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The University of Tasmania’s new science degree provides you with a foundation of core skills in science, analysis and rational thinking, and entrepreneurship. As a BBus/BSc graduate you will have the ability for evidence-based decision making – to clearly frame problems, to acquire and critically analyse knowledge of relevance to these problems, generate innovative evidence-based solutions that enhance the sustainability of business and society, and to effectively communicate their solutions to diverse audiences. Your decisions will be grounded in ethical business practice, and will be based on an awareness of different perspectives and world views.
The Bachelor of Business and Bachelor of Science offers you a range of flexible study options, including full-time and part-time study, as well as delivery in on-campus, blended and off-campus modes.
You have options to focus your study in one or more scientific and business disciplines, and learn the methods to apply your skills and knowledge to the practical needs of industry, business and government in both scientific and non-scientific roles.
In choosing a Bachelor of Business and Bachelor of Science you can:
- Build a degree that is tailored specifically to your own needs: select your majors and minor subjects from 17 different disciplinary areas in the BSc component and 7 disciplinary areas in the BBus component.
- Learn through hands-on practical experience including laboratory work, field trips, field-based units, work integrated learning and research projects.
- Enjoy being mentored by highly qualified staff, many of whom are national and world leaders in their field.
Learning Outcomes
Graduates of the Bachelor of Business and Bachelor of Science (AQF Level 7) will be able to:
- Acquire, critically evaluate, reflect and synthesise advanced knowledge in one of the science disciplines, and in one of the business disciplines.
- Demonstrate critical thinking by identifying, defining and solving problems with intellectual independence.
- Make evidence based decisions that take account of diverse contexts and constraints impacting on societies and environments
- Communicate information effectively in written, visual and oral forms with a diverse range of stakeholders.
- Work effectively, responsibly, respectfully and safely in individual and/or team contexts
- Demonstrate self-management, flexibility, initiative and resilience in readiness for diverse workplace demands
Career outcomes
Professional Recognition
For the Bachelor of Business component
If students wish to be eligible for membership of a professional body they will need to select units/majors endorsed by that body. The Bachelor of Business offers units/majors to enable students to apply to join the following professional bodies:
- Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia
- CPA Australia
- Australian Institute of Management
- Australian Marketing Institute
- Chartered Institute of Company Secretaries in Australia
- Australian Institute of Banking and Finance
- National Institute of Accountants
- Membership details are available from the relevant professional bodies.
For the Bachelor of Science component
Graduates with a Science degree can be eligible for membership of a number of professional organisations, depending on their specialist studies. To be eligible, you'll need to successfully complete the units endorsed by that body. Specific details of possible membership are available online under individual majors and disciplines. Organisations include:
- Australian Computer Society
- Ag Institute
- Australian Institute of Biologists
- Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology
- Australian Institute of Medical Scientists
- Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
- Australian Institute of Physics
- Australian Marine Sciences Association
- Australian Mathematical Society
- Australian Psychological Society
- Australian Science Teachers Association
- Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Australian Society for Medical Research
- Australian Society for Microbiology
- Australian Society for Operations Research
- Australian Society for Phycology and Aquatic Botany Australian Society of Plant Scientists
- Australian Systematic Botany Society
- Ecological Society of Australia
- Genetic Society of Australia
- Institute of Australian Geographers
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- Royal Australian Chemical Institute
- Royal Society of Tasmania
- Statistical Society of Australia Inc.
- Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute
Course structure
Bachelor of Business Component
Degree Core Knowledge
Principles of Economic Thought is designed to give you a broad introduction to the foundation principles of economic thought, and will demonstrate the usefulness of the principles to better understand the behaviour of people, business, and government. By introducing you…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hong Kong Universal Ed | Semester 1 | ||||
View all details for BAA110 Introduction to Economic Thought
The purpose of this unit is to introduce you to foundational principles in the management of people in organisations. You will begin to build your skills and knowledge in teamwork, management and leadership, and develop an understanding of the relationship…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
| Launceston | Accelerated Study Period 2 | ||||
| Cradle Coast | Semester 2 | ||||
Quantitative Methods provides you with a foundation in the mathematics of finance and statistical descriptions and analysis appropriate for the study of, and professional practice in, business, economics, accounting, finance, management and marketing. The primary emphasis is on understanding the…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
| Hobart | Summer school (early) | ||||
| Launceston | Accelerated Study Period 2 | ||||
| Cradle Coast | Semester 2 | ||||
| Hong Kong Universal Ed | Semester 2 | ||||
This unit provides the opportunity for you to acquire an understanding of business from an accounting perspective and to begin your development of a coherent body of knowledge in accounting and finance. You will develop skills in planning and decision…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
| Launceston | Accelerated Study Period 1 | ||||
| Launceston | Accelerated Study Period 3 | ||||
| Cradle Coast | Semester 1 | ||||
| Hong Kong Universal Ed | Semester 2 | ||||
View all details for BFA103 Accounting and Financial Decision Making
This unit covers a range of legal topics relating to the business environment. It combines topics that are necessary for a consideration of business and corporate law including: an introduction to the Australian legal system; contract law principles; sale of…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
| Launceston | Accelerated Study Period 3 | ||||
| Cradle Coast | Semester 1 | ||||
| Hong Kong Universal Ed | Semester 2 | ||||
Sound and effective management and leadership require not only financial, legal and technical expertise but also ethical competency. This unit provides a focus on managerial decision-making, and in particular introduces a series of frameworks for discerning what is right and…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
| Launceston | Accelerated Study Period 1 | ||||
| Cradle Coast | Semester 1 | ||||
| Hong Kong Universal Ed | Semester 1 | ||||
View all details for BAA310 Managerial Social Responsibility
Strategy is concerned with the long term direction of an organisation - with making strategic choices about how to best use resources and how to align the firm with the operating environment. Business Strategy enhances students' knowledge of the process…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
| Launceston | Accelerated Study Period 2 | ||||
| Cradle Coast | Semester 2 | ||||
| Hong Kong Universal Ed | Semester 2 | ||||
This unit is a core unit for students completing degree combinations involving the Bachelor of Business and Bachelor of Economics, and is designed to draw together the disciplinary knowledge developed in the constituent parts of their combined degree. In this…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
View all details for BAA315 Cross Disciplinary Capstone Project
Choose 1 major from the following:
Accounting
This major can be taken on campus at the Hobart, Launceston & Cradle Coast campuses
Year 1
Compulsory introductory units
This unit will introduce you to the major concepts and analytical tools used in the theory and practice of financial management in a business organization. It is designed to provide you with an understanding of:The basis of finance concepts including…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
| Hobart | Summer school (early) | ||||
| Launceston | Accelerated Study Period 3 | ||||
| Cradle Coast | Semester 1 | ||||
Welcome to this foundation unit for students intending to undertake an Accounting Major in the Bachelor of Business. This unit is compulsory and is an important pre-requisite for second and third year units. You will consider the fundamental principles that…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
| Launceston | Accelerated Study Period 2 | ||||
| Cradle Coast | Semester 2 | ||||
Year 2
Compulsory intermediate units
This unit expands the understanding you have gained in BFA103 and BFA104 to develop your accounting knowledge and skills. In this unit you will become familiar with a number of accounting standards, and you will be fully cognisant with the…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
| Launceston | Accelerated Study Period 1 | ||||
This core accounting unit adopts the perspective of accountants as designers and auditors of accounting information systems (AIS). It examines the information environment of organisations, including information types, needs and flows. The impact of organisational structure and function on AIS…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
| Launceston | Accelerated Study Period 3 | ||||
Year 3
Compulsory advanced units
This unit is designed to give you a practical working knowledge of Australian taxation laws, and to develop your skills in the interpretation and application of taxation legislation. The focus of the unit is on an understanding of income tax…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
| Launceston | Accelerated Study Period 3 | ||||
Introduction to the key concepts of auditing and the modern audit practice environment within the Australian professional and legal framework.The unit's broad aim is to discuss the role of an auditor and the practice starting from the initial audit planning,…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
| Launceston | Accelerated Study Period 2 | ||||
The aim of this unit is to introduce you to the technical and analytical skills you will need to analyse relevant management accounting information. You will use these skills to inform your decisions in a variety of contexts. You will…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
| Launceston | Accelerated Study Period 3 | ||||
| Cradle Coast | Semester 2 | ||||
This unit builds on the work undertaken in BFA201. It embraces the theory and practice of financial reporting for complex corporations with an emphasis on international financial reporting standards in areas such as business combinations, consolidation, segment reporting, cash flow…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
| Launceston | Accelerated Study Period 2 | ||||
Business Economics
This major is offered on campus at the Hobart campus only
Year 1
Compulsory introductory units
Principles of Economics 1 enables you to improve your decision-making in all domains of your life. The unit will enable you to better understand aspects of the microeconomic policy environment in which you operate, and to apply the key economic…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
| Hobart | Summer school (early) | ||||
| Launceston | Accelerated Study Period 1 | ||||
| Launceston | Accelerated Study Period 3 | ||||
| Cradle Coast | Semester 1 | ||||
| Hong Kong Universal Ed | Semester 1 | ||||
Principles of Economics 2 facilitates improved decision making in all domains of your life. You will develop a better understanding of aspects of the macroeconomic policy environment in which business managers operate and the choices faced by policy makers in…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Year 2
Compulsory intermediate units
Intermediate Microeconomics has two main purposes. First, it provides you with the basic foundations of economics. Starting from a number of fundamental assumptions, this unit develops the neoclassical theory of the optimising behaviour of consumers and firms and the process…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Strategic thinking is the art of outdoing an adversary, knowing that the adversary is trying to do the same to you. All of us must practice strategic thinking at work, as well as in everyday life. As a business manager,…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
View all details for BEA236 Thinking Strategically: The Competitive Edge
Year 3
Compulsory advanced units
In this unit, we consider how a firm's profitability is critically dependent on how it prices its goods. This unit will show you how economic ideas and tools are applied to business-based pricing issues and problems. It introduces you to…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
This unit builds on an understanding of microeconomic concepts in order to provide you with an introduction to several widely-applied economic evaluation and impact-assessment methods. Informing decision-makers about how best to allocate scarce resources is a key role for economists…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
