To provide the student with the skills and knowledge required to survive at sea in the event of ship abandonment. Equivalent to MARF009 Survive at sea in the event of vessel abandonment. ...

This unit will develop your competencies in applying economic and sustainability principles to health and healthcare policy and decision-making. You will learn about the importance of social, economic and environmental factors as determinants of health, and how health and healthcare in turn impact on the wider economy and the natural environment. You will develop a deeper understanding of how...

In this subject, you focus on environmental studies by understanding, recording, and critically reflecting on coastal environments. You are introduced to the skills of field observation, recording, and communicating natural and cultural stories within coastal environments. The unique Tasmanian coast is a naturally dynamic environment that changes with influences of wind, tides, waves, and weather...

This unit introduces you to the fundamentals of warehousing management and related distribution issues that are important for pursuing a career in the logistics, transport and maritime industries. Academic understanding and applied skills will be developed to the point where you will be able to analyse existing warehouse layout, processes, safety systems and equipment in order to identify ways to...

Advanced Chamber Music 1 provides students with an advanced unit of study in the preparation and presentation of major works of chamber music repertoire. The repertoire shall be determined and agreed upon by the students and unit coordinator at the commencement of semester and students will plan the subsequent rehearsal schedule and undertake the required research and repertoire analysis...

This unit provides students with a deeper understanding of thermodynamics and applies this knowledge to applications in typical building services such as refrigeration and air-conditioning system, and industrial projects such as desalination and power generation. The unit develops students' ability to observe, formulate and solve problems in applied thermodynamics, and provides an essential...

This unit introduces the concepts of information systems in a business environment. It examines what is meant by an information system, and how and why information systems are being used in business. The issues involved in developing, managing and controlling business information systems are also explored. The tutorials are designed to develop proficiency in business software applications such as...

The goal of the unit is to develop a thorough understanding of basic econometric methods so that the student can, at the end of this unit:Critically evaluate empirical studies in economics and finance which involve use of simple econometric techniques in estimation and inference;Develop an appreciation of the likely problems in data and know how to deal with them;Obtain a good background for a...

In this unit you will receive an introduction to oceanography- the interdisciplinary science of the oceans. You will learn about the physics of the ocean, including the forces that drive the movement of water and aspects important to the coastal oceans including tides and estuaries; the biogeochemistry of the ocean including the role of the ocean in the global carbon cycle and the factors that...

Modern statistical modelling (KMA356) is a third year undergraduate unit offered by the School of Natural Sciences (Mathematics). The unit presents modern statistical methods for developing applied models and confronting them with real world data. Students will be shown how simulation and Bayesian methods can be used for inference, using the R programming language within RStudio. Emphasis will...