Overview 2024
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This on-campus 5-year full-time course is offered by the College of Health and Medicine and the Faculty of Law and is available at Hobart. The first year only is also offered at the Launceston and Cradle Coast campus. This course may be studied part-time.
The BPsychSc component of this combined degree is a specialist program with a broad vocational orientation. The program has been designed to equip graduates with knowledge and skills relevant to their intended careers by providing an opportunity to undertake a minor in relevant disciplines in conjunction with their psychology major. The BPsychSc component also provides preparation for further study in postgraduate programs such as counselling, criminology and corrections, health management, marketing, rehabilitation counselling, and social work, or in psychology.
The Bachelor of Laws component is the basic academic preparation for persons who wish to enter the legal profession and other careers involving legal work. The course also has wider applicability in developing the attributes and skills inherent in a general university education. Students develop the values and intellectual abilities necessary to marshal facts and to critically assess and evaluate information, theories and doctrines thus preparing themselves for a variety of career roles.
A degree in law is the first step towards entering the legal profession. After graduating from the University, a law student wishing to practise in Tasmania is required to undertake a 6 month Legal Practice course.
Graduates who completed the APAC accredited 3-year sequence in psychology (major in Psychological Sciences plus a minor in Applied Psychology) will be eligible to apply for the BPsychSc(Hons) program, the pathway to postgraduate professional training in psychology and subsequent professional registration for practice as a psychologist.
Course objectives
The objectives of the combined degree courses are those of the component degrees. Reference should be made to the Bachelor of Psychological Science and Bachelor of Laws course entries.
Learning Outcomes
Career outcomes
A law degree is a prerequisite to admission as a legal practitioner. Today, however, employers from a widening range of disciplines value the skills that law graduates possess. A range of career choices lie open to law graduates as a solicitor, barrister, industry legal officer or ministerial adviser, as well as in legal aid, community legal centres, the Attorney-General's department, law reform commissions, consumer affairs, environment, foreign affairs, police, legal drafting, politics, banking, finance, journalism, publishing and teaching.
BPsychSc graduates have knowledge, analytical, research and interpersonal skills with a high degree of application in areas such as health, education, justice, welfare, business, employment and training. Students are able to structure their course to incorporate a major, minor or student electives in areas which suit their career choice, or to equip them for a range of career options. Graduates are also able to progress to postgraduate training and careers in professional areas, such as counselling, criminology and corrections, social work and psychology
Course structure
Bachelor of Laws component
Year 2
The unit develops an understanding of the Law of Contract and the enforceability of contractual obligations in the contemporary contexts of Australian and international commercial relations. The unit also considers the development and continuing evolution of the Law of Contract,…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 |
Year 3
The Constitution is the fundamental law of our society and the fountainhead of all other powers, duties and responsibilities in our legal system. Given its status and importance, the Constitution is often at the centre of many high profile public…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 2 |
The unit introduces students to the study of public law within the sub-disciplines of constitutional and administrative law. Public law is also the foundation of a range of other disciplines of law including: criminal, human rights, environmental, international, immigration, taxation,…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 |
Year 4
Year 4 Core Units
Corporations have huge economic and legal significance. Given this significance, an understanding of the role of the corporation in society and its relationship to the community, shareholders, creditors, the regulator, and other stakeholders is critical. This unit examines the various…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 2 |
LAW353 focuses on the most developed area of equity’s jurisdiction, the law pertaining to trusts. It covers the following topics: the nature of a trust, and how it compares to other legal relationships; the essentials for the creation of an…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 |
Today, the richest 1% of adults will own more than 50% of global wealth. Indeed the 85 richest individuals will have more wealth than the poorest 50% of the world's population. But does property law facilitate this and encourage this…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 2 |
Year 4 Law Elective Units
Law Advanced Choice units
Unit List
This unit examines controversial and topical issues and subjects in contemporary public international law. The unit takes an interdisciplinary perspective by examining the impact of extra-legal factors on the historical development of our contemporary legal regime for public international law…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
This unit introduces students to the history of ideas, political events and personalities that have shaped legal institutions, laws and lawyers and prompted critical examinations of their role within society. Students are encouraged to consider Tasmanias unique position and history…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
This unit introduces students to the laws and conventions that regulate the parliamentary process. It will cover a range of topics including the processes undertaken to introduce legislation, the positives and negatives of the current electoral system and elections,, parliamentary…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
This unit introduces law students to a variety of non-judicial dispute resolution processes. Each dispute resolution process will be introduced from both a theoretical and practical perspective. The extent to which processes are used and in what contexts will be…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
x…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