In undertaking this unit you will develop an analytical basis for evaluating the impact of policy on the economic performance of industries. You will examine government policies relating to industry in Australia, particularly competition policy; and consider the impact of…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
This unit provides you with the economic tools of analysis to answer important questions in the area of human resource management. With a specific focus on the management of human resources at the firm level, the unit provides a detailed…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
Finance
Year 1
Compulsory introductory units
This unit will introduce you to the major concepts and analytical tools used in the theory and practice of financial management in a business organization. It is designed to provide you with an understanding of:The basis of finance concepts including…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
| Hobart | Summer school (early) | ||||
| Launceston | Accelerated Study Period 3 | ||||
| Cradle Coast | Semester 1 | ||||
Financial markets play a critical role in the functioning of a modern global economy. To understand how these financial markets operate, it is important to establish the "key principles of finance" that underpin the decisions made by financial market participants,…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Year 2
Compulsory intermediate units
In this unit we will focus on security analysis and portfolio management. The unit is designed around the following three perspectives to enable you to learn about trading and investing in financial markets:Investment skills for your own personal gain;Investment skills…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
For those who seek to become a para-planner, a financial planner or who seek an understanding of how to develop their own financial plan, this unit introduces financial planning. It provides sound understanding of the process of financial planning, together…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Year 3
Compulsory advanced units
This unit provides you with an in-depth analysis of the principles of corporate finance. Throughout the semester you will examine: risk management structure, dividend policy and capital expenditure decisions; corporate acquisitions and restructuring; alternative funding mechanisms; securities and securities markets…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
DIn this face-to-face and flexible delivery unit, you will develop an understanding of one of the fastest growing types of financial markets - those of derivative securities. They are called derivative securities because they 'derive' their value from the value…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
This unit provides you with the skills necessary to understand and address some of the multi-faceted issues of the international financial environment. International finance draws upon ideas and techniques from various fields, including financial management, international trade, macroeconomics, and investment…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
In undertaking this unit you will examine the institutional structure of the Australian and international financial systems, considering:the different roles of intermediaries and markets, and the role they play in the flow of funds in the economy; the use of…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
View all details for BEA321 Banking and Financial Institutions
Human Resource Management
This unit provides you with an introduction to management concepts, functions and strategies. The unit outlines the key functions of management and then explores the context surrounding management functioning, including an analysis of the broad environment in which organisations operate,…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
| Launceston | Accelerated Study Period 1 | ||||
| Cradle Coast | Semester 1 | ||||
This unit examines the role and function of human resource management. Topics include the procurement, development, compensation, integration, and maintenance of human resources. It also considers the range of abilities and skills needed for dealing with change in the area…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
| Hobart | Spring school (extended) | ||||
| Launceston | Accelerated Study Period 2 | ||||
| Launceston | Accelerated Study Period 3 | ||||
| Hong Kong Universal Ed | Semester 2 | ||||
This unit of study builds on foundational concepts introduced in Managing People at Work. You will be introduced to a range of theoretical perspectives that have influenced the development of the Human Resource Management (HRM) and Industrial Relations (IR) disciplines.…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
View all details for BMA217 Theories of Work and Organisation
This unit provides you with an introduction to the management of human behaviour in organisational settings. Topics include individual differences, perception, attitudes, and motivation and their relationship to performance. It also considers topics such as teams and groups, leadership, power…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
This unit takes an interdisciplinary perspective to prepare students for understanding the diagnosis, design and implementation process of change at group and organization-wide levels. The need to manage change is recognised as a critical success factor for organisations. This unit…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
| Launceston | Accelerated Study Period 2 | ||||
View all details for BMA314 Organisational Change and Development
The attraction, recruitment, selection, remuneration, performance management and, when necessary, termination of an organisation's human resources are now widely recognised as critical contributors to organisations achieving their objectives. Today's HR professionals are expected to have sound skills in these areas.…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
View all details for BMA317 Human Resource Management Practices A
The development of an organisation's human resources is now widely recognised as a critical component in gaining competitive advantage in the global marketplace. Developing people's capabilities in diverse contexts is thus a vital role played by HR professionals, and one…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
View all details for BMA318 Human Resource Management Practices B
This unit offers you an opportunity to pursue advanced study in the discipline of industrial relations (IR). Upon completion of the unit, you will be able to explain the influence of culture in approaches to IR, plan and contribute to…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Management
This major can be taken on campus at the Hobart and Launceston campuses with some units also available via distance.
Year 1
Compulsory introductory units
This unit provides you with an introduction to management concepts, functions and strategies. The unit outlines the key functions of management and then explores the context surrounding management functioning, including an analysis of the broad environment in which organisations operate,…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
| Launceston | Accelerated Study Period 1 | ||||
| Cradle Coast | Semester 1 | ||||
This unit examines the role and function of human resource management. Topics include the procurement, development, compensation, integration, and maintenance of human resources. It also considers the range of abilities and skills needed for dealing with change in the area…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
| Hobart | Spring school (extended) | ||||
| Launceston | Accelerated Study Period 2 | ||||
| Launceston | Accelerated Study Period 3 | ||||
| Hong Kong Universal Ed | Semester 2 | ||||
Year 2
Compulsory intermediate units
This unit provides you with an introduction to the management of human behaviour in organisational settings. Topics include individual differences, perception, attitudes, and motivation and their relationship to performance. It also considers topics such as teams and groups, leadership, power…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
In undertaking this unit you will be provided with a theory base for Marketing and develop:the ability to describe the key concepts and principles of marketing;an understanding of the marketplace;an understanding of the components of the marketing mix; andthe ability…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
| Hobart | Spring school (extended) | ||||
| Launceston | Accelerated Study Period 3 | ||||
Year 3
Compulsory advanced units
This unit takes an interdisciplinary perspective to prepare students for understanding the diagnosis, design and implementation process of change at group and organization-wide levels. The need to manage change is recognised as a critical success factor for organisations. This unit…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
| Launceston | Accelerated Study Period 2 | ||||
View all details for BMA314 Organisational Change and Development
Small businesses contribute significantly to the economies of most countries, particularly in regional economies. The size of a small business is diversely defined across the globe. In Australia, small business is defined as organisations employing fewer than 20 people. Australian…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
| Launceston | Accelerated Study Period 2 | ||||
This unit offers you an opportunity to pursue advanced study in the discipline of industrial relations (IR). Upon completion of the unit, you will be able to explain the influence of culture in approaches to IR, plan and contribute to…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Leadership is a key factor affecting the performance of all organisations and is of increasing importance in today’s dynamic business world. While the task of leading is generally associated with senior management, all employees have the potential to exercise leadership,…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
| Launceston | Accelerated Study Period 3 | ||||
Marketing
This major can be taken on campus at the Hobart and Launceston campuses and via distance.
Year 1
Compulsory introductory units
This unit provides you with an introduction to management concepts, functions and strategies. The unit outlines the key functions of management and then explores the context surrounding management functioning, including an analysis of the broad environment in which organisations operate,…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
| Launceston | Accelerated Study Period 1 | ||||
| Cradle Coast | Semester 1 | ||||
Provides the theory base of marketing and develops in students: the ability to describe the key concepts and principles of marketing; an understanding of the marketplace; an understanding of the components of the marketing mix; and the ability to identify…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
| Hobart | Spring school (extended) | ||||
| Launceston | Accelerated Study Period 2 | ||||
| Launceston | Accelerated Study Period 3 | ||||
| Hong Kong Universal Ed | Semester 2 | ||||
Year 2
Compulsory intermediate units
This unit addresses the importance of the services industry, the distinctive characteristics of services, and marketing implications arising from these. You will develop an understanding of key challenges and issues associated with marketing in a services environment. Additionally, you will…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
| Launceston | Accelerated Study Period 1 | ||||
| Hong Kong Universal Ed | Semester 1 | ||||
Buying and consuming is something we all do nearly every day. As consumers, we are continually undertaking simple, as well as complex, purchases. Understanding how these purchase decisions are made, and what factors influence them, is the focus of consumer…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
| Launceston | Accelerated Study Period 2 | ||||
| Launceston | Accelerated Study Period 3 | ||||
| Hong Kong Universal Ed | Semester 2 | ||||
Year 3
Compulsory advanced units
Focuses on developing your advanced theoretical knowledge and applied skills in order to assist you to formulate marketing strategies and tactics, to face challenges and overcome marketing-related problems successfully, and to generate marketing-driven business growth.…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
| Launceston | Accelerated Study Period 3 | ||||
| Hong Kong Universal Ed | Semester 2 | ||||
This unit provides you with an overview of contemporary principles and tools of marketing communications, and considers how managers develop sound communications strategies to achieve marketing objectives. Topics include: advertising planning, media selection, direct response marketing, sales promotion, public relations,…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
| Launceston | Accelerated Study Period 2 | ||||
| Hong Kong Universal Ed | Semester 1 | ||||
Retailing is a large and diverse industry that contributes significantly to the overall economy. Further retailing, influences our daily lives in our roles as consumers and shoppers. In recent years, the role of retail marketing and management has evolved with…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
| Launceston | Accelerated Study Period 3 | ||||
| Hong Kong Universal Ed | Semester 2 | ||||
In today's rapidly changing environment, cost effective, accurate and timely marketing decision-making is crucial. Effective marketing research is fundamental to managerial decision-making, and relies on the identification and satisfaction of target-customer needs. This unit introduces you to the process of…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
| Launceston | Accelerated Study Period 2 | ||||
| Hong Kong Universal Ed | Semester 1 | ||||
Tourism
This major is offered on campus at the Hobart campus only.
