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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 Property and Asset Management
  • CMN102 Introduction to Tourism, Leisure and Events
  • CMN103 Tourism, Leisure and Special Interests
  • CMN104 Technology and Innovation in Tourism, Leisure and Events
  • CMN105 Business Events
  • CMN106 Research Methods in Arts and Social Science
  • CMN107 Communication Theory and Practice
  • CMN108 Introduction to Creative Writing
  • CMN116 Public Relations: Contemporary Perspectives
  • CMN117 Editing for the Communications Professional
  • CMN120 Computer-Assisted Reporting
  • CMN130 Crisis and Issues Management
  • CMN140 Advertising: Copy and Image
  • CMN150 News Rounds
Design
  • DES101 The Writer and the Law
  • DES102 Media and Promotion: Tourism and Hospitality
  • DES103 News Writing: Print and Broadcast
  • DES104 Online Journalism
  • DES105 Creative Writing D: Paperback Hero
  • DES106 Public Relations Events Project
  • DES107 Creative Writing for Children and Young Adults
Drama
  • DRA100 Creative Advertising
  • DRA102 Advanced News Reporting
English
  • EGL120 Introduction to Creative Entrepreneurship
Japanese
  • JPN110 Creativity and Communication
  • JPN111 Introduction to the Creative Industries
Languages
  • LNG110 Introduction to Media and Communication Industries
Music
  • MUS100 The Illuminated Screen: Introduction to Film and Television Studies
  • MUS101 Contemporary Communication Theory and Trends
Serious Game Development
  • SGD100 Introduction to Professional Communication
  • SGD101 Issues in Social Media
  • SGD102 Playing with Words : an Introduction to Creative Writing Craft
  • SGD103 Playing with Genre
  • SGD120 Public Relations: Contemporary Perspectives
Fashion
  • FSH100 Introduction to Journalism

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

General Arts electives
  • ART200 Introduction to Creative Advertising
Communication Studies
  • CMN200 Visual Journalism
  • CMN201 Grammars of Design
  • CMN202 Visual Storytelling
  • CMN203 Fundamentals of Photography
  • CMN204 Art, Design and Visual Culture
  • CMN213 Introduction to Design and Concept
  • CMN224 Design in Application
  • CMN226 Drawing Practice
  • CMN228 Acting 1: The actor's craft
  • CMN231 Exploring Twentieth Century Theatre
  • CMN235 The ' English' Tradition: An Introduction to Literary Studies
  • CMN237 Japanese A
  • CMN240 Japanese B
  • CMN246 Languages and Linguistics
  • CMN247 Intro to Songwriting and Production
  • CMN252 Intro to Songwriting and Performance
  • CMN260 Playcentric Game Design
  • CMN266 Game Art: Introduction to 2D & 3D
  • CMN276 Introduction to Games Scripting
  • CMN277 Serious Digital Game Design
  • CMN300 Interactive Narrative: Fundamentals
  • CMN302 Introduction to Key Concepts of Fashion
  • CMN303 Special Elective in Arts
  • CMN304 Introduction to Screenwriting: The Art of Visual Storytelling
  • CMN305 Children, Media and Society
  • CMN308 Screen Production and Editing
  • CMN309 Film Forms: Genres, Histories, Technologies
  • CMN311 Social Media: Content Curation and Creation
  • CMN312 Editing for the Communication Professional
  • CMN313 Advertising Campaigns
  • CMN314 Advertising: Copy and Image
  • CMN315 Media Publishing: Law & Ethics
  • CMN316 Communication Campaign Planning
  • CMN317 News Writing and Reporting
  • CMN320 Online Journalism
  • CMN330 Feature Writing
Design
  • 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
  • DES303 Writing Your Novel
  • DES304 News Rounds
  • DES305 Social Media: Monitoring and Measurement
  • DES306 Transmedia Storytelling Campaigns
  • DES307 Industry Project 1: Communication, Creativity and Design
  • DES308 Industry Internship 1: Communication, Creativity and Design
Drama
  • DRA202 Creativity, Design and Communication Project
  • DRA203 Global Communication
  • DRA204 Communication Research
  • DRA206 Social Media Internship
  • DRA301 Social Media Management
English
  • EGL201 Creative Writing and Editing for Publication
  • EGL205 Newsroom
  • EGL206 Design Futures
  • EGL285 Photographic Practice
Indonesian
  • IND210 Photographic Practice in Creative Industries
  • IND211 The Photographic Portfolio
  • IND310 Visual Identity
  • IND311 Visual Communication & Meaning
Italian
  • ITL210 Introduction to Interaction & UX Design
  • ITL211 Responsive Website Design
  • ITL310 Animation and Visualisation Design
  • ITL311 3D Animation and Visualisation Design
Japanese
  • JPN200 Character Design and Modelling
  • JPN201 Post-Production
  • JPN210 Branding and Package Design
  • JPN211 Art of Illustration and Design
  • JPN212 Interactivity and Frameworks
  • JPN310 Augmented Reality Design
  • JPN311 Directing Performance: Contemporary Perspectives
Politics and International Studies
Music
  • MUS200 Theatre Production
  • MUS201 Acting 2: Contemporary Shakespeare
  • MUS202 Devising Performance
  • MUS203 Reality Bites: An Exploration of Non-Fiction
  • MUS300 Imagined Homelands: An Exploration of Australian Literature
  • MUS301 Reading Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Writing
Serious Game Development
Fashion

