University Connections Program. (X0C). Overview 2025. Entry Requirements. Duration. Minimum 1 Year, up to a maximum of 3 Years. Duration. Duration refers to the minimum and maximum amounts of time in which this course can be completed. It will be

This unit will help you understand the role that accounting plays in providing accountability. We move beyond introductory accounting and explore the important role that accounting has in organisations, society and the environment. After completing this unit, you will have fundamental management and financial accounting knowledge, tools for analysing organisations’ external reports and a...

This unit will help you understand the role that accounting plays in providing accountability. We move beyond introductory accounting and explore the important role that accounting has in organisations, society and the environment. After completing this unit, you will have fundamental management and financial accounting knowledge, tools for analysing organisations’ external reports and a...

This unit develops an understanding of education in a range of contexts and in a global society. In the unit we will work together to develop a richer understanding of how we know about education as well as how to read and act on educational research in order to strengthen the nexus between research and practice. This unit recognises the cross-disciplinary approach that characterises work in this...

This unit is a compulsory unit in the accounting major as part of the accredited program and expands the skill, knowledge and understanding students have gained in BFA201 Financial Accounting. It integrates the theory and practice of financial accounting in relation to combined business entities. Students will critically evaluate professional and ethical decision making while applying...

This is an independent study project that requires the completion of an extended piece of writing such as a monograph, curriculum development document, professional development program, video, digital media output, or journal article for refereed publication. The design of the project should not involve research methods or publication of findings that require formal University Ethics Approval. ...

This is the second in a series of units developing competencies in applying survey instruments, field techniques and computational analyses to measure and solve geometric problems in natural and built environments. In this unit, you will gain a deeper understanding of measurement science and develop their ability to discern the appropriate application of precise survey methodologies for a range...

This unit will explore how biological processes lead to diseases and ill-health, as well as dying and death. Chronic illness will be a particular focus of this unit, with students exploring some of the chronic illnesses and associated risk factors that can be experienced by older adults, as well as multimorbidity. The unit will examine strategies to minimise the impact of chronicity and...

In this unit, you will learn about the processes for the design of engineered timber structures used in multistory and commercial buildings in compliance with the relevant Australian and International Standards. You will also learn about the design of timber structures for durability and fire. Prior knowledge of engineering design is assumed. ...

This unit is designed to test assumptions about the operation of organisations in different contexts. Students are offered an opportunity to explore different social, cultural, and behavioural dimensions of business through the in-depth comparative analysis of 'place'. Students will be required to employ reflective practice to critically explore managerial practices, leadership approaches and...

Design Research: Methods and Design Research: Communication are a suite of two units where you will explore the relationship between research and contemporary design practice and develop key skills in undertaking and communicating design research. The units provide the foundation for Advanced Design Research projects in the Master of Architecture. In this unit, Design Research: Communication, we...

Contemporary media is saturated with images of extreme weather events, hunger, poverty, conflict, pollution, austerity, and financial crisis. Mounting evidence suggests the 21st century will be defined by unprecedented challenges related to environmental instability, economic inequality and risks to social well-being on a global scale. The idea of sustainability has become a focal point in...

This unit provides the fundamental concepts that will underpin the teaching for the remainder of the physiotherapy -discipline specific unit content across the areas of musculoskeletal, cardiorespiratory and neurological physiotherapy.  You will learn about an overview of the physiotherapy profession, the key approaches to the physiotherapeutic management of the client within a client-centred...

In this unit, students will undertake an independent project requiring an investigation of an approved Humanities topic. Students will learn and demonstrate research skills in a multi-disciplinary cohort, but will also select and refine an individual research topic of their interest, within the expertise of a designated staff member in their discipline. They will meet regularly with this research...

In this unit, you will learn about the processes for the design of advanced timber joints and connections to Australian and European Standards. You will also learn to conduct finite element analysis of timber structures and connections and their optimisation through the incorporation of innovative design methods. ...

International Maritime Policy will bring you into contact with different issues, including legal, regulatory and policy issues, in contemporary integrated oceans management. The underlying theme is one of integrated policy, planning and management covering all uses of the sea. The modern maritime manager should have an appreciation of the many uses (and demands) of marine areas, the potential...

This unit offers an introduction to the fundamental concepts of biostatistics, providing a background in descriptive and analytical methods that are used to estimate associations between variables. This unit covers statistical theory, data entry and manipulation methods, data summarising, basic methods of association, and regression modelling. With the basic tools found within this course,...

The aim of the unit is to provide candidates with the skills and knowledge required to communicate effectively between ship and/or shore stations using the protocols laid down in the International Code of Signals (known as INTERCO), primarily using visual signals, but also using other methods. Other information of a practical nature is also included covering common flag etiquette. ...

This unit provides the students with the knowledge and skills to plan, manage, and carry out ¿fabrication work in machinery and associated metal parts with manual metal arc welding.¿ This unit meet the requirements for knowledge, understanding and proficiency set out by ¿the current Maritime Training Package, the STCW 2010 (Manila Amendments), Table A-¿III/1 of the STCW Code and relevant AMSA...

This unit introduces students to a range of learning theories and pedagogies appropriate for teaching Early Childhood (EC) and Primary mathematics. The unit will model and provide opportunities for students to engage with rich tasks, group work, problem solving, and differentiation using examples from across all domains of the Australian Mathematics Curriculum and the Early Years Learning...

This Unit integrates work and learning for final year Undergraduate degree students. It carries a 12.5 Credit Points (equivalent to one unit) and is an elective unit or specialisation unit in an Undergraduate degree offered by the TSBE. You will undertake an internship with the UTas Tax Clinic in Hobart or Launceston. This will ensure appropriate standards are maintained and the work projects and...

This Unit integrates work and learning for final year Masters degree students. It carries a 12.5 Credit Points (equivalent to one unit) and is an elective unit or specialisation unit in a Postgraduate degree offered by the TSBE. You will undertake an internship with the UTas Tax Clinic in Hobart or Launceston. This will ensure appropriate standards are maintained and the work projects and related...

This unit focuses on learning research methods to solve real problems. You will come to understand how to design research, define an argument in response to the problems, use scholarly databases, consider ethical issues in data collection, generate field data, analyse and present these data, interpret results, and reflect on all these processes and their application to, for example, policy and...

This unit introduces the work flow processes in shipyard related workshop and on-board operations. The former will include: all major workshops such as steel works, mechanical engineering, piping and electrical. On-board work will cover machinery, space, pumping operations, hull repairs, surface preparation and coating, dry-dock work and providing general services to the ship. This unit will...

Underwater Vehicle Technology is an advanced and specialist unit aimed at developing the students’ knowledge and understanding of naval architecture theories, concepts and principles required for the design torpedo-shaped underwater vehicles. This particular shape is the classic hull form used in modern underwater vehicles ranging from Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) to military submarines...