Introductory units
This unit examines the role and function of human resource management. Topics include the procurement, development, compensation, integration, and maintenance of human resources. It also considers the range of abilities and skills needed for dealing with change in the area…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
| Hobart | Spring school (extended) | ||||
| Launceston | Accelerated Study Period 2 | ||||
| Launceston | Accelerated Study Period 3 | ||||
| Hong Kong Universal Ed | Semester 2 | ||||
Provides the theory base of marketing and develops in students: the ability to describe the key concepts and principles of marketing; an understanding of the marketplace; an understanding of the components of the marketing mix; and the ability to identify…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
| Hobart | Spring school (extended) | ||||
| Launceston | Accelerated Study Period 2 | ||||
| Launceston | Accelerated Study Period 3 | ||||
| Hong Kong Universal Ed | Semester 2 | ||||
Unravelling and understanding the linkages between many different components of the systems that comprise tourism is the major task of this unit. Areas of study include, understanding tourism as a series of systems, appreciating the role of government in tourism…
Credit Points: 12.5
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Intermediate units
Sustainable development is one of the most important elements of planning in a variety of industry sectors. Tourism is no exception. This unit investigates the practical application of sustainable development by examining tourism businesses in Tasmania. It also covers the…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
Festivals and events play a major role in our society, by uniting people and stimulating visitation to tourism destinations. The skills needed to manage successful events are wide-reaching, as they involve: consideration of the broader environment within which special events…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Advanced units
You will complete 3 core units plus one of either HGA318 or HAB310
This unit focuses on the process of innovation, from an initial idea to the successful exploitation of a business opportunity. Innovation is not just limited to new products and new services, but applies also to new production techniques, new operating…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
This unit equips you with an advanced knowledge concerning the role of food, wine and agritourism as visitor attractions at regional destinations. Food and wine tourism is a rapidly growing sector of tourism, which reflects changing lifestyles and increasing diversification…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
This unit demonstrates the need for an integrated approach to the planning, development and marketing of a destination. The concept of destination is examined at the national, state, regional and local levels, and issues such as destination branding, managing destinations…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
This unit will enable students to understand how tourism and cultural industries have dramatically changed our lives. Cultural industries have grown significantly, with examples such as museums, regional festivals and wilderness adventures. At the same time, there is an increasing…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
This unit explores concepts and issues relevant to, and the realities of, Indigenous Tourism. It delves into tourism in Australia's and New Zealand's colonial pasts, and also engages with contemporary ventures such as Indigenous dance, eco-tourism, pilgrimage to sacred sites,…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
View all details for HAB310 International Indigenous Tourism
Bachelor of Science Component
Choose 1 major from the following list:
Aquatic Biology Major
Year 1
Provides an introduction to the scientific study of animals. Students are introduced to animal diversity through studying the major invertebrate and vertebrate phyla with an emphasis on Australian examples. We consider the structural and functional characteristics of each group from…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Cell biology, genetics and evolution are fundamental to an understanding of the processes of life. In this unit, we examine the structure and function of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, including a discussion of the energy flow in photosynthesis, respiration and…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
View all details for KPZ164 Cell Biology, Genetics and Evolution
Year 2
Microbiology is the study of single-celled organisms and viruses, which are ubiquitous on Earth and which are intimately involved in our lives, with both good and bad effects. General Microbiology is an introductory unit that gives students an overview of…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
This unit builds upon first year units that teach statistics. The emphasis in this unit is on training scientists to be literate in statistical issues so that both "consumers" and "producers" of data analysis will be able to effectively communicate.…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
This unit outlines quality control systems and the sensory and non-sensory evaluation of seafood. Topics will include key attributes of a quality control system, system requirements, product attributes and measurement. Students will learn to apply a range of nonsensory and…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
View all details for JFA216 Seafood Safety and Quality Control
Year 3
The unit provides students with a detailed understanding of aquatic animal feeds and nutrition from selection of ingredients to the impact of feeds on product quality. The relationships between nutrition and farming practice, feed formulation, physiology and biochemistry of aquatic…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
View all details for JFA302 Aquatic Animal Feeds and Nutrition
This unit provides students with understanding of aquatic animal health issues, relevant to aquaculture and wild fisheries. Disease diagnosis, biosecurity in aquaculture, disease control and treatment are discussed. Host, environment and pathogen relationships are examined. A wide range of exotic…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
This unit exposes students to a detailed examination of the physiology and behaviour of aquatic animals, with an emphasis on fish and crustaceans. Development, growth, respiration, osmoregulation excretion, reproduction, endocrinology and sensory physiology are discussed in relation to the effects…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
View all details for JFA304 Aquatic Animal Physiology and Behaviour
This unit provides students with an understanding of the practice and application of molecular biology and technology in marine and aquatic ecosystems. Students learn and practice modern molecular techniques used to characterise, manipulate and compare DNA, RNA and proteins, use…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Being a multidisciplinary unit, this unit brings together the subject material of a number of disciplines to help design policy. In order to manage marine ecosystems sustainably, including decisions to use or conserve these ecosystems, an understanding of the primary…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
View all details for JFA307 Ecosystem Assessment for Policy Design
This unit provides students with the principles and practices necessary for the planning and management of marine protected areas (MPAs). The unit syllabus addresses the types and roles of MPAs, planning and administration, processes for establishing an MPA and management…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
View all details for JFA316 Marine Protected Area Management
This unit is a discussion-based group forum that explores current issues and discusses, debates and critiques these within the context of marine environmental studies. The issues range across policy and management, ecology, economics, law, technology, aquaculture, conservation, global change and…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
View all details for JFA322 Topics In Marine Environmental Studies
Biochemistry Major
Students should note that in order to enrol in the intermediate units of the Biochemistry Major (i.e. CBA260 and CBA265) they will need to complete introductory paired units in Chemistry and either Zoology or Plant Science. For Hobart based students the units are KRA113 + KRA114 and KPZ164 + KPA161 or KZA161. For Launceston based students the units are KRA101 + KRA102 and JFA101 + JFA102.
