Elective courses allow you the freedom to tailor your program toward your personal or professional interests.
Enrolment into some courses may be subject to successful completion of course requisites.
School of Business and Creative Industries
Introductory level electives
(100 coded)
- ACC106 Accounting Principles
- CMN101 Introduction to Creative Entrepreneurship
- CMN103 Introduction to the Creative Industries
- CMN104 Introduction to Screen and Media Industries
- CMN105 Creative Production
- CMN106 Contemporary Communication Theory and Trends
- CMN107 Communication for the Creative Professional
- CMN108 Issues in Social Media
- CMN116 Playing with Words: an Introduction to Creative Writing Craft
- CMN117 Playing with Genre
- CMN120 Introduction to Contemporary Global Media and Communication
- CMN130 News and Reporting
- CMN140 Introduction to Creative Advertising
- CMN150 Digital Journalism
- EGL120 The ' English' Tradition: An Introduction to Literary Studies
- FSH100 Introduction to Key Concepts of Fashion
- MGT130 Managing Supply Chains
- TSM102 The World of Tourism, Leisure and Events
Developing and Graduate level electives
(200, 300 or 400 coded)
- CMN200 Writing for Screens
- CMN202 Screen Media Production
- CMN203 Screen Media and Pop Culture
- CMN204 Social Media: Content Curation and Creation
- CMN207 Podcasting and Radio News
- CMN208 Issues in Social Media
- CMN224 Advertising Campaigns
- CMN226 Creative and Interactive Advertising
- CMN228 Media Law and Ethics
- CMN231 Communication Campaign Planning
- CMN240 Feature Writing
- CMN246 Writing for Children and Young Adults
- CMN247 Creative Writing for the Illustrated Book
- CMN252 Writing for Strategic Communication
- CMN260 Writing the Short Story
- CMN266 Writing Poetry
- CMN276 Social Media Communication
- CMN277 Video production and television journalism
- CMN300 Screen Media: Showcase in Practice
- CMN302 Investigative and Data Journalism
- CMN304 Writing Your Novel
- CMN308 Social Media: Monitoring and Measurement
- CMN309 Transmedia Storytelling Campaigns
- CMN314 Global Communication
- CMN320 Creative Writing and Editing for Publication
- CMN330 Newsroom
- DES200 Design Futures
- DES204 Photographic Narratives
- DES205 The Photography Professional
- DES206 Photomedia Curation
- DES211 Visual Identity
- DES212 Visual Communication and Culture
- DES221 Introduction to Interactive Media
- DES222 Responsive Design and Wearable Technologies
- DES231 Animation Principles, Process and Production
- DES232 Animation and Visualisation
- DES304 Sensing Environments
- DES305 Creative Branding and Design
- DES307 Interactive Technologies and Environments
- DES309 Design Capstone
- FSH200 Digital Fashion Branding
- LNG210 Languages and Lingustics: Understanding human communication
- 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 Education and Tertiary Access
Introductory level electives
(100 coded)
Developing and Graduate level electives
(200, 300 or 400 coded)
- EDU202 Individual Learner Needs
- EDU204 Teaching Technologies: Curriculum and Pedagogy
- EDU206 Sustainability Through Play and Pedagogy
- EDU208 Professional Experience: Learning Theories in Early Learning
- EDU209 Teaching Mathematics in the Early Years
- EDU212 Teaching Science in the Early Years
- EDU216 Teaching HPE in the Early Years
- EDU218 Inclusive Practices and Intervention in Early Learning
- EDU300 Assessing Learning
- EDU316 Teaching HASS in Primary School
- EDU317 Teaching HPE in Primary School
- EDU340 Teaching Reading and Writing
- EDU344 Leadership and Advocacy in Early Learning
- EDU347 Teaching Junior Secondary English
- EDU348 Teaching Senior Secondary English
- EDU349 Teaching Arts in Primary School
- EDU352 Teaching Junior Secondary Science 1
- EDU353 Teaching Senior Secondary Science 1
- EDU354 Teaching Junior Secondary Science 2
- EDU358 Teaching Junior Secondary History
- EDU359 Teaching Senior Secondary History
- EDU368 Teaching Junior Secondary HPE
- EDU369 Teaching Senior Secondary HPE
- EDU375 Teaching Senior Secondary Psychology
- EDU400 Teaching Primary School Mathematics
- EDU401 Teacher as Global Practitioner
- EDU410 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Perspectives in Learning and Teaching
- MTH302 Applied Mathematics
- OES240 Leading Groups in Outdoor Environments
