Found 1060 study abroad units
LLB102 Torts
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Law
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February) and Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
In this unit, you will apply the skills you are developing in LLB101 Introduction to Law and be introduced to the skills of legal problem solving and legal interviewing and questioning as you look at how the law of torts operates in a real world context. The knowledge and skills that you develop in this unit provide a foundation for more advanced units in later years. The study of torts law is required for admission as a legal practitioner in Australia.
LLB101 Introduction to Law
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Law
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February) and Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
Introduction to Law provides a necessary foundation for legal studies by introducing you to core legal knowledge and the skills of legal reasoning, problem solving, legal writing and research.
LLB104 Contemporary Law and Justice
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Law
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
This unit provides a foundation for the development of your legal oral communication, critical thinking, research and collaboration skills that will be further developed in later units including LLH201 Legal Research, LLB203 Constitutional Law, LLB204 Commercial and Personal Property Law, and LLB303 Evidence. A key emphasis of the unit is on the interaction of Australia's first peoples with the Australian legal system and introducing you to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledges and perspectives of law, which will be further examined in LLB106 Criminal Law, LLB301 Real Property Law, and LLB303 Evidence.
LLB108 Law, Governance and Sustainability
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Law
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
In this core unit, you will develop an understanding of sustainability as a fundamental principle of law and governance. You will apply legal problem solving and critical thinking skills that you are developing in other first year units to contemporary problems of domestic and global sustainability. A key focus of this unit is learning about public international law as a global system of rules to address transnational sustainability issues. This unit also prompts students to critically reflect on the role of the law and the legal profession in driving sustainability outcomes.
EGH423 Fluid Dynamics
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Mechanical, Medical and Process Engineering
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
As a professional engineer you will be competent to practice as outlined in the Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competency Standard for Professional Engineers, including discipline specific knowledge and skills in engineering fluid dynamics.This unit builds on your understanding of fluid mechanics, thermodynamics and mathematics by studying viscous, transient and compressible fluid flows, together with the analysis and design of fluid machines including pumps and turbines. You will learn about the application of dimensional analysis to experimental results, theoretical and analytical problem solving methods based on idealized versions of real engineering systems, and numerical studies based on the application of computational fluid dynamics (CFD). This unit relies on a prior understanding of dynamics, fluid mechanics and thermodynamics studied in introductory and intermediate units.
EGH422 Heat Transfer
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Mechanical, Medical and Process Engineering
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
As a professional engineer you will be competent to practice as outlined in the Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competency Standard for Professional Engineers, including discipline specific knowledge and skills in heat transfer. This unit introduces the fundamental principles of heat transfer, together with key concepts of heat conduction, convection, radiation and mass diffusion while implementing conceptual and mathematical design exercises under each key concept. In this unit you will apply these principles and analysis methods to design and analysis of real world engineering problems involving design optimal heat/mass insulations and efficient heat/mass exchangers with sustainability considerations. This unit relies on a prior understanding of fluid mechanics and thermodynamics studied in your previous year or equivalent units.
EGH421 Vibration and Control
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Mechanical, Medical and Process Engineering
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
The ability to analyse and control the dynamic behaviour of machinery and processes is core competency for mechanical engineers. In this unit, you will be introduced to the theory and techniques that underpin dynamic systems analysis and control system engineering, including: transfer function representations, stability, steady-state behaviour, and frequency response. You will then use these techniques to design controllers to achieve certain transient and steady-state performance criteria. Together, these concepts and analysis tools will provide you with a solid foundation to develop real-world controllers, including the ubiquitous proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controller. In this capstone unit, you will draw on the earlier dynamics units EGB321 Dynamics of Machines, and EGB211 Dynamics. An embedded mathematics module, constituting 20% of the unit, provides advanced methods that support student learning in the engineering context.
BVB321 Ecosystem Protection
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Biology and Environmental Science
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
Invasive species cause substantial and costly negative effects to native ecosystems. An understanding of the ecological processes by which they are introduced, establish and spread in new regions is essential for their control and to ensure the protection of ecosystems. Invasive species are now so widespread that they will be encountered in some way in a wide range of careers in ecology and environmental science. Invasive species can cause devastatiing effects in native ecosystemsand within agro-ecosystems. Managing invasive species populations in a sustainable manner requires science and sophistication. Integrating and extending work introduced in earlier units, you will learn the skills and concepts that are necessary to understand, analyse and manage invasive species, and the processes of biological invasion.
