 News Writing and Reporting
  • LFS122 Online Journalism
Nutrition and Dietetics
Public Health
  • PUB102 Creative Writing for the Illustrated Book
  • PUB104 Public Relations Writing
  • PUB112 Writing the Short Story
Sport and Exercise Science
Medical Laboratory Science
  • MLS101 Television: Advanced Concepts and Contemporary Issues

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

Biomedical Science
  • BIM202 Investigative and Data Journalism
  • BIM203 Screen Media Project
  • BIM263 Writing Your Novel
  • BIM331 News Rounds
  • BIM341 Social Media: Monitoring and Measurement
  • BIM371 Transmedia Storytelling Campaigns
Life Sciences
  • LFS202 Industry Project 1: Communication, Creativity and Design
  • LFS251 Industry Internship 1: Communication, Creativity and Design
  • LFS262 Creativity, Design and Communication Project
Medical Laboratory Science
Nutrition and Dietetics
  • NUT201 Communication Research
  • NUT203 Social Media Internship
  • NUT205 Social Media Management
  • NUT212 Creative Writing and Editing for Publication
  • NUT232 Newsroom
  • NUT301 Design Futures
  • NUT310 Photographic Practice
  • NUT315 Photographic Practice in Creative Industries
  • NUT401 The Photographic Portfolio
  • NUT402 Visual Identity
  • NUT404 Visual Communication & Meaning
  • NUT405 Introduction to Interaction & UX Design
Occupational Therapy
  • OCC201 Responsive Website Design
  • OCC202 Animation and Visualisation Design
  • OCC212 3D Animation and Visualisation Design
  • OCC222 Character Design and Modelling
  • OCC301 Post-Production
  • OCC311 Branding and Package Design
  • OCC312 Art of Illustration and Design
  • OCC321 Interactivity and Frameworks
Public Health
  • PUB205 Augmented Reality Design
  • PUB210 Directing Performance: Contemporary Perspectives
  • PUB252 Physical Theatre
  • PUB262 Theatre Production
  • PUB271 Acting 2: Contemporary Shakespeare
  • PUB272 Devising Performance
  • PUB351 Reality Bites: An Exploration of Non-Fiction
  • PUB361 Imagined Homelands: An Exploration of Australian Literature
Sport and Exercise Science

School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine

Introductory level electives
(100 coded)

Health
Nursing
  • NUR104 Independent Research Project
  • NUR111 Performance 2
  • NUR121 Music and Pop Culture
  • NUR131 Music and Sound for Screen Media
Midwifery
Paramedicine
  • PAR101 Experimental Game Design

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

Health
  • HLT301 Video Game Analysis and Design
Nursing
  • NUR212 Game Art: Characters & Vehicles
  • NUR222 Professional Games Programming
  • NUR332 Interactive Narrative: Puzzles and Quests
Midwifery
  • HLT201 Game Art: Virtual Environments
  • HLT203 Advanced Games Programming
  • HLT310 Game Studio: Vertical Slice
Paramedicine
  • PAR212 Game Studio: Polish and Publish
  • PAR222 Interactive Narrative: Characters and Worlds
  • PAR301 Digital Fashion Branding

School of Science and Engineering

Introductory level electives
(100 coded)

Animal Ecology
  • ANM103 Fashion Branding
  • ANM104 Languages and Linguistics: Understanding human communication
Engineering
  • ENG101 Foundations of Outdoor Environmental Studies
  • ENG102 Learning in Australian Landscapes
  • ENG104 Human Development and Learning
Environmental Science
  • ENS103 Teaching with Technology
  • ENS120 Foundations of Literacy and Numeracy
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 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
  • CIV330 Engineering Hydrology
  • 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
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 Introduction to Development Studies
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 Regional Transformation: political and economic geographies
  • ENP245 Landscapes, Place and People
  • ENP255 Public Space Planning and Design - Studio II
  • 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 Historical Geographies
  • 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
  • SCS290 Understanding Cultural Diversity
  • SWK251 Working with First Nations Peoples and Multicultural Communities
Sustainability
  • SUS201 Advancing Sustainability: Planet, People and Prosperity
  • SUS202 Communicating Sustainability
  • SUS302 Sustainability Problem Solving
  • SUS310 Sustainability Project
Social Work
  • SWK266
  • SWK277 Working With Children, Youth and Families
  • SWK278 Ethics, Law and the Helping Professions
  • SWK285 Health & Mental Health in Australia
  • SWK286 Disability: Culture, Community and Change
  • SWK302 Community Development and Social Action
  • SWK303 Complexity and Social Work: Group-Based Approaches
  • 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 Accounting for Business
  • 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 Mathematical Economics
  • BUS306 World of Work: Your Pathway to Employment
  • BUS320 Business, Governance and Society
  • BUS331 Business Internship
Entrepreneurship
  • ENT211 Igniting Entrepreneurial Talent
  • ENT221 Venture Growth and Innovation
  • ENT222 Managing the Social Enterprise
  • ENT311 Start-up LaunchLab
  • ENT321 Venturing in Action
  • ENT322 Social Enterprise Establishment
Finance
  • FIN210 Introduction to Financial Planning
  • FIN220 Retirement and Superannuation
  • FIN221 Risk Management
  • 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 Introduction to International Business
  • IBS220 Cross-Cultural Management
  • IBS221 Trade and Finance in a Global Economy
  • IBS310 International Marketing
  • IBS320 Managing Global Logistics
  • IBS321 International Business Strategy: Sustainable and Digital Perspectives
Information Systems
  • 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
Management
  • MGT233 Managing Retail Operations
  • MGT310 Managing the Small Business
  • MGT325 Managing Quality
  • MGT326 Supply Chain Management
Marketing
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
  • 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
  • LAW312 Competition and Consumer Law
  • LAW405 Legal Dispute Resolution
  • LAW412 International Human Rights Law
  • LAW415 Sports Law
  • LAW417 Employment Law
  • LAW418 Health Law
  • LAW421
  • LAW440 Honours Research Methods, Design and Confirmation
  • LAW441 Law Honours Thesis