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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
ACC106 Special Research Project
BUS101 Special Research Project
BUS102 Health Practicum
BUS104 Introduction to Indigenous Australia
BUS105 Introduction to Sociology: Society, Culture and Change
BUS106 Understanding Cultural Diversity
BUS108 Understanding Society: An Introduction to Social Theory
ICT110 Social Research
ICT112 Social Justice, Welfare and the State
ICT115 Gender and Culture
ICT120 Communication and Thought
MGT130 Introduction to Economics
PED110 Management and Organisational Behaviour
PED120 Introduction to Marketing
PED121 Business Analytics
TSM102 Accounting for Business
Advanced level elective courses (200, 300 or 400 coded)
CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
ACC210 Introduction to Informatics
ACC211 Business Law and Ethics
ACC221 Strategic Management
ACC310 Project Management
ACC311 Cross-Cultural Management
ACC320 Small Business and New Venture Management
ACC321 Quality Management
BUS201 Leadership and Team Dynamics
BUS202 Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility
BUS203 Advanced Strategic Management
BUS211 Managing Organisational Change
BUS301 Leadership and Team Dynamics
BUS320 Managing Organisational Change
BUS331 Contexts of practice: child, youth and family
ENT211 Research Foundations
ENT221 Health Law and Ethics
ENT222 Human Pathophysiology
ENT311 Nursing Practicum 2
ENT321 Health Alteration
ENT322 Drug Therapy
FIN210 Acute Health Alteration
FIN220 Nursing Practicum 3
FIN221 Life Crisis - Translating Theory Into Caring Practice
FIN310 The Child Client
FIN320 Challenges to Mental Health
FIN321 Nursing Practicum 4
HRM210 Caring for the Older Client
HRM211 Palliative, Rehabilitation and Continuing Care
HRM220 Nursing Internship
HRM311 Communication and Thought
HRM312 Secondary Professional Learning 1: Transitioning into the Profession
HRM321 Introduction to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education
IBS210 Heritage: Australian and Global Contexts
IBS220 Talking History: Memory and the Past
IBS221 Nationalism and Identity in the 20th Century: Themes and Tensions
IBS310 Engaging Diverse Learners
IBS320 Secondary Professional Experience 2 : Managing the Diverse Learning Environment
IBS321 Teaching and Learning English: Curriculum A
ICT211 History Teaching: Curriculum A
ICT220 Teaching Senior Secondary English
ICT221 Teaching Senior Secondary History
ICT301 Heritage: Australian and Global Contexts
ICT310 Talking History: Memory and the Past
ICT311 Nationalism and Identity in the 20th Century: Themes and Tensions
ICT320 Responding to Diversity and Inclusion
ICT321 Secondary Literacy and Numeracy Across the Curriculum
ICT341 Secondary Assessment and Reporting
ICT342 Secondary Professional Learning 3: Diversity and Inclusion
ICT351 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Perspectives in Learning and Teaching
ICT352 The Psychology of Learning
MGT210 Using Data for Learning
MGT232 Secondary Professional Learning 4: The Professional Empowered and Engaged
MGT233 Management and Organisational Behaviour
MGT310 Trends in Health and Community Care
MGT322 Managing Human Resources
MGT325 Contexts of Community Care
MGT326 Managing Workplace Relations
MGT327 Research Foundations
MGT328 Quality and Governance in Health and Community Care Settings
MKG210 Challenges to Mental Health
MKG211 Special Topic in Health and Community Care
MKG212 Health Law and Ethics
MKG220 Cultural Diversity in Nursing and Midwifery
MKG221 Managing Organisational Change
MKG222 Leadership and Team Dynamics
MKG322 Training and Development
MKG324 Health Practicum
PED210 Workplace Learning I
PED220 Changing Planet Earth
PED310 Planning and Environmental Law
PED311 Regions, Change and Sustainability
PED312 Landscapes, Place and People
PED320 Urbanism and Urban Design
PED321 Strategic Infrastructure Planning
PED322 Participation and Conflict Resolution
TSM211 Communication and Thought
TSM221 Introductory Counselling Skills
TSM223 Foundations of Human Behaviour
TSM313 Social Work and Human Services Practice
TSM314 Introduction to Sociology: Society, Culture and Change
TSM315 Social Justice, Welfare and the State
Introductory level elective courses (100 coded)
CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
CMN102 Social Research
CMN103 Health and Mental Health in Australia
CMN104 Disability: Culture, Community and Change
CMN105 Understanding Cultural Diversity
CMN116 Gender and Culture
CMN120 Introduction to Indigenous Australia
CMN130 Working Effectively with Aboriginal People
CMN140 Ethical Practice in the Helping Professions
CMN150 An Introduction to Australian and Comparative Politics
DES101 Indigenous Australia and the State
DES102 Understanding Society: An Introduction to Social Theory
DES103 Group Processes and Practice