EUB010 Real World Integrated STEM Education
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Education
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
Unit synopsis
This unit equips you to understand how Integrated STEM contributes to the investigation and solution of real-world problems, where this field aligns with the Early Years Learning Framework and the Australian Curriculum, and how learners learn through contextualised Integrated STEM projects. The unit promotes skills for developing innovative pedagogies and strategies for integrating curriculum to create real-world STEM education in classrooms. The unit enables you to build on teaching areas related to science, technology, engineering and/or mathematics, appropriate to the context in which you will teach. The Integrated STEM approach enables prior discipline, curriculum and pedagogical knowledge to be framed in authentic learning contexts that simulate real-world practice.
BVB328 Applications in Biotechnology
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Biology and Environmental Science
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
Biotechnology underpins the manufacture of a wide variety of products on which society depends. Such products include pharmaceuticals, chemicals, fuels, and foods. With the major advances in biotechnology and the ability to engineer biological systems in recent decades, biotechnology offers the generation of better products at lower cost with reduced environmental impacts. As such, both established companies and start-ups are making a major impact on the global stage to deliver products that we use every day. You will learn about a variety of biotechnology applications from both a technical and a business perspective. Your learning will be contextualised with local and international biotechnology company case studies and you will perform an entire biotechnology process during practical classes. At the end of the unit you will have a deep understanding of the biotechnology industry and the technologies that underpin it as well as an awareness of the opportunities it offers.
EUB005 The Global Teacher, Learner and Citizen
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Education
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
Unit synopsis
This unit will provide you with opportunities to develop your capacity to teach in an interconnected, diverse and rapidly changing world. Building on your knowledge and expertise gained from your core units, the unit considers how learners can critically examine global developments that are significant to both the world at large and their own lives. Practitioner examples together with a variety of subject matter drawn from frameworks for global education including; global competence, intercultural education, global citizenship education, values education and education for sustainable development, will be considered through which key principles and practices of contemporary pedagogy will be explored. This unit will enhance your understanding of how a global and intercultural outlook can be embedded within your education setting.
JSB338 Action and Advocacy for Child Protection
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Justice
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
This unit equips you with essential skills for child protection advocacy and awareness. Understanding child protection practice is crucial for justice professionals in violence prevention and criminology. It enables you to identify harm and intervene in cases of maltreatment, ensuring the safety and well-being of children. Knowledge of child protection systems, and trauma-informed and culturally competent practices enhances your ability to support vulnerable families and contribute to a safer society. You will practice interviewing parents, conducting risk assessments, and creating case plans. This unit provides the foundation needed to make a meaningful impact in these fields.
EUB004 Including Students with Learning Difficulties
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Education
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
The aims of this unit are twofold: a) to develop your knowledge of the learning characteristics of students with learning difficulties (in reading, writing and math) and b) to build your capability to design evidence-based educational resources for supporting these students in inclusive contexts. This option unit will focus on evidence-based strategies to ensure identification and high quality instruction for students with specific learning difficulties (dyslexia, dysgraphia and dyscalculia) within a tiered support system. As a pre-service teacher, you will develop your competence to disseminate your scholarly knowledge to professional audiences.
BVB330 Synthetic Biology
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Biology and Environmental Science
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
The field of Synthetic Biology has emerged from decades of advances in DNA sequencing and editing technologies. Thanks to the increasing information available describing DNA sequence-function relationships, scientists can design and build new biological parts (like enzymes), new genetic programs (connecting multiple biological parts), and even new organisms. These products of synthetic biology are used improve agricultural practices, reduce pollution, develop new therapeutics, and create new bio-based chemicals and materials. In this unit you will be introduced to bioinformatic tools for analysing DNA, and for designing new genetic circuits. You will apply this knowledge to design, edit and implement genetic programs in vitro and in live organisms, and develop data analysis skills.
JSB339 Understanding Trauma in Criminology
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Justice
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
This unit addresses the ways in which trauma is important to theory and practice in criminal justice and social justice discourse. Trauma informed practice is explored in ways that introduce students to theory and skills in order to inform their engagement with policy and practice and expand their understanding of professional work in criminal justice. This is particularly important in understanding intergenerational trauma in Indigenous and other vulnerable communities. This unit will help to prepare you for careers working in criminal justice agencies and policy development in criminal justice related fields.
DFB216 Wearables
Unit information
- School/discipline
- Fashion
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
This unit introduces wearable product design for the purposes of enhancing the user experience within a given context. It provides knowledge and skills to design interactive wearable products. It focuses on demonstrating the use of emerging technologies and rapid prototyping techniques for the purposes of designing wearable products that enhance the user experience within a given context. This unit is designed as an intermediate experience of your course and as such it is desirable that you have completed design foundation units, tangible media or textiles and technology units prior to enrolling in this unit. This unit provides you with opportunities to build, develop and apply creative design proficiency in the context of wearable design and wearable technologies.