Year 1
Together with Chemistry 1B, this unit is a required prerequisite for those students intending to major in Chemistry and for those intending to proceed to 2nd year chemistry. It provides students with fundamental knowledge and concepts in inorganic, physical, analytical,…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Together with KRA113 Chemistry 1A, this unit is a required prerequisite for those students intending to major in Chemistry and for those intending to proceed to second-year chemistry. It provides students with fundamental knowledge and concepts in inorganic, physical, analytical,…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Together with Chemistry 1B, this is a core unit for the Chemistry major, and for Environmental Science, Science and Biomedical Science students, providing them with the fundamental knowledge and concepts in inorganic, organic and physical chemistry. Inorganic Chemistry (Chemical Bonding…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Together with Chemistry 1A, this is a core unit for the Chemistry major, and for Environmental Science, Science, and Biomedical Science students, providing them with the fundamental knowledge and concepts in inorganic, organic and physical chemistry. Organic Chemistry highlights biological…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Provides an introduction to the scientific study of animals. Students are introduced to animal diversity through studying the major invertebrate and vertebrate phyla with an emphasis on Australian examples. We consider the structural and functional characteristics of each group from…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Biology of Plants is a 1st year core unit for students specialising in plant science, biotechnology, and marine science. In Biology of Plants we introduce you to the origin, diversity, structure and internal processes of plants. In lectures and practical…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Cell biology, genetics and evolution are fundamental to an understanding of the processes of life. In this unit, we examine the structure and function of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, including a discussion of the energy flow in photosynthesis, respiration and…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
View all details for KPZ164 Cell Biology, Genetics and Evolution
Year 2
Provides students with a broad introduction to metabolic and nutritional aspects of biochemistry, and laboratory techniques in biochemical analysis of tissues and enzymes. Major topics include structure, function and metabolism of amino acids, carbohydrates and lipids; the integration and control…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
View all details for CBA260 Biochemistry: Metabolism & Nutrition
Provides students with a broad introduction to molecular biology. The focus is primarily on humans and other mammals but most of the matters discussed apply to a much broader range of species. Major topics include protein structure and function; DNA…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
View all details for CBA265 Molecular Biology in Health & Disease
Year 3
This unit provides students with an understanding of contemporary approaches in protein biochemistry and molecular biology, including genomics and proteomics.…
Credit Points: 12.5
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
View all details for CBA341 Molecular Biology and Protein Biochemistry
This unit provides students with "hands-on" experience of contemporary techniques in protein biochemistry and molecular biology, including proteomics and genomics.…
Credit Points: 12.5
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
View all details for CBA342 Techniques in Molecular Biology and Protein Biochemistry
This unit provides students with an understanding of recent developments and contemporary issues in the areas of biochemistry and molecular biology. Areas covered include topics related to hormones and signal transduction, gene regulation and epigenetics, stem cells, transgenic animals and…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
View all details for CBA343 Advanced Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
This unit provides students with ‘hands‐on’ experience in research in an area of biomedical science. Students will be provided with the opportunity to develop their research skills, including experiment planning and design, conducting a research project and analysing data. In…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
View all details for CBA344 Research Project in Health and Disease
Chemistry Major
Year 1
Together with Chemistry 1B, this unit is a required prerequisite for those students intending to major in Chemistry and for those intending to proceed to 2nd year chemistry. It provides students with fundamental knowledge and concepts in inorganic, physical, analytical,…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Together with KRA113 Chemistry 1A, this unit is a required prerequisite for those students intending to major in Chemistry and for those intending to proceed to second-year chemistry. It provides students with fundamental knowledge and concepts in inorganic, physical, analytical,…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Together with Chemistry 1B, this is a core unit for the Chemistry major, and for Environmental Science, Science and Biomedical Science students, providing them with the fundamental knowledge and concepts in inorganic, organic and physical chemistry. Inorganic Chemistry (Chemical Bonding…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Together with Chemistry 1A, this is a core unit for the Chemistry major, and for Environmental Science, Science, and Biomedical Science students, providing them with the fundamental knowledge and concepts in inorganic, organic and physical chemistry. Organic Chemistry highlights biological…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Year 2
This unit builds on first year chemistry units and consolidates this theoretical and practical framework. It is essential for students who intend to major in chemistry, or who need additional chemistry to support their studies in other science areas (such…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
This unit builds on KRA113/114 or KRA101/102, and consolidates the theoretical and practical framework required by students who intend to major in chemistry or who need additional chemistry to support their studies in other science areas. The Physical Chemistry component…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
View all details for KRA242 Physical and Analytical Chemistry
Year 3
This unit extends the basic understanding of organic chemistry and chemical reactivity from level 200 units and introduces more advanced chemical reactions and the concept of rational synthetic design. The course also highlights the key reactions in the synthesis of…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
View all details for KRA341 Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry
This unit explores the application of contemporary organometallic chemistry to the study of catalysis and reaction processes. The organometallic chemistry topics will include bonding and structure, catalytic reactions, and applications in organic synthesis and industrial chemistry. Laboratory work will cover…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
View all details for KRA342 Catalysis and Sustainable Reaction Processes
This unit builds on a range of chemical concepts and techniques introduced in 200 level units that are widely used by modern scientists that are not restricted to the chemical sciences; including earth sciences, environmental studies, industrial chemistry, and physical,…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
This unit concentrates on instrumental methods of analysis and provides a sound foundation to the theory and application of modern analytical techniques. This unit is of importance to all who rely on the use of instrumental analysis in their field…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Computer Science Major
Year 1
This unit will provide students with an overview of programming and its role in problem solving and strategies for designing solutions to programming problems with reference to the Java programming language. Beginning with the fundamental characteristics of computers and how…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
This unit extends the students' knowledge and experience of programming. It introduces dynamic data structures, foundational collection abstract data types, simple object-based design, and rudimentary algorithm analysis. Programming is undertaken in Java and C and topics include: specifying and implementing…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Year 2
This unit provides both a theoretical and practical overview of project management as it relates to technology-oriented projects. Specifically, this unit will introduce project management principles, techniques and tools that can be used to guide traditional business-oriented ICT projects, as…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
| Hobart | 5 Week Session Feb A | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
| Launceston | 5 Week Session Feb A | ||||
View all details for KIT203 ICT Project Management and Modelling
This unit extends the first year treatment in KIT107 of standard data structures and algorithms for solving computational problems. Topics include: data structures (such as balanced trees and hash tables) for collections, (binary heaps for) priority queues, sorting algorithms (e.g.…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
This unit focuses on the nature of systems design, implementation and testing as phases within the systems development process. The unit develops practical skills in designing, implementing and testing desktop computer programs, focusing on ones having graphical user interfaces that…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Year 3
The capstone project units provides an opportunity for students to consolidate the knowledge and skills they have acquired in their course and apply them to a substantial ICT project. This unit extends students' development of the professional, technical, communication and…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
This will be a continuation of ICT Project A but includes some new learning experiences such as testing, advanced implementation, documentation and integration. Students will be required to present their solution.…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
In this unit students will be introduced to the key concepts and principles involved in the sourcing, integration and management of ICT assets as a key organisational resource. The unit examines two strategic themes: organisational approaches to the sourcing and…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
View all details for KIT303 ICT System Acquisition and Integration
This unit is concerned with the development of applications for mobile and ubiquitous computing platforms.Android, iOS, and cross-platform web apps will be used as a basis for teaching programming techniques and design patterns related to the development of mobile and…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
This unit will look at the programming foundations of 2- and 3-dimensional graphics and animations. The mathematical and algorithmic techniques used in generating computer graphics and animations will be covered, as well as the programming methods to build the tools…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
View all details for KIT307 Computer Graphics and Animation: Principles and Programming
To develop within the student a desire to undertake a career in research. The projects will provide a taster for honours with substantial research projects requiring a proposal, a plan, a mini-literature review and significant outputs. Students will develop an…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
| Hobart | Summer school (early) | ||||
In this unit students will be introduced to the broad, inter-disciplinary area of human-computer interaction (HCI) with special emphasis on user interface design and brain-computer interfaces.Lectures cover the design, development and evaluation of computing technologies and human interface technologies, to…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Ecology Major
Year 1
Biology of Plants is a 1st year core unit for students specialising in plant science, biotechnology, and marine science. In Biology of Plants we introduce you to the origin, diversity, structure and internal processes of plants. In lectures and practical…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Provides an introduction to the scientific study of animals. Students are introduced to animal diversity through studying the major invertebrate and vertebrate phyla with an emphasis on Australian examples. We consider the structural and functional characteristics of each group from…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
A series of lectures and associated practical classes introduces fundamental concepts in ecology of both plants and animals. It also introduces behavioural and evolutionary ecology and experimental methods. There is a strong emphasis placed on developing skills in practical ecology…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Year 2
This core unit provides a broad training in fundamental aspects of population and community ecology and (with other core units in the School of Biological Sciences) forms an essential basis for specialist studies at third year level. This unit focuses…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
View all details for KPZ211 Population and Community Ecology
This core unit provides a broad training in fundamental aspects of zoology, and with KZA211 (the other core unit), forms an essential basis for specialist studies in Zoology at level 3. This unit focuses on developing students' understanding of functional…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Plants in Action is a core unit for BSc students interested in specializing in plant science. The unit explores the interaction of plants with the environment at the organism, organ, tissue and cellular levels. We examine the processes of photosynthesis,…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Year 3
This unit is all about the study of how ecosystems function, which gives it great relevance from scientific and management perspectives. We will examine the processes that operate in terrestrial and aquatic communities and ecosystems from both a theoretical and…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
