Subjects overview
This program can be completed in 3 years (9 semesters)
Core Curriculum
Students must complete the following thirty credit points (30CP) plus the Beyond Bond Program.
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CORE11-011: Critical Thinking and Communication (10CP)
In this subject, students will be introduced to critical thinking and clear expression. They will evaluate arguments, identify assumptions, judge patterns of inference, and recognise and apply various methods of reasoning. Students will learn how to clarify and visually represent their thinking to make better decisions, evaluate and use evidence, and communicate more effectively in their writing and speaking. Using these skills, students will structure and write an academic essay and deliver an oral presentation.
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CORE11-012: Responsibility, Integrity and Civic Discourse (10CP)
Integrity, and the courage and capability to act on one’s sense of responsibility, are key components of a thriving life. Responsibility, Integrity and Civic Discourse fosters students’ lifelong commitment to responsible discourse and action in all spheres of human interaction, recognising the global aspect to contemporary citizenship. Students explore the complex relationship between character, responsible action, and creative critical thinking, learning how to reflect on and articulate their unique sense of global citizenship and responsibility. By accentuating the importance of justification and articulation of the reasons for our actions, students exercise their critical, communicative, and cooperative capabilities so that they can thrive with integrity in the multiple contexts of action they will face as private, civic, professional, and global citizens.
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CORE11-013: Collaboration for Global Change (10CP)
In today's work and study environments, individuals often encounter complex, open-ended problems that necessitate collaboration in both physical and virtual realms and across sectors and specialisations. In Collaboration for Global Change, students engage collaboratively to craft genuine solutions for global issues. In this context, students link their endeavours to specific sustainable development goals, thus positioning their actions as contributions to global citizenship. As they learn to defend their ideas and perspectives, students apply critical thinking, design thinking, problem-solving, and communication skills within a problem-based learning environment. This comprehensive approach equips them with the necessary skills and mindset to excel in future work, academic pursuits, and global initiatives.
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Beyond Bond Program
To keep up with the ever-changing work landscape, we aim to help our students future-proof their careers by developing broader employability skills that are actively sought out by employers. Unique to our University, Beyond Bond is a compulsory professional development program with a practical, activity-based approach that is integrated into all undergraduate degrees.
Health and Transformation Subjects
Students must complete the following two hundred and eighty credit points (280CP).
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BMED11-101: Introduction to Chemistry (10CP)
This subject introduces students to the fundamentals of chemistry as they apply to the health and biomedical sciences. The subject includes the essential components of inorganic, physical and organic chemistry with an emphasis on the understanding and application of principles and processes.
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BMED11-109: Principles of Human Structure and Function (10CP)
This subject provides students with an introduction to the disciplines of human anatomy and physiology. The organisation of the human body, from cells to tissues and organs, and the relationships between anatomy and physiology are emphasised. A detailed study into the physiology of nerve, muscle, bone and connective tissue is a focus, alongside an introduction to anatomical terminology, arthrology, the skull and the upper limbs. An overview into the concepts of homeostasis and the control of body systems is also provided. Learning activities will provide students with the foundational knowledge and skills required in order to undertake further study into the body’s systems.
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BMED11-110: Human Organ Systems 1 (10CP)
This subject provides a detailed understanding of the anatomy and physiology of the cardiovascular, respiratory, and urinary systems of the body, with emphasis on the relationship between structure and function. Anatomy of the heart and great vessels, lungs, thorax, kidneys, and urinary tract is detailed and integrated with the function of these organ systems. Topics include the cardiac cycle, physiology of the circulation, mechanics of breathing, gas exchange and transport, and renal physiology. The regulation of the systems and how they interact to maintain fluid, acid-base, and circulatory homeostasis is examined.
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BMED11-112: Human Control Systems (10CP)
This subject focuses on the structure and function of the musculoskeletal, nervous and hormonal control systems of the body and their interaction with the internal and external environments. Students undertake an integrated study of the anatomy and function of the musculoskeletal system of the axial and appendicular skeleton, the major structural components of the central nervous system and the neurohormonal axis. The material presented also explains how sensations are recorded and interpreted, movements are controlled and the way the body regulates and integrates body function via the nervous and endocrine systems. There is also some coverage of the clinical aspects of disorders associated with control systems.
