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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 Leading Groups in Outdoor Environments
  • CMN102 Active Lifestyle Nutrition
  • CMN103 Motor Control and Learning
  • CMN104 Outdoor Environmental Expeditions
  • CMN105 Advanced Sports Nutrition
  • CMN106 Leading Coastal Environmental Studies
  • CMN107 Discovering Management
  • CMN108 Marketing Essentials
  • CMN116 Foundations of Sustainability
  • CMN117 Communication and Thought
  • CMN120 Exploring Business Research
  • CMN130 Accounting for Business
  • CMN140 Introduction to Informatics
  • CMN150 Introduction to Economics
Design
  • DES101 Introduction to Indigenous Australia
  • DES102 Business Law and Ethics
  • DES103 Social Research
  • DES104 World of Work: Your Pathway to Employment
  • DES105 Business, Governance and Society
  • DES106 Creativity, Design and Communication Project
  • DES107 Social Sciences and Humanities Project
Drama
  • DRA100 Visual Storytelling
  • DRA102 Communication and Thought
English
  • EGL120 Introduction to Creative Entrepreneurship
Japanese
  • JPN110 Human Development and Learning
  • JPN111 Foundations of Literacy and Numeracy
Music
  • MUS100 Professional Experience: The role of the teacher
  • MUS101 Communication and Thought
Serious Game Development
  • SGD100 Integrating ICT into Learning
  • SGD101 Professional Experience: Connecting with Learning and Teaching
  • SGD102 Teaching Mathematics in the Early Years
  • SGD103 Teaching English: Curriculum and Pedagogy
  • SGD120 Teaching Science in the Early Years
Fashion
  • FSH100 Teaching Arts in the Early Years

