Thermodynamics is a key area within the marine engineering discipline. The purpose of this unit is to provide the necessary knowledge and skills in understanding the design concepts and applying basic thermodynamic principles to safely operate main and auxiliary machinery. This unit develops skills in managing the efficient operation of such plants and machinery by the marine engineers. The...

On completion of this unit a student will be able to plan and manage a voyage using advanced navigation techniques and to lead and manage the bridge team under differing circumstances including search and rescue. The knowledge acquired during formal lectures and presentations is applied and tested during extensive trials under simulated conditions in an approved ship simulator, which will include...

The purpose of this unit is to introduce physical oceanographic concepts, including the ocean's circulation and physical structure to students with a broad background in university level physics and mathematics. The unit will cover seawater properties, instruments and observing platforms, equations of motion, geostrophic circulation, Ekman layer theory and wind driven circulation, meridional...

Studios in the Master of Architecture emphasise professionalism, critical and rigorous design thinking, knowledge of contemporary and emergent theories, technologies and practices, and the development of skills for a diversity of future careers in architecture. Professional Project is the final capstone studio in the Master of Architecture. It focuses on the synthesis of skills required of...

Professional Studies introduces key principles of professional practice in architecture. A curated program of guest speakers by eminent practitioners locally, nationally and internationally, exposes you to a diversity of organisations and practices within architecture and the building industry. You will gain an understanding of the roles and responsibilities of various professionals in the design...

Protective Security relates to security governance (including supporting a positive security culture), information security (including cyber security), personnel security (including employees and contractors) and physical security (providing a safe and secure physical environment for an organisation’s people, information and assets). This fully online unit provides you with a thorough...

Discover how a truck driver reinvented shipping! This unit introduces you to the theory and practice of strategic management, focusing on strategic thinking and decision making in a networked industry.  Throughout your study you will be asked to place yourself in the position of a strategic manager and to use your creativity and ingenuity in mapping out strategic directions that will help...

The unit aims to give students the skills to analyse structures as a foundation skill to the design, construction and supervision of structural projects. Topics include analysis of internal forces, stresses and deflections in statically determinate and indeterminate frames using the force and slope-deflection methods, an introduction to column buckling, and an introduction to structural analysis...

Sustainable Cultures asks students to research and interrogate typical paradigms of architectural production to support sustainable and respectful approaches to practice. You will be asked to engage with professional, academic, and Australian Indigenous sources of knowledge in rigorous ways, gaining an understanding of the intertwining aspects of culturally and environmentally responsive...

In a globalised and technologically connected world, transnational crime is a growing phenomenon. Crimes perpetrated across national borders and cannot be solved by one agency or jurisdiction alone; they require a unified regional or global response to combat them. This unit will explore a broad range of criminal activities including people trafficking, trafficking of illicit goods (i.e., drugs,...