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BMED11-114: Chemistry for Living Systems (10CP)
Chemistry for Living Systems provides students with a solid foundation in chemistry required for further study in biomedical, exercise, sport and health science. The curriculum covers atomic structure, chemical bonding, solutions & equilibria, chemical compounds, stoichiometry, types of reactions such as Redox and Acid/Base and thermodynamics. It also has a substantial organic chemistry component as well as basic mathematics skills. This subject aims to teach students the basic components of biological, physical and organic chemistry.
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BMED11-203: Cell Biology (10CP)
This subject will introduce students to the role of cell communication, cell division, the extracellular matrix and the arrangement of cells in organ systems and cellular differentiation. Students will learn about the structure and function of the cell, the difference between prokaryotes and eukaryotes, and the role of cellular organelles, compartmentation and membranes in cellular function. In addition, they will be introduced to the role of major macromolecules within cells, such as proteins, carbohydrates, lipids and nucleic acids. The subject will provide the necessary foundational knowledge for further subjects in the area of cellular and molecular biology and physiology.
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BMED11-206: Microbiology (10CP)
This subject introduces students to the study of the organisms responsible for infectious diseases. Students will acquire a knowledge of the different types of bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites that are responsible for infections in humans, and some basic skills in identifying some of these organisms. Specialised topics to be covered include normal flora, antibiotic resistance and the use of genetic engineering and recombinant technology. This subject will be an important foundation for studies of the immune system that will follow.
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BMED11-207: Medical and Molecular Genetics (10CP)
This subject introduces the basic concepts behind DNA structure, replication and gene expression, with an emphasis on human disease. Mechanisms of mutation and DNA repair will be examined and their consequences discussed. Case studies for specific genetic diseases will be employed to demonstrate single gene defects, complex multi-factorial diseases and chromosomal disorders. Clinical commentary on important disorders, including cystic fibrosis, achondroplasia, Fragile X, trisomy 21, etc. will be provided throughout the lecture series. More specialised topics including inborn errors of metabolism, mitochondrial disorders and the genetic basis of cancer and ageing will also be presented. Finally recent molecular advances in gene therapy and the Human Genome Project will be examined in relation to ethical, legal and social issues relevant to medical genetics. Students will also acquire standard laboratory techniques used in DNA diagnostic tests.
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BMED12-114: Human Organ Systems 2 (10CP)
This subject covers the essential elements of human gastrointestinal and reproductive system anatomy and physiology. Central to these systems is their regulation of function by the endocrine system. Topics covered include the anatomy, histology and physiology of the organs of the digestive system including the liver, pancreas, gall bladder and intestines; the male and female reproductive systems, ovarian and uterine cycles, pregnancy and fetal development; function of major endocrine organs.
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BMED12-123: Global Health Issues (10CP)
This subject focusses on issues of global health in the 21st century. It includes examining public health approaches that are practical and effective in the context of developing countries compared and contrasted to those that may be applicable in developed countries including Australia.
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BUSN12-200: Responsible and Sustainable Organisations (10CP)
Considering the increasingly complex environmental, social and governance challenges facing today's business organisations, it is essential to develop an integrated understanding of business and its role in society. In this subject, students will be challenged to explore a multinational business from multiple perspectives to develop a systems view of the organisation and its global business environment. Through readings, discussions, case studies, projects and other learning activities, students will develop a more nuanced view of the purpose and functioning of business, the expectations of stakeholders, and the challenges and opportunities inherent in addressing those expectations. This exploration will include understanding the functional areas of business as well as how each can work together in an overall design to enable an integrative and innovative approach to responsible and sustainable business.
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COLB11-100: Global Citizenship (10CP)
The course encourages participants to identify and overcome the primary barriers to effective global citizenship found in epistemological, political, and historical modes of thinking. Students will also explore how an absence in institutions and civil society of robust concepts of global citizenship can institute dehumanising social and political practices. Through investigating such practices, participants will explore how a notion of global citizenship can inform critical thinking on issues such as climate change, international justice, and human rights. Furthermore, students will learn to propose effective solutions to such global challenges and evaluate the effectiveness of proposed policy and action. Ultimately, students in this course will consider a range of contemporary and imminent global challenges and gain proficiency in thinking critically about them and applying insights to their own lives.
