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Program Type: Arizona Abroad

Credit Type: Transfer Credit

Terms Available: Academic Year, Calendar Year, Fall, Spring

GPA: 2.5

Eligibility: Sophomore, Junior, Senior, UA Students

Language of Instruction: English

Application Deadline: Spring & Calendar Year: September 10, Fall & Academic Year: February 25

Coordinator: Morgen Daniels

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University of Technology Sydney offers diverse coursework in a wide range of disciplines far beyond the STEM field.

Click here and select 'Undergraduate pre-approved subject list' to view a list of courses that exchange students are guaranteed to get a spot in.

You can also check out the Study Abroad and Exchange Subject Guides which act as a useful starting point for students interested in exploring the coursework available to them at UTS by field of study. Within these guides, lower-division coursework is designated as L1, and upper-division coursework as L2 and above.

Click here to browse through UTS' complete course catalog ("Handbook").

Handbook search instructions:

  • Click on the field(s) of study for which you'd like to view available classes
  • Click on 'Undergraduate Courses'
  • Select the major(s) / degree program(s) for which you'd like to view available classes
  • Select ‘Course structure' and/or 'Course program’ which will take you to the list of courses offered for this major/program
  • Clicking on individual course numbers will take you to their descriptions

Students must enroll in 18-24 credits per semester. Courses at UTS are usually worth 6 or 8 UTS 'credit points', which correspond to 4 or 5 UArizona credits, respectively.

Want to learn more about your host country? UTS' Australian Society track might be for you! Email your Coordinator Morgen Daniels for more information: morgendaniels@arizona.edu.

Expand the sections below to view UTS courses that are pre-approved to transfer to UArizona. This list is not exhaustive- browse the course catalog linked above for a full selection of class offerings during your term abroad. Please note that these courses are not guaranteed to be offered each Fall/Spring term; inclusion on this list indicates typical availability. 

IMPORTANT: To confirm that a class will be offered for the specific semester in which you will be going abroad, utilize the UTS Timetable Planner tool. Search for the class using its five-digit code to check availability.

Scholarships:

Arizona International scholarships: 

  • Arizona International Study Abroad Scholarships
  • Study Abroad Scholarship Tracker

Departmental scholarships:

  • Check your department's and college's websites for scholarship opportunities, or ask your academic advisor!
  • SILLC Global Award Fund
  • Honors College study abroad scholarships

External scholarships:

  • Gilman Scholarship (for Pell Grant recipients)
  • Fund for Education Abroad

Fall Semester Courses

Advanced Manufacturing

Advanced Manufacturing

Course Description:
This subject enables students to understand key aspects of manufacturing in modern environments. Students learn about considerations relating to volume, capital investment, modern concepts of quality management, and quality control. Modern metrology equipment and methods are also examined. Students of this subject become conversant with aspects of computer systems and software in relation to modern manufacturing, and gain experience with CAD/CAM for CNC machining. Students also investigate some roles of industrial robots in fabrication, welding and assembly.
Partner Course Code:
48663 
UArizona Equivalent Course:
AME Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering

Dynamics and Control

Course Description:
The objectives of this subject are to: have an understanding of the behaviour of linear (or approximately linear) dynamic systems that are typically encountered in the practice of mechanical engineering; and gain an understanding of how such systems can be controlled, or have their dynamics altered, so as to achieve desired outcomes. Topics covered include: dynamic models: component block diagram, laplace transform, undamped free and forced vibration of SDOF systems, damped free and forced vibration of SDOF systems, resonance and beats, logarithmic decrement, response under the harmonic motion of the base, coupled-tank systems, vibration of 2DOF systems, vibration isolation, vibration absorbers; Matlab and Simulink; dynamic response: system modelling diagrams, poles and zeros, effect of pole locations, first order systems, second order systems, effects of zeros and additional poles, stability; basic properties of feedback: the basic equations of control, control of steady-state error, PID control, pole placement method; the root-locus design method: root-locus of a basic feedback systems, dynamic compensation, examples; control system implementation and introduction to advanced control systems.
Partner Course Code:
48660 
UArizona Equivalent Course:
AME Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Fundamentals of Mechanical Engineering

Course Description:
This subject builds on and brings together the concepts introduced in the Mathematical and Physical Modelling subjects and in Introduction to Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering. It is intended to provide students with a comprehensive overview of elementary mechanics and lay the basis for further work in this area in later subjects. In particular, material discussed in this subject is taken further in Machine Dynamics and Mechanics of Solids subjects in subsequent stages. Newtonian mechanics depends on the development of a series of increasingly complex models based on Newton’s Laws of Motion. The purpose of this modelling concept is to set up an orderly development that is conducive to mathematical analysis. The methodology relies on diagrammatically isolating a physical entity (or body) from all constraints or contacts with other bodies and replacing these contacts with external forces. This relies on discriminating between what are defined as internal and external forces. The mechanically isolated body is referred to as a free body diagram. It requires a graphical, diagrammatic or visual approach to problem analysis, unlike other analytical systems, which rely on more sophisticated mathematical analysis. The topics discussed in this subject include equilibrium in 2D plane and 3D space, force vectors, force system resultants, analysis of pin-connected trusses, characteristics of dry friction, equilibrium of rigid bodies subjected to frictional force, shear force and bending moment diagrams, kinematics and kinetics of a particle, rectilinear kinemtatics, curvilinear motion, force and acceleration, work and energy, impulse and momentum, and the relationships between them. These comprise the basis of a comprehensive course in Newtonian mechanics.
Partner Course Code:
48620 
UArizona Equivalent Course:
AME Departmental Elective, Lower division.
UArizona Units:
4

Heat Transfer

Course Description:
This subject provides a solid grounding in key concepts and fundamental principles, along with the assumptions made in their development, relating to heat transfer and to the operation of various machines associated with thermal energy (such as heat exchangers). It aims to develop expertise in applying these principles, in rational combination with the necessary empiricism, to practical engineering situations involving heat transfer and such machines, including their selection, application, performance prediction and design. The subject also reinforces an appreciation of the links between different subject areas and engineering disciplines. Topics covered include fundamentals of heat transfer covering conduction, convection and radiation, and heat exchangers.
Partner Course Code:
48661 
UArizona Equivalent Course:
AME Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Introduction to Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering

Course Description:
The subject introduces the student to engineering sketching and drawing, computer-aided design and solid modelling, engineering design, engineering mechanics, mechanical systems and components, and wind power and energy conversion. Students learn to graphically represent engineering components by sketching, using drawing instruments and/or computer methods using standard representation techniques such as orthogonal projection. Students learn basic engineering mechanics and how to apply this to analyse simple machines, mechanisms and structures. Students also learn basic engineering management tools and apply them in designing and building a mechanical system.
Partner Course Code:
48610 
UArizona Equivalent Course:
AME Departmental Elective, Lower division.
UArizona Units:
4

Machine Dynamics

Course Description:
The objectives of this subject are to give students an understanding of the kinematics and dynamics of rigid bodies in general planar motion, which is typically encountered in design and analysis of mechanical systems, and an elementary understanding of the vibration of mechanical systems, in particular the dynamic behaviour of single-degree-of-freedom mechanical systems with various damping and applied forces. Students should be able to: model problems in rigid body planar and spatial kinematics and rigid body planar dynamics; understand energy methods in contrast to direct applications of Newton's second law of motion for setting up a model; understand the physics of a problem formulated from a real mechanical system; appreciate the role of vibration in machines and structures in the engineering world; understand the procedures required to evaluate a vibration problem; and analyse the dynamic response of single-degree-of-freedom mechanical systems. The subject also covers the concept of a rigid body, full nomenclature used in kinematics, two-body velocity equations and velocity diagrams of planar motion; two-body acceleration equations and acceleration diagram; three-body velocity equations and acceleration equations including Coriolis acceleration term; angular velocity acceleration equations including three-dimensional problems; F=ma applied to a rigid-body-dynamics, significance of 'centre of mass', the 'moment' relationship (M=Ia, etc.); angular momentum, conservation of angular momentum (general case, centre of mass moving, no 'fixed' point); linear and angular impulse problems; energy methods for general planar motion; elementary principles of vibration theory, free vibration of undamped single-degree-of-freedom system; free decay vibration of damped single-degree-of-freedom system; and the forced vibration of single-degree-of-freedom system.
Partner Course Code:
48640 
UArizona Equivalent Course:
AME Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Mechanical and Mechatronic Design

Course Description:
This subject aims to extend students' competence in the design of engineered systems and components, as well as familiarising them with modern design approach methodologies. While the emphasis is on realistic engineering-team/client/boss interactions, need exploration, project development and delivery, this subject draws heavily on the expertise the students have developed up until this stage of the course. Furthermore, the subject aims to enhance and polish students' capabilities in dealing with human-centric aspects of the design process.
Partner Course Code:
48670 
UArizona Equivalent Course:
AME Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Mechanical Vibration and Measurement

Course Description:
This subject builds upon the fundamentals of mechanical system dynamics and introduces advanced topics in vibration analysis and measurement, and their applications to real engineering problems. Students are introduced to advanced topics in rigid and flexible body modelling and analysis of mechanical systems with both analytical, numerical and experimental approaches. Laboratory and project work forms a significant proportion of in-class activities, in which students become proficient in the techniques of data acquisition, vibration testing, measurement, and signal processing. Experimental results are used for modelling the dynamic characteristics of physical systems, and for testing the performance of vibration control and monitoring systems. Case studies are used to show that practical applications to technical engineering problems also need to be considered within a wider social or commercial context.
Partner Course Code:
48601 
UArizona Equivalent Course:
AME Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Strength of Engineering Materials

Course Description:
This subject draws on, and brings together, the knowledge and skills developed in earlier subjects such as 48620 Fundamentals of Mechanical Engineering, 60101 Chemistry and Materials Science, and 48331 Mechanics of Solids. It also prepares students for the more dedicated design subjects to come and exposes them to practical aspects of mechanical engineering design. The objectives are that students should be able to: understand, describe and use the methodology of modelling material properties and behaviour; understand and describe the fundamental differences in the behaviour of different types of materials; understand and describe how and why things fail; realise the importance of material selection in engineering design; predict, or design to avoid, failure given the material, environment and loading conditions; and use analytical skills in stress analysis and knowledge of material properties in mechanical design. Topics include: the use of stress analysis and material properties in materials selection and mechanical design; stress analysis – revise concept of normal and shear stress; combined stress; structures and m/c components; impact; material behaviour – time dependent material properties; strength; failure modes – theories, criteria for static failure (e.g. Tresca, von Mises, Mohr), fracture, creep, and fatigue; and strain energy methods.
Partner Course Code:
48642 
UArizona Equivalent Course:
AME Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Animal & Comparative Biomedical Sciences

Animal Behaviour and Physiology

Course Description:
Animal behaviour and physiology is the objective study of how animals respond to and interact with the environment and other biota. Understanding how animals behave and adapt to external environments, and why, is vital to many realms of science, but particularly the environmental sciences of biology, ecology, conservation, animal welfare and biogeography. Key to this understanding is the process by which adaptive responses arise through evolutionary selection. The focus of this subject is therefore to gain an understanding of the different internal and external responses of animals and the processes that drive their evolution. Emphasis is placed on how adaptive responses enable species to survive and reproduce, and how environmental change favours or disfavours behaviours and physiologies (and, by inference, species).
Partner Course Code:
91363
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ACBS Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Anthropology

