This unit introduces legal, administrative, social and scientific aspects of environmental impact assessment using case studies. The unit emphasises the practical aspects of environmental impact assessment in Tasmanian contexts, but environmental impact assessment processes and legislation are similar in many parts of the world. Being able to navigate the Tasmanian system will translate well into...

This unit offers an opportunity to apply knowledge and skills developed in your Bachelor of Arts major in a work-based setting while strengthening your employability through career development learning and experience. You will be assigned to or negotiate an unpaid, part-time internship placement with an organisation approved by the University. As part of your internship, you will contribute to...

You will explore five contemporary entomological research areas in depth that have broad application to industry and society. These are reproduction, pollination, predation, herbivory and global insect declines. In each of these areas, you will examine evidence for and against current hypotheses and explore this research's application to applied areas such as sustainable pest management and crop...

This unit integrates the natural and social sciences to place contemporary maritime issues into a broader context. Its objective is to provide a comprehensive, multidisciplinary introduction to the management of uses of the international marine environment. It includes a series of lectures on oceanography, marine biology, chemistry and international law as enabling instruction for the more...

Students gain sufficient knowledge and skill as detailed in Section A-VI/4 para 4 through 6, and Table A-VI/4-2 of the Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for seafarers to manage the medical care of sick or injured persons on board ship. ...

This unit develops students’ knowledge and capabilities in managing the complex international freight system. The unit familiarises students with the various actors and activities involved in managing international freight, with specific focus on freight forwarding. Students are able to gain insights into freight forwarding operations and the day-to-day practical issues that go with the...

This unit enables students to extend their capacity to perform structural engineering analysis and design building on the basic concepts and fundamental principles of concrete materials and structural engineering analysis and design. The content of this unit covers concrete technology followed by analytical and design techniques for concrete cross-sections and members. The teaching emphasis in...

This unit will introduce students to the chemistry, biochemistry, and toxicology of foods. Food constituents are described in terms of their occurrence, nutritional significance, and reactivity during processing. This includes an understanding of the chemical and functional properties of food components, chemical interactions in foods and chemical effects on nutritional quality and functional...

Innovation in Medicine Safety will help you identify and analyse medication-safety issues encountered in a variety of clinical settings.  You will initially learn and appraise existing issues and interventions that attempt to improve the Quality Use of Medicines or address medication-safety issues. You will then create your own service and communicate the concept verbally. From this, you will...

Nero: misunderstood emperor, malevolent tyrant, or a monster of the middle order? This unit explores the enigmatic and transgressive literature produced during the reign of Nero (AD 54-68): the writings of the philosopher and tragic poet Seneca, the anarchic Satyricon of Petronius, and the brooding Civil War of Lucan. It also examines the representations of Nero himself in the biography of...