This placement is undertaken in Semester 1 only, in accordance with the Professional Experience Calendar. All students must be aware of the scheduled Professional Experience dates and be prepared to undertake a placement during the scheduled time. The dates of Professional Experience may only be changed in exceptional, unplanned circumstances. Date variations are assessed on a case-by-case...

Professional Experience in the Graduate Certificate in Education (Early Childhood) course is designed to enable graduates to further demonstrate their practice in either a child care and education or Kindergarten (or equivalent) context. This PE involves active observation and participation and increased engagement in teaching and learning activities within a 3 – 5-year-old setting. This...

Within the Graduate Certificate in Education (Early Childhood) course Professional Experience (PE) is designed to enable graduates to further demonstrate their practice in a school context. This placement involves active observation, and participation, and increased engagement in teaching and learning activities with learners 6– 8 years. It is conducted over three consecutive weeks (15 days)....

This unit introduces the major factors impacting the quality and safety of seafood products. You will learn about microbial and enzymatic spoilage processes and the ways in which seafood processors mitigate these to extend the shelf life of seafood. You will also study food hazards and learn how to implement food safety systems. In the laboratory, you will learn to apply a range of microbiological...

The unit examines significant social problems in Australia and the work of the welfare state, through social policy, to solve them. This includes looking at discourses, social actors, institutions and historical events, and how these have shaped the way social problems are thought about and acted upon. Through different approaches to policy analysis and concepts such as neoliberalism,...

This unit explores issues relating to diffusion of innovation, technology acceptance, and change management. Relevant theories relating to these areas are critically analysed. Strategies for successful implementation of technology are explored, including the identification of barriers to implementation. The diffusion of technology from the organisational and social context of health care is...

This unit introduces you to educational psychology and the theories of learning, relating them to contemporary teaching practices. As a result of studying this unit, you will understand why contemporary teaching practice is focused on learning rather than just educational delivery or training, and be able to incorporate this knowledge into your teaching and learning strategies. Various approaches...

How do screen and audio texts communicate powerful and meaningful stories for their audiences? This unit introduces you to the fundamentals of dynamic storytelling for both the screen and audio industries. With a special focus on video and the podcast, students are introduced to visual and aural techniques and conventions. This includes learning about narrative, form, scripting, visual style,...

Protected areas cover more than 15% of global land mass, 20% of Australian land, and 40% of Tasmania. Effective conservation and management of this significant land estate is central to achieving global conservation and sustainable development goals.  Conservation professionals need to ...

This unit examines one of the most well documented periods in classical antiquity: the last century of the Roman Republic. We view the social, cultural, and political turmoil of this era through the lenses of ancient literary sources and modern scholarship. We analyse how ancient Romans perceived and represented the transformative changes and extraordinary individuals of the late Republic and...