This unit will provide you with a strong grounding in the application of biological principles and ecological science to the problems of conserving the diversity of animals and plants in ecosystems undergoing rapid change. You will gain an understanding of:…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Biologists collect and reason with a wide range of data and information. This unit introduces the key processes needed to design, collect and analyse biological data, and develops the different ways in which 'data' is converted to 'information' and how…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Field Botany (KPA375) - Courses & Units - University of Tasmania, AustraliaField Botany is an iconic part of the University of Tasmania's undergraduate offerings, remembered fondly by students for the past 30 years. In this unit, you will experience the…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | 5 Week Session Feb B | ||||
This unit aims to provide students with an understanding of behavioural ecology within an evolutionary framework. There will be an emphasis on fundamental principles (e.g., the ways in which animals interact with their own and other species and the environment,…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
View all details for KPZ303 Behavioural and Evolutionary Ecology
This unit is restricted to students who have achieved the minimum level of a Credit in both KZA211 and KZA212 and at least two more second level science units, and who are undertaking a major in Zoology, and for whom…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
This unit examines contemporary theories and concepts in ecology and evolutionary biology in terms of the ways that these ideas are used to inform both scientific progress and public debate. Modern biological theories are profoundly affecting the ways that we…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
This unit will provide you with, first, a strong grounding in the physiology of reproduction, stress and disease ecology in higher vertebrates. You will develop your understanding of how knowledge of a species' physiology and behaviour, particularly in relation to…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
View all details for KPZ306 Conservation Physiology and Disease Ecology
This unit is designed to provide students with a state-of-the-art knowledge of plant function, focusing on central concepts of plant responses and adaption to drought stress,nutrient availability and light environment. These plant behavioural characteristics are essential for understanding the way…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Provides a comprehensive understanding of the Antarctic marine ecosystem. The unit covers several key areas, such as the basic oceanographic features of the region and how these influence the distribution and abundance of nutrients, the role of microorganisms in the…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
In Marine Ecology you will learn about the fundamental features and processes of marine systems. The following themes are developed: influences of physical variables at a range of scales on communities and productivity; ecology of plankton; dynamics of estuaries; structuring…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Food Safety Major
Year 1
Together with Chemistry 1B, this unit is a required prerequisite for those students intending to major in Chemistry and for those intending to proceed to 2nd year chemistry. It provides students with fundamental knowledge and concepts in inorganic, physical, analytical,…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Together with KRA113 Chemistry 1A, this unit is a required prerequisite for those students intending to major in Chemistry and for those intending to proceed to second-year chemistry. It provides students with fundamental knowledge and concepts in inorganic, physical, analytical,…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Biology of Plants is a 1st year core unit for students specialising in plant science, biotechnology, and marine science. In Biology of Plants we introduce you to the origin, diversity, structure and internal processes of plants. In lectures and practical…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Provides an introduction to the scientific study of animals. Students are introduced to animal diversity through studying the major invertebrate and vertebrate phyla with an emphasis on Australian examples. We consider the structural and functional characteristics of each group from…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Cell biology, genetics and evolution are fundamental to an understanding of the processes of life. In this unit, we examine the structure and function of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, including a discussion of the energy flow in photosynthesis, respiration and…
Credit Points: 12.5
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View all details for KPZ164 Cell Biology, Genetics and Evolution
Year 2
Provides students with a basic knowledge of microbiology including bacteria, archaea and viruses. The unit considers the place of microorganisms in the evolution of life on earth, their structure, chemistry, biology and ecology, and consideration of their role in disease,…
Credit Points: 12.5
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Provides students with a basic knowledge of microbiology including bacteria, fungi, protozoans and viruses. The unit considers the place of microorganisms in the evolution of life on earth, their structure, chemistry, biology and ecology, and consideration of their role in…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Microorganisms, though invisibly small, collectively make up the majority of the living matter on Earth and have profound influences on many aspects of our lives. This unit will draw on contemporary and real-world examples to explore the influence and impact…
Credit Points: 12.5
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Year 3
Food safety management, particularly for microbial hazards, is undergoing revolutionary change internationally. Essentially, a more wholistic approach is being advocated that relies on analysis and synthesis of knowledge and data from several scientific disciplines. The approach is termed 'risk analysis’.This…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Cradle Coast | Semester 2 | ||||
This unit equips students with knowledge of the role of microorganisms in the production, deterioration and safety of foods, from both ecological and physiological perspectives, including the effect of temperature, pH, water activity and other factors affecting the growth and…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Maintenance of food security and public health requires vigilance in the food supply chain based on knowledge of the physiology, ecology and epidemiology of food-borne pathogens including bacteria, viruses and parasites. This unit focuses on enhancing depth of knowledge of…
Credit Points: 12.5
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Genetics (BSc)
Year 1
Cell biology, genetics and evolution are fundamental to an understanding of the processes of life. In this unit, we examine the structure and function of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, including a discussion of the energy flow in photosynthesis, respiration and…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
View all details for KPZ164 Cell Biology, Genetics and Evolution
Biology of Plants is a 1st year core unit for students specialising in plant science, biotechnology, and marine science. In Biology of Plants we introduce you to the origin, diversity, structure and internal processes of plants. In lectures and practical…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Provides an introduction to the scientific study of animals. Students are introduced to animal diversity through studying the major invertebrate and vertebrate phyla with an emphasis on Australian examples. We consider the structural and functional characteristics of each group from…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Year 2
This core unit provides a broad training in fundamental aspects of zoology, and with KZA211 (the other core unit), forms an essential basis for specialist studies in Zoology at level 3. This unit focuses on developing students' understanding of functional…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Plants in Action is a core unit for BSc students interested in specializing in plant science. The unit explores the interaction of plants with the environment at the organism, organ, tissue and cellular levels. We examine the processes of photosynthesis,…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Year 3
This unit focuses on practical applications of genetics and biotechnology. It emphasises the uses of modern genetic tools including genomics and biotechnology to plants and animals. The lecture series will show that genetics is central to biodiversity conservation and restoration.…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
View all details for KPZ309 Applied Genetics and Biotechnology
This unit is about how genetics is used to study development and evolution, and gives an overview of the genetic approaches and techniques that are now an essential part of almost every area of biology. The lecture component examines ways…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Biologists collect and reason with a wide range of data and information. This unit introduces the key processes needed to design, collect and analyse biological data, and develops the different ways in which 'data' is converted to 'information' and how…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Field Botany (KPA375) - Courses & Units - University of Tasmania, AustraliaField Botany is an iconic part of the University of Tasmania's undergraduate offerings, remembered fondly by students for the past 30 years. In this unit, you will experience the…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | 5 Week Session Feb B | ||||
This unit aims to provide students with an understanding of behavioural ecology within an evolutionary framework. There will be an emphasis on fundamental principles (e.g., the ways in which animals interact with their own and other species and the environment,…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
View all details for KPZ303 Behavioural and Evolutionary Ecology
This unit is restricted to students who have achieved the minimum level of a Credit in both KZA211 and KZA212 and at least two more second level science units, and who are undertaking a major in Zoology, and for whom…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
This unit examines contemporary theories and concepts in ecology and evolutionary biology in terms of the ways that these ideas are used to inform both scientific progress and public debate. Modern biological theories are profoundly affecting the ways that we…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
This unit will provide you with, first, a strong grounding in the physiology of reproduction, stress and disease ecology in higher vertebrates. You will develop your understanding of how knowledge of a species' physiology and behaviour, particularly in relation to…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
View all details for KPZ306 Conservation Physiology and Disease Ecology
This unit is designed to provide students with a state-of-the-art knowledge of plant function, focusing on central concepts of plant responses and adaption to drought stress,nutrient availability and light environment. These plant behavioural characteristics are essential for understanding the way…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Genetics forms the nexus between human biology and the environment with almost every human disease having a genetic component. This course covers the basic tenets of human genetics, introducing genetic concepts and building on these throughout the course. This will…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
This unit provides students with "hands-on" experience of contemporary techniques in protein biochemistry and molecular biology, including proteomics and genomics.…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
View all details for CBA342 Techniques in Molecular Biology and Protein Biochemistry
Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing Major
Year 1
Satellite images and aerial photographs are used to observe the earth and its atmosphere. These images are used for mapping and monitoring our natural and human environment. Remote sensing is an exciting field that is constantly changing with regular launches…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are used in a wide range of disciplines to investigate and display characteristics of data that vary with location. Producing a map to present spatial information is a skill that is itself valuable to scientists in…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Year 2
This unit builds on KGG102 GIS: Introduction and will give you more advanced skills in the analysis and presentation of spatial data. As more businesses and scientists get to grips with the advantages of using GIS to manage and interpret…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
This unit builds on the theory and skills of KGG103 Remote Sensing: Introduction and focuses on advanced aspects of remotely sensed image analysis. These additional remote sensing analysis skills are highly valued by employers in the spatial industry. The unit…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Year 3
Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) enable autonomous global positioning using signals broadcast from various satellite constellations. With an ability to achieve accuracies ranging from metres to millimetres, GNSS provides positioning capability that underpins a host of scientific, commercial, civilian and…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
View all details for KGG306 Global Navigation Satellite Systems
Nearly all information on modern topographic maps is derived from aerial photography. Photogrammetry is the science of measurement from photographs. This unit will provide you with an understanding of the mathematical principles of photogrammetry and their application to a variety…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
The aim of the Spatial Research Project is to allow students to undertake supervised project work in a field of their own choice within the broad discipline area of spatial science. The unit provides the opportunity to advance students' knowledge…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
This unit builds on KGG212 GIS: Spatial Analysis and focuses on advanced aspects of spatial data analysis, including practical aspects of programming for GIS customisation. At the start of semester you will spend one day in the field collecting GPS…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Geography and Environment Major
Year 1
This introduction to geography and environmental studies integrates physical and social science inquiry. You study earth evolution, human development and their interaction, in light of questions about sustainability. You apply this knowledge to issues of vital importance around the world…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