KYB210 Art and Social Change
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Creative Arts
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February) and Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
This unit critically examines the relationship between art, culture and social change. Drawing on art in its broadest multidisciplinary sense, you will learn about: Some key examples of art's relationship to social change since 1945, including visual, audio, and performance practices and movements. The impact of art as both a stimulus to and response to cultural, social and environmental issues The power dynamics underpinning the creation of and representation of diverse identities and communities in art, including First Nations perspectives. The responsibility of artists as creative practitioners and cultural intermediaries and the importance of critical and contextual research in creating work for publics. This unit builds on some of the foundational concepts and approaches introduced in KYB110 Art, Text and Context.
DFB209 Global Fashion History
Unit information
- School/discipline
- Fashion
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
This unit introduces the foundations of fashion history through a global perspective of trade, culture and style flows between the West and the East. It presents a new approach to the study of fashion history as an exchange between cultures through a critical and interdisciplinary approach. The unit provides you with the opportunity to build your fashion knowledge in the context of complex global cultural and commercial exchanges in fashion. It unravels competing cultural and political discourses of dress in colonial contexts, recognising the multiple sites that contributed to the emergence of fashion. It provides you with skills in written and oral communication; research and visual analysis; and creative skills. Importantly, it will help you to identify and understand current influences and future directions in contemporary fashion design.
DFB208 Fashion Textiles
Unit information
- School/discipline
- Fashion
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
This unit covers applied textile design in the past, present and future. It will explore the cultural, social and industrial significance of textiles. The unit will provide opportunities to learn about the techniques involved with textile production. You will draw on this to experiment with and design textiles in line with industry trends and challenges, and explore avenues in speculative design into textile futures.
MZB125 Introductory Engineering Mathematics
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Mathematical Sciences
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February) and Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
Professional engineers have a "conceptual understanding of the mathematics, numerical analysis, statistics, and computer and information sciences which underpin the engineering discipline" (Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competency Standard for Professional Engineer). This unit will serve as the transition from high school mathematics to university, particularly if you have not studied Queensland Specialist Mathematics (formerly called Senior Mathematics C) or equivalent. You will learn about elementary functions, their derivatives and integrals, the algebra of complex numbers, and vectors and matrices. Mathematical techniques and problem solving skills are employed in a range of mathematical exercises and contextualised problems, illustrating how these concepts and techniques are used in engineering systems. In future units you will continue to apply the mathematical knowledge and skills you have learned in this unit to increasingly complex problems.
PVB306 Solid State Physics and Quantum Statistics
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Chemistry and Physics
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
The development of new materials is pivotal for the technology advancements of our society, with outcomes in every aspect of human life, spanning from reducing our environmental impact, to improving communication and computing, to achieving a better healthcare. The aim of this unit is to establish fundamental concepts and physical principles that describe the behaviour of solids at both the macroscopic level and at the atomic level. This is an advanced unit that builds upon conceptual physical and mathematical principles of earlier units (in particular quantum mechanics, classical mechanics, electrodynamics, and statistical mechanics) and you will apply them to understand the properties of real-world materials. Through lectures, practical classes and simulations the unit will provide you with strong foundation in solid state physics.
PVB305 Electromagnetism and Optics
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Chemistry and Physics
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
Electromagnetism is one of the fundamental forces of nature that underpins almost all aspects of modern technology. In this unit, you will develop theoretical knowledge and understanding of electromagnetism from electric charge to more advanced topics such as electrostatics, magnetostatics, and Maxwell's equations. From this formalism you will derive properties of electromagnetic waves and how they interact with matter. This will lead to physical optics and applications such as the laser and waveguides. This unit will extend your mathematical knowledge and techniques from earlier units to explore and analyse these advanced physics concepts. By completing this unit, you will gain both advanced theoretical knowledge and real-world skills relevant to careers in technology-driven industries.
PVB307 Physics in Practice
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Chemistry and Physics
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February)
Unit synopsis
You will design and carry out a self-directed experimental investigation exploring a core concept in physics. You will document this work in a white paper format, designed to blend academic rigour with real-world communication. You will also explore the practice of physics within its professional and societal context, its ethical and legal implications, and how it interrelates with Indigenous perspectives and sovereignty both in Australia and globally.
