Business
Accountancy
AYB106 Accounting Processes and Systems
Accounting data is the basis for decision making in any organisation, making it important for any business professional to have a foundational level of knowledge and understanding of modern financial and managerial accounting theory and practice. Accordingly, this unit provides students with introductory knowledge of modern financial accounting theory and practice to develop an understanding of how accounting data is used to inform decisions in organisations. The unit covers financial procedures and reporting for business entities, analysis and interpretation of financial statements, planning, control, business decision making and information communication technologies.The knowledge and skills developed in this introductory unit are relevant to students in accounting and non-accounting majors.
AYB201 Financial Accounting and Reporting
External financial reports are a legal requirement for companies under the Australian Corporations Act and provide decision-useful information for interested users. Therefore, it is a requirement for accountants working in industry to know and understand: accounting concepts and procedures; specific technical accounting and legal requirements: and, general professional and ethical concepts. These are required in order to be able to prepare, present and explain external financial reports for users. Similarly, this knowledge and skill is a requirement for auditors who perform audits and reviews of external financial reports.
AYB301 Audit and Assurance
Audit and Assurance is a third year unit, which is included in the degree program to enable students to comprehend the key concepts of auditing as a discipline, to demonstrate the relationship between auditing and the systems of accountability and to demonstrate the differences between manual and computerised information systems (CIS) audit processes. The unit builds on the knowledge of accounting and accounting standards acquired in prior units by enabling students to understand in detail the audit process (including professional auditing standards and techniques and ethical requirements) which leads to the auditor providing an opinion on the truth and fairness of financial reports of various types of entities.
AYB340 Company Accounting
As an accountant, most of the work you will undertake as a practitioner will involve accounting for companies. In this context, accountants are required to interpret and apply accounting standards, and other statutory requirements governing the accounting procedures reflected in the content of a company's financial statements. This unit contributes to the knowledge and technical skills you will need to prepare and present financial statements for companies. This unit builds on the prerequisite units by applying accounting principles to complex company accounting issues and building upon your understanding and knowledge of ICT in accounting. It provides a foundation for subsequent units by developing critical analytical skills through an examination of theoretical accounting issues, accounting regulation and practice.
Advertising, marketing and public relations
AMB200 Understanding how Consumers Think, Feel, and (Mis)Behave
A fundamental component of effective and successful marketing activity is an understanding of consumers, their needs and behaviours. Studying the behaviour of consumers in a wide range of situations and circumstances provides marketers with clear guidelines for the development of marketing strategy. This unit provides the foundation theories for the marketing major.
AMB201 Marketing and Audience Analytics
The systematic and objective identification, collection, analysis, and dissemination of information is essential for any business to make informed decisions about how to address problems and opportunities in their markets. All business leaders must understand the challenges, opportunities and limitations of the marketing research process; questions that marketing research can answer and questions it can't, and be able to draw appropriate conclusions from different types of data that may be collected during marketing research.This subject builds on basic marketing knowledge and students are involved in, and guided through, a practical, applied marketing research exercise based on a research brief chosen at the start of each semester. This provides the foundations for interpreting case studies, theories and research information presented in more advanced subjects.
AMB336 International Marketing
Globalisation has required firms to look beyond their domestic markets to remain competitive and profitable. An understanding of marketing internationally is vital in today's global marketplace where different challenges and value systems exist.
Business and law
BSB105 The Future Enterprise
This introductory business core unit provides insights on how to predict emerging futures in the contemporary workplace and how to tailor individual response strategies to future business scenarios. Grounded in an integrated mix of real-world case studies from corporate, non-profit and entrepreneurial sectors, this unit will help you to develop the mindset and skill set required to approach the future world of work equipped to succeed. You will practise environmental sensing, scenario planning and managing strategic alternatives, and will be introduced to megatrends defining the contemporary work landscape, along with opportunities, threats and “black swan” events disrupting it. You will build your capability to be resilient and agile in the workplace. This unit is relevant to students of all business disciplines, preparing you for the future of work and introducing you to business capabilities to ignite your career.
BSB106 Dynamic Markets
In this introductory business core unit, you will explore how value is created for organisations and customers through the process of exchange in dynamic market environments. You will learn about how businesses interact with consumers and other stakeholders, gain an understanding of the forces that drive behaviour in different market settings, and explore strategies organisations use to enter and operate within dynamic markets to co-create value with customers and stakeholders. This unit is relevant to students of all business disciplines, introducing you to evidence-based skills needed to analyse and critically appraise the trade-offs required to create value and succeed in complex business settings. Along with the rest of the introductory business core, this unit forms the foundation for further study across the breadth of business disciplines, introducing you to business capabilities to prepare you for the future world of work and ignite your career.
BSB107 Financial Performance and Responsibility
In this introductory business core unit, you will learn about how individuals and businesses allocate financial resources and use financial information to make sound business decisions in the contemporary workplace. You will gain foundational skills in managing your own personal finances, and in using software to gather and analyse financial information in order to manage cash, evaluate risk, and assess performance and value both at personal and organisational levels in authentic, real-world contexts. This unit, along with the rest of the introductory business core, forms the foundation for further study across the breadth of business disciplines and introduces you to business capabilities to prepare you for the future world of work and ignite your career.