This foundation unit in Geography and Environmental Studies develops your knowledge of the ways in which people turn space into place, how different value positions filter our relationship with nature, and how social and environmental factors shape ecological patterns. Workshops,…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Year 2
Australia's accelerating engagement with Asia requires a capacity to understand our northern neighbours, empathise with them, and relate to and work with them.In this unit you will have opportunities to understand the nature of the physical environment of selected parts…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
View all details for KGA202 Placing Australia in the Asia-Pacific Region
The physical and living aspects of the global environment interact to produce the extraordinary variety of landscapes, environments and species that occupy this planet. This unit highlights the interplay and conservation of these processes so that they continue to maintain…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
This unit helps you develop geographical tools to investigate and transform human worlds. The unit demonstrates the value of human geographical inquiry by exploring contemporary issues of equality, justice, conflict and cooperation. You will analyse case studies on topics including…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
View all details for KGA205 Geographies of Economy, Politics and Culture
Effective management of the natural environment is one of the most important challenges of our time. This field-based unit develops the abilities to describe and assess the conservation status of natural terrestrial ecosystems. Through field data collection, lectures, and a…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Spring school (late) | ||||
| Launceston | Spring school (late) | ||||
| Cradle Coast | Spring school (late) | ||||
View all details for KGA213 Natural Environment Field Techniques
Society needs professional environmental managers who have the knowledge and skills to effectively tackle problems of sustainable resource use and biodiversity conservation. Environmental managers also play an important role in helping communities identify and move towards sustainable and just futures.…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Year 3
This unit comprises a one-semester geographical or environmental research project. It provides students with research experience in a study topic or area of their own choosing. Project design, data collection, data management and research presentation skills will be developed. The…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
View all details for KGA300 Geography and Environment Research Project
Political ecology is a diverse area of study, professional practice and activism that integrates issues of justice, sustainability and development. Political ecology seeks explanations of root causes and transformative solutions in relation to environmental problems. Analysing nature and society as…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
View all details for KGA308 Political Ecologies of Development
Over six hundred million people live on the world's 43 island nation-states and on hundreds of sub-national island jurisdictions. The 'island-continent' of Australia comprises over 12,000 islands, islets and rocky outcrops, while the island-State of Tasmania is an archipelago of…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Climate change is an immensely complex social and environmental problem with implications for knowledge creation, policy development, professional practice, technological advance and everyday life. This unit will help you to interpret and integrate a wide range of disciplinary perspectives and…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Intensive Session Jun | ||||
View all details for KGA319 Bridging Science and Policy for Sustainability
Human induced climate change is arguably the most serious problem currently facing our planet. Detection and attribution of human induced climate change requires an understanding of the mechanisms of natural climate variability as well as climate change. Earth's climate is…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Catchment and coastal sedimentary landscapes change with erosion, landslides, river bank collapse, and coastal retreat with sea level rise, and this unit focuses on understanding processes and management. Vulnerability of different types of coastal systems to environmental change is explored,…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
View all details for KGA326 Catchment and Coastal Geomorphology
Conservation of geological features and landscapes is a global priority. This unit considers strategies to sample, understand, and address geoconservation and geotourism issues. By way of a series of field-based and problem-based learning experiences, the following skills and knowledge will…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
A unit essential for those working towards a career managing natural environments and people in protected areas. For those with other vocational interests, the unit is a way to learn about natural ecosystems and the principles of conservation management. Fire,…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Summer school | ||||
View all details for KGA331 Fire, Weeds and Ferals: Conserving Nature in Protected Areas
The conservation of nature needs to occur at the landscape scale, as well as within protected areas, and involve landowners and the community. Landscapes can be wilderness areas, rural areas with highly varied land use or urban areas. Whatever their…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
This unit provides an introduction to legal, administrative, social and scientific aspects of environmental impact assessment, environmental auditing, environmental management systems and related environmental management tools. We cover the practical aspects of environmental management for Tasmanian, Australian and international contexts.…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Geology Major
Year 1
In this unit, we will explore the nature of the Earth: its minerals, its rocks, its internal layering, and the record of the way the Earth has changed from its formation. We will examine the processes that drive our planet:…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
The unit provides a broad understanding of the dynamic processes that are active on the surface of the Earth and is suitable for general science and arts students with an interest in the geological sciences. It introduces the nature and…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
View all details for KEA102 Earth Resources, Environments and Evolution
Year 2
Enables students to recognise and interpret Earth materials and their history. This unit is aimed at students with a professional interest in the Earth. The unit commences a week before semester starts with a field trip to northeast Tasmania which…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
The unit is focused on developing skills which are required for understanding geological forces which shape Earth's surface, methods for mapping the geology of the surface and upper crust, and geological process which operate near the Earth's surface. This unit…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Year 3
This unit provides a systematic description and quantitative interpretation of magmatic rocks within a plate tectonic framework. Lectures cover an introduction to igneous petrology and geochemistry, and key aspects of the mineralogy, textures, classification and origin of the main types…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
View all details for KEA304 Igneous Petrology and Geochemistry
Comprises lectures and practical classes covering tectonics, key events in the Earth's evolution, and volcanology. The principles of compressional, extensional and transform tectonics will be presented. The unit will show how modern models of major Earth processes are supported by…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Comprises a series of lectures and practicals covering sedimentary processes, environments and fossil fuels. Examines clastic sedimentary transport and depositional processes and the formation of carbonate and evaporite chemical sediments. These processes are discussed in the context of the earth`s…
Credit Points: 12.5
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View all details for KEA308 Sedimentary Environments and Resources
Comprises a series of lectures and practicals covering the application of structural geology, metamorphic petrology and geophysical methods in the production and interpretation of geological maps. The structural geology component of the unit emphasises (i) the fundamental principles of fault,…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Involves a series of lectures and practical work that focuses on the application of computational techniques to geology and geophysics. The unit includes digital signal processing, seismic reflection data processing, airborne geophysical data processing, heat and fluid flow modelling and…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
An advanced unit dealing with processes in ore genesis. Topics include: ore forming processes, especially hydrothermal alteration, and the formation of magmatic-hydrothermal and hydrothermal ore deposit types. Practical exercises are designed to give students a perspective of ore microscopy and…
Credit Points: 12.5
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KEA342 involves a series of lectures, practical work and geophysical field surveys, which include the integration of data, interpretation of results and the preparation of reports. The unit covers in detail seismic, gravity, magnetic, electrical and electromagnetic methods in geophysics…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
The unit provides geoscience skills to help discover the resources for our everyday needs. Most things we use in everyday life require resources. Think mobile phone, cars, fridges, cutlery, crockery and glassware to name a few. Resources represent the concentration…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
This unit focuses on geoenvironmental issues that relate to how human activities can affect geological materials, and problems that can arise from such interactions. This will be taught through lectures, diverse practicals and local fieldtrips. The unit provides an introduction…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Mathematics Major
Year 1
Provides fundamental tools of one variable calculus that are essential in the application of mathematics in science, engineering and economics. Review of basic functions. Algebraic and order properties of the real number system. Limits and continuity of functions of a…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
KMA154 is a continuation of KMA152, with emphasis on the application of single-variable calculus to problems in the mathematical, physical, and biological sciences; economics; and engineering.Topics include: introductory linear and matrix algebra; solving systems of linear equations using Gaussian elimination…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
This first year mathematics unit provides a broad introduction to the fundamental mathematical operations and methods (differentiation, integration and partial differentiation) and mathematical objects (vectors) needed in engineering and science. We initiate themes of mathematical modelling which are most important…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
This first year mathematics unit builds on the fundamentals learnt in Mathematics I and provides students of science and engineering an introduction to those areas of mathematics which are most important in connection with practical problems. We will initiate the…
Credit Points: 12.5
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Year 2
This unit extends concepts from single variable calculus (KMA152 and KMA154) into the domain of several variables. Particular attention is given to the 3 dimensional Cartesian, cylindrical, and spherical coordinate systems. Topics include the analysis of general surfaces, quadric surfaces…
Credit Points: 12.5
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A first unit in modern algebra. An introduction to number theory, followed by a study of algebraic structures, including groups, rings, lattices and Boolean algebra.…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Covers use of calculus and applied linear algebra in solving problems that arise in the modelling of real-world situations in biology, physics, chemistry and engineering. Introduction to phenomena that involve continuous change with time; dynamical systems. Linear and non-linear differential…
Credit Points: 12.5
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View all details for KMA254 Differential Equations, Linear Algebra & Applications 2
Year 3
Provides a deeper understanding of the calculus of real functions, and an introduction to the powerful methods of complex variable theory. Recommended for mathematics majors, and teachers at the upper secondary level. Introduction to real analysis. Sequences. Convergence, limits, Cauchy…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Fundamental numerical processes for obtaining approximate but useful solutions to mathematical models. Topics include: errors in computations; solution of linear and non-linear equations arising from problems in the physical and biological sciences, commerce and engineering; approximation of functions; numerical integration…
Credit Points: 12.5
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Driven primarily through the lens of linear algebra, this unit provides an abstract development of standard algebraic structures: groups, rings, fields, and vector spaces. Topics include: linear transformations, non-singularity and invertibility; isomorphism and homomorphism theorems; the algebra of linear transformations;…
Credit Points: 12.5
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Aims at providing a solid foundation in the basic concepts, principles and methods of functional analysis, a study which is mainly concerned with vector spaces and operators acting upon them. The principles learnt from basic calculus and linear algebra will…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Introduction to partial differential equations that arise in applied mathematics, physics, biological science, commerce, and engineering. First-order PDEs: the linear wave equation, method of characteristics, traffic flow models, wave breaking, and shocks. Second-order PDEs: Classification of PDEs and characteristic curves;…
Credit Points: 12.5