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

Communication Studies
  • CMN200 Introduction to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education
  • CMN201 Playing with Words : an Introduction to Creative Writing Craft
  • CMN202 Earth's Surface Processes
  • CMN203 Learning in Australian Landscapes
  • CMN204 Discovering Science
  • CMN213 Individual Learner Needs
  • CMN224 Teaching Technologies: Curriculum and Pedagogy
  • CMN226 Professional Experience: Facilitating the Learning Environment
  • CMN228 Teaching Reading and Writing
  • CMN231 Teaching HPE in the Early Years
  • CMN235 Assessing Learning
  • CMN237 Teaching HASS in Primary School
  • CMN240 Teaching Arts in the Primary School
  • CMN246 Professional Experience: Differentiated Practice
  • CMN247 Teaching Science in Primary Schools
  • CMN252 Teaching HPE in Primary School
  • CMN260 Teaching English: Language, Literature and Literacy
  • CMN266 Teaching Science: The Sky is the Limit
  • CMN276 Teaching Primary School Mathematics
  • CMN277 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Perspectives in Learning and Teaching
  • CMN300 Diversity and Inclusion
  • CMN302 Teaching the Australian Curriculum: Languages
  • CMN303 Teacher as Global Practitioner
  • CMN304 Professional Experience: The Professional Teacher
  • CMN305 Teacher as Researcher
  • CMN308 Using Data for Learning
  • CMN309 Exploring Business Research
  • CMN311 Marketing Essentials
  • CMN312 Accounting for Business
  • CMN313 Communication and Thought
  • CMN314 Introduction to Economics
  • CMN315 Discovering Management
  • CMN316 Introduction to Informatics
  • CMN317 Cross-Cultural Management
  • CMN320 Trade and Finance in a Global Economy
  • CMN330 Business Law and Ethics
Design
  • DES200 Introduction to International Business
  • DES204 World of Work: Your Pathway to Employment
  • DES205 Business, Governance and Society
  • DES206 Managing Global Logistics
  • DES211 International Business Strategy
  • DES212 International Marketing
  • DES221 Accounting for Business
  • DES222 Introduction to Informatics
  • DES231 Introduction to Psychology B
  • DES232 Communication and Thought
  • DES303 Introduction to Economics
  • DES304 Discovering Management
  • DES305 Marketing Essentials
  • DES306 Introduction to Psychology A
  • DES307 Research Methods in Psychology B
  • DES308 Social Psychology
Drama
  • DRA202 Motivation and Emotion
  • DRA203 Business Law and Ethics
  • DRA204 Research Methods in Psychology A
  • DRA206 Physiological Psychology
  • DRA301 Introduction to Human Development
English
  • EGL201 Cognitive and Perceptual Psychology
  • EGL205 Human Associative Learning
  • EGL206 Abnormal Psychology
  • EGL385 Adult Development and Ageing
Indonesian
  • IND210 Business, Governance and Society
  • IND211 Advanced Methods in Psychology
  • IND310 Intercultural and Indigenous Psychologies
  • IND311 Personality and Assessment
Italian
  • ITL210 World of Work: Your Pathway to Employment
  • ITL211 Psychology of Health and Wellbeing
  • ITL310 Introduction to Creative Entrepreneurship
  • ITL311 Creativity and Communication
Japanese
  • JPN210 Introduction to the Creative Industries
  • JPN211 Introduction to Media and Communication Industries
  • JPN212 The Illuminated Screen: Introduction to Film and Television Studies
  • JPN300 Contemporary Communication Theory and Trends
  • JPN301 Introduction to Professional Communication
  • JPN310 Issues in Social Media
  • JPN311 Playing with Words : an Introduction to Creative Writing Craft
Politics and International Studies
Music
  • MUS200 Public Relations: Contemporary Perspectives
  • MUS201 Introduction to Journalism
  • MUS202 Introduction to Creative Advertising
  • MUS203 Visual Journalism
  • MUS300 Grammars of Design
  • MUS301 Visual Storytelling
Serious Game Development
  • SGD200 Fundamentals of Photography
  • SGD202 Art, Design and Visual Culture
  • SGD211 Introduction to Design and Concept
  • SGD213 Design in Application
  • SGD214 Drawing Practice
  • SGD230 Acting 1: The actor's craft
  • SGD240 Exploring Twentieth Century Theatre
  • SGD304 The ' English' Tradition: An Introduction to Literary Studies
  • SGD305 Japanese A
  • SGD321 Japanese B
Fashion
  • FSH200 Intro to Songwriting and Production
  • FSH201 Intro to Songwriting and Performance
Languages
  • LNG210 Playcentric Game Design

School of Education

Introductory level electives
(100 coded)

Outdoor Education Studies
  • OES101 Game Art: Introduction to 2D & 3D
  • OES104 Introduction to Games Scripting
Education
  • EDU101 Serious Digital Game Design
  • EDU103 Interactive Narrative: Fundamentals
  • EDU104 Introduction to Key Concepts of Fashion
  • EDU110 Introduction to Screenwriting: The Art of Visual Storytelling

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

Education
  • EDU202 Children, Media and Society
  • EDU208 Screen Production and Editing
  • EDU307 Film Forms: Genres, Histories, Technologies
  • EDU340 Social Media: Content Curation and Creation
Mathematics
  • MTH302 Editing for the Communication Professional
Outdoor Education Studies
  • OES240 Advertising Campaigns

School of Health and Sport Sciences

Introductory level electives
(100 coded)

General Science
  • SCI110 Advertising: Copy and Image
Health
  • HLT140 Media Publishing: Law & Ethics
  • HLT150 Communication Campaign Planning
Life Sciences
Nutrition and Dietetics
  • NUT101 Creative Writing for the Illustrated Book
  • NUT102 Public Relations Writing
Public Health
Sport and Exercise Science
  • SPX101 Broadcast Journalism
  • SPX102 Television: Advanced Concepts and Contemporary Issues
  • SPX121 Investigative and Data Journalism
Medical Laboratory Science

