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Faculty of Arts and Business undergraduate elective courses

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Elective courses

Elective courses may be part of your program and must be completed. Electives allow you the freedom to tailor your program toward your personal or professional interests. Some programs have a restriction on the number of 100 coded courses you are allowed to study, so remember that when you choose your electives.

Introductory courses (100 coded)

CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
ACC106 Interactive Narrative: Puzzles and Quests
BUS101 Interactive Narrative: Characters and Worlds*
BUS102 Introduction to Writing for Drama and the Screen
BUS104 Accounting Principles
BUS105 Business Analytics
BUS106 Introduction to Economics
BUS108 Management and Organisational Behaviour
ICT110 Introduction to Marketing
ICT112 Accounting for Business
ICT115 Introduction to Informatics
ICT120 Introduction to Data Science
MGT130 Creative Problem Solving with Programming
PED110 Introduction to Systems Design
PED120 Introduction to Telecommunications and Networks
PED121 Supply Chain Management
PED122 Building Studies 1
TSM102 Property Economics

Advanced courses (200, 300 or 400 coded)

CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
ACC210 Building Studies 2
ACC211 Property Law
ACC220 Introduction to Tourism, Leisure and Events
ACC221 Financial Accounting
ACC310 Business Finance
ACC311 Law of Business Associations
ACC320 Company Accounting
ACC321 Management Accounting
BUS201 Taxation Law and Practice
BUS202 Contemporary Accounting Issues
BUS203 Auditing and Professional Practice
BUS211 Applied Microeconomics
BUS301 Applied Macroeconomics
BUS302 Business Law and Ethics
BUS320 Strategic Management
BUS331 Advanced Research Methods
ENT211 International Field Study
ENT222 Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility
ENT221 Business Internship
ENT311 New Venture Development
ENT321 Managing the Social Enterprise
ENT322 New Venture Growth
FIN210 New Venture Establishment
FIN220 New Venture Operation
FIN221 Social Enterprise Establishment
FIN310 Introduction to Financial Planning
FIN320 Retirement and Superannuation
FIN321 Insurance and Risk Management
HRM210 Personal Investment Management
HRM211 Tax and Estate Planning
HRM220 Financial Plan Construction
HRM221 Managing Human Resources
HRM311 Staffing and Remuneration
HRM312 Managing Workplace Relations
HRM321 Employment and Industrial Law
IBS210 Leadership and Team Dynamics
IBS220 Training and Development
IBS221 Managing Organisational Change
IBS310 Principles of International Business
IBS320 Cross-Cultural Management
IBS321 Trade and Finance in a Global Economy
ICT211 International Marketing
ICT220 Managing Global Logistics
ICT221 International Business Strategy
ICT301 Database Design
ICT310 Telecommunications and Networks
ICT311 Software Development 1
ICT320 Advanced Network Topics, Management and Security
ICT321 Systems Analysis and Design
ICT351 Software Development 2
ICT352 Database Programming
MGT210 Architecture and Systems Integration
MGT232 ICT Professional Practice
MGT233 ICT Project Management
MGT310 Project Management
MGT322 Service Operations Management
MKG210 Retail Supply Chain Management
MKG211 Small Business and New Venture Management
MKG212 Advanced Strategic Management
MKG220 Consumer Behaviour
MKG221 Services Marketing
MKG222 Food Marketing
MKG321 Marketing Communication
MKG322 Sport and Event Marketing
MKG324 Marketing of Social Causes
PED210 Marketing Research Project
PED220 Brand Management
PED310 Contemporary and Emerging Marketing Perspectives
PED311 Principles of Property Valuation
PED312 Property Investment Valuation and Market Analysis
PED320 Property Investment Analysis - Financing and Capital Markets
PED321 Property Development Feasibility and Analysis
PED322 Property and Asset Management
TSM211 Property Research Project
TSM221 Property Development and Project Management Processes
TSM223 Statutory and Specialist Valuation
TSM313 Tourism, Leisure and Special Interests
TSM314 Tourism and Leisure Policy and Planning
TSM315 Sustainable Tourism, Leisure and Event Management

Introductory courses (100 coded)

CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
CMN102 Technology and Innovation in Tourism, Leisure and Events
CMN103 Event Management
CMN104 Business Events
CMN105 Communication Theory and Practice
CMN116 Introduction to the Creative Industries
CMN120 Introduction to Media and Communication Industries
CMN130 The Illuminated Screen: Introduction to Film and Television Studies
CMN140 Introduction to Creative Writing
CMN150 Public Relations: Contemporary Perspectives
COR109 Introduction to Journalism
CRM101 Introduction to Creative Advertising
CRM102 Visual Journalism
CRM103 Communication and Thought
CRM104 Introduction to Criminology
CRM105 Understanding Crime
DES101 Punishment and Corrections
DES102 Applied Crime Prevention
DES103 Policing
DES104 Visual Literacy: Design Principles and Practice
DES105 Ways of Seeing: Understanding Images
DES106 Digital Photographic Practice
DRA100 Visual Worlds: An Introduction to Art and Design History
DRA101 Introduction to Design
EGL120 Typography
IND110 Performance Skills Laboratory 1
IND111 Dramatic Languages
ITL110 The ' English' Tradition: An Introduction to Literary Studies
ITL111 Indonesian A
JPN110 Indonesian B
JPN111 Italian A
JST101 Italian B
LNG110 Japanese A
SGD100 Japanese B
SGD101 Justice and the Australian Legal System