BSB108 Business Environment
In this introductory business unit, you will examine the features that define and shape the national, international and global environments in which businesses operate. You will gain an understanding of the roles of key economic, political and legal institutions and regulatory frameworks and how they impact businesses, and apply critical thinking skills and evidence-based approaches to solve real-world business problems. This unit also introduces you to professional skills in analysing and presenting data to inform business decisions. Along with the rest of the introductory business core, this unit forms the foundation for further study across the breadth of business disciplines, introducing you to business capabilities to prepare you for the future world of work and ignite your career.
BSB130 Social Enterprises
Real world social and environmental issues are increasingly addressed through business means in an emerging form of hybrid organisation – the social enterprise. Traditionally, the government and charity sectors sought to meet community needs, however resource constraints and increasing demand make this increasingly difficult. Social enterprises provide innovative and sustainable solutions to resourcing and fulfilling charitable purposes via business means. This business core option unit introduces you to social enterprises in a global perspective, and helps you to develop Human-Centred Design skills as you build a social enterprise business plan.
BSB131 Applied Business Analytics
Organisations use business analytics to understand and solve business problems, increase efficiency, leverage productivity, and ultimately enhance the business performance of organisations. This business core option unit introduces you to a practical framework for data collection, aggregation, processing, and modelling to transform data into business insights. You will gain knowledge of key business analytics methods and approaches, and build skills in using Excel to manage and analyse data sets — valuable competencies that will help you to improve decision-making in contemporary business environments across all business disciplines.
BSB151 Business Law and Governance
This foundational unit aims to help students understand that in business, choosing the "right" thing to do involves a range of quite different conceptualizations of what is "right". By using Ethics, the Law and Governance principles to determine what is right, we emphasize the need for tomorrow's business leaders to understand different ways people judge what is "right" and introduce critical business concepts such as governance, fiduciary duties, agency law, contract and negligence (duty of care). Through use classical ethical frameworks as well as statute and case law, students will develop the ability to justify what is the right thing to do in a number of different business scenarios. In so doing the unit also addresses specific legal issues germane to all fields of business and professional contexts while developing problem solving skills relevant to contemporary business.
BSB250 Business Citizenship
In this developmental core business unit, you will explore the potential for individuals and organisations to create positive social and environmental change, and extend your ability to analyse complex business problems. You will explore your personal values and ethical priorities in the context of professional practice while gaining an appreciation of multi-stakeholder and Indigenous perspectives on business issues and practice. You will develop skills to communicate complex issues and data to a variety of audiences, and refine your self-reflection skills to guide your professional development. Exploring citizenship and ethics at individual, professional, organisational and global scales, this unit is relevant to students of all business disciplines, bridging the introductory and capstone core business units to extend your business competencies and preparing you to become a socially responsible professional and global citizen.
BSB305 Undergraduate Business Internship
Undergraduate Business Internship is a work integrated learning unit for undergraduate students from any undergraduate major in QUT Business School. Students apply and build on the knowledge and skills developed during their studies in a real world setting. The unit develops and refines employability skills, engages students in career development activities, supports students to adopt a reflective approach to learning,and prepares students for transition to professional practice and careers in the future world of work.
BSN404 Project 1
BSN404 is an applied research unit. The student selects a topic which they have identified as significant to their professional development and they are expected to spend ten hours per week over the teaching period on completing the project on this topic. The primary purpose of the unit is to augment or extend your professional knowledge beyond classroom instruction, to develop applied research skills, to integrate learning with work, and provide an opportunity for self directed learning. In order to achieve these purposes, you will develop an individually tailored learning contract. The specific program of study will be developed in conjunction with and approved by the academic supervisor.
BSN405 Project 2
BSN405 is an applied project unit. The student selects a topic which they have identified as significant to their professional development and is expected to spend ten hours per week over the teaching period on completing the project on this topic. The primary purpose of the unit is to augment or extend your professional knowledge beyond classroom instruction, to develop applied research skills, to integrate learning with work, and provide an opportunity for self directed learning. In order to achieve these purposes, you will develop an individually tailored learning contract. The specific program of study will be developed in conjunction with and approved by the academic supervisor.
BSN406 Project 3
BSN406 is an applied project unit. The student selects a topic which they have identified as significant to their professional development and is expected to spend twenty hours per week over the teaching period on completing the project on this topic. The primary purpose of the unit is to augment or extend your professional knowledge beyond classroom instruction, to develop applied research skills, to integrate learning with work, and provide an opportunity for self directed learning. In order to achieve these purposes, you will develop an individually tailored learning contract. The specific program of study will be developed in conjunction with and approved by the academic supervisor.
BSN420 Postgraduate Business Internship
Postgraduate Business Internship is a work integrated learning unit for postgraduate students from any postgraduate major in QUT Business School. Students apply and build on the knowledge and skills developed during their studies in a real world setting. The unit develops and refines employability skills, engages students in career development activities relevant to postgraduate level of study, supports students to adopt a reflective approach to learning, and builds on previous study and professional experience to prepare students for transition to professional practice and careers in the future world of work.