Digital Forensics

Course Description:
This is a practice-based subject, using material based on the textbook. Learning is laboratory-based. Students assess if a crime has been committed, acquire digital evidence, analyse the evidence and prepare forensic reports. The emphasis is on digital forensics applications, in particular: forensic analysis of a digital storage device where evidence of visits to web sites is recovered to support or oppose a hypothesis before a criminal court; eDiscovery (a form of discovery related to civil litigation) where students acquire evidence of contact with a third party using email or social media; intrusion investigation into the nature and extent of an unauthorised network intrusion. Students look for evidence of malware being installed on the device that may use the network to exfiltrate data to an unauthorised person.
Partner Course Code:
48436 
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Forensic Imaging

Course Description:
This subject is designed to introduce the key concepts of the forensic imaging discipline. Through a set of complementary lectures, practicals and computer labs, students gain theoretical and practical knowledge about the general philosophy of forensic imaging, as well as how to use a digital camera and other imaging equipment, take relevant photographs in a forensic context and perform digital enhancement of images using specialised software, such as Adobe Photoshop. The skills acquired in this subject are essential in forensic science since photography is the best way to document the entire forensic process, from the crime scene to the production of the photographic report. The subject acts as a foundation to build the photographic skills necessary for all forensic science subjects.
Partner Course Code:
65312
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ANTH Departmental Elective, Lower division.
UArizona Units:
4

Principles of Forensic Science

Course Description:
This subject is designed to introduce the different disciplines, principles and concepts specific to forensic science. It covers the following areas in a forensic context: history; general definitions and concepts; sub-disciplines; methodology and methods; introduction to crime scene; trace typology; function of the expert; the legal system; judicial admissibility; ethical considerations; and interpretation of forensic evidence. Lectures are complemented by workshops that encourage students to engage with the material through pre-workshop activities that are discussed during the workshops. Students reflect on the ideas developed in workshops by completing a series of post-workshop exercises. This is a core subject for the forensic science courses and an elective for students in other related courses.
Partner Course Code:
65242
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ANTH Departmental Elective, Lower division.
UArizona Units:
4

Biology

Immunology 1

Course Description:
This subject is designed to introduce the basic concepts of immunology for students planning careers in biomedical research, biotechnology and diagnostic pathology. The cells of the blood, bone marrow and immune tissues are studied in detail with regard to their identification, morphology and function. The development of these cells (haematopoesis) and their role in haemostasis and immune function is investigated. The study of immune function is structured in such a way that it follows the course of an immune response, from initial non-specific reactions to the development of adaptive responses and immunological memory. Emphasis is given to the basic concepts that underlie the recognition of foreign bodies by the host and the immune response to infection. The practical sessions introduce students to the variety of immunological techniques routinely used in pathology and research laboratories such as radioimmunoassay, immunofluorescence staining, flow cytometry and ELISA.
Partner Course Code:
91401
UArizona Equivalent Course:
MCB Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Molecular Biology 1

Course Description:
This intensive summer subject provides an introduction to the basics of molecular biology and an understanding of the key concepts underlying the experimental techniques of DNA manipulations in a molecular biology laboratory. The key techniques and the science behind the methodology are introduced, which enables the student to embrace a wide learning curve of elements within the subject. The student is encouraged and challenged to understand ideas and concepts, evaluate and analyse data and information, and apply these skills to critique current molecular biology projects in the assessment task. Topics covered include: DNA and RNA isolation, restriction enzymes, DNA ligation, cloning strategies; southern, northern and western blotting; and an introduction to DNA sequencing and PCR. Emphasis is also placed on the use of databases to retrieve and analyse nucleic acid and protein sequences. This subject encourages students to become adept at the techniques required for molecular analysis in a modern scientific laboratory, and provides a foundation for more advanced molecular biology study, as well as the skills and knowledge for future potential positions in industry, such as pharmaceutical and commercial, research and development, and gene technology and engineering companies.
Partner Course Code:
91132
UArizona Equivalent Course:
MCB Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Business

Branding and Reputation

Course Description:
This subject examines the evolution and logic of contemporary branding and reputational capital. Students develop a strong understanding of branding principles and learn how these drive consumer perceptions of brand reputations; and they examine how reputations are built, maintained and threatened in various contemporary contexts. Students apply theoretical knowledge and critical concepts – such as crowd cultures, brand equity and image restoration – to contemporary brand campaigns, individuals and organisations, and consider how these sit within culturally diverse, globalised contexts.
Partner Course Code:
52664
UArizona Equivalent Course:
MKTG Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
4

Business Ethics and Sustainability

Course Description:
This subject explores the breadth and depth of ethical issues confronting contemporary organisations as they relate to general business practice and sustainability. It examines major philosophical conceptualisations of ethics and applies these to critically analyse both theory and practice. It places particular emphasis on developing students' ethical vocabulary and ethical argumentation so that they are better equipped to successfully carry an ethically informed subjectivity into their organisational practice. This subject provides students with various frameworks for incorporating and critically evaluating sustainability in organisational practices and decision-making.
Partner Course Code:
21513
UArizona Equivalent Course:
BNAD Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Creative Advertising

Course Description:
In this subject, students learn about creative advertising development techniques and practices. They are introduced to foundational concepts of advertising within the broad framework of Paid, Owned, Earned and Shared media, and explore how creativity is applied within different contexts of Paid advertising. Students are introduced to, and utilise, contemporary consumer research, insights and targeting approaches. They work collaboratively and individually to create advertising ideas and then generate executions across multiple media channels.
Partner Course Code:
52662
UArizona Equivalent Course:
MKTG Department Elective, Lower Division
UArizona Units:
4

Entrepreneurship and Commercialisation

Course Description:
This later stage undergraduate subject develops students' understanding of the various roles within an enterprise, using a business planning framework to present topics such as strategy, marketing, operations, personnel, and finance. This subject has strong practical orientation, using contemporary case studies to broaden students' perspectives and demonstrate the application of the concepts covered. This subject is taught just before students enter the commercial world, to provide them with insight into the other functions of an organisation, and allow them to communicate more effectively with these roles.
Partner Course Code:
48270
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Global Operations and Supply Chain Management

Course Description:
This subject builds on the business knowledge taught in the core subject Integrating Business Perspectives and provides students studying in the Management, Human Resource Management and International Business majors with an opportunity to develop their understanding of sustainable business operations and global supply chain management from a systems perspective. Through a blended process of experiential, engaging and reflective learning, this subject further assures problem-based learning skills, added with the ability to manage the development of higher order capabilities for addressing complex operational issues in a real business context.
Partner Course Code:
21511
UArizona Equivalent Course:
MGMT Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Human Resource Management

Course Description:
Human resource management (HRM) is a core consideration for running successful organisations. This subject introduces students to the theories and concepts that underpin the real-world practice of HRM. Students explore the various dimensions of HRM, and the ways in which these have developed over the last century as a response to a changing internal and external organisational environment. In addition, through engaging with the subject content and activities, students develop a critical understanding regarding the current trends, and future challenges, impacting on the operationalisation of HRM.
Partner Course Code:
21555
UArizona Equivalent Course:
MGMT Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Intermediate Macroeconomics

Course Description:
This subject develops basic economic models as the analytical tools with which to understand macroeconomic phenomena such as economic growth, output fluctuations, unemployment, and inflation and how these phenomenon are interrelated. The subject equips students with analytical skills to examine the impact of these macroeconomic forces on business conditions and to understand and evaluate policy.
Partner Course Code:
23568
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ECON 330: Macroeconomic and Global Institutions and Policy
UArizona Units:
4

Intermediate Microeconomics

Course Description:
This subject extends students' knowledge and understanding of microeconomic phenomena and the environment within which consumers and businesses operate, as developed in introductory economics subjects. It develops the ability of students to analyse and critically evaluate these microeconomic issues, by equipping them with formal concepts and models. Issues considered in this subject include: the theory of consumer choice, firm behaviour, comparative welfare outcomes produced by different market forms and externalities arising from market failures such as pollution. The subject equips students with formal concepts and tools that are essential for further study in a range of specialised microeconomic fields.
Partner Course Code:
23567
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ECON 300: Microeconomic Analysis for Business Decisions
UArizona Units:
4

International Marketing

Course Description:
This subject focuses in the first instance on the issues relating to the ways in which firms consider the business opportunities for developing international marketing operations and then secondly, how those plans need to be evaluated, researched, developed and then implemented and managed. Key topics include international market planning and evaluation, target market(s) research, evaluation of competitive advantage, positioning and strategy considerations and then marketing plan development, implementation and management as well as consideration of how such plans need to be integrated within the firm. All of this involves significant consideration of cultural, political, legal and other environmental factors that can facilitate or limit exchanges among, what can be, very diverse sellers and buyers. Students learn different strategies that can be used in an international context to meet the different needs and wants of customers, while at the same time enabling international marketers to achieve their business goals and objectives. The emphasis in this subject is upon developing critical thinking in relation to international marketing opportunities and the use of marketing related tools to 'solve' those opportunities in a commercial environment.
Partner Course Code:
24220
UArizona Equivalent Course:
MKTG 456
UArizona Units:
4

Operations Management

Course Description:
Operations management is concerned with the design, planning and improvement of systems or processes that create goods and provide services. This subject provides a broad introduction to operations management and develops awareness of the critical need for effective operations management. Not only do the students learn about the fundamentals of operations management, but they also practice how to select and apply appropriate operations tools and techniques in different contexts including quality management, inventory control and management, sales and operations planning, resource planning, decision-making analysis and sustainable operations management. Teaching methods include a combination of interactive lectures, real-world case analysis and videos.
Partner Course Code:
21069
UArizona Equivalent Course:
MGMT Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

The Agency

Course Description:
In this subject, students are allocated to teams that operate as agencies. Each agency responds to an external client brief and pitches a strategy that helps solve the client’s problems. Students choose their client from a selection on offer from the for-profit, not-for-profit, or government sectors. As a team, students collaborate with peers as they problem solve and seek creative solutions in their development of an integrated communication strategy for their client. Based on the goals, objectives, stakeholders, and strategic directions identified in their communication strategy report, students design their presentation deck and pitch as an agency to industry panels. Students learn how to effectively pitch their solution to their client, utilising a range of techniques including storytelling, research insights and demonstration through campaign mock ups as part of their presentation. This subject helps students understand industry-standard expectations and equips them with work-ready professional skills and knowledge.
Partner Course Code:
52667
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
4

The Media Business

Course Description:
This subject focuses on the conceptual frameworks and practical skill sets that drive business success in competitive creative industries, manage market disruptions, and establish sustainable, ethical practices. Students learn how to execute astute decisions that acknowledge different industry players’ roles; harness the reach and influence of online distribution channels; and negotiate emerging challenges and opportunities within and across various business scenarios. Students apply critical and applied skills to understand how various aspects of media production canvassed in the major (e.g. music, sound, film, TV, internet, games) thrive in contemporary market conditions. By exploring the interplay between the law, policy, ethics, business conditions and technological change, students develop entrepreneurial skills that drive innovation in contemporary media business.
Partner Course Code:
52708
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
4

Transnational Management

Course Description:
This subject examines the challenges associated with the strategic and operational management of organisations whose activities stretch across national boundaries. The subject develops a conceptual framework that enables students to explore the interplay between the transnational organisation, the country in which it does business, and associated macro-environmental forces. Through theories, case studies, and research articles, students explore ethical dilemmas and sustainability issues in companies operating across national boundaries. Students gain a comprehensive understanding of key management challenges for firms operating in a transnational environment.
Partner Course Code:
21591
UArizona Equivalent Course:
MGMT 435
UArizona Units:
4

