The Accounting Framework is an introductory accounting unit concerned with the fundamentals of financial accounting. The unit includes an introduction to the basic principles of accrual accounting and the five elements of financial reports (i.e. assets, liabilities, owners equity, revenue and expenses). The unit focusses on the key financial statements from the preparers perspective – the...

Finance is a discipline that deals with the sources and uses of money by individuals, businesses and governments. Financial institutions and markets are the structures through which individuals and organisations access finance. These institutions and markets are therefore an effective lens to understand the fundamentals of finance. Commencing with the way institutions and markets balance the...

This unit is designed to develop your knowledge and skills in relation to your leadership role for clinical supervision in health and human service professions. This unit emphasizes the continuous process of reflecting on and improving personal supervisory practices, ensuring that students are equipped to lead and innovate in their professional environments. Students in this unit will explore...

This unit develops critical thinking and deeper evaluation of research for advanced students studying the neurobiology of dementia. Students form a peer critique group to examine articles in domains of particular interest. Five papers are selected from student proposals to evaluate in an online journal club environment, with input and guidance from academics experienced in the field. Students...

Climate change is a determining factor in how we plan for cities and regions, including how we mitigate, and adapt to, large-scale disasters. In this unit, you will gain practical experience in planning for adaptive futures and circumventing maladaptive outcomes. You will critically evaluate different political and economic approaches that can inform strategic planning, like market-based economics...

This Unit is co-requisite with Unit CNA740. In this Unit students will employ a critical reflective and problem-based learning approach to support the development of the knowledge, skill and attitudinal competencies required for effective practice as beginning level specialist practitioners in mental health nursing. Students will also keep a Clinical Journal as a portfolio of evidence of...

This unit examines the creation of the United States of America by focusing on two significant conflicts. We begin by studying the origins and outcomes of the eighteenth century American War of Independence - an event that was both a civil war within the British Empire and an American Revolution. We then study how tensions within the new republic, particularly over slavery, led to an American...

This unit explores some of Australia’s most challenging environmental controversies, and the legal and policy context in which they arise. It uses a range of topical issues and case studies to introduce students to the framework for national and international environmental regulation, encouraging them to see how laws operate and apply in specific situations. Through these case studies, students...

This is a unit suitable for anyone curious about the challenges of communication in the 21st Century. Frequently, in our globalised society, we need to communicate with others across certain boundaries: space, different electronic mediums, time, culture and language. Even seemingly straightforward communication involves the translation of ideas between people regardless of whether they speak the...

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...