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View all details for KMA354 Partial Differential Equations, Applications and Methods 3
The unit will cover basic group theory leading towards the theory of the matrix representations. Students will be introduced to the subject through a general discussion of symmetry in the physical and biological sciences, with a view to understanding how…
Credit Points: 12.5
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View all details for KMA368 Symmetries, Groups, and Representations
This unit gives an introduction to Calculus of Variations and its use in optimal control theory. Review of basic multi-variable calculus, constrained maxima and minima, Lagrange multipliers. The "simplest problem" of the Calculus of Variations. The Euler-Lagrange equation. Application to…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
This unit provides the basic tools in the use of complex variables to solve practical problems in Applied Mathematics and Physics. It continues the use of integral transform methods to solve ordinary and partial differential equations. Analytic functions. The elementary…
Credit Points: 12.5
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View all details for KMA382 Applied Complex Variables and Transform Theory
Provides grounding in theoretical physics for students interested in doing Honours in Theoretical Physics or Applied Mathematics. Topics covered include: Linear and Non-linear systems, examples. Phase plane and phase space. The Hartmann Linearization Theorem. Co-dimension 1 bifurcations; saddle-node, pitchfork and…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
Provides grounding in theoretical physics, for students interested in doing Honours in Theoretical Physics or Applied Mathematics. Topics covered include: Introduction to the state of stress in a continuum. Lagrangian and Eulerian descriptions of motion. Conservation laws for mass and…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Microbiology Major
Year 1
Together with Chemistry 1B, this unit is a required prerequisite for those students intending to major in Chemistry and for those intending to proceed to 2nd year chemistry. It provides students with fundamental knowledge and concepts in inorganic, physical, analytical,…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Together with KRA113 Chemistry 1A, this unit is a required prerequisite for those students intending to major in Chemistry and for those intending to proceed to second-year chemistry. It provides students with fundamental knowledge and concepts in inorganic, physical, analytical,…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Together with Chemistry 1B, this is a core unit for the Chemistry major, and for Environmental Science, Science and Biomedical Science students, providing them with the fundamental knowledge and concepts in inorganic, organic and physical chemistry. Inorganic Chemistry (Chemical Bonding…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Together with Chemistry 1A, this is a core unit for the Chemistry major, and for Environmental Science, Science, and Biomedical Science students, providing them with the fundamental knowledge and concepts in inorganic, organic and physical chemistry. Organic Chemistry highlights biological…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Biology of Plants is a 1st year core unit for students specialising in plant science, biotechnology, and marine science. In Biology of Plants we introduce you to the origin, diversity, structure and internal processes of plants. In lectures and practical…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Provides an introduction to the scientific study of animals. Students are introduced to animal diversity through studying the major invertebrate and vertebrate phyla with an emphasis on Australian examples. We consider the structural and functional characteristics of each group from…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Cell biology, genetics and evolution are fundamental to an understanding of the processes of life. In this unit, we examine the structure and function of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, including a discussion of the energy flow in photosynthesis, respiration and…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
View all details for KPZ164 Cell Biology, Genetics and Evolution
Year 2
Provides students with a basic knowledge of microbiology including bacteria, fungi, protozoans and viruses. The unit considers the place of microorganisms in the evolution of life on earth, their structure, chemistry, biology and ecology, and consideration of their role in…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Provides students with a basic knowledge of microbiology including bacteria, archaea and viruses. The unit considers the place of microorganisms in the evolution of life on earth, their structure, chemistry, biology and ecology, and consideration of their role in disease,…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Microorganisms, though invisibly small, collectively make up the majority of the living matter on Earth and have profound influences on many aspects of our lives. This unit will draw on contemporary and real-world examples to explore the influence and impact…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Year 3
Maintenance of food security and public health requires vigilance in the food supply chain based on knowledge of the physiology, ecology and epidemiology of food-borne pathogens including bacteria, viruses and parasites. This unit focuses on enhancing depth of knowledge of…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Advanced topics of plant disease biology and management are the focus of this unit. Topics will be illustrated by diseases caused by viral and virus-like agents, phytopathogenic bacteria and fungi in agricultural and horticultural systems. Topics include infection biology, host…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
This unit consists of a one semester-long individual research project in the area of food, environmental or medical microbiology and under the supervision of an experienced researcher approved by the School of Land and Food. Normally the project will complement…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Food safety management, particularly for microbial hazards, is undergoing revolutionary change internationally. Essentially, a more wholistic approach is being advocated that relies on analysis and synthesis of knowledge and data from several scientific disciplines. The approach is termed 'risk analysis’.This…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
| Cradle Coast | Semester 2 | ||||
This unit equips students with knowledge of the role of microorganisms in the production, deterioration and safety of foods, from both ecological and physiological perspectives, including the effect of temperature, pH, water activity and other factors affecting the growth and…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Microorganisms out-number all life forms on the planet and greatly impact biological, chemical and physical processes. This unit considers the significance of microorganisms in the ecology of terrestrial and marine environments; microbial diversity and evolution; the role of microbes in…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
View all details for KLA398 Applied Environmental Microbiology
This unit will commence with an exploration of the basic concepts of Medical Microbiology. It will then examine the epidemiology of transmissible diseases that are common in healthcare and community settings. The unit will analyse information on the mechanisms through…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
This unit expands on the introductory immunology from KLA210 and CJA212. Areas that will receive extended coverage include advanced immunological mechanisms, the immunopathology of disease, the manipulation of the immune system to protect against infectious and non-infectious disease. Practical and…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Physics Major
Note: the completion of a Physics major also requires the completion of a Mathematics minor.
Year 1
Dynamics, special relativity, electromagnetism and electrical circuits are studied in depth. Topics in dynamics include vectors, Newton's Laws, energy and momentum conservation, friction, rotational motion and torque. Special relativity covers time dilation, length contraction, Lorentz position and velocity transforms, relativistic…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
The unit is designed for students who expect to major in physics, as well as for those who will major in other physical sciences, mathematics and computer science. Physics from the fields of: atomic physics, oscillatory phenomena, properties of matter,…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Year 2
Waves topics include oscillatory systems, the wave equation for vibrating wires, acoustic waves, electrical waves in coaxial cables or transmission lines. The Schrodinger wave equation and Fourier techniques for wave analysis will also be studied. Kinetic theory topics include molecular…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Electromagnetism topics include electric and magnetic fields using the vector operators of divergence, gradient and curl, properties of induced polarisation and magnetisation in materials, induction effects, and finally Maxwell's equations and electromagnetic radiation. Applications of electromagnetic phenomena in nature, scientific…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
View all details for KYA212 Electromagnetism and Thermodynamics
Year 3
Advanced electromagnetism begins from Maxwell's equations and investigates in detail the following topics.The properties of electromagnetic waves in dielectrics and conductors, including study of how the phase and group velocity, impedance etc, depend on the conductance, relative permittivity and relative…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Wave mechanics develops the ideas of quantum physics, starting with the wave/particle nature of matter and radiation. Topics include an introduction to quantum behaviour via examples such as electron spin and photon polarisation states, Heisenberg's principle, and applications of the…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
View all details for KYA321 Wave Mechanics and Quantum Mechanics
Statistical physics describes the structure of bulk matter - solids, liquids, gases, plasmas - in terms of very general assumptions about the behaviour of the basic constituents. It has close ties with both kinetic theory and thermodynamics but applies also…
Credit Points: 12.5
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View all details for KYA322 Statistical Physics and Solid State Physics
Atomic and nuclear physics studies atomic and nuclear structure and our understanding of these phenomena based on quantum mechanics. Topics include alkali and alkaline earth spectra, the physics of angular momentum, exchange forces, spin and the Pauli principle, many electron…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Astrophysics is the investigation of the Universe. It enables us to study the behaviour of matter in extreme environments that cannot be replicated on Earth. Atmospheric physics plays an important role in understanding weather and climate systems. In this unit…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
View all details for KYA306 Astrophysics and Atmospheric Physics
The successful design and execution of astrophysical observations requires an in depth knowledge of the telescope, its instruments and their operation. The aim of this unit is to give students a theoretical and practical introduction to fundamental astronomical observation techniques.…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Provides grounding in theoretical physics for students interested in doing Honours in Theoretical Physics or Applied Mathematics. Topics covered include: Linear and Non-linear systems, examples. Phase plane and phase space. The Hartmann Linearization Theorem. Co-dimension 1 bifurcations; saddle-node, pitchfork and…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
Provides grounding in theoretical physics, for students interested in doing Honours in Theoretical Physics or Applied Mathematics. Topics covered include: Introduction to the state of stress in a continuum. Lagrangian and Eulerian descriptions of motion. Conservation laws for mass and…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Statistical physics describes the structure of bulk matter - solids, liquids, gases, plasmas - in terms of very general assumptions about the behaviour of the basic constituents. It has close ties with both kinetic theory and thermodynamics but applies also…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
View all details for KYA322 Statistical Physics and Solid State Physics
Atomic and nuclear physics studies atomic and nuclear structure and our understanding of these phenomena based on quantum mechanics. Topics include alkali and alkaline earth spectra, the physics of angular momentum, exchange forces, spin and the Pauli principle, many electron…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Plant Science Major
Year 1
Biology of Plants is a 1st year core unit for students specialising in plant science, biotechnology, and marine science. In Biology of Plants we introduce you to the origin, diversity, structure and internal processes of plants. In lectures and practical…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
A series of lectures and associated practical classes introduces fundamental concepts in ecology of both plants and animals. It also introduces behavioural and evolutionary ecology and experimental methods. There is a strong emphasis placed on developing skills in practical ecology…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Cell biology, genetics and evolution are fundamental to an understanding of the processes of life. In this unit, we examine the structure and function of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, including a discussion of the energy flow in photosynthesis, respiration and…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
View all details for KPZ164 Cell Biology, Genetics and Evolution
Year 2
Plants in Action is a core unit for BSc students interested in specializing in plant science. The unit explores the interaction of plants with the environment at the organism, organ, tissue and cellular levels. We examine the processes of photosynthesis,…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
This core unit provides a broad training in fundamental aspects of population and community ecology and (with other core units in the School of Biological Sciences) forms an essential basis for specialist studies at third year level. This unit focuses…
Credit Points: 12.5
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View all details for KPZ211 Population and Community Ecology