Economics and finance
EFB201 Financial Markets
This unit introduces students to key elements of global financial markets, and the role of financial markets as an integral part of the economy and society. Topics explored in this unit include products, key players, organization, structure, regulation, ethics of major financial market types. Students will practice key skills of critical exploration and analysis in considering the role of finance theories and models to help understand key financial market events in broader social, economic and political contexts. Students will continue to develop and apply these foundational insights and critical thinking skills in subsequent finance units.
EFB210 Fundamentals of Finance
This unit introduces the fundamental concepts, theories and skills of financial management and how these are applied to solve problems associated with the decisions of financial managers. This is essential knowledge for financial decision makers. Topics covered include: an introduction to the financial institutional framework; an introduction to debt and equity instruments; financial mathematics applied to the pricing of debt and equity securities; a firm's investment decision including Net Present Value and Internal Rate of Return; introduction to risk and uncertainty using the Capital Asset Pricing Model and Weighted Average Cost of Capital concept and risk management. Because of its fundamental nature, this unit is a prerequisite for more advanced units within the finance, accountancy and financial planning study areas, and content studied in this unit forms part of the knowledge and skills required for students seeking professional accountancy accreditation.
EFB341 Development Economics: An Immersive Experience
This unit introduces students to the economic problems and challenges that fall under the purview of Development Economics and includes coursework as well as an immersive international field project to develop their understanding through a real-world application of their skills on a project with a placement organization. The field project may take place in different international location each year and will be facilitated by the unit coordinator in collaboration with Beyond Borders Learning Programs, the key host organization at these locations. Locations over various years: Mumbai, India (2018, 2019), Kathmandu, Nepal (2020). Other potential locations in future include Dhaka, Bangladesh and Colombo, Sri Lanka. The aim of this unit is to provide a basic grounding in development economics, as well as a grasp of various approaches and initiatives that have been used to solve key challenges associated with poverty and underdevelopment.
Management
MGB130 Managing People
Everyone in business, government and non-for-profit organisations works with other people, and organisational behaviour provides the knowledge and tools to interact with others effectively. No matter what career path you choose, you'll find that organisational behaviour concepts play an important part in performing your job and working more effectively within organisations. In this unit we will examine how individual differences impact upon what people think, feel, and do in the workplace, and how this understanding of people can help us build more fulfilling and successful workplaces. By taking an interdisciplinary and interprofessional perspective, drawing on the fields of management, HR, psychology, behavioural economics and sociology, we focus on getting the best out of people at work, including ourselves, by promoting the sustainable and ethical integration of the business needs and the individual's needs.
MGB225 Intercultural Communication and Negotiation Skills
Understanding and managing the ways culture impacts communication within a culturally diverse workforce and negotiation in a multi-cultural environment is essential for business professionals operating in national and international contexts. By understanding cultural influences, managers can then modify their communication style to communicate and negotiate effectively with culturally diverse colleagues, competitors and clients. The aim of this unit is to provide students with key knowledge and a range of practical skills in interpersonal and corporate communication and negotiation across various business contexts with particular emphasis on the influence of culture on communication and negotiation. This unit is fundamental to management and builds on prior core learning in management, people and organisations to provide conceptual frameworks and interpersonal skills to enhance organisational and management capabilities at local, national and international business levels.
Creative industries
Creative industries education and social justice
KKB341 Work Integrated Learning 1
This unit focuses on transferring skills into a workplace setting via participation, observation, and reflection, with emphasis on the relationships between academic and professional knowledge. It is important that you gain real-world work experience to link university study with professional practice in your chosen industry. The unit provides experience in applying discipline knowledge in professional practice to strengthen discipline-specific learning and specialisation. In particular, it provides an understanding of professional communication protocols, professional conduct and risks within a workplace setting, a critical understanding of the role of reflection on learning and self-evaluation in professional environments, and analytical processes relevant to practice and Work Integrated Learning. Please note: You can undertake a workplace internship experience if available in your location or pursue the option, where available, of a virtual internship experience,
KKB342 Work Integrated Learning 2
This unit focuses on transferring skills into a workplace setting via participation, observation, and reflection, with emphasis on the relationships between academic and professional knowledge. The unit builds on from KKB341 as it is important that you gain real-world work experience to link university study with professional practice in your chosen industry. The unit provides experience in applying discipline knowledge in professional practice to strengthen discipline-specific learning and specialisation. It provides an understanding of professional communication protocols, professional conduct and risks within a workplace setting, a critical understanding of the role of reflection on learning and self-evaluation in professional environments, and analytical processes relevant to practice and Work Integrated Learning. Please note: You can undertake a workplace internship experience if available in your location or pursue the option of a virtual internship experience, .
