In this unit, students are introduced to applying economic principles to agriculture, agribusiness, and related markets. Students will apply economic principles to study issues in food production and food security. Content will include topics in farm management and organisation, the operation of agricultural markets, managing risk and the economics of government intervention in food and...

Biogeochemistry describes the cycling of carbon, nutrients, metals and more as they transform between living and non-living components of the Earth system. Marine biogeochemistry is a relatively young science which over the past 50 years has grown from an investigation into the transport and transformation of chemicals in the ocean to now encompass the interaction between those chemical processes,...

In this unit you will be introduced to the regulatory environment in which applied science enterprises operate. In particular, you will explore the regulatory challenges of product safety, biosecurity and environment protection, as well as business practices inherent in product development, manufacture and commercialisation. You will gain familiarity with various bodies (including local, state...

This interdisciplinary unit engages students in a detailed study of Indigenous experience of social and legal systems from invasion/colonisation to the present day. Beginning with the global historical context, the unit traces the ongoing struggle for Indigenous justice from the violent colonial frontier to the era of social media. The unit explores issues including Land Rights and Native Title,...

In this unit you will learn to process, visualise, analyse and interpret spatial marine, oceanographic and Antarctic datasets and use R software. This will provide you the tools to discover marine spatial patterns and processes. It is a hands-on, skills-oriented unit with weekly practical/tutorial exercises supplemented with explanatory lectures. This unit addresses specific challenges when...

This unit introduces the concepts of software design and development in the context of computer programming. You will learn how to design, manage, and evaluate projects that solve real-world applied technology problems through industry best practice and design methodologies. You will learn to design and build programs for applied technology using the Python language and how to apply programming...

This is a foundational unit in Criminology. You will focus on criminological approaches to understanding crime and criminalisation. The unit will introduce various categories of crime (e.g. property crime and violent crime) and debates about what counts as crime and harm (e.g. crimes of the powerful versus the less powerful). You will engage not only with research that highlights patterns of...

In this unit, Primary Health Care philosophy, principles and practices are introduced. Core primary health care principles of social justice, health equity and the influence of social determinants of health, empowerment, and health promotion are examined. The diversity of primary health care practice and range of ways nurses engage and work with individuals, groups and communities to improve and...

BEA140 Data Analysis for Business is a foundation unit in business statistics and the mathematics of finance, and is a core unit in the Bachelor of Economics (BEc) and Bachelor of Business (BBus) degrees. It is also a nominated elective in a wide range of other programs throughout the University of Tasmania. This unit is intended to provide a background capacity in mathematics of finance and...