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COLB12-100: Immersion 1: Work-Based Experience (10CP)
Immersion 1: Work-Based Experience provides students with a transition from study to the workplace. This subject offers an experiential application of previously studied theories and methodologies within a simulated professional context. Students will complete a work-based project as they enhance their understanding of the workplace.
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COLB12-110: Trust and Privacy in the Digital Age (10CP)
Emergent digital processes and virtual spaces create new business and governance opportunities and risks. This subject introduces a range of challenges related to trust, privacy, ethics and governance, which arise from digitally-mediated practices. Using a case-based approach, students will analyse significant controversies from a range of disciplines. Topics to be canvassed may evolve as the technological landscape develops and, in light of what is topical at any given time, may include the legal and ethical issues surrounding such matters as: data privacy, and the collection, processing and use of personal data; the protection of intellectual property rights in areas such as computer programs, new inventions and designs through patent, copyright, and design protection; cybersecurity and cybercrime; issues surrounding the rise of algorithms, including through blockchain/distributed ledger technology; the rise of artificial intelligence and machine learning; and the potential liability of social networks over the spread of sensitive or inaccurate information. This subject prepares students not just to understand the ramifications of an organisations’ digital practices, but more broadly to assist organisations in producing strategies and solutions for effective economic, political, and social processes.
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COLB12-120: Design: Process, Methods and Mindsets (10CP)
This subject challenges students to understand and use processes and models at the core of design thinking. Students are given problems that challenge even the greatest organisations and minds both in and out of business, often referred to as wicked problems. Students will demonstrate design thinking processes by framing a problem and choosing from a set of transdisciplinary tools and strategies, such as abductive reasoning, spatial modelling, ideation, prototyping and implementation, to deliver innovative solutions. Students who successfully complete this subject will have the knowledge and skills to use ‘design thinking’ as professionals, in teams and for society.
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COLB12-200: Global Challenges 1 (20CP)
Global Challenges 1 provides students with an opportunity to effectively identify and address a significant and complex problem that will form the basis of a major project. This innovative subject focuses upon wicked problems and the challenges they pose. Wicked problems are highly complex and difficult to define; clean solutions to wicked problems prove elusive, with proposed solutions generating unintended consequences that require resolution of new problems, which are themselves difficult and often wicked. Global Challenges 1 provides students with an opportunity to investigate such problems while integrating their theoretical understanding and practical experience. Students will work in an experiential and collaborative learning environment as they develop the skills and knowledge to identify and conceptualise a wicked problem.
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COLB13-110: Immersion 2: Work Placement (10CP)
Immersion 2: Work Placement provides students with the opportunity to further their theoretical understanding and practical application of workplace principles. This subject is grounded in experiential learning in which students will be required to complete a discipline-related work placement. Successful completion of the placement is essential in order for students to gain the practical experience necessary to demonstrate their ability to effectively engage industry experts and professionals and adhere to workplace requirements. To support work placements, students will participate in regular peer and business mentor sessions. Through these sessions, students will develop skills in critical reflection and professional goal setting, as evidenced through portfolio completion.
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COLB13-200: Global Challenges 2 (20CP)
Global Challenges 2 provides students with an opportunity to further explore the complexities and potential solutions of the types of problems identified within Global Challenges 1. This innovative subject is the second stage in a series of two subjects that encompass project-based investigation of prominent global challenges, allowing students to integrate their theoretical understanding and practical experience to design and develop a methodology to address a chosen challenge. Global challenges are typically highly complex and difficult to define, with the solution to such problems often evolving into unintended consequences that require resolution of a new problem. Students will study the complexities of global challenges within a dynamic social context encouraging the exploration and integration of multiple perspectives.
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COMN12-302: Digital Media and Society (10CP)
This subject examines changes to the global media environment to help you prepare to become a knowledge worker who will work in the rapidly changing professional employment market. Some of the most profound changes have occurred in global communication networks, digitalisation of media, mobile content creation and delivery, human-machine interaction, virtualisation, artificial intelligence, big data, and video, sound and text democratisation. These global media trends are examined in their social context drawing on interdisciplinary studies that include humanities, arts, social sciences, and business. You will learn about these and you will create professional public media content to demonstrate your digital knowledge and skills.