Chemistry

Analytical Biochemistry

Course Description:
This subject examines modern methods and technologies used in biochemical analysis emphasising the instrumentation, underlying principles, aims, strategies and current applications. The instrumental techniques covered include the spectroscopic methods, spectrophotometry, spectrofluorimetry, emission and absorption photometry, magnetic resonance, mass spectrometry, proteomics, chromatography principles and practice (including gas chromatography and high performance liquid chromatography), electrophoresis, centrifugation and an introduction to radiochemistry and immunoassay methods, with, in all cases, applications to the analysis of biochemical samples (nucleic acids and proteins) in the biological, biomedical, forensic and/or environmental laboratory settings.
Partner Course Code:
91326
UArizona Equivalent Course:
BIOC Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Chemistry 1

Course Description:
The study of chemistry is central to an understanding of the world around us and is relevant to all other science areas, such as physics, biology, geology and the environment at the fundamental level. This subject is designed to develop the student's understanding of the basic principles of chemistry. Topics covered include an introduction to matter, chemical reactions, atomic structure, stoichiometry, the periodic table, bonding, intermolecular forces and crystal structures, molecular geometry, equilibrium, and acid-base equilibria. The subject provides the requisite knowledge and skills for 65212 Chemistry 2.
Partner Course Code:
65111
UArizona Equivalent Course:
CHEM 151 General Chemistry I
UArizona Units:
4

Chemistry 2

Course Description:
The study of chemistry is central to an understanding of the physical world, and is fundamental to the study of biology, geology, and environmental science. This subject builds on and develops further the material introduced in 65111 Chemistry 1. The subject is divided into the broad areas of physical chemistry (equilibria, kinetics and thermochemistry) and organic chemistry (carbon compounds and their reactions, including biological molecules such as proteins, sugars and nucleic acids). The study of physical chemistry allows for the explanation and prediction of chemical reactivity and energetics, while organic chemistry provides the building blocks for understanding the complexity of the natural world.
Partner Course Code:
65212
UArizona Equivalent Course:
CHEM 152 General Chemistry II
UArizona Units:
4

Environmental Chemistry

Course Description:
This subject focuses on the importance and role of chemical changes in the natural environment, and those resulting from human activity. Chemical changes are examined for the hydrosphere and atmosphere with particular emphasis placed on the importance of organic and inorganic pollutants, and changes in organic molecular structures. Chemical changes are examined for inorganic matter (soil clays) and organic matter (plant materials), having as their end products humic substances, petroleum and coal. Important pollutants including halogenated hydrocarbons, and the oxides of nitrogen, sulphur and carbon, are discussed in the contexts of their origins and effects on the geosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere. The subject concludes with discussions regarding sustainable chemistry processes, with a focus on green synthetic routes, solvent selection, catalysis and atom economy. The practical component of this subject involves the application of titrimetric and spectrophotometric methods of analysis along with the use of analytical probes to measure and assess water quality. Students are also introduced to the importance of green chemistry methods in the laboratory.
Partner Course Code:
65621
UArizona Equivalent Course:
CHEM Departmental Elective, Lower division.
UArizona Units:
4

Civil Engineering

Advanced Engineering Computing

Course Description:
The objective of this subject is for students to develop competencies in advanced computational methods used in civil engineering, particularly in the preparation and analysis of mathematical models that are frequently applied in structural engineering. The subject also develops modelling and programming skills using a wide range of software tools.
Partner Course Code:
48371
UArizona Equivalent Course:
CE Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Computer Modelling and Design

Course Description:
This subject introduces senior civil engineering students to the preparation and analysis of computer models of load bearing structures. Students learn how to establish loads on buildings in compliance with Australian standards and how to apply them correctly to the computer models they prepare. Building on subjects completed earlier for the design of structures, students extend their design skills by being introduced to commercial software programs for structural analysis in hands-on lab sessions.
Partner Course Code:
48389 
UArizona Equivalent Course:
CE Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Concrete Design

Course Description:
All engineers who wish to practise as civil engineers in Australia must have knowledge of structural design, including the behaviour and design of reinforced concrete (RC) and, to a lesser extent, of prestressed concrete (PSC) elements as parts of overall structures. This subject builds on the knowledge of statics, solid mechanics and structural analysis of indeterminate structures that the students have learnt in the previous structural strand subjects. Students learn about the behaviour and design of RC beams, slabs and columns and PSC beams, for both serviceability and strength. Initially, the students are introduced to the Limit State Design philosophy of Australian Standards for structural design and to the material properties of concrete, reinforcement and prestressing steel used for design. RC topics include uncracked section analysis of beams, cracked section analysis of beams (linear-elastic, Desayi-Krishnan, ultimate) for strength and design for strength to AS3600, serviceability design of beams, ductility of singly and doubly reinforced sections, design for shear, T-beams, approximate analysis and design of one-way, two-way slabs and flat slabs/plates, columns (interaction diagrams and slenderness effects), pad footings, cantilever retaining walls and reinforcement detailing. PSC beam topics include history, uncracked section analysis, equivalent loads, load-balancing, cracked section analysis (linear-elastic and ultimate), design for bending, shear, transfer, anchorage.
Partner Course Code:
48353 
UArizona Equivalent Course:
CE Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Construction

Course Description:
The objective of this subject is to give a broad-based introduction to the construction industry and to emphasise the technical and managerial skills needed by engineering professionals working in this area. Much of the value and strength of the subject relates to the development of an understanding that a leadership role in engineering construction projects requires a holistic approach that blends technical skill, logical reasoning, judgement and managing activities and people. The construction industry requires all of these aspects to be constantly applied to a myriad of issues both large and small.
Partner Course Code:
48340
UArizona Equivalent Course:
CE Departmental Elective, Lower division.
UArizona Units:
4

Construction Materials

Course Description:
The most common materials used in civil engineering applications and construction are concrete and steel. In order to understand how these materials perform in service, civil engineers must have a basic understanding of them in relation to their engineering properties and application. As part of the learning outcomes in this subject, students acquire fundamental knowledge of the engineering properties of construction materials and apply this knowledge to predict the behaviour of these materials in application. Students also interpret and apply Australian Standard test methods for the testing of these materials and understand the effects of the environment on the performance, properties and failure modes of them. By developing professional problem solving and design skills in this subject, students also acquire the ability to select the most appropriate material to meet prescriptive and performance-based requirements and be able to justify their choice of selection. Topics include: 1. construction materials and their application; 2. binders and water for concrete production; 3. aggregates and admixtures for concrete production; 4. fresh and hardened properties of concrete; 5. time dependent deformation and durability of concrete; 6. mechanical behaviour of metals; 7. properties of iron-carbon alloys and structural steels
Partner Course Code:
48352
UArizona Equivalent Course:
CE Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Engineering Mechanics

Course Description:
The subject aims to assist students to acquire a fundamental understanding of static equilibrium concepts commonly used in analysis and design of engineered structures. It also aims to develop their skills in analysing simple structures such as statically determinate beams and trusses, subjected to various loading and support conditions. On completion of this subject, students should be able to apply static equilibrium conditions as tools to analyse simple structures, and have developed an appreciation of design in civil engineering. The principles developed in this subject form the basis of structural analysis and design. This subject introduces students to the fundamental aspects that are a basis for subsequent fields of dynamics in civil engineering such as fluid mechanics, hydraulics and road design.
Partner Course Code:
48321
UArizona Equivalent Course:
CE Departmental Elective, Lower division.
UArizona Units:
4

Environmental and Sanitation Engineering

Course Description:
This subject introduces civil engineering students to essential environmental concepts and the environmental consequences of typical engineering activities. It offers a better understanding of the interrelationship between engineering, the environment and society, which provides the transition from academic knowledge to real-life situations encountered during planning, designing and implementing civil engineering projects. The subject helps students: develop an awareness of environmental issues; reinforce the implication of certain processes such as construction within a natural system; become familiar with both preventive and management strategies to minimise air, water, soil and noise pollution; and understand concepts and design of water pollution control mechanisms. Students acquire the relevant knowledge and critiquing skills that civil engineers require when working in environmental areas related to pollution control, environmental control and resource protection and management. They also develop skills of systems-thinking and problem-solving to develop better economical and environmentally sound structures or buildings.
Partner Course Code:
48350
UArizona Equivalent Course:
CHEE 300: Introduction to Water Chemistry for Engineers
UArizona Units:
4

Fluid Mechanics

Course Description:
This subject aims to enable students to: understand key concepts and fundamental principles, together with the assumptions made in their development, pertaining to fluid behaviour, both in static and flowing conditions; deal effectively with practical engineering situations, including the analysis and design of engineering systems and devices involving fluids and flow; appreciate possible applications and links to other disciplines; and engage in further specialised study or research. The subject also aims to enhance interests in fluid phenomena and applications. Topics include: fluid properties and statics; conservation laws of mass, momentum and energy; flow in pipes; external flow (lift and drag); boundary layers; flow measurements; and environmental fluid mechanics.
Partner Course Code:
48641
UArizona Equivalent Course:
CE Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Geotechnical Engineering

Course Description:
The aim of this subject is to develop students' technical competence in the analysis of soil masses and of structures associated with the soil. The analysis of footings, piles, retaining walls and soil slopes are examples. By completing this subject, students should be able to understand the concept of failure in soil and apply it to the analysis of soil masses; critically appraise a problem in order to decide which particular analysis should be used; identify the limitations of their analyses and carry out appropriate solution validation; be responsible for the analysis component of a design team; study the relevant literature and learn to apply new or more complex methods of analysis; and carry out fieldwork in association with subsurface investigations. Topics include introduction to geotechnical design (criteria, codes, engineering judgment); site investigation (planning, fieldwork, techniques); shallow foundations (types, bearing capacity theories, settlement); retaining structures (earth pressure theories, Rankine and Coulomb methods, analysis of gravity walls, cantilever walls, braced excavations); deep foundations (types, load-carrying capacity, settlement, group behaviour, lateral loading); slope stability (failure mechanisms, infinite slopes, rotational failure, remedial measures); and soil improvement (site classification, reactive soils behaviour, ground improvement methods).
Partner Course Code:
48360 
UArizona Equivalent Course:
CE Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Hydraulics and Hydrology

Course Description:
The objective of this subject is to give students the opportunity to consolidate knowledge around open channel hydraulics and hydrology, leading to an understanding of the scientific foundations and basic principles of these fields, and the ability to apply hydraulic and hydrological methods to engineering applications in an integrated way. This subject extends the knowledge gained in fluid mechanics and introduces student to new skills for water engineering design. Students are exposed to the theoretical concepts and fundamental equations that become the basis of design for a wide range of open channel hydraulics, surface hydrology and flood estimation.
Partner Course Code:
48362 
UArizona Equivalent Course:
CE Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Introduction to Civil and Environmental Engineering

