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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.
Introductory level electives
(100 coded)
- EDU101 Human Development and Learning
- EDU103 Teaching with Technology
- EDU110 Engagement and Behaviour in Early Learning
- EDU118 Foundations of Numeracy
- EDU119 English Language and Literacy
- OES100 Outdoor Living and Travel Skills
- OES101 Foundations of Outdoor Environmental Studies
- OES104 Learning in Australian Landscapes
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
- EDU218 Inclusive Practices and Intervention in Early Learning
- EDU300 Assessing Learning
- EDU316 Teaching HASS 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 Health and Physical Education
- EDU375 Teaching Senior Secondary Psychology
- EDU400 Teaching Primary School Mathematics
- OES240 Leading Groups in Outdoor Environments
Introductory level electives
(100 coded)
- HLT104 Allied Health Assistance B
- HLT111 Allied Health Assistance A
- PSY100 Introduction to Psychology A
- PSY101 Introduction to Psychology B
- PSY103 Applied Psychology in Health Care
- PSY104 Research Methods and Analysis 1
- HLT140 Think Health
- HLT150 Indigenous Wellbeing Foundations
- PUB102 Environment, Climate and Health
- PUB104 Introduction to Behavioural Health
- PUB112 Public Health Foundations
- SPX100 Physical Activity and Health
- SPX101 Introduction to Sport and Exercise Science
- SPX102 Introduction to Coaching Science
- SPX121 Exercise Prescription and Programming I
Developing and Graduate level electives
(200, 300 or 400 coded)
- NUT201 Food Studies
- NUT205 Public Health Nutrition
- NUT212 Principles of Nutrition
- 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
- PSY202 Physiological Psychology
- PSY203 Introduction to Human Development
- PSY204 Social Psychology
- PSY205 Motivation and Emotion
- PSY206 Interpersonal and Group Skills
- PSY207 Research Methods and Analysis 2
- 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
- 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 Healthy Public Policy and Advocacy
- PUB351 Health Promotion Implementation and Evaluation
- PUB361 Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- 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
Introductory level electives
(100 coded)
- COU101 Theories of Counselling: From Freud to Integrative Practice
- COU176 Group Processes and Practice
- COU180 Therapeutic Communication Skills
- ENP101 Introduction to Urban Design & Town Planning - Studio I
- ENP103 Planning Theory, Governance and Politics
- ENP104 Urban Economics and System Analytics
- ENP105 Introduction to Sustainable Urban Development & Town Planning
- ENP106 Planning and Design for Health and Wellbeing
- GEO100 The Changing Planet
- GEO101 Space, place and the Anthropocene
- HIS100 History of Australian popular culture: The nineteenth century and beyond
- HIS140 Global Citizens: A History of Humanity
- JST101 Justice and the Australian Legal System
- INT101 Introduction to International Relations and Politics
- INT102 Global Environmental Politics
- SCS101 Foundations of Human Behaviour
- SCS110 Australian Society: How does(n't) it work? - An Introduction to Sociology
- SCS130 Introduction to Indigenous Australia
- SWK100 Introduction to Social Work Practice Theories
- SWK172 Introduction to Social Work and Human Services
- SUS101 Foundations of Sustainability - Investigating Planetary Health
Developing and Graduate level electives
(200, 300 or 400 coded)
- COU200 Cognitive Behaviour Therapy: Skills and Applications
- COU265 Strengths Based Counselling: Collaborative Approaches
- 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
- ENP203 Urban Climate Theory and Science
- ENP211 Planning and Environmental Law
- ENP245 Landscapes, Place and People
- ENP255 Public Space Planning and Design - Studio II
- ENP300 Culture and Identity in Cities and Regions
- ENP336 Strategic Infrastructure Planning
- ENP355 Neighbourhood Planning and Design - Studio III
- ENP365 Participation and Conflict Resolution
- ENP411 Advanced Planning Policy and Practice
- GEO310 Globalisation, Development and Indigenous Peoples
- GEO350 Geo-ethics: Plants, Animals and People
- HIS200 Heritage: Australian and Global Contexts
- HIS201 The uses and abuses of history
- HIS210 Explorations in Environmental History
- HIS240 History of Nationalism and National Identity: 18th Century and Beyond
- HIS300 Questioning History: Explorations in the Thinking and Practice of History
- JST202 International Justice and Human Rights
- INT202 Independent Research Project
- INT250 Forces of Change in International Politics
- INT257 Security in a Multispecies World
- INT335 International Relations Theory and Practice
- INT370 Politics and the Media
- SCS201 International Development and Global Justice
- SCS203 Introduction to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education
- SCS225 Social Research
- SCS230 Understanding Society: An Introduction to Social Theory
- SCS235 Social Justice, Welfare and the State
- SCS290 Understanding Cultural Diversity
- SCS395 Gender and Culture
- SWK200 Social Work Practice in Various Organisational Settings
- SWK202 Mental and Physical Health and Wellbeing
- SWK251 Working with First Nations Peoples and Multicultural Communities
- SWK277 Working With Children, Youth and Families
- SWK278 Ethics, Law and the Helping Professions
- SWK286 Disability: Culture, Community and Change
- SWK302 Community Development and Social Action
- SUS201 Advancing Sustainability: Planet, People and Prosperity
- SUS202 Communicating Sustainability
- SUS302 Sustainability Problem Solving