Units
The individual subjects inside each degree: what’s taught, how it’s assessed, and when it runs.
4,303 units
| Code | Unit | Faculty | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| DID30003 | Products in Context: Theories of Industrial Design This unit addresses the history of the industrial design discipline in the context of local and international developments. From the ‘birth’ of the discipline at the time of the Industrial Revolution, through two World Wars, and through tim… | Design | 3 |
| DID30004 | Online Enterprise and Opportunities This unit explores the development, marketing and financing of new products, systems and services through the use of new media to create business opportunities. The unit will develop an understanding of users through the creation of a self-… | Design | 3 |
| DID40001 | Capstone: Industrial Design Major Project 1 This unit involves a detailed and professional level project that is executed to an industry standard and it will introduce students to core research skills that relate directly to design theory and practice. Students will be asked to respo… | Design | 4 |
| DID40002 | Capstone: Industrial Design Major Project 2 This unit involves a detailed and professional level project that is executed to an industry standard. The project addresses the developments undertaken in Capstone: Industrial Design Major Project 1 to enable a high quality project outcome… | Design | 4 |
| DIG20001 | Immersive Screen Narratives Immersive Screen Narratives introduces students to contemporary and emerging screen production practices with a focus on immersive video and spatial audio. Students will explore how immersive video and spatial audio redefines the traditiona… | Design | 2 |
| DPD20001 | Digital Modelling This unit aims to introduce basic drafting conventions and product detailing used to specify the manufacture and assembly of products. Skills in CAD software for parametric 3D solid modelling will be developed and enable the generation of p… | Design | 2 |
| DPD20002 | Product Design Engineering Studio The Product Design Studio will introduce a range of Product Design skills including innovative idea generation, visualisation and sketching techniques for communication of both external and internal product detail. Additionally, the develop… | Engineering | 2 |
| DPD20004 | Sustainable Product Design Project This unit is based on an industry project and aims to introduce the principles of sustainable design by developing an understanding of sustainable issues and an appreciation the impact of production and consumption patterns on the world’s… | Engineering | 2 |
| DPD30001 | Advanced Product Design This unit of study aims to have you build upon innovative idea generation, problem solving and visualisation skills with the practical implementation of engineering studies such as Thermodynamics 1 and Machine Design. This unit will use ind… | Engineering | 3 |
| DPD30002 | Design for Social Responsibility This unit develops an understanding of user-centred design through the subject theme of ‘Social Responsibility’, focusing on user-centred design for aged care, health care, childcare and users with disabilities, other special needs or c… | Engineering | 3 |
| DPD40002 | Global Design This unit elevates students’ product design and engineering skills to a professional level by using project management skills, product detailing and professional communication through product design projects in a context of ‘Global Desi… | Engineering | 4 |
| DPD40004 | Professional Design Attributes This unit develops students’ professional attributes and fine-tune product design skills by exploring entrepreneurial skills, ethical design, digital communication, interpersonal skills and management. It also aims to strengthen the student… | Design | 4 |
| DWG1201 | Drawing: Introduction An intensive program facilitating the acquisition and development of practical and intellectual skills required by art and design students in the practice of drawing. This unit explores the ways drawing methodologies can contribute to the d… | Art, Design and Architecture | 1 |
| EAE1011 | The Earth system: From the core to the atmosphere This unit is a core unit for further studies in geosciences, climate and atmospheric science, and environmental earth science. The Earth is a constantly changing complex system involving many physical, chemical, and biological processes bot… | Science | 1 |
| EAE1022 | The Earth system: Changing environments and climates This unit is a core unit for further studies in geosciences, climate and atmospheric science, environmental earth science, geographical science, and environmental science. We live on a constantly changing planet. In this unit, you will anal… | Science | 1 |
| EAE2011 | Environmental problem solving and visualisation This unit will provide you with the ability to solve a wide-ranging set of common problems in environmental and climate science. Through practical problem solving it will introduce quantitative methods and techniques used in environmental a… | Science | 2 |
| EAE2051 | Introduction to the formation and evolution of planets This unit is an introduction to the processes that led to formation of planets in our solar system, and controlled their evolution over the last 4.56 billion years. It starts with aspects of larger scale astronomy to generate a picture of o… | Science | 2 |
| EAE2111 | Introduction to climate science From the humid tropics to the polar deserts, Earths diverse array of climates are the result of complex physical, chemical and biological processes and their interactions. This unit provides an introduction to the Earth's climate system and… | Science | 2 |
| EAE2122 | Introduction to atmospheric physics and dynamics This unit will provide you with the basic skills and knowledge to analyse various physical and dynamical processes in the atmosphere relevant to weather and climate. You will be introduced to the major processes leading to cloud and precipi… | Science | 2 |
| EAE2322 | Soil, water and vegetation In this unit, you will learn to analyse the intricate relationship between soils, water, and vegetation in natural and human-modified environments. These components play a critical role in the development, maintenance, and functioning of ec… | Science | 2 |
| EAE2511 | Deep earth processes This unit is about understanding processes that continuously change the Earth's crust. The unit starts with minerals and magmatic and volcanic rocks, focusing on how they form and how volcanic activity is controlled by plate tectonics. It t… | Science | 2 |
| EAE2522 | Earth surface dynamics This unit focuses on the methods used to decipher the geological history the Earth from the sedimentary rock record. Topics covered include sedimentology, sedimentary petrology, stratigraphy, physical volcanology and palaeontology. You will… | Science | 2 |
| EAE2532 | Field geology and geological mapping The goal of this unit is to provide you with they key skills required to collect and analyse structural, lithological and stratigraphic data in the field, including how to construct and analyse geological maps. Relevant theoretical and prac… | Science | 2 |
| EAE3000 | Earth, atmosphere and environment research project This unit allows you to devote yourself to a major research project during your third year. The project may involve field and/or laboratory work and will introduce you to current research in Earth, Atmospheric, or Environmental sciences. Th… | Science | 3 |
| EAE3012 | Geographical information systems and remote sensing This unit introduces basic principles, methods, techniques and applications of GIS and remote sensing. It covers basics of GIS and remote sensing, spatial data collection and management, spatial data manipulation, spatial data analysis and… | Science | 3 |
| EAE3022 | Hydrogeology Groundwater is a critical resource and an essential component of the natural environment. This unit addresses groundwater flow and the hydrological cycle, groundwater chemistry and the origins of solutes in water, use of isotopic tracers to… | Science | 3 |
| EAE3032 | Geophysical interpretations in geoscience, geography and environmental science This unit focuses on processing and interpretation of geophysical datasets to prepare you for employment beyond your degree. The use of geophysical datasets to assist in understanding Earth systems and the Earth sub-surface is a desired ski… | Science | 3 |
| EAE3042 | Antarctica in the Earth System You will study the role of Antarctica and the southern ocean in earth and climate systems, and the risks that changes in this region poses to society and the environment. You will learn about past changes in Antarctica, how to quantify curr… | Science | 3 |
| EAE3051 | Palaeoclimatology: Discovering Earth's past climate Palaeoclimatology is the study of past changes to Earth's climate. You will study past climate changes across different time scales in order to provide context for present-day human-induced climate change. You will examine the evolution of… | Science | 3 |
| EAE3111 | Climate dynamics This unit gives an introduction to the dynamics and processes that govern the large-scale physical climate system. The following questions are the main focus of this unit: What dynamics control the physical climate? How would the climate ch… | Science | 3 |