Course Description:
Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) plays a major role in the provision of basic infrastructure necessary to support the development and maintenance of urban and rural settlements. Students completing this subject gain an understanding of the scope of CEE and acquire relevant fundamental skills and knowledge. Drawing and mapping are important communication skills used by civil and environmental engineers. Students have plenty of opportunity to develop these skills and receive feedback on their techniques in tutorials and learning activities such as group and individual projects, case study and assignments. A significant practice-oriented tutorial/laboratory component allows students to gain better understanding of theory and relevant skills, including engineering drawing by hand and computer-aided design (CAD) software, and mapping with geographical information system (GIS). In addition to graphical communication, engineering drawings and maps, the subject also includes some written/textual communication and common rules for communication and understanding. This subject provides: 1. a sound foundation for further education in the processes of design, construction, operation and maintenance of community infrastructure. 2. an understanding of the need to develop the necessary individual and collaborative skills in CEE project analysis and development. Tutorials and other assessment tasks simulate workplace-based problem solving and at a 'basic' level (i.e. at a level that an engineering student could experience during their first internship).
Partner Course Code:
48310 
UArizona Equivalent Course:
CE Departmental Elective, Lower division.
UArizona Units:
4

Mechanics of Solids

Course Description:
The objectives of this subject are to enable students to: acquire a fundamental understanding of the behaviour of structural components commonly used in engineered structures and machines; develop skills to help them model and analyse the behaviour of structural and machine components subjected to various loading and support conditions based on principles of equilibrium and material constitutional relationships. Content includes: pure bending of beams – flexural stress and strain, calculation of beam loads; shear flow and shear stresses in beams – distribution of shear stresses in beam sections, forces and stresses in shear connectors; composite beams – composite short columns; slope and deflection of simple beams; column buckling – Euler's equation, end conditions and effective length, combined axial and bending stresses for short columns; torsion of circular shafts, thin-walled closed sections and solid rectangular sections; transformation of plane stresses – Mohr's circle of plane stresses, principal stresses and planes; inelastic bending – stress resultants, yield moment and ultimate moment capacity of elastoplastic sections, elastic and plastic section modulus, plastic hinges; product of inertia, principal axes and principal moments of inertia; unsymmetric bending; combined stresses due to axial force, shear force, bending moments and twisting moment; shear centre.
Partner Course Code:
48331
UArizona Equivalent Course:
CE Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Road and Transport Engineering

Course Description:
This is an introductory subject covering the discipline of transport engineering as part of the broad field of civil and environmental engineering. An outline of the discipline and its relationships with other engineering and non-engineering disciplines is provided with particular emphasis on achieving sustainable design and planning outcomes. The subject comprises two strands, transport planning and traffic engineering. The transport planning strand covers the analysis, design and evaluation of transport systems, primarily focusing on public transport provision. In the second strand, students learn about the '4-step transport modelling' approach to determine travel demands at a regional level, a key component of infrastructure feasibility assessments and design to ensure satisfactory operations. Students are also introduced to the fundamentals of traffic flow theory to be equipped with the tools necessary to assess capacity and appraise transport infrastructure. Furthermore, applications of this theory are introduced to students through practical case studies such as the preparation of local area traffic management schemes.
Partner Course Code:
48370 
UArizona Equivalent Course:
CE Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Soil Behaviour

Course Description:
The objective of this subject is to give a broad-based introduction to the geosciences and a more rigorous introduction to soil as an engineering material. The subject concludes with a detailed study of the problems of soil settlement and soil shear strength. Geology practicals and soil laboratory sessions allow students to gain deeper insight into the soil behaviour through hands-on civil/geotechnical engineering interpretation and experience. In addition, the research project/case study and debate activity enable students to gain research skills. At successful completion of this subject, students communicate effectively with civil and geotechnical engineers as well as engineering geologists for real design and construction projects. In addition, students are able to Identify, interpret and analyse geotechnical data obtained from the field or laboratory for infrastructure and building design and construction projects, contributing to the subject and course graduate attributes. At the completion of this subject students should: be familiar with the natural processes occurring on the surface of the earth; be able to communicate with geologists, earth scientists and others involved in studying the ground; understand the fundamentals of the behaviour of soil as an engineering material; be aware of those aspects of soil behaviour which have a significant environmental impact; be able to solve a range of soil-related problems, especially those involving water flow and soil settlement; and have a solid basis for further formal study and self-study in the geotechnical area.
Partner Course Code:
48330 
UArizona Equivalent Course:
CE Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Steel and Timber Design

Course Description:
Civil engineers who wish to practise in Australia must have knowledge of structural design. This subject builds on the knowledge of statics, solid mechanics and structural analysis of indeterminate structures that students have learnt in the previous structural strand subjects. Initially, students review the Limit State Design (LSD) philosophy of Australian Standards for structural design and the LSD load combinations of AS1170.0 Structural Design Actions, Part 0: General Principles. Students are introduced to the material properties of structural steel and of timber and engineered wood products and their supply. Steel design topics are tension member design, compression member design including in-plane effective lengths of rigid-jointed frames, beam design for serviceability (deflection) and strength (bending and flexural shear), beam-columns (combined actions incorporating second-order effects) and design capacities of bolts and fillet welds, all in accordance with the requirements of AS4100 Steel Structures. Timber design topics are tension member design, compression member design, beam design for serviceability (deflection) and strength (bending, shear, bearing), combined actions and nailed and bolted Type 1 joints, all in accordance with the requirements of AS1720.1 Timber Structures, Part 1: Design Methods.
Partner Course Code:
48366 
UArizona Equivalent Course:
CE Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Structural Analysis

Course Description:
This subject covers classical theory of structures and its application in the analysis of load-bearing structures such as residential buildings, bridges or industrial enclosures. Students learn to analyse the response of linear elastic structures under the actions of mechanical loads as well as actions resulting from environmental effects such as temperature changes and foundation settlements. Furthermore, students learn how to qualitatively predict structural behavior by deriving the deformed shape, support reactions and diagrams showing the distribution of internal forces. The concepts developed in this subject are an essential foundation for subsequent structural design subjects, such as 48353 Concrete Design and 48366 Steel and Timber Design.
Partner Course Code:
48349
UArizona Equivalent Course:
CE Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Surveying

Course Description:
This subject enables students to become competent in the theory and practice of basic surveying skills, and be able to use basic surveying equipment such as levels and theodolites. Students learn how to perform the calculations and reductions of observations associated with this equipment and to be aware of the likely errors that may occur during observations and of methods to eliminate or minimise such errors. Other surveying skills developed include making accurate distance measurements over short distances using tapes, and awareness of the advantages of modern developments in this field such as electronic distance measuring equipment. Students are able to perform a simple traverse and associated calculations for the engineering applications of surveying. The stadia method is discussed in class and may be used as a data-gathering tool in a practical exercise. The applications of modern computer programs to reduce data for, and the plotting of, detail and contour plans are introduced. Services of professional surveyors are explained, as are engineering situations where surveyors must be engaged. Professional practice of surveying and engineering are emphasised during all classes.
Partner Course Code:
48320
UArizona Equivalent Course:
CE Departmental Elective, Lower division.
UArizona Units:
4

Water and Environmental Design

Course Description:
In this subject, students are provided with an opportunity to undertake the cultural impact assessment of a proposed land development project and the technical design of a land-based effluent treatment site. For the land development site, it involves integrating the knowledge and findings of the community’s culture and traditions with a view to reduce its adverse impact from land development. For the design of a land-based effluent treatment site, it involves integrating the knowledge of chemistry, geology, soil and water. Predictive modelling of the effluent system requires the application of established engineering methods, the identification and management of parameter uncertainty, and utilisation of research skills to manage unknowns. The outcomes of the design process are communicated in professionally relevant ways using both written and multimedia formats.
Partner Course Code:
48881
UArizona Equivalent Course:
CE Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Communication

Environmental Communication

Course Description:
This subject explores the strategies through which citizens, corporations, public officials, journalists, artists, environmental groups and Indigenous people strive to influence public debate and shape important decisions that affect the future of the only known life-bearing planet. While many environmental controversies hinge on scientific evidence, decisions about what to do turn on how that evidence is communicated, and on perceptions of science, technology and nature in the public sphere. This subject focuses on planetary heating as a fundamental challenge in environmental communication. Students are introduced to key theories, concepts and practices in science communication, risk anticipation, environmental policy and environmental studies. They analyse how knowledge of existing and anticipated environmental hazard is communicated in public forums, the often unexamined cultural and ideological commitments embedded in talk about the environment, and the ways that ignorance and uncertainty (lack of knowledge, secrecy, disinformation) can be manipulated, even manufactured to shape public opinion and set policy agendas. Students research and analyse case studies and/or develop their own environmental communication projects across a range of local and international environmental issues. Framing the different topics explored in this subject is the concept of the 'Anthropocene' which has become increasingly influential in both the human and natural sciences. This is the notion that we as a species have initiated a new geological epoch: primarily through the combustion of hydrocarbon fuels, humankind has drastically altered the future geology, ecology, evolution and climate of the Earth.
Partner Course Code:
54094
UArizona Equivalent Course:
COMM Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
5

Exploring Human Communication: Theories and Practice

Course Description:
This subject explores key theories and contemporary concepts that inform human communication and strategic communication practices such as advertising, public relations, organisational communication, communication management and social media. It draws on significant interdisciplinary knowledges and traditions: rhetoric, systems theory, psychology, semiotics, interpretation (phenomenology), sociology, cultural studies, and critical theory. The subject introduces students to de-Westernised processes and practices to recognise the importance of cultural nuances in negotiating meaning. Students review communication models that inform their understanding of factors that either contribute to, or challenge, effective communication in diverse communication contexts and issues.
Partner Course Code:
57223
UArizona Equivalent Course:
COMM Department Elective, Lower Division
UArizona Units:
5

Intercultural and International Communication

Course Description:
This subject provides students with theoretical and practical expertise needed in the field of intercultural communication in order to function in the global work environment. It introduces students to key debates in intercultural theory and communication, helps students to analyse and develop strategies for functioning in intercultural situations and organisations, and gives students the opportunity to apply their learning to contemporary, real-world instances of intercultural communication.
Partner Course Code:
97902
UArizona Equivalent Course:
COMM Department Elective, Lower Division
UArizona Units:
5

Intercultural Communication

Course Description:
This subject provides an introduction to the core concepts and debates in the interdisciplinary field of intercultural communication. It is designed to help prepare students for the interpersonal and dynamic nature of working in increasingly globalized workplaces and intercultural environments. Using a problem-based approach, students learn to critically examine numerous frameworks and theories to interpret intercultural encounters in praxis-based scenarios. The applicability of specific strategies and approaches in intercultural communication are also examined for their relevance to industry, communities, and in society more broadly.
Partner Course Code:
99200
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Departmental Elective, Lower division.
UArizona Units:
4

Multimodal Storytelling

Course Description:
In this subject, students develop knowledge and practice in multimodal storytelling for strategic communication campaigns. Students are introduced to the concept of strategic writing – functional writing undertaken with the intent to persuade important stakeholders. Students explore and experiment with a range of written and visual genres and styles for contemporary practice, including long and short form advertisements, news releases, feature/profile articles, electronic direct mail, advertorials, and digital/social media (creating persuasive, strategic multimodal stories for platforms such as Facebook, Instagram Twitter and Linkedin). They examine the requirements of the different genres and styles for multimodal storytelling along with the theories of rhetoric, narrative, persuasion, semiotics and social media, as applicable in strategic communication.
Partner Course Code:
52665
UArizona Equivalent Course:
COMM Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
4

Strategic Communication Design

Course Description:
This subject equips students with a useful skillset for communication practitioners across the fields of public relations, advertising, and marketing. Students acquire knowledge and practical skills in research, planning, evaluating, and preparing logistics for designing strategic communication campaigns. They learn to assess and develop a campaign strategy for their selected organisation by identifying issues, stakeholders, and strategic options for communication and relationship management. Students develop their expertise in designing, writing, and managing innovative, multimedia campaigns to address their client’s communication problems and opportunities. Students develop communication products to support the proposed communication plan.
Partner Course Code:
52663
UArizona Equivalent Course:
COMM Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
4