KKB345 Creative Industries Project 1
Undertake a supervised project in a team-oriented environment that involves practical application and critical reflection. The experience and skills gained will contribute towards your increased self-knowledge and confidence as a practitioner in the Creative Industries. Creative Industries graduates need to practise as professionals in their respective discipline or disciplines. Increasingly, a major part of such practice is instigating, managing, monitoring, and reporting on Creative Industries projects. IMPORTANT: Projects will be only promoted and can only be applied for through InPlace.These InPlace applications have strict closing dates, these dates will often occur well in advance of semester. IMPORTANT: Please note, enrolment in this unit is by application only, if your application through InPlace is successful, you will be manually enrolled in this unit.
KKB346 Creative Industries Project 2
Undertake a supervised project in a team-oriented environment that involves practical application and critical reflection. The experience and skills gained will contribute towards your increased self-knowledge and confidence as a practitioner in the Creative Industries. Creative Industries graduates need to practise as professionals in their respective discipline or disciplines. Increasingly, a major part of such practice is instigating, managing, monitoring, and reporting on Creative Industries projects. IMPORTANT: Projects will be only promoted and can only be applied for through InPlace.These InPlace applications have strict closing dates, these dates will often occur well in advance of semester. IMPORTANT: Please note, enrolment in this unit is by application only, if your application through InPlace is successful, you will be manually enrolled in this unit.
KKB351 Work Integrated Learning 3
This unit builds upon foundational knowledge of professional practice and self-directed learning in Work Integrated Learning 1 and 2 by extending the focus on reflection and analysis of how individual practice relates to a workplace setting. The unit aims to provide you with experience in applying discipline knowledge and skills in the context of professional practice in order to further strengthen discipline-specific learning and specialisation. In particular, it provides an understanding of professional communication protocols, codes of conduct and ethical considerations, and a critical understanding of the role of reflection on learning and self-evaluation in professional environments. Please note: You can undertake a traditional workplace internship experience if available in your location or pursue the option of a virtual internship experience, if available.
KKB352 Work Integrated Learning 4
This unit builds upon foundational knowledge of professional practice and self-directed learning in Work Integrated Learning 1, 2 and 3 by further extending the focus on reflection and analysis of how individual practice relates to a workplace setting. The unit aims to provide you with experience in applying discipline knowledge and skills in the context of professional practice in order to strengthen discipline-specific learning and specialisation. In particular, it provides an understanding of professional communication protocols, codes of conduct and ethical considerations, and a critical understanding of the role of reflection on learning and self-evaluation in professional environments. Please note: You can undertake a traditional workplace internship experience if available in your location or pursue the option of a virtual internship experience, if available.
Creative writing
KWB113 Introduction to Creative Writing
This unit provides the fundamental skills for writing fiction and poetry as well as the basic theoretical background that underpins them. It looks at the development of these literary forms as a way of understanding how a practitioner might best approach both the writing and critical analysis of them in the contemporary context. It develops a critical understanding of your own and others’ approaches to writing life. You will be encouraged to develop the skills required for professional writing through a series of tasks that introduce key concepts such as characterisation, constructing a scene, and writing dialogue.
Digital media
CCB202 Social Media, Self and Society
Social Media has had a tremendous impact on our lives as individuals and members of larger societies. The debates surrounding these new and powerful technologies are often multi-faceted in their complexity. In this unit you will develop skills in critically examining and contributing to debates about social media’s impact on issues such as identity, privacy and the ethics of everyday life. You will draw on scholarly research to evaluate opposing perspectives and become critically informed communication professionals.
Music
KMB119 Music Production 1
This unit introduces you to the fundamental principles of music and sound production through a mix of theory and practice. You will gain an understanding of sound recording, sound production and live sound reinforcement while developing listening skills essential for music and sound production. The unit prepares you for later music production and creation units. Understanding how to capture and manipulate sound in live and recorded domains are core skills for anyone involved in making music or in any associated creative practice that involves the use of audio. You will develop a critical and practical understanding of the physical properties of sound, how it is perceived, and how it is recorded and processed to produce a final musical outcome.
Visual arts
KVB104 Photo Media and Art Practice
This unit develops an appreciation of the conceptual, cultural and historical contexts of photo media, addressing visual literacy, critical artistic enquiry, and the protocols related to ethical photo media practice. Photo media, which involves the use of diverse photographic processes, plays an important role in contemporary creative practices because of its pervasiveness and its application across a broad range of cultural and conceptual contexts. Photo imaging may also be the predominant mode of specific artists within a broader multidisciplinary approach to practice. This unit introduces a diverse range of contemporary artistic photo imaging concepts and methods as part of a trajectory of photographic history. It provides the opportunity to experiment with a variety of approaches to understand and create engaging and informed photo image portfolios.
Visual communication
DVB101 Visual Communication Design
This unit introduces the principles and conventions associated with the interpretation and production of meaning through visual representation. Visual Communication is based on the creation of meaning through image and text and this plays a critical role in our contemporary world which is visually and media driven. Visual communicators require a deep understanding of conceptual development, design process, typography and image making, and how image-based communication occurs. You will learn how to think and operate as a visual designer through studio-based learning and a series of industry-focused experiences.