PYB110 Psychological Research Methods
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Psychology and Counselling
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
Psychology is the scientific study of behaviour and cognition. This unit is designed to introduce students to the scientific method of research in psychology, research design, and data analysis. The unit covers elementary research design, operationalisation of variables, descriptive statistics, correlation, hypothesis testing using statistical tests such as t-tests, and qualitative research methods. By learning these research methods, students are expected to start developing a data-driven, evidence-based perspective on psychological issues.
IFB105 Database Management
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Information Systems
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February) and Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
This is an introductory unit on database addressing the core concepts, requirements and practices of databases. It introduces conceptual data modeling to address a key area of concern of modeling structured data to build a comprehensive understanding of the data aspect of a problem. You will learn how to transform such data model into a relational database design as well as how to effectively retrieve data through SQL queries. Normalization, database security/administration, other special topics and ethical aspects related to information systems are also covered. IAB207 Rapid Web App Development, IAB303 Data Analytics for Business Insights and the Capstone units IFB398 Capstone 1 and IFB399 Capstone 2 build on this unit for data storage/retrieval and business insights. IAB206 Modern Data Management extends this unit earning to unstructured data such as graphs and documents which are also gaining popularity in the real world.
IFB104 Introduction to Programming
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Computer Science
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February) and Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
This unit provides a hands-on introduction to computer programming for students with no prior coding experience at all. It introduces the basic principles of programming in a typical imperative language, including expressions, assignment, functions, choice and iteration. It then shows how to use Application Programming Interfaces to complete common Information Technology tasks such as querying databases, creating user interfaces, and searching for patterns in large datasets. It finally connects the technical approaches to professional and entrepreneurial contexts. The emphasis is on developing skills through practice, so the unit includes numerous coding exercises and assignments, using a simple scripting language, a code development environment and a Generative AI tool. The unit establishes a foundation for later subjects that teach large-scale software development using industrial-strength programming languages.
IGB383 AI for Games
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Computer Science
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
The core concepts, principles and practices of designing and implementing Artificial Intelligence (AI) within computer games are explored and implemented within this unit. The introduction of modern theoretical models as well as commercial examples provides a foundational understanding of both the history and future of Game AI. This is particularly important when designing natural and/or humanistic behavioural effects of Non-Player Characters (NPC). Knowledge and skills developed during this unit adhere directly to modern Game and AI development and are required of industry practitioners today. You will develop an understanding of the field and develop expertise in addressing modern Game AI algorithms and problems.
IFB103 IT Systems Design
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Information Systems
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February) and Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
The success of any IT system - whether a mobile, web app, or core platform - lies in the quality of its design. Design combines creative and technical skills to develop blueprints and prototypes that guide software development. Design covers frontend aspects where users access data and complete tasks, and backend aspects, including software components, databases, and platforms. This unit exposes you to these key design aspects. You will learn design principles and techniques alongside hands-on learning applied to real-world problems. This unit will fast-track your understanding by showing how applications like Google Maps and Facebook are designed. You will work individually and in teams, and learn to communicate design proposals using informal and formal diagrams to gain buy-in and support implementation. You will gain a coherent introduction to IT systems and the key professional roles involved in IT design work (e.g., systems/business analysts and solution architects).
IFB102 Introduction to Computer Systems
Unit information
- School/discipline
- School of Computer Science
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 1 (February) and Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
This is an introductory computer science unit concerning computer systems, in particular how modern computer systems work, how they are structured, and how they operate. Computer systems are ubiquitous and yet they are unlike any other man-made product or system; they appear magical and are notoriously difficult to work with and manage in projects. This unit’s goal is to demystify computer systems so you can appreciate, understand and utilise computer systems in their subsequent learning, and effectively participate in the IT industry. You will study computers, networks, operating systems and the Web. Raspberry Pi computers will be used throughout the unit and at the end you will build their own small computer system using a Raspberry Pi.
KWB212 Poetry and Poetics
Unit information
- School/discipline
- Creative Writing
- Study level
- Undergraduate units
- Availability
- Semester 2 (July)
Unit synopsis
This unit provides important creative and critical skills in writing poetry and cultivating an understanding of how to interpret and use poetic techniques. It explores a spectrum of contemporary and traditional forms of poetry, and is designed for those who are interested in poetics and the use of words in precise, innovative, concentrated and musical ways. It equips students with knowledge of the techniques, poetic forms and modes, and the opportunity to apply this vocabulary in analysing and reading a wide range of contemporary poetry. The unit provides key creative and critical skills in writing poetry, while offering you the chance to practice in a variety of poetic forms and modes, reflectively writing about your own poetry and analytically writing about the stylistics of another person’s work. The unit occurs at the mid-point of the creative writing major, preparing you for the advanced work of third year.