This unit provides students with an opportunity to prepare a journal article for publication based on a previous research or design activity in a laboratory or field setting in STEM. This Research and Design Publication unit consists of 3 to 4 weeks (ca. 150 hours) of time commitment. ...

This unit examines the new harmonized national work, health and safety legislation, associated regulations and codes of practice and the roles that police play in their implementation. This includes interventions dealing with dynamic and formal risk assessments including hazard identification, management and emergency response. Particular attention is also placed on (i) accident/incident scene...

The aim of this unit is to develop your English language knowledge and skills to the standards required for successful postgraduate studies at UTAS. The unit focuses on the technical aspects of English (such as developing appropriate vocabulary, taking notes, reading for gist and writing summaries) as well as academic reading and writing skills. The unit helps you to gain confidence in studying...

This unit offers an investigative insight into the fundamentals of management. Encompassing platform leadership and organisation theory, a brief history of management theory will be followed by investigations into different theories of organisations. You will explore topics under three key areas being: underpinning knowledge/theories; applying theory to practice; contemporary and future...

The aim of this unit is to help you develop the necessary academic and communication skills for successful postgraduate studies at UTAS. including a critical understanding of the responsibilities and expectations of postgraduate level studies. It will help you develop a postgraduate ‘mind set’ with appropriate attitudes and behaviors towards studying, fellow students and the wider academic...

Data Handling and Statistics 1 is the first of three applied statistics units offered by the School of Natural Sciences (Mathematics). Statistics is the science of decision making, and as such forms a key foundation of any scientific research. This unit develops skills in statistical analysis and project design. Data Handling and Statistics 1 is an applied unit that develops conceptual...

Exploration in data-rich environments, close to existing mines, has become a preferred method of increasing company resources in recent years. With that exploration philosophy in mind, this Masters-level unit is designed to bring students up to date with the latest techniques and analytical approaches applicable to exploration in data rich environments. The unit covers cutting-edge approaches to...

This unit examines the roles and functions that the police play as a major agency of governance in society. The structures and strategies of policing are analysed and the relationships between the police, other governmental institutions and the general public are discussed. Students examine a range of contemporary issues impacting on policing including: police accountability; police culture;...

Organisations impact, and are impacted by, the societies in which they operate. That is, they are part of a broader social system. Society generally, and different groups of stakeholders specifically, expect an organisation to accept various responsibilities with respect to how it interacts with, and how it is accountable to, different stakeholders. Failure to comply with particular...

This unit is available to candidates undertaking the Graduate Certificate in Research. It is a self-directed learning unit. A Learning Agreement must be completed and submitted for approval before undertaking or engaging in self-directed learning. ...