Education
Early childhood and inclusive education
EUN105 Teaching in New Times
This unit introduces you to new and emerging configurations of society, culture, economy, politics, and technology -- the 'new times' in which education today is practised. The implications of these new arrangements for education in early childhood, primary, and secondary settings are both widespread and far-reaching. Oftentimes, they are codifed in policy. In this unit, you will develop a knowledge of these contemporary and emerging configurations and an insight into programmatic - policy - endeavours to marshal education in their name. Your learning will be informed by advanced disciplinary knowledge drawn from the sociology and history of education, and by the development of research skills applied to education's professional, ethical, and inclusive programs, policies and practices. This is an AQF-level 9 unit.
EUN112 Child and Adolescent Development and Trauma Awareness
This introductory unit provides you with knowledge about major theories of child and adolescent development as well as the theory and neuroscience underpinning complex trauma (abuse, neglect, family violence etc) on the experience of learners. The unit focuses on a range of developmental theories from birth to adolescence. Through engagement with relevant theories and research, you will develop the ability to analyse and synthesise ideas about child and adolescent development and the impact of complex trauma on children and adolescents' behaviour and learning. This foundational knowledge will be applied in curriculum units throughout your degree program that focus on how teachers interpret and respond to a child/adolescent's individual characteristics and abilities in the planning and implementation of appropriate educational opportunities.
EUN260 Teachers as Leaders
This unit has been designed to strengthen and extend the leadership skills of teachers as emerging leaders, building skills to lead and influence in education. Teachers require knowledge of leadership theories and approaches as a framework for working collaboratively and optimally with a diverse range of students/children and their families. Leadership insights enable you to participate effectively as part of a team of staff and to influence and lead decisions in educational settings. Through exploring leadership theories from contemporary research and literature you will expand upon and master your existing skills. In this unit you will apply research skills to investigate the role of teachers as leaders in education. Through understandings of educational research, you will be able to take a scholarly approach to examining topics of interest. These skills and knowledge are important for teachers to engage ethically with data to optimise outcomes for students/children.
Teacher education and leadership
EUN202 Mathematics and Numeracy 2
You will explore and continue to build your knowledge and skills to use the strands and their associated topics across a wide range of situations and contexts to enhance your development as a teacher. This focus is included in your course because you will need to teach children how to become numerate and be able to make sound decisions in their lives. This unit provides you with the foundations of two strands of the Australian Curriculum: (i) Mathematics - Mathematics - geometry, algebra, statistics and probability. Dispositions for learning in early numeracy is also explored in relation to the Early Years Learning Framework and the Queensland Kindergarten Learning Guideline. It seeks to build your capacity to recognise the numeracy demands across a range of contexts to assist all children to identify the interconnectedness of mathematical knowledge and its application in everyday life.
EUN211 Engaging Adolescent Learners
This unit further develops your knowledge of the developmental, socio-emotional and learning characteristics of adolescent learners in secondary school classrooms. It is aimed at developing your knowledge and understanding of current research and evidence around adolescent development and learning and makes explicit links to practical applications within classroom practice. This unit will explore evidenced based approaches to effectively maximise learning engagement and outcomes for adolescent learners in the classroom.
Engineering
Architecture and built environment
ABB105 Spatial Materiality
This unit provides an introduction to common materials and material systems of the built environment and develops an understanding of their spatial, cultural and environmental implications in architecture, interiors and landscapes. It will discuss historic and contemporary applications, including uses by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Topics covered in this unit are the mechanical and physical properties of materials, extraction and creation processes, tectonic systems and logics, technological advances, environmental impact and circularity. Through practical sessions, observation, analysis, and reflection, you will gain an understanding of key materials and material systems, how to design with and for them and their environmental impact.
Electrical engineering and robotics
EGB101 Engineering Design and Professional Practice
As a professional engineer you will be competent to practise as outlined in the Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competency Standard for Professional Engineer. One of the main activities that professional engineers undertake is design, which involves using knowledge and skill bases to apply engineering methods to create systems that meet stakeholders' needs, while maintaining professional and personal attributes. This unit introduces engineering design and begins your development as a trusted and ethical professional. To develop your capability in design, you will learn about strength of materials and load bearing mechanisms so that you can undertake introductory analysis, building and testing of engineering systems, and develop your engineering ethics, professional skills in communication, engineering teamwork, research, cultural awareness and sustainable development practices. Future units, particularly those focused on design will build from this introduction.
Health
Biomedical sciences
LQB502 Biomedical Work Integrated Learning A
This unit provides you with the opportunity to gain industry-based experience through a supervised work placement. Within the workplace (a minimum of 120 hours [equivalent to 3 weeks full-time] and maximum of 240 hours [equivalent to 6 weeks full-time]) you will apply knowledge and skills developed during your course of study. Practising workplace related skills such as team work, ethical behaviour, safe workplace practices and reflective practice as well as building on your industry networks will support you in your transition to professional practice. Your placement should be relevant to your course of study and must be approved by the course co-ordinator and the unit co-ordinator before you commence. Acceptance into this unit will be based on successful completion of prerequisites, the completion of a number of workplace requirements, and the availability of placement supervisors. The learning in this unit can be extended into a second unit LQB503.