DES104 Human Services Placement 1
DES105 International Community Development and Global Justice
DES106 Working with Children, Youth and Families
DRA100 Human Services Placement 2
DRA102 Community Development and Social Action
EGL120 Complexity and Social Work: Group-Based Approaches
IND110 Communication and Thought
IND111 Anatomy and Physiology
ITL110 Introductory Bioscience
ITL111 Contexts of Practice: The Older Person and Family
JPN110 Practice Foundations
JPN111 Preparation for Practice 1
LNG110 Nursing Practice 1
SGD100 Health, Culture and Society
SGD101 Research Foundations for Health Practice
SGD102 Contexts of Practice: Mental Health Care
SGD103 Contexts of practice: child, youth and family
SGD120 Health Law and Ethics
Advanced level elective courses (200, 300 or 400 coded)
CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
CMN200 Preparation for Practice 2
CMN201 Nursing Practice 2
CMN202 Drug Therapy
CMN203 Health Alteration
CMN213 Preparation for Practice 3
CMN216 Nursing Practice 3
CMN222 Nursing Internship
CMN224 Preparation and Nursing Practice 4
CMN226 Contexts of Practice: Complex Care
CMN228 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Cultural Safety
CMN231 Leadership in Clinical Practice
CMN235 Palliative, Rehabilitation and Continuing Care
CMN237 Life Crisis
CMN238 The Child Client
CMN240 Communication and Thought
CMN243 Introduction to Management
CMN246 Accounting for Business
CMN247 Introduction to Informatics
CMN248 Business Analytics
CMN249 Introduction to Economics
CMN251 Introduction to Marketing
CMN252 Introduction to Tourism, Leisure and Events
CMN253 Business Law and Ethics
CMN260 Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility
CMN266 Tourism, Leisure and Special Interests
CMN273 Tourism and Leisure Policy and Planning
CMN275 Sustainable Tourism, Leisure and Event Management
CMN276 Technology and Innovation in Tourism, Leisure and Events
CMN277 Event Management
CMN300 Business Events
CMN302 Communication and Thought
CMN303 Engineering Professional Practice
CMN304 Mathematics Foundations
CMN305 Environment, Technology and Sustainability
CMN306 Cell Biology
CMN307 Chemistry
CMN311 Physics
CMN320 Science Research Methods
DES204 Accounting Principles
DES205 Business Analytics
DES206 Introduction to Economics
DES211 Introduction to Management
DES212 Introduction to Marketing
DES213 Accounting for Business
DES214 Introduction to Informatics
DES215 Introduction to Data Science
DES216 Creative Problem Solving with Programming
DES221 Introduction to Systems Design
DES222 Introduction to Telecommunications and Networks
DES223 Supply Chain Management
DES224 Building Studies 1
DES225 Property Economics
DES226 Building Studies 2
DES231 Introduction to Tourism, Leisure and Events
DES232 Financial Accounting
DES233 Business Finance
DES234 Company Accounting
DES235 Management Accounting
DES236 Taxation Law and Practice
DES301 Contemporary Accounting Issues
DES302 Auditing and Professional Practice
DRA202 Applied Microeconomics
DRA204 Applied Macroeconomics
DRA206 Business Law and Ethics
DRA301 Strategic Management
DRA305 Business Analytics 2
EGL201 Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility
EGL205 Business Internship
EGL206 New Venture Development
EGL285 New Venture Growth
IND210 Managing the Social Enterprise
IND211 New Venture Establishment
IND212 New Venture Operation
IND220 Social Enterprise Establishment
IND221 Introduction to Financial Planning
IND222 Retirement and Superannuation
IND223 Insurance and Risk Management
IND310 Personal Investment Management
IND311 Tax and Estate Planning
INT202 Financial Plan Construction
ITL200 Managing Human Resources
ITL201 Staffing and Remuneration
ITL210 Managing Workplace Relations
ITL211 Leadership and Team Dynamics
ITL310 Training and Development
ITL311 Managing Organisational Change
JPN200 Principles of International Business
JPN201 Cross-Cultural Management
JPN210 Trade and Finance in a Global Economy
JPN211 International Marketing
JPN212 Managing Global Logistics
JPN310 International Business Strategy
JPN311 Database Design
LGL301 Telecommunications and Networks
SGD200 Software Development 1
SGD202 Advanced Network Topics, Management and Security
SGD210 Systems Analysis and Design
SGD211 Mobile App Development
SGD213 Database Programming
SGD214 Architecture and Systems Integration
SGD230 ICT Internship
SGD240 ICT Industry Project
SGD304 ICT Professional Practice
SGD305 ICT Project Management
 
Introductory level elective courses (100 coded)
CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
CRM101 Project Management
CRM102 Service Operations Management
CRM103 Retail Supply Chain Management
CRM105 Small Business and New Venture Management
JST101 Advanced Strategic Management
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 Quality Management