Strategic Communication in Society

Course Description:
In this subject, students explore the landscape for professional strategic communication. They develop their understandings of the roles and major areas of communication practice in the public sphere. Students learn how strategic communication, public relations and advertising are conceptualised and practised in organisations from different sectors such as not-for-profit, commercial, and government. They consider issues of ethics and professionalism, listening and persuasion, and learn approaches to understanding publics, their motivations, cultures and communication preferences. They assess influence and representation in the construction of news and meaning in the public sphere and consider the consequences for society. Special attention is given to engaging responsibly with and for Indigenous Australian communities.
Partner Course Code:
52661
UArizona Equivalent Course:
COMM Department Elective, Lower Division
UArizona Units:
4

Understanding Digital Audiences

Course Description:
This subject guides students as they examine communication and cultural practices in the construction of audiences on digital platforms. Students are introduced to key media concepts used to research and understand digital audiences. They engage with and discuss key theories and concepts relating to digital audiences and gain knowledge of the history of audience studies. Students work individually and in groups to research and learn about the social, historical, cultural, and economic aspects of digital sociality, and how digital and social media have impacted the ways we understand and work with audiences in a contemporary media landscape. They develop skills in essay writing, digital presentation, and collaborative work, and present the results of their investigations through both group-based and independent research.
Partner Course Code:
52681
UArizona Equivalent Course:
COMM departmental elective, Lower division
UArizona Units:
4

Diversity Studies

Diversity and Culture

Course Description:
"It's a small world, after all", and getting smaller every day! Today's world is an ever-evolving matrix of complex cultural interactions and diverse constructions of identity that include components of race, gender, nationality, sexuality, disability, age, and social status. In this subject, students explore the context of global and local diversity and its direct and indirect impact on health outcomes. The subject analyses both historical approaches to cultural interactions, and contemporary controversies that impact health. While ensuring a safe space for healthy discussion, students are taught to critically engage with their own personal perspectives, biases and prejudices, and those that are expressed more broadly in society as institutional power dynamics. Students gain insight and empathy into diverse ways of thinking and being, and use this knowledge to develop skills to effectively work within and be sensitively and respectfully aware of diverse cultural, ethnic and linguistic backgrounds.
Partner Course Code:
95743
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
4

Ecology and Environment

Biocomplexity

Course Description:
The existence of humans on earth has arguably been made possible through the evolution of a vast diversity of biota – to which we are inextricably linked, both directly and indirectly. Earth's biodiversity is not only extraordinary and fascinating but also fundamental to our ongoing survival. An understanding of the biological complexity of life is an important component underpinning a career in science, irrespective of the chosen scientific profession. This subject investigates the question: what does it take for life to exist in the range of habitats across the globe? There is considerable variation among living organisms, including humans, in their biology and how they interact with their environment. This subject explores the problems faced by organisms living in different habitats and demonstrates the strategies of plants, animals, fungi, protists, bacteria and archaea that have evolved to cope with the vast array of habitats on earth. The order in which these biota are treated is reflected in the order of the evolution of life, i.e. movement from water to land (and in some cases back again). All major taxa are discussed comparatively to better demonstrate the diversity of evolutionary strategies that have evolved in response to environmental conditions. The subject concludes with considerations of the sustainable use of animals, plants, fungi and bacteria as resources for humans.
Partner Course Code:
91123
UArizona Equivalent Course:
GEOS Departmental Elective, Lower division.
UArizona Units:
4

Bionanotechnology

Course Description:
Biological systems are extremely important in nanotechnology and many new applications are being developed by mimicking natural systems. Biology is extremely good at self-assembling complex, multi-functional systems at the nanoscale, e.g. cell membranes or DNA. By understanding how these systems work, nanotechnologists are developing new biosensing, biomedical and materials applications, e.g. the ion-channel biosensor. This subject investigates the science that underlies these biological processes and how it is applied in contemporary nanotechnologies.
Partner Course Code:
91140
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ENVS Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Environmental Protection and Management

Course Description:
Human use of the Earth's natural environment has an undeniable impact on ecosystems and biodiversity, and shapes society through its effects on incomes and livelihood, human health, global climate, and recreation and culture. Environmental protection and management practices apply scientific principles to plan for, and mitigate the effects of, human activity on the environment to ensure provision of ecosystem goods and services into the future. This subject applies the student's knowledge of ecological science to a range of challenging topics, focusing on human use of the environment. The student reviews challenging environmental issues, is introduced to approaches in environmental protection and management, investigates the role and contribution of science to environmental decision making, and explores the development of solutions to environmental issues. The subject is taught by lectures, seminars and workshops, developed especially to prepare those wishing to enter environmental science as a profession with essential skill development opportunities. The lectures and workshops are highly interactive, using discussion groups, groupwork, writing tasks and peer-to-peer presentations to explore topics. Seminars feature industry and academic experts in the field of environmental management who speak on a range of contemporary environmental issues.
Partner Course Code:
91145
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ECOL Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Environmental Remediation

Course Description:
This is an environmental science subject focused on the practice and philosophies behind responsibly remediating degraded landscapes across the world. It builds on prior understanding of ecosystem processes and explores the complexities of environmental degradation across terrestrial and marine systems using real-world case studies underpinned by current research findings. Students engage in hands-on laboratory and field practicals, contribute to critical discussion-style lectures, conduct an independent research project of their own design and participate in online learning. They draw links between anthropogenic processes and their impacts on natural environments, conduct local-scale professional site assessments and write professional reports providing potential research-grounded solutions to environmental degradation. The professional skills developed in the practical, written and online aspects of the subject are applicable to a diverse range of careers, both within and beyond the focus of environmental remediation science.
Partner Course Code:
91159
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ECOL Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Marine Communities

Course Description:
Australia is directly responsible for more than 16 million square kilometres of ocean, which contributes in excess of $50 billion to our economy each year. Sustainable management of our coastal and oceanic resources can only come through understanding of the ecology of these systems. In this subject students develop an understanding of the processes that structure marine communities. Problem-based learning techniques are used to elucidate interactions between the animals and plants in marine communities. Special attention is paid to local rocky reef, soft-sediment and pelagic (open water) communities. This subject integrates lectures, collaborative learning, group discussions and fieldwork, complementing other subjects which focus on fish, coral reef ecosystems, marine primary producers and marine geosciences. Experimental work is conducted in the field during a three-day excursion to Pearl Beach. Due to this excursion, numbers are limited and preference is given to second-year marine biology students. Extra fee involved.
Partner Course Code:
91157
UArizona Equivalent Course:
GEOS Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Stream and Lake Assessment

Course Description:
Australia is the driest inhabited continent on earth and our limited surface water is critical for biodiversity as well as freshwater for direct human consumption for irrigation, potable water, industry and a range of other ecosystems services that derive from healthy freshwater systems. In order to ensure biodiversity protection and that the impacts of human disturbances are understood, it is necessary to be able to assess the health of streams and lakes. This subject covers the biological characteristics of Australian streams and lakes, methods of measuring their health via biomonitoring and water quality measurements, and the ecological management of streams and lakes. An appreciation of these factors allows students to contribute to the ongoing debates about direct human consumption of freshwater versus 'environmental flows', the regulation of water by dams and other engineering works, and the impact of environmental contaminants on freshwater systems. This subject is targeted at those seeking a career as professional freshwater ecologists in government, environmental consultancy, companies and universities. A two-day field excursion is a core component of this subject. Additional fee required.
Partner Course Code:
91155
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ECOL Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

The Environment, Health and Sustainability

Course Description:
Every year 12.5 million people die from living or working in an unhealthy environment as a result of air, water and soil pollution, chemical exposure, ultraviolet radiation and natural disasters. This subject engages students in dialogue and debate with peers, researchers and practitioners across sectors to examine the relationship between health and the environment in which we live. An ecological approach is taken to investigate the evidence and pathways that impact upon health and wellbeing and how humans, through their intervention in the environment, can play a vital role in exacerbating or reducing health risks. Global challenges related to the changing climate, ocean acidification, human population, rising costs of water, energy, sanitation and waste management are examined in relation to health and the sustainable development goals. Students also consider how health and other sectors can work together to prevent the disease burden and provide the leadership required to find sustainable solutions to strengthen human resilience and adaptive capacity. Innovative systems change are explored and the concept of planetary health.
Partner Course Code:
92488
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ENVS Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Applications Programming

Course Description:
This subject teaches students how to design, develop and evaluate software systems to meet predefined quality characteristics of functionality (suitability) and usability (understandability, learnability, operability, compliance). Software solutions are implemented using Java. Concepts, theories and technologies underlying the methods and techniques are introduced and explained as required. Students apply all that they have learned to develop and implement the architecture of a business system.
Partner Course Code:
48024 
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ECE Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Business Requirements Modelling

Course Description:
This subject introduces information system concepts and describes how these concepts can be used to model business requirements. It outlines how the ability to capture information about the system in ways understood by its eventual users improves the final quality of the system. An overview of agile and non-agile software engineering principles, methods, tools and techniques is presented and practised in small teams. The subject introduces various analysis approaches found in contemporary system development including object-oriented methods, agile methods, business process modelling and entity-relationship modelling. It explores the relationships between these techniques and their application, and how they are used to capture and model the business requirements. Students apply various requirements elicitation, analysis, modelling and specification techniques to case studies in small teams.
Partner Course Code:
31269 
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ECE Departmental Elective, Lower division.
UArizona Units:
4

Circuit Analysis and Design

Course Description:
This subject gives students a thorough understanding of the fundamental concepts of circuit analysis, with the focus being on analysis techniques in the frequency domain. Students embark on theoretical and computer-aided design of circuits, and construct and experimentally verify circuit behaviour using appropriate laboratory equipment. On entry to this subject, students are assumed to have knowledge of basic devices, such as resistors, capacitors, inductors and operational amplifiers, as well as basic circuit analysis skills, such as mesh and nodal analysis, Thevenin's and Norton's theorems, source transformation and superposition. Using this understanding as a starting point, the subject introduces the basic theoretical models that underpin signals and system analysis. Topics covered include: sinusoidal steady-state analysis using phasor transformation; derivation of ordinary differential equations to model circuits and solution of those equations using Laplace transformation; power in single and three-phase AC circuits; transfer (network) functions, poles and zeros, s-plane analysis and Bode plots; first- and second-order systems; time and frequency domain solutions; response to step, impulse and periodic inputs; response to an arbitrary input using convolution; frequency selective circuits; Fourier series; and two-port circuits. Students use analytic modelling, aided by circuit simulation and symbolic software such as MATLAB, to investigate and design real-world circuits. Comparison of experimental results and model predictions is emphasised in the laboratory sessions.
Partner Course Code:
48530 
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ECE Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Electromechanical Automation

Course Description:
The objectives of this subject are to consolidate fundamental knowledge of electric and magnetic fields; electric and magnetic circuits; how electric, magnetic and electromagnetic energy are interchanged; to model an electromechanical automation system using DC and AC motors and simulate its performance in open-loop and closed-loop control. Students also acquire skills in working with machines and equipment at normal mains supply voltage, in power instrumentation and control, PLCs and in experimental design and recording. Technical and theoretical content is expected to be acquired by students to the levels of 'know' (essential), 'familiar' (can solve problems if required) and 'aware' (have read/seen). Laboratory skills, ranging from electrical safety, measurements, design validation and experimental verification are an important focus of this subject.
Partner Course Code:
48531 
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ECE Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Embedded Software