LQB503 Biomedical Work Integrated Learning B
This unit extends your learning from LQB502 and provides you with the opportunity to extend industry-based experience through a supervised work placement. Within the workplace (a minimum of 120 hours [equivalent to 3 weeks full-time] and maximum of 240 hours [equivalent to 6 weeks full-time]) you will apply knowledge and skills developed during your course of study. Practising workplace related skills such as team work, ethical behaviour, safe workplace practices and reflective practice as well as building on your industry networks will support you in your transition to professional practice. Your placement should be relevant to your course of study and must be approved by the course co-ordinator and the unit co-ordinator before you commence. Acceptance into this unit will be based on successful completion of prerequisites, the completion of a number of workplace requirements, and the availability of placement supervisors.
LQB504-1 Clinical Physiology Professional Internship
Clinical physiologists (clinical measurement scientists) perform diagnostic tests, working with patients in health care in multidisciplinary teams. Disciplines include cardiac science, neuroscience, respiratory science, sleep science and multidisciplinary practice. The placement is full-time, intensive, unpaid and hands-on, working in the profession. This practical component is compulsory for completion of the unit and the clinical physiology minor. You will learn and develop core competencies in a field of clinical physiology including communication skills, professional and ethical practice, infection control, patient confidentiality and privacy and cultural issues. Successful completion of this unit provides students with the competencies and experience required to apply for graduate positions in clinical physiology and will develop employability skills. Entry into the minor is competitive (based on GPA and application) due to the limited number of placements.
LQB504-2 Clinical Physiology Professional Internship
Clinical physiologists perform diagnostic tests, working with patients in health care in multidisciplinary teams. Disciplines include cardiac science, neuroscience, respiratory science, sleep science and multidisciplinary practice. The placement is full-time, intensive, unpaid and hands-on, working in the profession. This practical component is compulsory for completion of the unit and the clinical physiology minor. You will learn and develop core competencies in a field of clinical physiology including: communication skills, professional and ethical practice, infection control, patient confidentiality and privacy and cultural issues. Successful completion of this unit provides students with the competencies and experience required to apply for graduate positions in clinical physiology and employability skills. Entry into the minor is competitive (based on GPA and application) due to the limited number of placements.
LQB504-3 Clinical Physiology Professional Internship
Clinical physiologists (clinical measurement scientists) perform diagnostic tests, working with patients in health care in multidisciplinary teams. Disciplines include cardiac science, neuroscience, respiratory science, sleep science and multidisciplinary practice. The placement is full-time, intensive, unpaid and hands-on, working in the profession. This practical component is compulsory for completion of the unit and the clinical physiology minor. You will learn and develop core competencies in a field of clinical physiology including: communication skills, the demonstration of professional and ethical practice, infection control, patient confidentiality and privacy and cultural issues. Successful completion of this unit provides students with the competencies and experience required to apply for graduate positions in clinical physiology and employability skills. Entry into the minor is competitive (based on GPA and application) due to the limited number of placements.
Clinical sciences
CSB044 Clinical Radiography 2
This unit will continue to build on your previous clinical placement experience to deal with more complex patient presentations. The aim of this unit is to enable you to continue to develop and consolidate your skills and demonstrate safe practice in general radiography and minor procedures, whilst also allowing you to develop skills in computed tomography. This period of clinical experience includes a placement within the computed tomography area to enable you to gain clinical experience in routine computed tomography following on from the theory unit undertaken this semester.
CSB331 Paramedic Clinical Practice 1
This unit is in the developmental stage of your course and builds on the work you learned in CSB330 and CSB332. This unit provides you with opportunities to build practice and provide evidence of your development as a clinician in a supervised environment. Additionally it is fundamental to this course that you are exposed to an appropriate case load of suitable patients in the out of hospital phase. This unit is the first in a series of three that provide the work integrated learning experience. Over a six week period, you will be required to complete approximately 240 hours of placement to be conducted externally through the Queensland Ambulance Service.
Exercise and nutrition sciences
XNB387 Clinical Exercise Physiology Practicum A
Adhering to policies mandated by ESSA, this unit provides you with an opportunity to undertake a minimum of 140 hours at an external sport and/or exercise science practicum site. The focus of this practicum is health or performance amelioration and not the treatment and/or management of a clinical condition or injury. Engaging in this unit will expose you to the scope of practice of an Exercise Scientist. This unit is the first of three WIL opportunities you will engage in to fulfill the practicum requirements necessary to be an AEP. Practicum units are distinctive from other course offerings in that there is a deal of preparation needed and a number of formal requirements that must be completed in order to allow you to complete your placement. Practicum expectations and obligations are detailed in the Unit Information Document available on the SES Community Canvas site.