Year 3
Field Botany (KPA375) - Courses & Units - University of Tasmania, AustraliaField Botany is an iconic part of the University of Tasmania's undergraduate offerings, remembered fondly by students for the past 30 years. In this unit, you will experience the…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | 5 Week Session Feb B | ||||
This unit is designed to provide students with a state-of-the-art knowledge of plant function, focusing on central concepts of plant responses and adaption to drought stress,nutrient availability and light environment. These plant behavioural characteristics are essential for understanding the way…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Biologists collect and reason with a wide range of data and information. This unit introduces the key processes needed to design, collect and analyse biological data, and develops the different ways in which 'data' is converted to 'information' and how…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
This unit is restricted to students who have achieved the minimum level of a Credit in both KZA211 and KZA212 and at least two more second level science units, and who are undertaking a major in Zoology, and for whom…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
This unit examines contemporary theories and concepts in ecology and evolutionary biology in terms of the ways that these ideas are used to inform both scientific progress and public debate. Modern biological theories are profoundly affecting the ways that we…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
This unit is all about the study of how ecosystems function, which gives it great relevance from scientific and management perspectives. We will examine the processes that operate in terrestrial and aquatic communities and ecosystems from both a theoretical and…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
This unit will provide you with a strong grounding in the application of biological principles and ecological science to the problems of conserving the diversity of animals and plants in ecosystems undergoing rapid change. You will gain an understanding of:…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
This unit focuses on practical applications of genetics and biotechnology. It emphasises the uses of modern genetic tools including genomics and biotechnology to plants and animals. The lecture series will show that genetics is central to biodiversity conservation and restoration.…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
View all details for KPZ309 Applied Genetics and Biotechnology
This unit is about how genetics is used to study development and evolution, and gives an overview of the genetic approaches and techniques that are now an essential part of almost every area of biology. The lecture component examines ways…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Provides instruction in the biodiversity and phylogeny of algal groups and allied protists, physico-chemical limnology and oceanography, phytoplankton ecology, micropaleontology, seaweeds, harmful algal blooms and aquatic food webs. Particular reference is made to studies in Australian, Antarctic and Southern Ocean…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Psychological Science
Year 1
In today’s information-rich world it is essential to be able to interpret and critically evaluate empirical and popular reports of psychological research, as well as research findings more broadly. We need to be able to recognise the characteristics of valid…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
| Cradle Coast | Semester 1 | ||||
View all details for PSY111 Transferable Skills in Psychology
Human behaviour is not universal. Why do individuals behave the way they do? Lecture content will introduce and explore theoretical descriptions of individual differences such as personality and intelligence that can impact behaviour in a variety of contexts, as well…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
| Cradle Coast | Semester 2 | ||||
View all details for PSY124 Understanding Individuality and Abnormality
Year 2
The field of psychology has an aim that, on the surface, appears straightforward: to understand human behaviour. However, human behaviour is varied and complex, and achieving this goal presents a considerable challenge. Researchers must be familiar with and adhere to…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
The lectures examine aspects of overt social behaviour, such as two-person encounters, behaviour in small and large groups, and intergroup relations. Research in social cognition, which studies people's perceptions and interpretations of the social world, will also be presented. Lecture…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Year 3
Psychology, the study of human behaviour, is wondrous in its complexity. Individual behaviour is affected and influenced by many factors, including biological, neurological, psychological and cultural. Psychologists can and do measure all of these factors and understand that the relationships…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
View all details for PSY311 Advanced Research Skills in Psychology
Provides coverage of human development over the lifespan (infancy to old age) including cognitive and social-emotional domains of development. The major periods of development are examined, including infancy, childhood, adolescence and adulthood, emphasising predominant developmental aspects for different periods of…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
View all details for KHA302 Lifespan Developmental Psychology
This unit offers a systematic approach to understanding psychological symptoms and psychopathology. Theoretical models of psychopathology, as well as psychological assessment and evidence-based interventions will be explored. Consideration is given to a range of psychological assessment and intervention strategies and…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
View all details for PSY324 Psychological Assessment and Intervention
This advanced unit builds on the intermediate material covered in PSY224 (Behavioural and Cognitive Neuroscience) which forms a basis for understanding neuropsychological and neuropsychiatric disorders. Lectures in neuropsychology will cover the neuroscience of major neuropsychological disorders and syndromes (e.g., neurodegenerative…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
View all details for PSY325 Neuropsychology and Clinical Neuroscience
Psychology, the study of human behaviour, is wondrous in its complexity. Individual behaviour is affected and influenced by many factors, including biological, neurological, psychological and cultural. Psychologists can and do measure all of these factors and understand that the relationships…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
View all details for PSY311 Advanced Research Skills in Psychology
Provides coverage of human development over the lifespan (infancy to old age) including cognitive and social-emotional domains of development. The major periods of development are examined, including infancy, childhood, adolescence and adulthood, emphasising predominant developmental aspects for different periods of…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
View all details for KHA302 Lifespan Developmental Psychology
Cognitive neuroscience utilises a range of scientific techniques to examine the link between the neural organisation of the brain and various cognitive functions, such as how we think, feel and act. This unit builds on the intermediate material covered in…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
This unit will provide an introduction to psychology and law. The progression of lecture topics in this unit will roughly follow the course of an investigation and trial of a criminal case, covering issues such as eyewitness memory; false memories;…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
This unit introduces students to the field of organisational and industrial psychology. This is an applied field that draws on core theories and ideas from psychology and applies them to organisational and work contexts. The unit will be taught…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
In this unit, students are introduced to the most important and hotly debated issues in the psychology of language. Lecture topics include the distinctive features of human language as a system of communication, current theories of how children acquire language,…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
This 13-week blended unit provides third year students with an overview of counselling concepts and skills. Students will be introduced to theories of counselling and basic communication skills. Multicultural counselling and an awareness of some of the ethical and professional…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Extreme environments are so named due to the unique challenges they pose to human performance compared to more routine environments. This 13-week online unit provides an introduction to factors influencing human performance in extreme environments including Polar Regions, Outer Space,…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
View all details for KHA336 Human Behaviour in Extreme Environments
Psychology is a highly valued “generalist” discipline. Graduates who have studied psychology are regarded as highly employable because this discipline develops knowledge and skills that can be applied in a variety of employment settings. Understanding how people (as individuals and…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
View all details for PSY313 Advanced Topics in Applied Psychology
This unit offers a systematic approach to understanding psychological symptoms and psychopathology. Theoretical models of psychopathology, as well as psychological assessment and evidence-based interventions will be explored. Consideration is given to a range of psychological assessment and intervention strategies and…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
View all details for PSY324 Psychological Assessment and Intervention
This advanced unit builds on the intermediate material covered in PSY224 (Behavioural and Cognitive Neuroscience) which forms a basis for understanding neuropsychological and neuropsychiatric disorders. Lectures in neuropsychology will cover the neuroscience of major neuropsychological disorders and syndromes (e.g., neurodegenerative…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
View all details for PSY325 Neuropsychology and Clinical Neuroscience
Psychology is a highly relevant to the health of our communities. Graduates who have studied psychology are regarded as highly employable in the health sector because this discipline develops knowledge and skills that can be applied in a variety of…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
View all details for PSY326 Advanced Neuroscience and Clinical Topics
Statistics and Operations Major
Year 1
Provides fundamental tools of one variable calculus that are essential in the application of mathematics in science, engineering and economics. Review of basic functions. Algebraic and order properties of the real number system. Limits and continuity of functions of a…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
KMA154 is a continuation of KMA152, with emphasis on the application of single-variable calculus to problems in the mathematical, physical, and biological sciences; economics; and engineering.Topics include: introductory linear and matrix algebra; solving systems of linear equations using Gaussian elimination…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
This first year mathematics unit provides a broad introduction to the fundamental mathematical operations and methods (differentiation, integration and partial differentiation) and mathematical objects (vectors) needed in engineering and science. We initiate themes of mathematical modelling which are most important…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
This first year mathematics unit builds on the fundamentals learnt in Mathematics I and provides students of science and engineering an introduction to those areas of mathematics which are most important in connection with practical problems. We will initiate the…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Year 2
This unit teaches student skills and techniques that are used to answer practical questions arising in Operations Research. These questions typically also arise in Engineering, Management, Finance, Economics and Teaching. For example, "How long do I expect to have to…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
This unit is designed to extend the knowledge of statistical data analysis. It builds on the concepts of regression and ANOVA introduced in Data Handling & Statistics 1 and introduces analyses using multiple explanatory variables, mixed-effects models and generalized linear…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Year 3
The unit develops foundation skills for the analysis of real-life systems with elements of uncertainty, useful for careers in Statistics, Physical and Biological Sciences, Operations Research, Engineering, Computer Science, Finance and Economics. The unit covers major topics from Probability Theory,…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Extension of the concepts, methods and tools introduced in KMA253. A 'hands-on' course in which the emphasis is on the development of skills in the selection and application of statistical methods and the presentation of statistical results. Statistical methodology covered…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
This unit develops skills in the modelling and optimization of real-life deterministic or probabilistic systems and is particularly useful for students interested in careers in Statistics, Operations Research, Engineering, Management, Finance, Economics and Teaching.Topics from: Dynamic Programming and Probabilistic Operations…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
A general introduction to Statistical Inference, topics include: foundations of statistics, point estimation and hypothesis testing, maximum likelihood estimation, likelihood ratio tests, Bayesian methods, sufficiency, consistency, general linear models and least squares, generalised linear models, statistical computing.…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Zoology Major
Year 1
Provides an introduction to the scientific study of animals. Students are introduced to animal diversity through studying the major invertebrate and vertebrate phyla with an emphasis on Australian examples. We consider the structural and functional characteristics of each group from…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
A series of lectures and associated practical classes introduces fundamental concepts in ecology of both plants and animals. It also introduces behavioural and evolutionary ecology and experimental methods. Ther