BUS203 Supply Chain Strategy and Design
CRM201 Supply Chain Information and Technology
CRM202 Innovation and Management Decision Making
CRM203 Consumer Behaviour
CRM204 Services Marketing
CRM301 Food Marketing
CRM302 Marketing Communication
CRM303 Sport and Event Marketing
CRM304 Marketing of Social Causes
CRM305 Brand Management
HRM221 Contemporary and Emerging Marketing Perspectives
JST202 Principles of Property Valuation
LAW305 Property Investment Valuation and Market Analysis
LAW306 Property Investment Analysis - Financing and Capital Markets
LAW307 Property Development Feasibility and Analysis
LAW309 Property and Asset Management
LAW310 Property Research Project
LAW311 Property Development and Project Management Processes
LAW316 Statutory and Specialist Valuation
LAW318 Tourism, Leisure and Special Interests
LAW405 Tourism and Leisure Policy and Planning
LAW406 Sustainable Tourism, Leisure and Event Management
LAW407 Technology and Innovation in Tourism, Leisure and Events
LAW408 Event Management
LAW410 Business Events
LAW411 Creativity and Communication
LAW412 Introduction to the Creative Industries
LAW414 Introduction to Media and Communication Industries
LAW415 The Illuminated Screen: Introduction to Film and Television Studies
LAW416 Playing with Words : an Introduction to Creative Writing Craft
LGL201 Public Relations: Contemporary Perspectives
LGL301 Introduction to Journalism
PED222 Introduction to Creative Advertising
Honours courses
CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
LAW440 Visual Journalism
LAW441 Visual Literacy: Design Principles and Practice

 
Introductory level elective courses (100 coded)
CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
COU101 Ways of Seeing: Understanding Images
COU180 Digital Photographic Practice
ENP101 Visual Worlds: An Introduction to Art and Design History
ENP103 Introduction to Design
GEO100 Typography
GEO101 Acting 1: The actor's craft
HIS100 Exploring Twentieth Century Theatre
HIS140 The ' English' Tradition: An Introduction to Literary Studies
INT100 Indonesian A
INT140 Indonesian B
PSY100 Italian A
PSY101 Italian B
PSY103 Japanese A
SCS110 Japanese B
SCS130 Languages and Linguistics
SCS140 Playcentric Game Design
SUS101 Game Art: Introduction to 2D & 3D
SWK172 Introduction to Games Scripting
Advanced level elective courses (200, 300 or 400 coded)
CourseSemester of offer
(Sunshine Coast)
UnitsRequisites
ENP200 Serious Video Game Design Workshop
ENP211 Interactive Narrative: Fundamentals
ENP236 Introduction to Screenwriting: The Art of Visual Storytelling
ENP245 Children, Media and Society
ENP255 Screen Production and Editing
ENP311 Film Forms: Genres, Histories, Technologies
ENP336 Editing for the Communications Professional
ENP355 Risk, Crisis and Issues Management
ENP365 Multimedia Advertising
ENP411 Advertising Campaigns
GEO310 Advertising: Copy and Image
GEO340 Media Publishing: Law & Ethics
GEO350 Communication Campaign Planning
GEO390 News Writing and Reporting
HIS200 Online Journalism
HIS201 Paperback Hero
HIS210 Feature Writing
HIS240 Community Engagement Events
HIS300 Creative Writing for Children and Young Adults
HIS301 Creative Writing for the Illustrated Book
HIS320 Creative Advertising
INT230 Television & Video Journalism
INT235 International Communication
INT245 Public Relations Writing
INT250 Researching Media and Audiences
INT257 Novel Ideas
INT270 Creativity and Literature
INT274 Public Relations Internship/Industry Project
INT276 Creative Media Planning
JST202 Social Media
PSY200 Radio Journalism
PSY201 Television: Advanced Concepts and Contemporary Issues
PSY202 Investigative and Data Journalism
PSY203 Screen and Media Industry Project
PSY204 Writing Your Novel
PSY205 News Rounds
PSY300 Professional Journalism Practice A
PSY301 Professional Journalism Practice B
PSY302 Industry Project 1: Communication
PSY303 Creative Writing and Editing for e-Publication
PSY304 Digital Photographic Practice II
PSY305 Digital Photographic Practice III
PSY306 Digital Photographic Practice IV
PSY307 Graphic Design A
SCS201 Graphic Design B
SCS204 Graphic Design C
SCS205 Graphic Design D
SCS210 Graphic Design E - Internship/Professional Project
SCS216 Graphic Design F - Professional Portfolio
SCS225 e-Media A
SCS230 e-Media B
SCS235 e-Media C
SCS251 e-Media D
SCS273 e-media E - Internship/Professional Project
SCS277 e-Media F - Professional Portfolio
SCS290 3D Design A
SCS295 3D Design B
SUS201 3D Design C
SUS202 3D Design D
SUS302 3D Design E - Internship/Professional Project
SUS310 3D Design F - Professional Portfolio
SWK266 Industry Project 1: Design
SWK278 Industry Project 2: Design
SWK285 Directing Performance: Contemporary Perspectives
SWK286 Theatre Production
SWK302 Acting 2: Contemporary Shakespeare
SWK303 Devising Performance
SWK401 Theatre Internship

  

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