XNB470 Sport and Exercise Science Practicum 1
As a practising exercise or sport scientist and clinical exercise physiologist it is essential to consolidate professional skills and practice in preparation for entry into the workforce. This unit provides an opportunity for you to integrate and practise skills in real world settings. Additionally, it fulfils a major component of the practicum requirements that must be successfully completed to be an Exercise Scientist as outlined by Exercise and Sports Science Australia (ESSA). The focus of Practicum A is experience working with healthy clients. All work integrated learning opportunities will be through QUT approved placement sites, under the supervision of appropriately qualified supervisors.This is the first of two work integrated learning opportunities. Dependent on site approval and student intention, it is possible for a student to undertake both their Semester 1 (XNB470) and Semester 2 (XNB472) practicums at the same placement site.
XNB472 Sport and Exercise Science Practicum 2
This unit is the second practicum unit that enables you to build on your initial learning opportunities and continue to consolidate your learning within the work integrated learning environment. In this practicum, you will be working with healthy clients. This unit also fulfils a major component of the practicum requirements that must be successfully completed to be an Exercise Scientist as outlined by Exercise and Sports Science Australia (ESSA). This is the second of two work integrated learning opportunities. The second placement works towards consolidating your knowledge and skills of the profession.
Health
HLN700 Dissertation
To ensure high quality practice, advanced level practitioners are continually required to reflect upon and modify their own practice to incorporate knowledge of the most recent research evidence. This requires advanced skills in the critical evaluation, interpretation and application of research. The dissertation provides advanced skill development in these areas, and enables you to undertake a research project in a specialised area of practice.HLN700 Dissertation is offered in Semester 1, Semester 2 and Summer. No student should enrol in any offering until they have secured a Supervisor who is available during that semester. Note: The Summer offering is not available to Nursing students. Students in the School of Nursing should contact nursing.admin@qut.edu.au in the semester prior to enrolment for further information and guidance on supervision.
HLN703 Project
The ability to apply advanced knowledge and skills with a high level of autonomy is a hallmark of postgraduate education at the Masters level. By undertaking a scholarly piece of work this unit gives you the opportunity to consolidate, extend and apply the skills that you have gained to date in an area that is relevant to your field of study, by demonstrating creativity and initiative to analyse and synthesise knowledge. PU86 Master of Public Health students must have successfully completed HLN707 Research Methods in Health before undertaking this unit. NS80 and NS88 students must have successfully completed NSN434 Evidence Based Practice and Research Design before undertaking this unit. Students enrolled through the School of Nursing will be contacted by the discipline lead to discuss support. The summer offering is only available to NS88 Master of Nurse Practitioner students.
HLN750-1 Dissertation
To ensure high quality practice, advanced level practitioners are continually required to reflect upon and modify their own practice to incorporate knowledge of the most recent research evidence. This requires advanced skills in the critical evaluation, interpretation and application of research. The dissertation provides advanced skill development in these areas, and enables you to undertake a research project in specialised area of practice.HLN750-1 Dissertation is offered in Semester 1, Semester 2 and Summer. This is the first component of a 48 credit point dissertation. You will need to enrol in HLN750-2 to complete the dissertation. Note: The Summer offering is not available to Nursing students. Students in the School of Nursing should contact nursing.admin@qut.edu.au in the semester prior to enrolment for further information and guidance on supervision.
HLN750-2 Dissertation
To ensure high quality practice, advanced level practitioners are continually required to reflect upon and modify their own practice to incorporate knowledge of the most recent research evidence. This requires advanced skills in the critical evaluation, interpretation and application of research. The dissertation provides advanced skill development in these areas, and enables you to undertake a research project in a specialised area of practice.HLN750-2 Dissertation is offered in Semester 1, Semester 2 and Summer. It is the second part of a 48 credit point dissertation. You will need to have completed HLN750-1.Note: The Summer offering is not available to Nursing students. Students in the School of Nursing should contact nursing.admin@qut.edu.au in the semester prior to enrolment for further information and guidance on supervision.
Nursing
NSB334 Integrated Nursing Practice 4
This unit is a work integrated learning unit, with you learning predominantly off campus (4 weeks/ 160 hours) within healthcare contexts. This is a third-year unit at the consolidating stage of the course. It builds on all preceding units, with the expectation that previous knowledge and skills will be drawn upon in practice and to enable further development knowledge and skills. This is necessary to prepare for and successfully complete this capstone unit and provide safe and effective care as a beginning -level registered nurse. This unit is a work integrated learning unit with students learning predominantly in off-campus health care contexts. A thorough understanding of the NMBA Registered Nurse Standards for Practice, National Health Priority Areas, Aged Care Standards and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) standards is essential to nursing practice. Mandatory elements may start in Orientation week. Please check the published unit timetable.
Psychology and counselling
PYB321 Introduction to the Psychology of Trauma
More than half the population experiences trauma across the lifetime. Trauma is acknowledged as playing a key role in the development of mental and physical health issues. There is an increased understanding and interest in society around the prevalence and impact of trauma including domestic violence, child abuse, sudden bereavement and war. Despite this, most professionals across disciplines including psychology, social work, education and law, receive no systematic training in trauma. This introductory unit provides you with foundational knowledge about the psychology of trauma and vicarious trauma as it applies to people who experience trauma firsthand or those in professions likely to assist people who have experienced trauma. This elective complements learning across disciplines including social work, psychology, law, education and nursing. The unit is linked to core psychology units PYB100 and PYB102 and is linked to PYB304 regarding neurobiological aspects of trauma.