x…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
print and online media in Australia. We will consider both the legal and economic aspects of the regulatory regimes which apply to the media, including issues of licensing, ownership and control. Legal controls on the content of media, including those…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
Supervised Research paper…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
What happens to your property when you die? Succession is the law of transmission of property on death. Some of the topics we’ll be looking at include: the law relating to intestacy; the execution, revocation, alteration and republication of wills;…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
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Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
Year 5
Year 5 Core Units
This course imparts a basic knowledge of the doctrine, principles and rules relating to the law of evidence in both criminal and civil proceedings. It focuses primarily upon fostering students ability to identify, explain, apply and critique relevant rules of…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 |
LAW452 focuses upon the main areas of professional responsibility of lawyers: (1) to clients; (2) to the court / administration of justice; and (3) to the profession and community. It commences with a discussion of ethics and professionalism, before moving…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 |
Year 5 Law Elective Units
Law Advanced Choice units
Unit List
This unit examines controversial and topical issues and subjects in contemporary public international law. The unit takes an interdisciplinary perspective by examining the impact of extra-legal factors on the historical development of our contemporary legal regime for public international law…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
This unit introduces students to the history of ideas, political events and personalities that have shaped legal institutions, laws and lawyers and prompted critical examinations of their role within society. Students are encouraged to consider Tasmanias unique position and history…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
This unit introduces students to the laws and conventions that regulate the parliamentary process. It will cover a range of topics including the processes undertaken to introduce legislation, the positives and negatives of the current electoral system and elections,, parliamentary…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
This unit introduces law students to a variety of non-judicial dispute resolution processes. Each dispute resolution process will be introduced from both a theoretical and practical perspective. The extent to which processes are used and in what contexts will be…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
x…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
x…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
print and online media in Australia. We will consider both the legal and economic aspects of the regulatory regimes which apply to the media, including issues of licensing, ownership and control. Legal controls on the content of media, including those…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
Supervised Research paper…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
What happens to your property when you die? Succession is the law of transmission of property on death. Some of the topics we’ll be looking at include: the law relating to intestacy; the execution, revocation, alteration and republication of wills;…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
Bachelor of Psychological Science component
Compulsory major
Psychological Science
Year 1
Compulsory Units
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
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Cradle Coast | Semester 1 | ||||
Online | 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
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Cradle Coast | Semester 2 | ||||
Online | Semester 2 |
View all details for PSY124 Mental Health and Individual Differences
Year 2
Compulsory Units
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
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Cradle Coast | Semester 1 | ||||
Online | Semester 1 |
Year 3
Pre-honours pathway or Standard pathway
Pre-honours pathway
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
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Cradle Coast | Semester 1 | ||||
Online | Semester 1 |
View all details for PSY311 Advanced Research Skills in Psychology
This unit offers a systematic approach to understanding psychological assessment and measurement. Consideration is given to a range of psychological assessment strategies and how these can be applied across a range of contexts . This unit is designed to provide…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Cradle Coast | Semester 2 | ||||
Online | Semester 2 |
View all details for PSY324 Psychological Assessment and Measurement
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
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Online | Semester 1 |
View all details for PSY325 Neuropsychology and Clinical Neuroscience
Standard pathway
Compulsory Unit
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
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Cradle Coast | Semester 1 | ||||
Online | Semester 1 |
View all details for PSY311 Advanced Research Skills in Psychology
Choice of Units
This unit offers a systematic approach to understanding psychological assessment and measurement. Consideration is given to a range of psychological assessment strategies and how these can be applied across a range of contexts . This unit is designed to provide…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Cradle Coast | Semester 2 | ||||
Online | Semester 2 |
View all details for PSY324 Psychological Assessment and Measurement
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
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Online | Semester 1 |
View all details for PSY325 Neuropsychology and Clinical Neuroscience
Choice of Minor
Aboriginal Studies (BA)
Aboriginal Studies provides an enriched understanding of this continent’s cultural, social and political heritage; expanding our perspectives beyond that of our recent colonial past and into a realm of rich social, aesthetic and linguistic diversity that all Australians can value. Learn more about our Aboriginal Studies program >
Year 2
Intermediate units
Animal Behaviour
Please note that this minor is only available for study in Hobart.