School of Health and Behavioural Sciences
Introductory level electives
(100 coded)
- MLS101 Foundations in Medical Science
Developing and Graduate level electives
(200, 300 or 400 coded)
- HLT205 Health Research and Evidence
- HLT242 Indigenous Wellbeing Practice
- PUB205 Food Safety Laws and Regulations
- PUB210 Concepts of Epidemiology
- PUB252 Health Promotion Assessment and Planning
- PUB262 Environmental Health Risk Management
- PUB271 Health Promotion Principles
- PUB272 Health Promotion Settings and Advocacy
- PUB351 Health Promotion Implementation and Evaluation
- PUB361 Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- MLS211 Medical Biochemistry
- NUT201 Food Studies
- NUT203 Active Lifestyle Nutrition
- NUT205 Public Health Nutrition
- NUT212 Principles of Nutrition
- NUT232 Nutritional Biochemistry
- NUT300 Nutrition for Health and Exercise
- NUT301 Advanced Public Health Nutrition
- NUT303 Food, Nutrition and Menu Design
- NUT305 Food and the Consumer
- NUT306 Nutrition Communication
- NUT310 Advanced Sports Nutrition
- OCC201 Occupational Therapy Theory
- 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 Abnormal Psychology
- PSY306 Psychology of Health and Wellbeing
- PSY307 Adult Development and Ageing
- SPX201 Functional Anatomy
- SPX202 Biomechanics I
- SPX203 Exercise Prescription and Programming II
- SPX211 Exercise Physiology I
- SPX221 Sports and Exercise Medicine
- SPX222 Sport and Exercise Psychology
- SPX231 Motor Control and Learning
- SPX301 Exercise in Cardiorespiratory and Metabolic Health
- SPX302 Exercise in Musculoskeletal Health
- SPX312 Performance Enhancement
- SPX322 Biomechanics II
- SPX331 Exercise Physiology II
- SPX371 Advanced Coaching Science
School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine
Developing and Graduate level electives
(200, 300 or 400 coded)
- HLT301 Contexts of Practice: Mental Health Care
School of Science, Technology and Engineering
Introductory level electives
(100 coded)
Developing and Graduate level electives
(200, 300 or 400 coded)
- CIV201 Soil Mechanics
- ELC200 Digital Logic and Computer Programming
- MEC225 Engineering Materials
- MEC226 Manufacturing Technology
- MEC227 Mechanical Design 1
- MCH200 Mechatronic Design 1
- CIV300 Structural Engineering
- CIV301 Design of Roads and Drainage
- ELC300 Electronic Design and Analysis
- ELC301 Communications Engineering (Hardware and protocols)
- ELC302 Digital Signal Processing
- ELC303 Electronic Measurement and Instrumentation
- ELC304 Embedded System Design
- ENG302 Engineering Project Management
- CIV330 Engineering Hydrology
- MEC300 Mechanical Design 2
- MEC335 Production Engineering
- MEC336 Engineering System Design
- MCH301 Mechatronic Design 2
- CIV400 Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment systems
- CIV404 Engineering Sustainable Design
- ENG411 Reservoir and Stormwater Engineering
- ENG412 Design of Wastewater Treatment Systems
- ENG421 Design of Water Supply Systems
- ENG432 Advanced Soil Mechanics
- 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 Sustainable Energy Systems
- 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
- ENS325 Population Ecology and Genetics
- ENS330 K'gari-Fraser Island Field Studies
- ENS333 Special Field Studies Topic
- ENS351 Integrated Environmental Management
- ENS353 Applied Geospatial Analysis
- ENS371 Sustainable Aquaculture
- ICT200 Systems Analysis and Design
- 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
- ICT342 ICT Industry Project
- ICT351 ICT Professional Practice
School of Law and Society
Introductory level electives
(100 coded)
Developing and Graduate level electives
(200, 300 or 400 coded)
- COU381 Developmental and Family Counselling
- 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
- CRM308 Diversity, Crime and Justice
- CRM310 Introduction to Cyber Crime
- ENP211 Planning and Environmental Law
- 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
- HIS200 Heritage: Australian and Global Contexts
- HIS201 The uses and abuses of history
- HIS210 Explorations in Environmental History
- HIS240 Nationalism and Identity in the 20th Century: Themes and Tensions
- HIS300 Questioning History: Explorations in the Thinking and Practice of History
- HIS320 Research Project in History
- JST202 International Justice and Human Rights