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 across the democratic world to highlight the challenges confronting advanced democracies in the 21st Century. ...

This unit is centred on the significant role of multimodal texts in children’s lives. It will incorporate studies of how text, images, sound, gesture, movement, and space work together to shape narrative. Multimodal texts will include picturebooks, graphic novels, television, film, theatre, computer games, and digital worlds.  During the unit you will explore materials developed by the...

This unit supports professionals undertaking a small-scale systematic investigation into an aspect of early childhood education within a learning context or setting. It aims to enhance students' analytical and critical thinking skills through a focus on research skill development. The key purpose of this professionally based inquiry is to enhance students' abilities in inquiry, analysis and...

This unit examines sport and recreation organisations across the business, government, and community sectors. You will analyse the current contexts underpinning successful practice at state, national, and international levels and investigate the nature and characteristics of the challenges that sport and recreation organisations face within a dynamic contemporary environment. You will develop key...

The Probationary Assessment Portfolio [PAP] is a practical demonstration of theoretical learnings taught during the residential component of the recruit training course. The PAP involves 70+ tasks that illustrate a police officers’ ability to put into practice the knowledge of legislation/policy/learnings, previously explored in the university units and at the police academy during the recruit...

The Probationary Assessment Portfolio [PAP] is a practical demonstration of theoretical learnings taught during the residential component of the recruit training course. The PAP involves 70+ tasks that illustrate a police officers’ ability to put into practice the knowledge of legislation/policy/learnings, previously explored in the university units and at the police academy during the recruit...

This unit will explore the exciting field of virtual reality, mixed reality and the advanced concepts and technologies for interfacing humans with complex machines. We will discuss their potential impact on the way we think about computers and the way we interact with them. The unit will provide an introduction to advanced human-computer interfaces such as Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality...

Exercise Scientists can be found all across the community, working in a range of industries to improve health, wellbeing, fitness, and performance. Key areas of practice include occupational and corporate health, primary prevention, education, sport and recreation, fitness and exercise training, ...

This unit allows students to examine the link between ethics, legislation and governance. The unit will investigate the need for ethics to inform legislation, the translation of that legislation into policy, and how policy is enacted through governance. The unit presents the fundamentals of health sector governance in a cross-disciplinary way by integrating legal, management, administration,...