School of Education

Introductory level electives
(100 coded)

Outdoor Education Studies
  • OES101 Japanese D
  • OES104 About Japan: Current Perspectives
Education

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

Mathematics
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
Medical Laboratory Science

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

Biomedical Science
Life Sciences
Medical Laboratory Science
Nutrition and Dietetics
Occupational Therapy

School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine

Introductory level electives
(100 coded)

Health
Nursing
  • NUR104 Health Promotion Needs Assessment and Planning
  • NUR111 Environmental Health Risk Management
  • NUR121 Health Promotion Principles
  • NUR131 Health Promotion Settings
Midwifery
  • HLT100 Health Promotion Implementation and Evaluation
  • HLT121 Epidemiology and Biostatistics
  • HLT122 Functional Anatomy
Paramedicine

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

Health
Nursing
  • NUR212 Exercise Physiology I
  • NUR222 Introduction to Sports Medicine
  • NUR332 Sports Psychology
Paramedicine
  • PAR212 Motor Control and Learning
  • PAR222 Cardiorespiratory Health and Rehabilitation
  • PAR301 Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation
Midwifery

School of Science and Engineering

Introductory level electives
(100 coded)

Animal Ecology
Engineering
Environmental Science
General Science
Mathematics

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

Animal Ecology
  • ANM201
  • ANM203 Caring Practice: Child, Youth and Family
  • ANM301 Caring Communities: Professional Studies 2
  • ANM302 Caring Communities: Transcultural Health Practices
Environmental Science
General Science
  • SCI202 Plant Diversity and Ecology
  • SCI212 Terrestrial Vertebrate Diversity and Ecology
  • SCI302 Environmental Impact Assessment
Geography
  • GEO201 Soil Properties, Processes and Rehabilitation
  • GEO301 Weather and Climate
  • GEO302 Geographic Information Science and Technology

Life Sciences
  • LFS252 Earth Observation: Remote Sensing and Surveying
Biotechnology
  • MBT254 Sustainable Energy Systems
  • MBT301 Coastal and Marine Ecology
  • MBT352 Environmental Economics
  • MBT353 Environmental Chemistry
  • MBT355 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • MBT361 Coastal Conservation Planning
Mathematics
  • MTH201 Plant Growth and Reproduction
  • MTH203 Restoration Ecology
  • MTH212 Agricultural and Forest Ecology
  • MTH301 Advanced Genetics
  • MTH381 Population Ecology and Genetics
Workplace Learning
  • WPL310 K'gari-Fraser Island Field Studies †
  • WPL311 Special Field Studies Topic †
  • WPL320 Integrated Environmental Management †

School of Social Sciences

Introductory level electives
(100 coded)

Counselling
  • COU101 Applied Geospatial Analysis
  • COU180 Sustainable Aquaculture
Environment and Planning Studies
  • ENP101 Advanced Research Methods and Statistics
  • ENP103 Genetics
Geography
  • GEO100 Analytical Sciences
  • GEO101 Hydrology and Geomorphology
History
Politics and International Studies
  • INT101 Molecular Biology
  • INT102 Biotechnology: Research to Product
Psychology
  • PSY100 Pharmaceutical and Food Microbiology
  • PSY101 Molecular Biotechnology
  • PSY102 Microbial Pathogenesis
  • PSY103 Bioinformatics
Social and Community Studies
  • SCS101 Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
  • SCS110 Calculus II and Linear Algebra
  • SCS130 Numerical Analysis
  • SCS140 Discrete Mathematics
Sustainability
  • SUS101 Reading in Advanced Mathematics
Social Work
  • SWK172 Applied Systems Modelling

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

Counselling
Environment and Planning Studies
  • ENP200 Workplace Learning I
  • ENP211 Workplace Learning II
  • ENP236 Theories of Counselling: From Freud to Integrative Practice
  • ENP245 Introductory Counselling Skills
  • ENP255 Introduction to Urban Design & Town Planning - Studio I
  • ENP311 Planning Theory, Governance and Politics
  • ENP336 Changing Planet Earth
  • ENP355 Introducing Human Geographies
  • ENP365 What Makes Australia? History of Australian Popular Culture: The Twentieth Century and Beyond
  • ENP411 Global Citizens: A History of Humanity
Geography
  • GEO310 Introduction to International Relations: An Australian Perspective
  • GEO340 Global Environmental Politics
  • GEO350 Introduction to Psychology A
  • GEO390 Introduction to Psychology B
History
  • HIS200 Current Directions in Psychology
  • HIS201 Applied Psychology in Health Care
  • HIS210 Foundations of Human Behaviour
  • HIS240 Australian Society: How does(n't) it work? - An Introduction to Sociology
  • HIS300 Introduction to Indigenous Australia
  • HIS320 Introduction to Development Studies
Politics and International Studies
  • INT245 Foundations of Sustainability
  • INT250 Introduction to Social Work and Human Services
  • INT257 Strengths Based Counselling: Collaborative Approaches
  • INT274 Industry Project 1: Urban Design and Town Planning Studies ^
  • INT335 Planning and Environmental Law
  • INT370 Regional Transformation: political and economic geographies
Psychology
  • PSY200 Landscapes, Place and People
  • PSY201 Public Space Planning and Design - Studio II
  • PSY202 Planning Theory
  • PSY203 Strategic Infrastructure Planning
  • PSY204 Neighbourhood Planning and Design - Studio III
  • 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