Year 1
Compulsory introductory unit
KZA161 Biology of Animals 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…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 1 |
Choice of introductory unit
This unit aims to provide you with an understanding of fundamental concepts in ecology focusing on the ways in which organisms interact with their environment. It will explore this organism-environment interaction at different levels of biological organisation – from individuals…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 2 |
Cell Biology, Genetics & Evolution is a core first year unit for BSc students majoring in Plant Science and important for any student studying Biological Sciences. Cell biology, genetics and evolution are fundamental to an understanding of the processes of…
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 KPZ164 Cell Biology, Genetics and Evolution
Year 2
Choice of intermediate units
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 | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 |
View all details for KPZ211 Population and Community Ecology
KZA212 Functional Biology of Animals is required in the Zoology major and provides a broad training in fundamental aspects of Zoology. With KPZ211, the unit forms an essential basis for specialist studies in Zoology at level 3 the advanced level.…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 2 |
Behavioural Science
Year 1
x…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
View all details for HMJ060 Overseas Exchange Study - Japanese
Introductory units - compulsory
Year 2
Intermediate units - compulsory
Chemistry (BBehavSc)
Year 1
Introductory units - choice of pair of units
Introductory unit pair - Chemistry Hobart
This unit (along with Chemistry 1B in Semester 2) is the required prerequisite for students intending to major in Chemistry and for those intending to proceed to any second-year chemistry unit. The unit builds on the introduction to chemistry given…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 1 |
This unit (along with Chemistry 1A in Semester 1) is the required prerequisite for students intending to major in Chemistry and for those intending to proceed to any second-year chemistry unit. The unit builds on the introduction to chemistry given…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 2 |
Introductory unit pair - Chemistry Hobart
Year 2
Intermediate units - compulsory
This unit builds on first year chemistry and consolidates this theoretical and practical framework. It is one of two 200 level units essential for students who intend to major in chemistry, or who are majoring in disciplines that interface with…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 |
Intermediate units - choice
Understanding the sources, fates and transport mechanisms of chemicals in the environment is critical to our ability to minimise or avoid anthropogenic impacts on the environment that we live and work in. Many industrial and everyday practices have had, or…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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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 | ||
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Hobart | Semester 2 |
View all details for KRA242 Physical and Analytical Chemistry
Computer Science (BBehavSc & BPsych)
Year 1
Introductory units - compulsory
This unit extends the students' knowledge and experience of programming. It introduces dynamic data structures, foundational collection abstract data types, and computational algorithms and techniques. Programming is undertaken in Java and C and topics include: references and pointers, memory management,…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
ECA Melbourne | Semester 1 | ||||
ECA Melbourne | Semester 2 |
Introductory units - choice
This unit introduces fundamental programming skills, developing students' ability to think algorithmically to solve problems and to express their ideas in well-constructed Python code. Beginning with the fundamental characteristics of computers and how they represent information, the unit develops the…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Online | Semester 1 | ||||
Online | Semester 2 | ||||
ECA Melbourne | Semester 1 | ||||
ECA Melbourne | Semester 2 |
This unit will explain the relationship between data, information, and knowledge and introduce several different methods/tools for managing, storing, securing, modelling, visualising, and analysing data. This unit will provide an understanding of how data can be manipulated to meet the…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
Computers and mathematics are powerful tools for modelling and reasoning about the world around us. They are also powerful tools for reasoning about computation itself. This unit explores the fundamental topics of sets, logic, combinatorics and number theory as they…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
ECA Melbourne | Semester 2 |
The unit provides an introduction to many AI sub-fields, including: expert systems, machine learning, natural language processing, computer vision, intelligent agents. Students will be exposed to state-of-the-art examples as well as emerging technologies and get practical experience of solving interesting…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
ECA Melbourne | Semester 1 |
Year 2
Intermediate units - choice
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 | Spring school | ||||
Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Launceston | Spring school | ||||
Online | Semester 1 | ||||
