Ever wonder why that tune gets stuck in your head, or when you listen to your favourite song your foot starts tapping, or why it's easier to remember the words of a song when you sing the tune? How do you choose the best music for a restaurant or in a dentist's surgery? Find out the answers to these questions and more in Music, Mind and Body. This unit explores the influence and impact of music...

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 natural resources are important to people, and how nature is important for people's wellbeing. Workshops will provide you with skills to map social...

This unit uses the material world, in the form of objects, images and places, to engage with remembering, researching and communicating family history and memories. By looking at homes, human-shaped environments such as gardens, and inherited items both mundane and valuable, you will explore how objects, images and spaces can carry stories, provide an immediate way to relate to your family's past,...

If you’ve ever predicted the final scene of a dramatic narrative based on the soundtrack, put on your headphones for a better video game experience, entered a space and had your mood changed, or been transported by birdsong to a different place and time in a nature documentary, you will know how important the integration of sound with other creative elements is in conveying meaning and emotion...

This unit builds upon the foundational knowledge and skills introduced in the previous units to examine cardiorespiratory physiotherapy. It, therefore, retains the focus on applying the biopsychosocial model of practice, person centred practice, evidence-based practice, reflective practice, critical thinking and interprofessional collaboration. Students are required to synthesise new knowledge...

This unit provides an advanced level of understanding of designing reinforced concrete structures. It focuses on advanced principles such as time-dependent deformations, crack control and strut-and-tie method of design. The unit also explores in depth the use of commercial software such as RAPT and ETABS to design advanced concrete units such as tall-building cores and flat slabs...

The unit builds on knowledge of digital electronics acquired in the earlier years of the course. Students will learn how to apply the principles of digital electronics to construct complex systems such as microprocessor data paths and memory systems. These complex systems will be implemented using hardware definition language, programmed onto field programmable gate arrays (FPGA) and analysed...

The unit consists of supervised research, within an advanced level study of contemporary policing and public order issues concerning such topics as police accountability, leadership and management; police culture; police deviancy, oversight and reform; militarisation; community policing; race, gender and sexuality issues; policing alcohol--related violence in public places; forensic science;...

This unit provides students with a deeper understanding of thermodynamics and applies this knowledge to applications in typical building services such as refrigeration and air-conditioning system, and industrial projects such as desalination and power generation. The unit develops students' ability to observe, formulate and solve problems in applied thermodynamics, and provides an essential...

This unit introduces the concepts of information systems in a business environment. It examines what is meant by an information system, and how and why information systems are being used in business. The issues involved in developing, managing and controlling business information systems are also explored. The tutorials are designed to develop proficiency in business software applications such as...