This unit examines the purpose and structure of assessment and reporting within a range of educational settings, including schools and VET. You will begin by reviewing a range of assessment types, including informal and formal, diagnostic, formative and summative, and their integration into the learning environment. You will develop an understanding of the feedback process, and develop strategies...

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This unit introduces you to the practical approaches taken in penetration testing – simulating aggressors in a cyber security penetration testing environment. The unit will be practical task focused and allow you to explore the penetration testing process from inception to completion with a focus on three key areas: Legal and Ethical considerations; conducting simulated penetration testing; and...

This unit is the mandatory first unit of the course, it is the foundational unit by setting up the student up for the remainder of the units in the course. It introduces the student to strategic management and shows the student how each unit fits into the course structure, and therefore, the final unit artifact, the Strategic Plan. The output of this unit is as follows: 1. Introduction to the...

Directed Theatre Project is dedicated to the development, rehearsal and presentation of a complete theatre production and builds on the skills and knowledge learnt in FPB316 Experimental Production 1 and FPB317 Global Media and Cybertheatres. Classes are conducted as rehearsals and design development of a performance text or other source material selected and directed by the Unit Lecturer. The...

This unit explores the evolution of the electronic health record (EHR). It examines the definition and context of the EHR, records management, the benefits and barriers of EHRs, the national health information agenda, the EHR as a socio-technical tool, ethical considerations, and the future of EHRs. ...

This unit will provide you with a practical understanding of operational budgeting and financial decision making, as well as other financial concepts, practices and tools used to measure and assess the financial performance of an organisation. The use of practical case studies, tasks and simulations will develop your financial skills and knowledge in order to apply them to any operational setting....

The purpose of this unit is to provide you with guidelines on how to communicate effectively with your clients and to ensure that you have the appropriate information from them to provide them with the best possible advice in your role as a Financial Adviser. This unit has been designed to provide you with suggested questions and formats for compliance to the current legislative requirements of...

Organisations are vulnerable to financial risk, including funding and liquidity risk, market risk from interest rate, exchange rate or commodity price movements, credit risk and operational risk. The purpose of this subject is to equip you with the necessary skills to assess these financial risks and manage them strategically with the use of financial instruments. The Financial Risk Management...

This unit is designed to introduce you to the foundational principles and processes of bioscience. Through module content, workshops, and activities, you will learn the basics of human anatomy and physiology and discover how each of the body systems work together to sustain life. You will also explore fundamental concepts in microbiology and biochemistry and learn how interactions at the cellular...

Marketing is a business function that goes beyond the mere act of selling or advertising, it encompasses the entire process through which value is created, captured and offered to customers. It is critical that organisations establish and maintain relationships with customers to achieve and sustain a competitive advantage. In order to compete effectively in an increasingly dynamic global market,...

The fundamental role of a surveyor is to measure and map urban and natural environments using specialist equipment and geometric computations. In this unit, you will learn about the fundamentals of surveying data collection, reduction and analysis techniques employed across all sectors of the profession. During the semester, you will develop theoretical and technical knowledge alongside the...

Geospatial Data Analytics is an innovative unit designed to provide you with foundational knowledge and practical skills in geospatial programming, building on the knowledge gained in KGG212 GIS: Spatial Analysis. With a primary focus on Python, a powerful and widely used programming/scripting language, this unit explores the latest tools and techniques in geospatial data processing and analysis,...

Global Political economy examines the institutional structures of the global economic system. These include the World Bank with a focus on finance for international development; the World Trade Organization, on managing the world’s contentious trading arrangements; the International Monetary Fund, on managing global finance and especially balance of payments and currency crises; the...

This unit is designed to provide you with an in-depth study between nutrients and food components on the biological systems in the human body. Concepts in cell biology, evolution and human diets, hunger-satiety, and nutrient effects on orexigenic vs. anorexigenic pathways, the digestive system and microbiota and gut-brain axis will be covered. The unit will introduce basic genetic concepts and...

This unit is more suitable for students in final year of their master program. In this unit, students will apply relevant research methods and knowledge gained from other units to carry out an industry research project. Students will work independently under the guidance and supervision of research-active academic staff. The industry research project should be related to the field of maritime and...

Entrepreneurship is a way of looking at business that is focused on opportunities, creativity and innovation, these concepts will be explored in this unit. You will have the opportunity to explore a passion for doing the things that are important to you whether related to business or not. Entrepreneurship is about challenge and persistence. It is about the development of an enterprising mindset,...

This unit focuses on clinical practice within the community and urgent care setting encompassing both primary and secondary health care needs. The unit integrates knowledge from structured clinical examination and diagnostics to inform diagnoses across complex chronic health conditions and those with common, acute or chronic primary health care needs. The unit explores evidence-based approaches...

This unit can provide you with an introduction to chemical principles sufficient to be used as a pre-requisite for first Year chemistry units that are part of a chemistry major at the University of Tasmania. It is not designed to be a replacement for Year 12 Chemistry as it only covers topics of direct relevance as a background to the first-year units. This unit covers introductory chemistry for...

This unit addresses the potential for land surveyors to incorporate land use planning principles and techniques into their professional work and focuses on a number of key planning issues that affect practicing land surveyors. Emphasis is placed on understanding Tasmania's statutory planning regimes and the Resource Management and Planning System. Considerable attention is paid to the creation,...