Online | Spring school |
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 | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 2 |
This unit focuses on the design, implementation and testing phases of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC). The unit develops practical skills in designing, implementing and testing desktop computer programs, focusing on ones having graphical user interfaces that communicate with data…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
Criminology (BBehavSc & BPsych)
Note: if you are considering studying a major in Criminology, the following units must be taken at either intermediate or advanced levels:
- XBR212 Interdiscplinary Social Research or HGA340 Research Strategies for the Social Sciences
- HGA206/306 Crime and Criminal Justice
- HGA259/359 Sociology of Deviance
Year 1
Introductory units - choice of unit pairs
Introductory unit choice - Law
Introductory unit pair - Sociology
Sociology is essential for understanding the turbulence, change, diversity and mobility of the modern world. Sociology offers a precise way to understand, track and assess how ever-changing aspirations, technologies and economies impact on our social relations and cultures. In Sociology…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Cradle Coast | Semester 1 | ||||
Online | Semester 1 |
View all details for HGA101 Sociology: Understanding the Social World
This unit introduces students to central concepts and methods used by sociologists to study society. Like HGA101, this unit develops an understanding of sociology by examining the major social institutions and processes, and sociological modes of inquiry. The unit explores…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Cradle Coast | Semester 2 | ||||
Online | Semester 2 |
View all details for HGA102 Sociology: Experiencing Social Life
Year 2
Intermediate units - choice
The unit offers a broad overview of the major theories and approaches to the study of crime and deviance. It provides a survey of diverse and competing interpretations of criminal and deviant acts, the situations and contexts within which crime…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Online | Semester 1 |
This unit introduces students to the world of social research. It answers questions about how to produce knowledge through empirical research, and discusses the methods used to solve practical problems. The unit covers a wide range of social research methodologies and approaches,…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
View all details for XBR212 Interdisciplinary Social Research
Geography and Environmental Studies
Year 1
Compulsory Units
KGA171 Global Geographies of Change introduces you to the study of geography and environment by considering the critical intersections of climate, hazards, vulnerability, and sustainability alongside pressing issues related to population, development, and territory. In this unit, you will develop…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Online | Semester 1 |
This introductory unit develops your knowledge of how people depend on nature, and how increasingly the conservation of nature depends on people. We will explore these relationships through a values lens: how nature is important for its own sake, how…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Online | Semester 2 |
Year 2
Choose from the following
The physical and living aspects of the global environment interact to produce the extraordinary variety of landscapes, ecosystems and species that occupy this planet. This unit highlights the interplay and conservation of controlling processes so that they continue to maintain…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Online | Semester 1 |
All aspects of human life are geographical. Our lives take place in space. Spatial practices and ideas are central to individuals and societies: they help determine who and what belongs where, who controls and owns which resources, and who has…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Online | Semester 1 |
View all details for KGA205 Geographies of Economy, Politics and Culture
A field-based unit taught in one of Tasmania’s distinctive natural environments. Students who successfully undertake this unit will develop a wide variety of skills in environmental data recording in the context of a project designed both to increase knowledge of…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Spring school | ||||
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, climate change and biodiversity conservation. Environmental managers also play an important role in helping communities identify and move towards sustainable and…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Online | Semester 2 |
Human Movement
Please note that this minor is only available for study in Launceston.
Year 1
Compulsory Units
The aim of this unit is to equip you with the knowledge and ability to design and implement health and wellbeing programs for a range of populations with varying health and fitness goals. This unit will cover modules incorporating professionalism…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Launceston | Semester 1 |
Year 2
Compulsory Units
A cornerstone to the profession of human movement is an understanding of how people move. The ability to understand and explain how people learn motor skills is at the core of successful physical activity program design. An understanding of the…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Launceston | Semester 2 |
Human Physiology
Please note that this minor is only available for study in Hobart.