Course Description:
This subject develops the student's technical knowledge of the design, implementation and testing of software modules and application frameworks for embedded systems. Students develop their ability to interpret and evaluate a set of software specifications and work in small groups to write software modules and applications for an embedded system. Students are introduced to abstracting hardware functionality into software modules and researching and implementing software data structures. Students develop their ability to test and modify their software to ensure compliance with the application specifications and be introduced to reviewing and evaluating their own and others software. The technical content is contextualised in a project in which students analyse the requirements of an embedded system and design the software to meet those requirements. Skills in debugging software are also developed through the practice-based nature of the subject.
Partner Course Code:
48434 
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ECE Departmental Elective, Lower division.
UArizona Units:
4

Fundamentals of C Programming

Course Description:
Data engineers use C programming language to collect, process and store data. This is an introductory subject to high-level procedural programming using C programming language. Students learn basic programming concepts such as conditional statements, iteration, functions, arrays, file processing, data structures and memory management using pointers. The subject also introduces how to compile C source code using the GNU toolchain, link binary object files and run executable files. As a data engineer would, students go through the complete development cycle, incorporating analysis of complex problems, programming solution design, implementation in C, debugging and testing.
Partner Course Code:
48430 
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Departmental Elective, Lower division.
UArizona Units:
4

Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering

Course Description:
The subject revises the concepts covered in the subject Introduction to Electrical and Electronic Engineering. It introduces basic electrostatic and electromagnetic theory, magnetic devices, semiconductor devices, electronic amplifiers and electrical measurements. An additional objective of the subject is to cover the essential theory and basic practical skills needed by students in their first Engineering Experience internship.
Partner Course Code:
48521 
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ECE Departmental Elective, Lower division.
UArizona Units:
4

Internet of Things

Course Description:
The Internet of Things (IoT) is a distributed system, in which autonomous devices, sometimes called motes, collect environmental data (such as location, speed, temperature, humidity and sound level) or, more recently, medical data (such as heart rate, blood oxygen level and pulse rate). The data is collected across the network, aggregated and fed into business applications. Sensor and actuator networks, telemetry, data processing, distributed data bases, machine vision, AI and analytics are enablers for various applications, including environmental monitoring and control, agricultural monitoring and control, medical monitoring, habitat monitoring and military surveillance. In this subject, students learn the theory, the concepts and the practice of the new paradigm. By designing and developing a medium-complexity, IoT-based application, students learn new skills, learn the benefits of the technology and explore new models of service deployment and data delivery.
Partner Course Code:
48033 
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ECE Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Introduction to Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Course Description:
The subject introduces the student to the profession of engineering and develops the following themes which are fundamental to any engineering discipline: identifying problems in society, proposing solutions, and implementing them; understanding that engineering occurs in a context, has real impact, and has the capacity to shape the world in which we live; engineering relies on science, and there is a body of fundamental knowledge which must be developed to gain technical proficiency in the field; electrical and electronic engineering underpins much of the modern world. A real-world problem and its solution (an electronic artefact) will be a central part of the subject, and form a framework around which many technical and non-technical aspects of engineering can be illustrated. In terms of knowledge, basic electrical concepts such as voltage, current, resistance and power are introduced; simple circuit analysis techniques for DC and AC circuits are studied; electric and magnetic fields are used to introduce the capacitor and inductor; and computer-based systems and sensors are shown as applications of this basic knowledge. Particular emphasis will be placed on the practical, hands-on aspects of electronics. Laboratory work will include circuit construction, testing and troubleshooting, as well as the use of test instruments such as multimeters and oscilloscopes.
Partner Course Code:
48510 
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ECE Departmental Elective, Lower division.
UArizona Units:
4

Power Circuit Theory

Course Description:
The subject introduces the basic methods used in the analysis and design of electric power networks. Its purpose is to give students a working knowledge of modern power system theory and practice. Techniques introduced in earlier circuit analysis subjects are further developed and applied to power system problems.
Partner Course Code:
48572 
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ECE Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Programming Fundamentals

Course Description:
This subject provides basic skills in Java programming and software design, with no assumed knowledge of programming. It covers the topics of object-oriented (OO) programming concepts, data flow, control flow, arrays, and the basics of sorting and searching algorithms. The subject teaches and illustrates a design process using a set of design notations and design rules, and shows how to develop a correct, readable and reusable solution from a problem specification.
Partner Course Code:
48023 
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ECE Departmental Elective, Lower division.
UArizona Units:
4

Signals and Systems

Course Description:
This subject presents the theoretical basis for system analysis and gives students skills in using the techniques to design components of real control/communication systems. The derivation of models from real-world devices through measurement and the comparison of model predictions with experimental results is emphasised in the laboratory component of the course. A group project that requires the design and implementation of part of a control/communication system allows students to apply their knowledge to a real-life problem. Topics include signal types and their representation in the time and frequency domains; modelling systems with differential or difference equations and transforms of the equations; signal operations and processing; the relationship between discrete and continuous quantities and the mathematical techniques applicable to each; the effects of feedback; time and frequency domain performance of systems; system stability; and control design techniques and simple communication systems. Through learning activities students also gain study skills, including academic literacy skills, and an appreciation of the different fields of practice of engineering and the interdisciplinary nature of engineering. Class time is used for lectures, tutorials, laboratories and project work. There are a number of formal laboratory sessions that apply control and communication theory, which also familiarise students with the laboratory equipment. The subject culminates in the design and implementation of a control system and communication system for a remote-controlled robot.
Partner Course Code:
48540 
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ECE Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Engineering

Design and Innovation Fundamentals

Course Description:
Design and innovation are explored as fundamental engineering activities through a contextualised, authentic project. Students work in groups to develop an engineering prototype. The project promotes learning in the following areas: design context and requirements: approaches to design, problem framing and creativity; requirements analysis involving legal, regulatory, technical and business requirements; design analysis: concepts of risks and uncertainties in engineering; use of engineering and system modelling approaches and methods and techniques for assessing engineering design trade-offs, engineering decision-making in the presence of risks and uncertainties and optimization; new process, product and service development: role of engineers in evaluation and delivering new processes, products and services; designing for manufacture, sustainability, safety, innovation and business driven outcomes; risk management and design communication, documentation and review. Students explore these concepts and use them to critique designed products, processes and systems through case studies. Students develop an understanding of the models of design and innovation processes and the responsibilities and authentic practice of engineers through application of these concepts (as well as scientific principles learnt in their field of practice subjects) to their project.
Partner Course Code:
48240
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ENGR Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Economics and Finance for Engineering Projects

Course Description:
In this subject, students develop an understanding of finance and economics as they apply to engineering projects. Students increase their ability to accurately cost and manage simple engineering projects by applying the economic and financial techniques, such as cash flow, valuation and costing. Students also develop competence in financial language in the engineering domain by analysing financial reports and assessing the impacts of engineering projects on the financial performance of a business.
Partner Course Code:
48250
UArizona Equivalent Course:
SIE 265: Engineering Management I
UArizona Units:
4

Engineering Project Management

Course Description:
Engineers are often asked to realise goals in short time frames which usually have complex components and interdependencies. The success of such a goal is often measured by achieving it on time, what it cost to produce and whether its specifications are met. These goals can also be prerequisites to other larger corporate goals which may also have complex and integral interdependencies together with strict time frames and costs. For engineers to be successful in delivering their parts of projects, an appropriate solution is required (ie agreed quality) as well as delivery (ie on time) to an agreed price (ie to budget). This subject helps students to achieve this. The subject adopts a holistic view of project management, considering issues throughout a project life cycle. It considers the project responsibilities of engineering managers and organisations, from the definition phase of a project to its conclusion. The perspective of stakeholders, particularly the project manager, are considered. The emphasis is interdisciplinary and relevant to all fields of engineering practice. Topics include: modern project management practices; project delivery; definition, timing, costing and planning; managing risk and scheduling resources; teams and inter-organisational relationships; progress and performance; and project measurement and evaluation. This compulsory core engineering subject involves relevant, practice-oriented assessment tasks.
Partner Course Code:
48260
UArizona Equivalent Course:
SIE 457: Project Management
UArizona Units:
4

Interrogating Technology: Sustainability, Environment and Social Change

Course Description:
This subject focuses on developing engineering students' approaches to understanding the interactions between engineering and society from a philosophical, sociological and political perspective. The subject introduces students to theoretical frameworks and research tools for researching these interactions. Topical case studies of new technologies and engineering projects are examined to ground the learning in students engineering contexts.
Partner Course Code:
48210
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ENGR Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Introduction to Biomedical Engineering

Course Description:
Biomedical engineering is the application of the principles and problem-solving techniques of engineering to biology and medicine. This is evident throughout healthcare, from diagnosis and analysis to treatment and recovery, and has entered the public conscience though the proliferation of implantable medical devices, such as pacemakers and artificial hips, to more futuristic technologies such as stem cell engineering and the 3-D printing of biological organs. This subject covers fundamental mathematical and engineering concepts that underpin various branches of biomedical engineering such as biomechanics, tissue engineering, molecular transport, imaging, bioelectromagnetics, biomedical signals and systems. In addition, this subject also focuses on computational modelling for the design of biomedical devices, processes and systems.
Partner Course Code:
41160
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ENGR Departmental Elective, Lower division.
UArizona Units:
4

Introduction to Engineering Projects

Course Description:
This subject develops students' professional engineering practice skills within the context of a real-life engineering project, through the Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Challenge. Students work in teams to create an appropriate design solution for a given problem as set out in the EWB Challenge Design Brief. While applying the central role of effective communication and teamwork in engineering practice, students develop an understanding of the social, cultural, economic and environmental responsibilities of a professional engineer. This subject is a starting point for students' ongoing professional development that they undertake throughout their studies and as a professional engineer in their career. The skills introduced include understanding and applying principles and theories of human communication; researching the various discipline areas that inform the development of an engineering design solution; applying the engineering design process to identify, formulate and design a solution to solve a problem; written and oral communication for engineering contexts; expressing engineering concepts through visual communication; and, leading and participating in team processes. This subject provides multiple assessment opportunities for students to receive feedback and develop their work before submitting a summative team assessment.
Partner Course Code:
48230
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ENGR Departmental Elective, Lower division.
UArizona Units:
4

Introduction to Materials

Course Description:
This subject develops a solid science foundation for further materials and engineering-related studies and facilitates the working relationship between engineers, materials scientists and other scientists; an ability to identify and solve chemical and materials problems; and an ability to relate properties of engineering materials to technical applications. Topics covered in this subject are: chemical bonding of materials and general chemistry, classification of materials, structure-property relationships, mechanical properties, heat treatment and strengthening mechanisms, ferrous and non-ferrous alloys, ceramics, polymers and composites, materials degradation, materials recycling and materials selection. Numerous applied examples are discussed. Laboratory work imparts practical skills and reinforces the underlying theories. This is an integral part of the subject along with tutorial workshops.
Partner Course Code:
68070
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ENGR Departmental Elective, Lower division.
UArizona Units:
4