Advanced courses (200, 300 or 400 coded)

CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
CMN200 Languages and Linguistics
CMN201 Serious Games 1
CMN202 Game Art 1
CMN203 Introduction to Writing for Drama and the Screen
CMN213 Children, Media and Society
CMN214 Digital Video Editing
CMN216 Film Forms: Genres, Histories, Technologies
CMN222 Editing for the Communications Professional
CMN224 Investigative and Data Journalism
CMN226 Crisis and Issues Management
CMN227 Multimedia Advertising
CMN228 Advertising Campaigns
CMN231 Advertising: Copy and Image
CMN235 News Rounds
CMN237 The Writer and the Law
CMN238 Communication Campaign Planning
CMN240 News Writing and Reporting
CMN243 Online Journalism
CMN246 Paperback Hero
CMN247 Feature Writing
CMN248 Community Engagement Events
CMN249 Creative Writing for Children and Young Adults
CMN251 Creative Writing for the Illustrated Book
CMN252 Creative Advertising
CMN253 Television & Video Journalism
CMN260 International Communication
CMN266 Public Relations Writing
CMN272 Researching Media and Audiences
CMN273 Novel Ideas
CMN275 Creativity and Literature
CMN276 Industry Research Project (Journalism)
CMN277 Public Relations Internship/Industry Project
CMN300 Advertising Channel Planning and Purchasing
CMN303 Social Media
CMN304 Radio Journalism
CMN305A Contemporary Australian Television: Commerce, Culture and Creativity
CMN305B Screen and Media Industry Project
CMN306 Writing Your Novel
CMN320
CMN330
DES204 Professional Journalism Practice
DES205 Creative Writing and Editing for e-Publication
DES206 Newsroom
DES211 Digital Photographic Practice II
DES212 Digital Photographic Practice III
DES213 Digital Photographic Practice IV
DES214 Graphic Design A
DES215 Graphic Design B
DES216 Graphic Design C
DES221 Graphic Design D
DES222 Graphic Design E - Internship/Professional Project
DES223 Graphic Design F - Professional Portfolio
DES224 e-Media A
DES225 e-Media B
DES226 e-Media C
DES231 e-Media D
DES232 e-media E - Internship/Professional Project
DES233 e-Media F - Professional Portfolio
DES234 3D Design A
DES235 3D Design B
DES236 3D Design C
DRA200 3D Design D
DRA201 3D Design E - Internship/Professional Project
DRA202 3D Design F - Professional Portfolio
DRA203 Performance Skills Laboratory 2
DRA204 Applied Performance
DRA205 Directing Performance: Contemporary Perspectives
DRA301 Physical Theatre
DRA302 Theatre Production
EGL201 Theatre Internship
EGL205 Devising Performance: Community Engagement
EGL206 Trends in Twentieth Century Theatre
EGL285 Reality Bites: An Exploration of Non-Fiction
IND210 Imagined Homelands: An Exploration of Australian Literature
IND211 Reading Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Writing
IND212 Wonderworlds: An Exploration of English Literature
IND220 Indonesian C
IND221 Indonesian D
IND222 Indonesia: Society, Culture and Politics
IND223 In-Country Indonesian Studies A
IND310 In-Country Indonesian Studies B
IND311 In-Country Indonesian Studies C
ITL200 In-Country Indonesian Studies D
ITL201 Indonesian E
ITL210 Indonesian F
ITL211 In-Country Italian Studies A
ITL311 In-Country Italian Studies B
JPN200 Italian C
JPN201 Italian D
JPN210 Italian F
JPN211 In-Country Japanese Studies A
JPN310 In-Country Japanese Studies B
JPN311 Japanese C
JST202 Japanese D
JST203 Japanese E
LGL201 Japanese F
LGL202 International Justice and Human Rights
LGL301 Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice
SGD203 Criminal Law: An Introduction
SGD204 Family Law: Legal Frameworks and Issues
SGD210 Professional Practice: Legal Frameworks and Issues
SGD211 Introduction to Game Programming
SGD213 Creative Writing for Interactive Narrative 1
SGD214 Serious Games 2
SGD304 Game Art 2
SGD305 Professional Game Programming
  

Introductory courses (100 coded)

CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
COU101 Interactive Narrative: Puzzles and Quests
COU180 Games Management
ENP101 Professional Games Project
ENP103 Theories and Systems of Counselling and Psychotherapy
GEO100 Introductory Counselling Skills and Theory
GEO101 Planning Principles and Practice
HIS100 Spatial Governance and Planning
HIS140 Changing Planet Earth
INT100 Introducing Human Geographies
INT140 History of Australian popular culture: The Twentieth Century and Beyond
PSY100 Global Citizens: A History of Humanity
PSY101 International Politics: An Australian Perspective
PSY102 An Introduction to Australian and Comparative Politics
SCS110 Introduction to Psychology A
SCS130 Introduction to Psychology B
SCS140 Current Directions in Psychology
SCS172 Introduction to Sociology: Society, Culture and Change
SUS101 Introduction to Indigenous Australia

Advanced courses (200, 300 or 400 coded)

CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
ART411 Introduction to Development Studies
COU200 Social Work and Human Services Practice
COU261 Foundations of Sustainability
COU262 Research Methods in Arts and Social Science
COU263 Communication and Relationships
COU264 Counselling Development and Supervision 1
COU265 Counselling Development and Supervision 2
COU276 Counselling Placement 1
COU281 Counselling Placement 2
COU300 Strengths Based Counselling: Collaborative Approaches
COU301 Group Processes and Practice
ENP211 Developmental and Family Counselling
ENP236 Counselling Skills for Crisis, Disaster, Grief and Loss
ENP245 Positive Psychology for Counselling
ENP255 Planning and Environmental Law
ENP311 Regions, Change and Sustainability
ENP336 Landscapes, Place and People
ENP355 Urbanism and Urban Design
ENP365 Planning Theory
ENP411 Regional Infrastructure Planning
ENP455 Planning Design Studio
ENP460 Participation and Conflict Resolution
ENP470A Professional Planning Practice
ENP470B Community Planning Studio
GEO310 Planning Practicum
GEO340 Planning Project
GEO350 Planning Project
GEO390 Indigenous Peoples and the Environment
HIS225 Historical Geographies
HIS230 Animals and Society
HIS231 Advanced Geographical Studies
HIS232 Life and Death in the City: From Settlement to Federation
HIS250 Talking History: Memory and the Past
HIS265 Migrants' Lives in the World
HIS290 20th Century and Beyond: A History
HIS300 Riots and Rebellions: Conflict in Australian History
HIS320 Cultural Heritage
INT230 Upfront: History of Film in Australia
INT235 Questioning History: Explorations in the Thinking and Practice of History
INT245 Research Project in History and Australian Studies
INT250 Making Public Policy in a Global Era
INT257 International Relations: Theory and Practice
INT274 Politics of the USA
INT276 Forces of Change in International Politics
PSY200 International Security
PSY201 Politics and Security in East Asia
PSY202 Internship in Politics and Public Policy
PSY203 Research Methods in Psychology A
PSY204 Research Methods in Psychology B
PSY205 Physiological Psychology
PSY300 Introduction to Human Development
PSY301 Social Psychology
PSY302 Motivation and Emotion
PSY303 Advanced Methods in Psychology
PSY304 Cognitive and Perceptual Psychology
PSY305 Intercultural and Indigenous Psychologies
PSY306 Personality and Assessment
PSY307 Human Associative Learning
PSY400 Abnormal Psychology
PSY401 Psychology of Health and Wellbeing
PSY402 Adult Development and Ageing
PSY403 Advanced Statistics in Psychology
PSY404 Advanced Theoretical Issues in Psychology
PSY405 Professional Practice of Psychology
PSY406 Ethical and Professional Issues In Psychology
PSY407 Research Dissertation A
SCS201 Research Dissertation B
SCS203 Group Research Project in Psychology A
SCS210 Group Research Project in Psychology B
SCS211 International Community Development and Global Justice
SCS225 Introduction to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education
SCS230 Indigenous Australia and the State
SCS235 Green Justice: Environment and Social Issues
SCS251 Social Research
SCS266 Understanding Society: An Introduction to Social Theory
SCS273 Social Justice, Welfare and the State
SCS274 Working Effectively with Aboriginal People
SCS277 Critical Practice with Trauma, Bereavement and Crisis
SCS278 Human Services Placement 1
SCS285 Human Services Placement 2
SCS286 Working With Families
SCS290 Ethics and Professional Practice
SCS295 Health, Society and Culture
SUS201 Disability: Culture, Community and Change
SUS202 Understanding Cultural Diversity
SUS302 Gender and Culture
SUS310 Measuring Sustainability
SWK301 Communicating Sustainability
SWK302 Sustainability Problem Solving
SWK303 Sustainability Project
SWK401 Social Work Field Education 1
SWK402 Community Development and Social Action
SWK404 Complexity and Social Work: Policy and Practice
SWK407 Critical Social Policy Analysis

  

* This course runs in alternate even years
^ This course runs in alternate odd years