Year 1
Compulsory Units
This unit is designed to introduce students to human cells and tissues and the anatomy and physiology of the integumentary, defence, musculoskeletal and neuroendocrine systems in the human body. The unit will include: (a) the basic facts and concepts relating…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Health Study Period 1 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Launceston | Health Study Period 1 | ||||
Cradle Coast | Health Study Period 1 | ||||
Rozelle - Sydney | Health Study Period 1 |
This unit is designed to introduce you to the anatomy and physiology of the reproductive, cardiovascular, respiratory, renal, and digestive systems of the human body. The regulation of body temperature will also be studied in the unit. The unit will…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Hobart | Health Study Period 2 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Launceston | Health Study Period 2 | ||||
Cradle Coast | Health Study Period 2 | ||||
Rozelle - Sydney | Health Study Period 2 |
Year 2
Compulsory Units
Human Physiology (CHP207) builds on first year Biology-based units and gives students an understanding of the function of the cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal, renal and nervous systems and their integration and interaction in the human body. Students will learn how to…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 |
Human Resource Management (BBehavSc/BPsych/BSocSc)
Year 1
Compulsory Units
This unit provides students with an introduction to management concepts, functions and strategies. The unit outlines the key functions of management. The unit then explores the context surrounding management functioning, including an analysis of the broad environment in which organisations…
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 | Accelerated Study Period 1 | ||||
Online | Semester 1 | ||||
Online | Accelerated Study Period 1 | ||||
Shanghai Ocean University | Shanghai Semester 1 | ||||
ECA Melbourne | Semester 1 |
The principal aim of the unit is to provide an overview of the fields of Human Resources (HR), and Employment Relations (ER) by providing the underpinning knowledge and developing an understanding of core theoretical principles and models of Human Resource…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Launceston | Accelerated Study Period 3 | ||||
Cradle Coast | Accelerated Study Period 3 | ||||
Online | Semester 2 | ||||
Online | Accelerated Study Period 3 | ||||
ECA Melbourne | Semester 2 |
View all details for BMA121 Foundations of Human Resource Management
Year 2
Compulsory Units
Organisational behaviour is the study of human behaviour at the individual, group and organisational level. The primary purpose of this unit is to improve the management of organisations through the development of knowledge of human behaviour. An understanding of human…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
Management
Year 1
Compulsory Units
This unit provides students with an introduction to management concepts, functions and strategies. The unit outlines the key functions of management. The unit then explores the context surrounding management functioning, including an analysis of the broad environment in which organisations…
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 | Accelerated Study Period 1 | ||||
Online | Semester 1 | ||||
Online | Accelerated Study Period 1 | ||||
Shanghai Ocean University | Shanghai Semester 1 | ||||
ECA Melbourne | Semester 1 |
The principal aim of the unit is to provide an overview of the fields of Human Resources (HR), and Employment Relations (ER) by providing the underpinning knowledge and developing an understanding of core theoretical principles and models of Human Resource…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Launceston | Accelerated Study Period 3 | ||||
Cradle Coast | Accelerated Study Period 3 | ||||
Online | Semester 2 | ||||
Online | Accelerated Study Period 3 | ||||
ECA Melbourne | Semester 2 |
View all details for BMA121 Foundations of Human Resource Management
Year 2
Compulsory Units
Marketing is the practice of managing an organisation’s market offerings to create value-laden customer exchanges. Adopting a market orientation means organisations allow their marketing practices to be responsive to opportunities, and threats presented in the business environment. This responsiveness enables…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
Marketing (BBehavSc & BPsych)
Year 1
Compulsory Units
This unit provides students with an introduction to management concepts, functions and strategies. The unit outlines the key functions of management. The unit then explores the context surrounding management functioning, including an analysis of the broad environment in which organisations…
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 | Accelerated Study Period 1 | ||||
Online | Semester 1 | ||||
Online | Accelerated Study Period 1 | ||||
Shanghai Ocean University | Shanghai Semester 1 | ||||
ECA Melbourne | Semester 1 |
Marketing is the practice of managing an organisation's market offerings to create value-laden customer exchanges. Adopting a market orientation means organisations allow their marketing practices to be responsive to opportunities, and threats presented in the business environment. This responsiveness enables…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Launceston | Accelerated Study Period 2 | ||||
Launceston | Accelerated Study Period 3 | ||||
Cradle Coast | Accelerated Study Period 3 | ||||
Online | Semester 1 | ||||
Online | Semester 2 | ||||
Online | Accelerated Study Period 2 | ||||
Online | Accelerated Study Period 3 | ||||
Shanghai Ocean University | Shanghai Semester 2 | ||||
ECA Melbourne | Semester 2 |
Year 2
Compulsory Units
The service industry is increasingly identified as contributing to worldwide business growth and is seen as a critical source of employment. Furthermore, the provision of services is playing an increasingly important role in the marketing strategies of goods manufacturing companies,…
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 | Accelerated Study Period 1 | ||||
Online | Semester 1 | ||||
Online | Accelerated Study Period 1 | ||||
Shanghai Ocean University | Shanghai Semester 2 |
As consumers, we live in a constantly changing world, driven by fast-paced technological, social, cultural and economic developments, resulting in access to a wide array of new products and services. These rapidly changing social and market factors significantly affect our…
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 3 | ||||
Online | Semester 1 | ||||
Online | Semester 2 | ||||
Online | Accelerated Study Period 3 | ||||
Hong Kong Universal Ed | Semester 2 | ||||
ECA Melbourne | Semester 2 |
Pharmacology
Please note that this minor is only available for study in Hobart.