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HPER11-103: Health Systems (10CP)
To effectively navigate, work in, and improve health systems, it is essential to understand how they are structured and operate. In this subject, you will learn about the building blocks of the Australian health system to understand how it works, who the key players are, how decisions on resources allocation are made, and identify contemporary health system challenges. You will measure how well Australia’s health system is working to improve population health and contrast it to selected international comparators. To promote equitable health systems, you will explore the way in which the diverse population interacts with and accesses health services.
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HPER12-101: Health Research Methods (10CP)
This subject aims to develop students’ foundational skills in the identification, critical analysis and, application of research relevant to the health-related research continuum (laboratory bench, human performance, injury prevention/rehabilitation and population health), inclusive of quantitative and qualitative research paradigms. This subject has been designed to specifically develop research and research appraisal competencies relevant to careers in health-related professional practice and health and/or sport science research.
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HPER12-103: Health Communication (10CP)
Health communication is the science and art of using effective communication skills to advance the health and well-being of people and populations. It is a fundamental skill for competent health professionals that is continuously developed throughout one’s career. In this subject, you will acquire foundational health communication skills and professional attributes essential to providing person-centred healthcare to people of diverse backgrounds. This includes developing key communication skills when conducting a health-related assessment, planning health-related treatment, and disseminating health-related information. As such, we will explore the science of health communication and its best practice, inclusive of shared decision-making and communicating during challenging situations common to healthcare settings. We will also discover the art of health communication by developing your interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence to build effective relationships. Health communication skill development in this subject is fostered by developing your reflective practice skills and ability to give and receive feedback effectively via participation in small group, active and authentic learning experiences, such as simulations.
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HPER13-100: Evidence in Healthcare: Practice and Policy (10CP)
This subject is designed to provide knowledge and skills in using evidence to support decisions by those working in the health field. You will become familiar with the terminology used when describing healthcare evidence and develop essential skills in effectively using evidence in the healthcare setting. You will learn to critically appraise studies based on an understanding of research study designs; and applying the results of those studies to individuals, communities and populations. These skills will enable you to evaluate proposed health policy and clinical management options.
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HPER13-101: Drivers for Healthcare Change (10CP)
Healthcare is evolving rapidly resulting in improvements in health and wellbeing for many people. At the same time, inequalities mean that healthcare access and outcomes are inequitable for people from a range of backgrounds. This subject will explore key drivers of changes in healthcare including patient-centred practice, advocacy, and new models of healthcare provision. These drivers will be explored in the current healthcare context along with their impact on healthcare delivery, policies and outcomes. Learning activities will focus on exploring the literature and policy drivers supporting healthcare change, and cases will be used to highlight success stories and cautionary tales to enable students to critically evaluate evolving directions in healthcare.
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LAWS10-210: Enterprise Law (10CP)
This subject is an introductory level examination of the law regulating enterprises in Australia today. Students will develop a foundational understanding of the Australian legal system and the laws associated with starting, financing, managing, and closing an enterprise. They will also cultivate the skills and knowledge to recognise and respond appropriately to legal problems, including those involving causing harm, making and enforcing deals, dealing with consumers and competitors, and protecting IP.
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NUTR11-101: Food, Nutrition and Health (10CP)
This subject examines the relationship between food, nutrition and human health. It provides an introduction to nutrients, nutrient food sources, nutrient functions and deficiency states and the role of nutrition in human health and development. Students use this knowledge to critically examine major nutrition challenges of our time, including obesity, micro-nutrient malnutrition and the role of nutrition in human performance.
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Specialist Stream
Students must choose fifty credit points (50CP) in undergraduate subjects from across the University. Electives must be approved by a personal advisor from the Transformation CoLab. These subjects will form the student's specialist stream. Sample specialist streams include Health Analytics, Digital Health Communication, Sports Management and Nutrition and Wellness.
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University Undergraduate Electives
Students may choose from all Undergraduate subjects across the University that are available as general electives.
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Study plan
Take the guess work out of planning your study schedule. Your program's study plan has been carefully curated to provide a clear guide on the sequential subjects to be studied in each semester of your program. Your study plan is designed around connected subject themes to equip you with the fundamental knowledge required as you progress through your course.
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