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

Biomedical Science
  • BIM202 Writing Your Novel
  • BIM203 News Rounds
  • BIM263 Social Media: Monitoring and Measurement
  • BIM331 Transmedia Storytelling Campaigns
  • BIM341 Industry Project 1: Communication, Creativity and Design
  • BIM371 Industry Internship 1: Communication, Creativity and Design
Life Sciences
  • LFS202 Creativity, Design and Communication Project
  • LFS251 Global Communication
  • LFS262 Communication Research
Medical Laboratory Science
  • MLS211 Social Media Internship
Nutrition and Dietetics
  • NUT201 Social Media Management
  • NUT203 Creative Writing and Editing for Publication
  • NUT205 Newsroom
  • NUT212 Design Futures
  • NUT232 Photographic Practice
  • NUT301 Photographic Practice in Creative Industries
  • NUT310 The Photographic Portfolio
  • NUT315 Visual Identity
  • NUT401 Visual Communication & Meaning
  • NUT402 Introduction to Interaction & UX Design
  • NUT404 Responsive Website Design
  • NUT405 Animation and Visualisation Design
Occupational Therapy
  • OCC201 3D Animation and Visualisation Design
  • OCC202 Character Design and Modelling
  • OCC212 Post-Production
  • OCC222 Branding and Package Design
  • OCC301 Art of Illustration and Design
  • OCC311 Interactivity and Frameworks
  • OCC312 Augmented Reality Design
  • OCC321 Directing Performance: Contemporary Perspectives
Public Health
  • PUB205 Physical Theatre
  • PUB210 Theatre Production
  • PUB252 Acting 2: Contemporary Shakespeare
  • PUB262 Devising Performance
  • PUB271 Reality Bites: An Exploration of Non-Fiction
  • PUB272 Imagined Homelands: An Exploration of Australian Literature
  • PUB351 Reading Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Writing
  • PUB361 Wonderworlds: An Exploration of Theory and Fiction
Sport and Exercise Science

School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine

Introductory level electives
(100 coded)

Health
Nursing
  • NUR104 Music and Pop Culture
  • NUR111 Music and Sound for Screen Media
  • NUR121 Songwriting 2
  • NUR131 Music Industry Project
Midwifery
Paramedicine
  • PAR101 Game Art: Characters & Vehicles

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

Health
  • HLT301 Professional Games Programming
Nursing
  • NUR212 Interactive Narrative: Puzzles and Quests
  • NUR222 Game Art: Virtual Environments
  • NUR332 Advanced Games Programming
Midwifery
  • HLT201 Serious Game Project A
  • HLT203 Serious Game Project B
  • HLT310 Interactive Narrative: Characters and Worlds
Paramedicine
  • PAR212 Digital Media for Fashion
  • PAR222 Fashion Branding
  • PAR301 Languages and Linguistics

School of Science and Engineering

Introductory level electives
(100 coded)

Animal Ecology
  • ANM103 Foundations of Outdoor Environmental Studies
  • ANM104 Learning in Australian Landscapes
Engineering
  • ENG101 Human Development and Learning
  • ENG102 Integrating ICT into Learning
  • ENG104 Foundations of Literacy and Numeracy
Environmental Science
  • ENS103 Engagement and Behaviour in Early Learning
  • ENS120 Individual Learner Needs
General Science
  • SCI102 Professional Experience: Learning Theories in Early Learning
  • SCI105 The English Language
  • SCI107 Teaching Reading and Writing
  • SCI113 Applied Mathematics

Mathematics
  • MTH103 Leading Groups in Outdoor Environments
  • MTH104 Science Research Methods

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

Animal Ecology
Chemistry
General Science
Geography
Life Sciences
Workplace Learning

School of Social Sciences

Introductory level electives
(100 coded)

Counselling
Environment and Planning Studies
Geography
History
Politics and International Studies
Psychology
Social and Community Studies
Sustainability
Social Work

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

USC Business School

Introductory level electives
(100 coded)

Accounting
General Business
Information Systems
Management
Tourism

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

School of Law and Criminology

Introductory level electives
(100 coded)

Criminology
Justice Studies

JST101

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

Accounting
General Business
Justice Studies