Year 2
Compulsory Units
This unit provides an introduction to the study of therapeutic agents, probing into the fundamental concepts of therapeutic agent-target interactions and the intricate processes governing therapeutic agent metabolism within the human body. A major part of the unit consists of…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Health Study Period 2 | ||||
Launceston | Health Study Period 2 | ||||
Cradle Coast | Health Study Period 2 |
This unit provides an introduction to the study of therapeutic agents, probing into the fundamental concepts of therapeutic agent-target interactions and the intricate processes governing therapeutic agent metabolism within the human body. A major part of the unit consists of…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Health Study Period 3 | ||||
Launceston | Health Study Period 3 | ||||
Cradle Coast | Health Study Period 3 |
Philosophy (BA)
Year 1
Introductory units - compulsory
Year 2
Intermediate Philosophy units
This unit surveys the main Western philosophical traditions from the Renaissance up to the 19th century. At the centre stand the metaphysical and epistemological systems of the Rationalists (Descartes, Spinoza, and Leibniz) and the Empiricists (Hobbes, Locke, Berkeley, and Hume),…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Online | Semester 2 |
View all details for HPH202 Foundations of Modern Philosophy
Logic is the theory of good reasoning. This unit introduces students to some of the types of reasoning that are regularly used in everyday life, in philosophy and in many other fields. Students will be introduced to a variety of…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
Intermediate non-Philosophy units
Police Studies (BBehavSc)
Year 1
Introductory units - choice of unit pairs
Introductory unit choice - Law
Introductory unit choice - Sociology
Sociology is essential for understanding the turbulence, change, diversity and mobility of the modern world. Sociology offers a precise way to understand, track and assess how ever-changing aspirations, technologies and economies impact on our social relations and cultures. In Sociology…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Cradle Coast | Semester 1 | ||||
Online | Semester 1 |
View all details for HGA101 Sociology: Understanding the Social World
This unit introduces students to central concepts and methods used by sociologists to study society. Like HGA101, this unit develops an understanding of sociology by examining the major social institutions and processes, and sociological modes of inquiry. The unit explores…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Cradle Coast | Semester 2 | ||||
Online | Semester 2 |
View all details for HGA102 Sociology: Experiencing Social Life
Introductory unit choice - International relations and Politics
HIR101 provides students with an overview of the theory and practice of international relations. The unit is divided into two modules. In module one, you will learn about theoretical approaches to the study of IR including introductions to realist, liberal,…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Online | Semester 2 |
View all details for HIR101 Introduction to International Relations
This unit provides an introduction to the fundamentals of political science. It introduces students to some of the central ideas, concepts, actors, institutions and processes which characterise politics in democratic nations. It uses examples and case studies from Australia and…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Online | Semester 1 |
View all details for HPP101 Introduction to Politics and Policy
Year 2
Intermediate units - compulsory
This unit examines the roles and functions that the police play as a major agency of governance in society. The structures and strategies of policing are analysed and the relationships between government, the police, other governmental institutions and the public…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
Intermediate units - choice
The unit offers a broad overview of the major theories and approaches to the study of crime and deviance. It provides a survey of diverse and competing interpretations of criminal and deviant acts, the situations and contexts within which crime…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Online | Semester 1 |
Politics and Policy
Year 1
Compulsory Units
HIR101 provides students with an overview of the theory and practice of international relations. The unit is divided into two modules. In module one, you will learn about theoretical approaches to the study of IR including introductions to realist, liberal,…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Online | Semester 2 |
View all details for HIR101 Introduction to International Relations
This unit provides an introduction to the fundamentals of political science. It introduces students to some of the central ideas, concepts, actors, institutions and processes which characterise politics in democratic nations. It uses examples and case studies from Australia and…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Online | Semester 1 |
View all details for HPP101 Introduction to Politics and Policy
Year 2
Compulsory Units
This unit explores broad ranging and contemporary aspects of Australian politics and policy, including democratic principles and Australian institutions, values and Australian culture, the Australian electoral system and campaigns, forms of political representation and the role of lobby groups, the…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Online | Semester 2 |
