In this unit you will examine demographic trends in the ageing population along with social and cultural determinants of health and how these factors continue to shape the needs of older people in society. You will investigate how these needs can be addressed, including an exploration of key elements of aged and dementia health and social care service provision in Australia and other countries....

In this unit you will apply skills to develop and justify a clinically relevant research project by reviewing relevant literature and writing a draft methods section.  You will also conduct data collection and complete a draft results section. ...

In this unit, you will synthesise skills pertaining to the development, implementation and evaluation of clinical research, culminating in the submission of an empirical research thesis suitable for publication in a peer-reviewed journal. ...

This unit is designed to provide police officers seeking advancement with contemporary evidence and best practice around the policing of domestic family violence. Topics to be covered include most recent research on risk factors, victim and offender characteristics and presentation, the impact of family violence on children; barriers to reporting; feedback from the public on the policing of...

Introduction to Markets and the Economy introduces the key concepts in economics, microeconomics and macroeconomics. It demonstrates how these concepts can be used to describe and explain the decisions of businesses and individuals and their reaction to world events, social and economic change and government policy. The unit explains why and when markets work and fail. Many of the problems that...

Support services, both mainstream and specialised, are adopting contemporary disability practices to enable self-determination, choice and control by people with disability. This unit examines the evolution of disability practice with particular emphasis on the reforms arising from the Disability Royal Commission and the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). Using a rights-based framework,...

Spanning over four centuries, from the Italian Renaissance in the late Middle Ages to the French Revolution in 1789, this unit explores the history of Early Modern Europe, a crucial period in shaping both Europe and the world we live in today. It investigates cultural, intellectual and religious change; the rise of the modern state; war and empire; the emergence of human rights; and modern...

The unit equips students with the necessary knowledge and skills to analyse, design, and troubleshoot transmission lines and electromagnetic systems and devices. Topics covered in the unit include transmission lines, impedance matching and Smith Charts, Maxwell’s equations, static and dynamic electromagnetic fields, propagation of plane waves in free space and lossy media, and reflection and...

Bachelor of Architecture and Built Environments Architecture Technology units focus on establishing key concepts and principles related to the physical facts of architecture and human experience of these facts. At Introductory level, these units provide foundational knowledge and skills in structure, construction and material performance. In Architecture Technology: Materials and Making you will...

Students completing this unit will acquire advanced problem-solving and analytical skills for the ‘diagnosis’ of service delivery blockages, quality and safety issues, and system inefficiencies. The unit draws upon a solid theoretical and empirical basis and introduces students to a range of best practice healthcare redesign models and tools for use within primary, secondary, and tertiary...