Justice
Justice
JSB235 Investigation and Evidence
Few people in justice fields are trained investigators. Justice professionals are routinely communicating with and obtaining information from clients and others. Their roles may also require them to conduct an investigation and provide a report of their findings. The skills required to conduct an effective and ethical investigation are however quite specific and may ultimately result in the investigator giving testimony in court proceedings. Further the scope of possible investigations is very broad. While most will associate investigations to suspected breaches of criminal laws, investigations may relate to non-compliance with workplace policies e.g. health and safety incidents, negative workplace behaviour. Workplace Investigation Skills provides foundational investigation skills that will enable each student to plan an investigation, gather evidence, identify witnesses and suspects, and produce an professional report articulating the findings of the investigation.
Law
Law
LLB301 Real Property Law
Real Property Law is a core unit in the law degree. It is required for admission to legal practice in Australia. Real property law is a significant part of legal practice in government departments, in-house positions, general practice and specialised law firms. Being able to learn and apply the foundations of real property will enable your understanding and application in other specialist areas of law, for example, family law, environmental law, corporations law, bankruptcy law and succession law (wills and estates).
LLB306 Civil Dispute Resolution
In this unit, you will study the rules of civil procedure and alternative dispute resolution in the Queensland State courts. This includes jurisdiction, the initiation and service of process, the definition of issues through pleadings, judgment and enforcement. An understanding of civil dispute resolution is required for admission to legal practice. This core unit draws on the knowledge that you have gained throughout your degree including contract law, torts, statutory interpretation and dispute resolution skills.
LLB463 Legal Placement
This unit will enable you to experience the real world application and development of your legal knowledge and skills through participation in a domestic legal placement. You will work alone or with a small group of students to respond to real world legal issues at a community legal centre, not-for-profit organisation, law firm or company. You will undertake legal research, draft reports, prepare presentations, and/or undertake other legal tasks under supervision. This unit affords you an authentic learning context to undertake legal work in the real world. Through this experience you should develop skills to be better placed for career planning and transition to the workplace. You will need to enrol in this unit in order to apply for a project. However, your enrolment does not guarantee that you will be allocated to a QUT-organised project, or that you will be able to undertake this unit.
LLH206 Administrative Law
This unit examines the manner in which the executive branch of government is legally accountable, particularly in its dealings with individuals. The unit builds on key principles studied in LLB203 Constitutional Law concerning the structure and operation of our federal system of government, in order to focus on judicial and extra-judicial means of reviewing administrative action. An understanding of administrative law is required for admission into legal practice in Australia.
LLH302 Ethics and the Legal Profession
This unit is a core unit in the law degree and is required for admission to legal practice in Australia. It builds on the legal research and critical analysis skills developed in LLB104 Contemporary Law and Justice and LLH201 Legal Research.
LLH305 Corporate Law
Corporate Law is designed to provide you with knowledge and understanding of the key legal principles and policy issues relevant to registered companies. This unit is a compulsory area of study in the law degree and is required for admission as a legal practitioner.
Science
Biology and environmental science
SCB500 Industry Project
In this unit students will apply scientific methods and quantitative techniques to real work issues. Students will develop an appropriate plan for analysing and resolving an industry issue under the guidance of both a QUT supervisor and an associate supervisor from an industry partner. At the end of the unit students will present both an oral seminar and a written report.
SEB104 Grand Challenges in Science
Grand Challenges in Science explores world events, problems or phenomena from a scientific perspective, discovering the many ways in which science is used and misused by practicing scientists and the public. You will understand the problems and challenges of modern scientific inquiry using a range of multidisciplinary perspectives and explore solutions focussed approaches.
Chemistry and physics
PVB304 Physics Research
This is the capstone unit for the Physics course, which gives you the opportunity to engage in real-world physics research. Students will undertake a project in which they explore computational and/or experimental approaches to generating new understanding in active research areas, and summarize their findings through scholarly writing and presentations. This unit provides students with the chance to develop their skills around gathering data, interpreting data, assessing uncertainties and presenting results in a clear and compelling way, helping them to develop skills that are required in both industry and academic contexts. This unit builds on all the previous learning in the Physics course, and enables students to draw on their developed expertise and to apply it to a well-defined research problem.
Science
SCB300 Professional Practice
This unit provides you with the opportunity to further develop your professional capabilities and technical skills by undertaking the equivalent of 15 - 30 day full time paid or unpaid work placement. This unit, is typically undertaken in the penultimate or final year of your course, requiring you to undertake a self-sourced work placement, internship or engage in ongoing professional work experience to consolidate your course-based learning. In this unit you will have the opportunity to refine your reflective and communicative skills, formulating effective statements of your experience suitable for inclusion in job applications. Assessments in this unit require you to critically analyse, report and reflect upon your professional practice experience and to prepare a professional development plan to help guide your career.