This unit introduces students to the study of political ideas focusing on some of the major ideological frameworks that have and continue to guide political action in the modern era. In the unit, students will consider liberal, conservative, Marxist, fascist,…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Online | Semester 1 |
Sociology
Year 1
Compulsory Units
Sociology is essential for understanding the turbulence, change, diversity and mobility of the modern world. Sociology offers a precise way to understand, track and assess how ever-changing aspirations, technologies and economies impact on our social relations and cultures. In Sociology…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Cradle Coast | Semester 1 | ||||
Online | Semester 1 |
View all details for HGA101 Sociology: Understanding the Social World
This unit introduces students to central concepts and methods used by sociologists to study society. Like HGA101, this unit develops an understanding of sociology by examining the major social institutions and processes, and sociological modes of inquiry. The unit explores…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Cradle Coast | Semester 2 | ||||
Online | Semester 2 |
View all details for HGA102 Sociology: Experiencing Social Life
Year 2
Compulsory Units
Perspectives on the Social World provides students with an understanding of the concepts and approaches developed by sociologists to explain major social changes in Western democracies from the end of the 18th century to the present. The unit is divided…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Online | Semester 1 |
View all details for HGA202 Perspectives on the Social World
This unit introduces students to the world of social research. It answers questions about how to produce knowledge through empirical research, and discusses the methods used to solve practical problems. The unit covers a wide range of social research methodologies and approaches,…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
View all details for XBR212 Interdisciplinary Social Research
Statistical Methods
Please note that this minor is only available for study in Hobart.
Year 1
Introductory units - compulsory
Data Handling and Statistics 1 is the first of three applied statistics units offered by the School of Natural Sciences (Mathematics). Statistics is the science of decision making, and as such forms a key foundation of any scientific research. This…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Online | Semester 1 | ||||
Online | Semester 2 |
Introductory units - choice
The applicability of calculus and linear algebra is so broad that fluency in it is essential for a successful career in a variety of areas including science and engineering. This unit is devoted to the conceptual and logical development of…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Online | Semester 1 |
The aim of the unit is to introduce some basic ideas of discrete mathematics, which is the branch of mathematics focused on studying structures that are discrete rather than continuous. This material is pertinent to later mathematics courses such as…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 2 |
View all details for KMA155 Discrete Mathematics with Applications 1
Year 2
Intermediate units - compulsory
Data Handling and Statistics 2 is the second of three applied statistics units offered by the School of Natural Sciences (Mathematics). This unit is designed to extend students' knowledge of statistical data analysis. It builds on the concepts introduced in…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Online | Semester 2 |
Intermediate units - choice
This unit teaches students 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
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Hobart | Semester 1 |
This unit introduces students to the world of social research. It answers questions about how to produce knowledge through empirical research, and discusses the methods used to solve practical problems. The unit covers a wide range of social research methodologies and approaches,…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
View all details for XBR212 Interdisciplinary Social Research
Student Electives
Breadth electives (introductory)
Breadth - Introductory level units
Ever thought of yourself as one in a million?Universities Australia notes that in 2017 Australia has more than one million students enrolled in Universities across the country. That is more than one million potential graduates entering the workforce over the…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
View all details for XBR110 Discover your potential: Leadership, Service and Employability
Earth is a lively and dynamic planet that is undergoing rapid changes wrought by the activities of humans. In what ways are these changes impacting on us and other species? Are we precipitating another mass extinction; the 6th major mass…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
Experience and Engagement/Student electives (introductory)
Experience and Engagement electives are your choice of units from any study area across the University, subject to meeting relevant prerequisites and quotas. You may choose to enrol in additional discipline/study area units or a study area from another degree.
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