Principles of Environmental Engineering

Course Description:
This subject teaches fundamental chemical, physical and biological principles which can be used to analyse data and formulate design solutions to environmental problems particularly related to water and air quality. The subject covers fluid flow in reactors, kinetics, material balances, nutrient cycles, transformation processes, and water and air resources and pollution. The way this knowledge is utilised by engineers for water and air quality engineering is examined.
Partner Course Code:
48821
UArizona Equivalent Course:
CHEE 476: Wastewater Treatment System Design
UArizona Units:
4

English

Imagining the Real

Course Description:
This subject focuses on the concept of the real. Students are asked to engage with the history, contexts, conventions and current debates centred on the notion of 'the real'. Students choose different approaches to these issues in terms of creative and theoretical perspectives. The subject aims to develop students' awareness of the wide possibilities and scope of non-fiction writing and enables them to produce an extended piece of creative non-fiction writing in a workshop environment. Each class acts as a space in which students test out received and experimental approaches to writing and thinking about the real. Truth telling; the use of fictional mode in non-fictional forms of writing; concepts of simulacrum, verisimilitude, revelation and authenticity; and the ethical contexts of documentation are key features of each class's work. Students are asked to nominate the area in which they intend to write and are assisted in researching and contextualising that area.
Partner Course Code:
54071
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ENGL Departmental Elective, Lower division.
UArizona Units:
5

Epidemiology

Fundamentals of Epidemiology and Population Health

Course Description:
This foundation subject introduces students to epidemiology and its application in public health. The subject involves the study of factors affecting health and illness from a population rather than individual perspective. It further develops concepts introduced in 92574 Introduction to Public Health. Epidemiology underpins much of public health. It provides a framework of methods from which information can be reviewed to help identify and address public health problems. Students explore fundamental aspects of epidemiology, including: foundation concepts: surveillance, measurements of health and disease, concepts of health and disease study designs and their use: how epidemiological data can be used to plan and develop interventions to prevent disease (e.g. infection outbreak) and promote health the social determinants of health and the importantce of epidemiology in understanding these. This subject provides an excellent foundation in epidemiology and public health for those intending to work or who are currently working with health data, in health services and in health policy settings.
Partner Course Code:
92569
UArizona Equivalent Course:
EPID Deparmental Elective, Lower division.
UArizona Units:
4

Film & Television

Drama Production

Course Description:
This subject explores the conceptual and practical frameworks that underpin the production of narrative (fictional) drama for the screen. Students develop a working understanding of mise-en-scene, key crew roles, and the techniques and protocols required for effective collaboration on a drama production set. Students are introduced to essential concepts and processes underpinning the way fictional stories are produced to industry-standards. They extend their hands-on production skills through crew-based exercises that deepen their understanding of the ways each department on a drama production contributes to bringing fictional screen works to life.
Partner Course Code:
52652
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FTV Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
4

Film & Television

Global Cinema

Course Description:
This subject focuses on key developments in global cinema with an emphasis on films that challenge students to think critically and creatively about the world in which they live. Through an engagement with films from a range of national and cultural contexts, students develop a critical vocabulary for thinking about the role that cinema can play in cultivating an ethically minded mode of engagement via which the status quo is called into question. Drawing on recent debates in screen studies, students reflect on the role that innovations in film form can play in prompting audiences to consider how and with what effects the world could be transformed for the better.
Partner Course Code:
54081
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FTV Departmental Elective, Lower division. Tier 2 Arts.
UArizona Units:
5

Gender and Women's Studies

Sexing Power

Course Description:
In this subject students undertake a rigorous and detailed analysis of the notions of sex, gender and sexuality in a wide variety of cultural and social contexts. Students examine in depth how social and political institutions function to regulate sex, gender and sexuality, how gender analysis helps us understand contemporary social and political issues, and how gender and sexual identities are embodied and performed in everyday life.
Partner Course Code:
54083
UArizona Equivalent Course:
GWS Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
5

Global Studies

Contemporary Canada (Quebec)

Course Description:
This subject aims to provide students with a basic understanding of the history, politics, society and culture of Québec (Canada). It examines the history of Québec, with a particular focus on events since the Quiet Revolution and provides an overview of the economic and political development of Québec. Central themes in Québec society such as nationalism, independence movements, aboriginal issues and language are studied. Literature, cinema and other cultural works provide case studies in which these and other issues are examined. The subject thus introduces students to Québec's diversity and heterogeneity in regional, national, continental and international contexts. Students develop critical thinking and written communication skills relevant to the multidisciplinary nature of the subject.
Partner Course Code:
976602
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
5

Contemporary China

Course Description:
This subject introduces students to contemporary China, and its historical, political, cultural, social and economic dimensions in a local, national, continental and global context. The subject provides students with critical skills to identify major contemporary issues that shape the present-day society of the country, introducing theoretical and methodological frameworks for students to engage in intercultural research. A combination of lecture-based, independent and collaborative learning allows student to develop critical problem-solving and research-led analytical skills specific to China studies, in particular with regard to cultural diversity, sociocultural change and with attention to ethical best practice. Students develop critical thinking and written/oral communication skills relevant to the multidisciplinary nature of the subject.
Partner Course Code:
976111
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
5

Contemporary France

Course Description:
The subject provides students with critical skills that allow them to identify major contemporary issues that shape present-day French society. Students gain insights into France's long-term and more recent history and the notion of French identity within and beyond France itself. Topics include: the aftermath of the Second World War; the concept and practice of the French Republic; France's 'revolutionary' aspect; France in the world; and issues relating to contemporary French culture and society. Students develop critical thinking skills relevant to the multidisciplinary nature of the subject and are introduced to theoretical and methodological frameworks for intercultural research.
Partner Course Code:
976411
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
5

Contemporary Germany

Course Description:
This subject, which combines lecture-based, independent and collaborative learning, is designed to provide students with a basic understanding of contemporary German history, politics, society and culture in national, continental and global contexts. Students develop critical thinking skills relevant to the multidisciplinary nature of the subject. The subject also provides students with skills to identify major contemporary issues that shape present-day German society, and introduces theoretical and methodological frameworks for students to engage in intercultural research. Students are encouraged to develop critical problem-solving and research-led analytical skills. These frameworks and skills are crucial to the In-country Studies subjects, for which this subject is a prerequisite. In weeks 1 to 3 students follow an umbrella program shared by all contemporary European society subjects, which introduces them to general issues relating to contemporary Europe: definitions of Europe, internal divisions within Europe, and the impact of migration. From week 4 onwards, they pursue a separate program, focusing on contemporary Germany. Insights are gained into German history, politics and culture since the Second World War, including East and West Germany and the post-unification period. Topics cover the contested nature of German identity and memory of Germany's past, social movements and terrorism, economic development, immigration and Germany's international role, as well as German popular culture.
Partner Course Code:
976421
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
5

Contemporary Italy

Course Description:
"This subject introduces students to contemporary Italy, and its historical, political, cultural, social and economic dimensions in a local, national, continental and global context. The subject provides students with critical skills to identify major contemporary issues that shape the present day society of the country, introducing theoretical and methodological frameworks for students to engage in intercultural research. A combination of lecture-based, independent and collaborative learning allows student to develop critical problem-solving and research-led analytical skills specific to Italy studies, in particular with regard to cultural diversity, sociocultural change and with attention to ethical best practice. Students develop critical thinking and written/oral communication skills relevant to the multidisciplinary nature of the subject. In weeks 1 to 3, students follow an umbrella program shared by all contemporary European society subjects. This introduces them to general issues relating to contemporary Europe: definitions of Europe, the drive to unification, internal divisions within Europe and the impact of migration. From week 4, students in this subject pursue a separate program, focusing on contemporary Italy. The subject provides students with critical skills that allow them to identify major contemporary issues that shape present-day Italian society. Insights are gained into Italy's history since unification (in 1861), and the contested notion of Italian identity within and beyond Italy. Topics cover national identity, myth and memory, culture, society and contemporary politics."
Partner Course Code:
976431
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
5

Contemporary Japan

Course Description:
This subject introduces students to contemporary Japan, and its historical, political, cultural, social and economic dimensions in a local, national and global context. The subject provides students with critical skills to identify major contemporary issues that shape the present day society of the country, introducing theoretical and methodological frameworks for students to engage in intercultural research. A combination of lecture-based, independent and collaborative learning allows student to develop critical problem-solving and research-led analytical skills specific to Japan studies, in particular with regard to cultural diversity, sociocultural change and with attention to ethical best practice. Students develop critical thinking and written/oral communication skills relevant to the multidisciplinary nature of the subject. In weeks 1 to 3, students follow the general issues and background discussion on contemporary Japan. From week 4, students pursue topics that cover the contested notion of Japanese identity within and beyond Japan, contemporary politics, religion, working life, and the issues related to an aging society.
Partner Course Code:
976211
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
5

Contemporary Latin(o) Americas

Course Description:
This subject introduces students to the Spanish-speaking Americas in their sociocultural, political and economic dimensions and is designed to prepare students for their year of in-country study in Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Argentina, Costa Rica or Latino USA. The subject is based on the premise that that the 'Latinised' USA and Latin America are so mutually intertwined historically, socially, culturally and economically that it makes more sense to study them together. The subject links contemporary Latin American and US Latino peoples and cultures to broader processes of transnationalisation, globalisation and transculturation. Through a combination of tutorial-based, independent and collaborative learning, students develop research-led analytical skills and gain knowledge of important current theories, concepts and debates, and learn to apply these to contemporary patterns of sociocultural change in Latin America and in an increasingly Latinised USA, now the world's second largest Spanish-speaking country after Mexico. The subject begins with a seminar on maps, names and key terms, followed by seminars on the periods of colonisation, independence and nation-state formation as stages vital to understanding Latin America's problematic insertion into Western modernity in the 20th century. The subject then moves to seminars on the complex interactions between the USA and Latin America and continues with seminars on popular music and church and gender before turning to country-specific studies.
Partner Course Code:
976502
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
5

Contemporary Spain

Course Description:
This subject introduces students to contemporary Spain and its historical, political, cultural, social and economic dimensions in a local, national, continental and global context. The subject provides students with critical skills to identify major contemporary issues that shape the present day society of the country, introducing theoretical and methodological frameworks for students to engage in intercultural research. A combination of lecture-based, independent and collaborative learning allows student to develop critical problem-solving and research-led analytical skills specific to Spanish studies, in particular with regard to cultural diversity, sociocultural change and with attention to ethical best practice. Students develop critical thinking and written/oral communication skills relevant to the multidisciplinary nature of the subject. In weeks 1 and 3, students follow an umbrella program shared by all contemporary European society subjects. This introduces them to general issues relating to contemporary Europe: definitions of Europe, the drive to unification, internal divisions within Europe and the impact of migration. From week 4, students in this subject pursue a separate program, focusing on divergent and contradictory historical ways of conceptualising Spain, with attention paid to the legacies of waves of immigrant peoples and empires, and religions and ethnicities. The subject also pays close attention to the modern history of Spain, from the Second Republic in the 1930s, through the Civil War and Franco dictatorship, to the restoration of democracy in the 1980s and sociopolitical developments of recent decades. There is specific investigation of regional drives, concepts of 'Spanishness', gender and sexual politics, and changing political and cultural climates. The overarching question that students are encouraged to ask and answer is 'What is Spain?'
Partner Course Code:
976451
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
5

Contemporary Switzerland

Course Description:
This subject provides students with critical skills that allow them to identify major contemporary issues that shape the present-day Swiss society. Students gain insights into long-term and more recent history and the complex notion of Swiss identity. Topics include: contemporary politics; regional, cultural and linguistic diversity; Swiss neutrality; Switzerland's role in the Second World War and its subsequent approach to that past; and its relationship with the EU and broader international role. Students develop critical thinking and written/oral communication skills relevant to the multidisciplinary nature of the subject and are introduced to theoretical and methodological frameworks for students to engage in intercultural research.
Partner Course Code:
976404
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
5

Globalisation in Historical Perspective

Course Description:
This subject introduces students to the main concepts, topics and historical pivot points in the development of globalisation, understood as constituted by cultural, economic and political processes. The main concepts introduced are world systems theory and perspectives from postcolonial studies. Some of the key topics and historical pivot points include: empires and the development of the nation-state system, mercantilism, the Industrial Revolution, and Fordism. Students develop core skills in academic literacy for the humanities and social sciences.
Partner Course Code:
99207
UArizona Equivalent Course:
GLS Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Health Promotion Sciences

Contemporary Indigenous Health and Wellbeing

Course Description:
Nurses have a major role to play in improving the health of Australian Indigenous people. To be effective however, nurses require both clinical skills and cultural respect. This subject focuses on improving students' knowledge of Indigenous people in order to foster respect and understanding. Exploring their own attitudes, beliefs and understandings contributes to students being able to deliver evidence-based care in a culturally respectful way. This subject emphasises exploring Indigenous perspectives of Australian history and the ongoing effects of colonisation for Indigenous people nationally and internationally; intergenerational loss and trauma; acknowledging Indigenous people as experts in their own health; comprehending the social and cultural implications of engaging with the health care system for Indigenous people; and fostering humility in safe, appreciative, collaborative spaces.
Partner Course Code:
92441
UArizona Equivalent Course:
HPS Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Global, Sexual, Reproductive, Maternal, and Child Health

Course Description:
This subject introduces students to key issues in global sexual, reproductive, maternal and child health and extends their skills in applying rights-based approaches to health inequities. Students develop an understanding of the life-cycle approach and investigate determinants of sexual and reproductive health at each life stage. In addition, students consider the particular issues and challenges faced by priority populations in attaining sexual, reproductive, maternal and child health and wellbeing. Addressing sexual and reproductive health and rights remains controversial and yet is crucial for improving health, ensuring wellbeing, attaining universal health coverage and achieving equitable development. Students explore these ongoing contentions and challenges to improving sexual, reproductive, maternal and child health with a view to critiquing existing strategies, promoting social justice and advocating for evidence-based approaches to these complex health issues.
Partner Course Code:
92487
UArizona Equivalent Course:
HPS Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Health Promotion and Advocacy

Course Description:
This subject provides an introduction to the principles and practice of health promotion. Students examine the characteristics of successful local, state/territory and national health promotion programs and policy that have made a difference to health behaviour at the individual and population level. Students also investigate how health professionals work to deliver health promotion and principles for culturally competent practice with Indigenous Australians. Hands-on tasks enhance students' understanding of health promotion ideas and advocacy strategies that aim to influence the social and political structures in order to promote and sustain justice and equality.
Partner Course Code:
92570
UArizona Equivalent Course:
HPS Departmental Elective, Lower division.
UArizona Units:
4

History

Sex, Race and Empire

Course Description:
Making sense of today's globalised world means understanding the history and continuing impact of colonialism as well as recognising the intersections of race, gender, class, sexuality and religion. This subject decentres Europe and focuses on the impact and legacies of colonialism in regions such as South Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Australasia, South East Asia and the Pacific. Students study many perspectives, such as the following: colonised Indigenous peoples, invading settlers moving to the countries of the colonised, anti-colonial political and military struggles, diasporas, the populations dispersed by invasion, slavery, indentured labour and voluntary migration. Students deepen their knowledge of the political, economic, social and cultural processes of colonial expansion, imperialism and their links to contemporary global relations.
Partner Course Code:
54082
UArizona Equivalent Course:
HIST Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
5

Information Science

Cybersecurity

Course Description:
Cyber security is a major issue for enterprises, with breaches of security possibly being punished by legal sanctions, financial loss, or loss of customer confidence. This subject consolidates the student's understanding of cyber security by considering security principles from both a people management and a technical perspective, exploring security technologies commonly used in industry. Topics include cyber attacks and defenses, web security, firewalls, intrusion detection systems along with security services such as confidentiality, integrity, authentication (CIA) and technologies such as IPSec, SSL, PGP and S/MIME. Students doing this subject are well placed to contribute to the cyber security solution of a modern organisation using industry-based tools and solutions.
Partner Course Code:
48730 
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Digital Literacies

Course Description:
This subject addresses literacies that are not only crucial for everyday life and our full participation as citizens, but also required by every contemporary industry and workplace. Practical, critical and theoretical aspects of contemporary media use are explored and integrated. Students gain foundational digital media skills involving digital publishing and digital image production and compositing. They explore the shift in our understandings of being and knowing that both enabled and were enhanced by the development of digital technologies, and which provide the context for our use of them. Students also gain knowledge of the ethical responsibilities of using these media and learn to critically reflect on their own production of multimodal and participatory communication.
Partner Course Code:
54001
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Departmental Elective, Lower division.
UArizona Units:
5

Software Architecture

Course Description:
This subject teaches students current industry practices to design, develop and evaluate software architecture meeting predefined quality characteristics of functionality (suitability, security), usability (operability), efficiency (time behaviour, resource utilisation) and maintainability (changeability, testability). Concepts, theories and technologies underlying the methods and techniques are introduced and explained as required. Students apply the industry practices that they have learned to develop an architecture of a business system.
Partner Course Code:
48433 
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Journalism

Advanced Journalism

Course Description:
This subject equips students with the technical, analytical and multimedia journalism skills in demand by established companies, startups, and other profit and not-for-profit organisations and groups. Students develop a portfolio of high-quality, in-depth reporting and editing that draws on text, audio and visual platforms. Research projects focus on the opportunities and challenges of a media industry in transition, and examine issues that inform debates, policy and scholarly inquiry about the role of the journalist and the future of journalism. The subject serves as an introduction to core and elective postgraduate subjects.
Partner Course Code:
57083
UArizona Equivalent Course:
JOUR Department Elective, Lower Division
UArizona Units:
5

Digital Journalism and Beyond

Course Description:
This subject provides students with hands-on experience in digital storytelling, expanding on the use of text, audio and video towards newer forms such as mobile and virtual/augmented reality. Under expert guidance, students produce a portfolio of journalistic work that places a high value on experimentation, innovation and immersive storytelling. Students engage in research, reflection and analysis to examine issues that emerge from their own reporting, the work of colleagues and industry best practices. They are encouraged to use short- and long-form techniques, and experiment with using other attributes of contemporary media to create new journalistic experiences.
Partner Course Code:
57085
UArizona Equivalent Course:
JOUR Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
5

Digital Journalism Research

Course Description:
This subject introduces students to key research specific to the practice and study of journalism in the contemporary era. By focusing on the theoretical frameworks that illuminate journalism practice and industries, the subject develops students’ academic capacity, helps drive distinctive journalism, and informs critiques of journalism. Students critically reflect on professional practice and examine evolving, innovative news frames and patterns of coverage in Australia and globally. Students learn to use journalism research to break news, find diverse talent, drive innovative in-depth journalism and contextualise current affairs. Digital journalism research empowers students to take a wider perspective on local, elite, and global digital journalism, revealing new pathways of investigation in research and journalism practice.
Partner Course Code:
52645
UArizona Equivalent Course:
JOUR Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
4

International and Transnational Journalism

Course Description:
The practice of journalism at local and global levels is changing. This subject explores the sourcing, production and dissemnination of news in different parts of the world. It compares journalism in a range of historical and contemporary contexts. It explores social and media theories relating to journalism, and analyses key factors such as new technologies, the globalisation of media ownership and news flows, public/private sector media, free speech and censorship, changing perspectives on foreign news, the reporting of conflicts, and the expanding role of social media. In each session, the course focuses on current international issues and how they are reported in both national and global contexts.
Partner Course Code:
57196
UArizona Equivalent Course:
JOUR Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
5

Investigations, Data and Collaboration

Course Description:
This subject introduces students to a suite of digital tools for research and practice in investigative journalism, and methods for analysing, verifying and visualising data for journalistic purposes. Students explore the capabilities and limitations of competing investigative methodologies, and the role of public interest investigative journalism. They develop investigative open-source research skills, the capacity to critically assess and verify information and practice techniques used in data investigations. Students are introduced to investigative cross-border collaborations such as The Panama Papers, the Implant Files and Football Leaks to understand how journalists collaborate on large datasets, manage data leaks, use open-source information and report transnational issues. By the end of the session, students have the skills to produce innovative, collaborative, multimedia reporting that incorporates data visualisations, audio, text, stills and video.
Partner Course Code:
52646
UArizona Equivalent Course:
JOUR Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
4

Journalism Studies

Course Description:
The aim of this subject is to critically engage with scholarly debates in journalism studies that address news organisations, journalism practices, and the processes of production and consumption of news and current affairs, including contemporary practices. A comparative theoretical approach is used to critically examine questions about journalism, taking into account historic and current conceptualisations of journalism practice and research.
Partner Course Code:
57088
UArizona Equivalent Course:
JOUR Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
5

News Now

Course Description:
This subject focuses on equipping students with the formative news skills required for the practice of journalism, and training students to start thinking like a journalist and journalist-entrepreneur. Students learn to identify what constitutes news and why. They consider and practice verification strategies, social media news generation and distribution, truth and accuracy, and digital literacy. In a continuously changing media environment, students learn to report news across platforms and innovations in digital news media. Assessments include reporting from a news conference and producing a multiplatform research project from pitch to production. The subject provides students with opportunities to develop their critical understanding of the key issues currently facing journalism.
Partner Course Code:
52641
UArizona Equivalent Course:
JOUR Department Elective, Lower Division
UArizona Units:
4

Sound Journalism

Course Description:
This subject brings together a range of contemporary disciplines within audio journalism to develop students’ skills in sound communication. Core theories and approaches from sound production are combined with contemporary discourses from podcasting to familiarise students with the genres of audio journalism used in multimedia newsrooms and by audio broadcasters. Exploring a variety of case studies in journalism podcasting, students are introduced to narrative techniques in the audio genre and the principles of sound design as a journalistic tool. With an emphasis on quality communication, this subject explores the modes and practices of sound reporting and further develops students’ skills in audio interviewing.
Partner Course Code:
52643
UArizona Equivalent Course:
JOUR Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
4

Sports Media

Course Description:
In this capstone subject, students harness their skills and knowledge to produce a significant project of journalism and/or public relations. Students drawn to the public communications side of this hybrid subject need to demonstrate a deep understanding and practical application of areas such as audience strategy, content marketing and crisis management. On the journalism side, they are able to explore and use a wide variety of methods and media, including emerging areas of practice, to produce the high-end work at the centre of their project. With the assistance of a UTS or industry mentor, students are required to pitch the project's concept for approval before undertaking rigorous research, reporting and editing (and related tasks) before the presentation of their final work to a panel of industry professionals.
Partner Course Code:
57207
UArizona Equivalent Course:
JOUR Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
5

Marketing

Brand Advertising Strategies

Course Description:
In this subject, students explore the logic and evolution of branding. They develop a strong understanding of brand equity and learn how it drives contemporary advertising practice, and they apply the principles of branding to a creative advertising strategy.
Partner Course Code:
54048
UArizona Equivalent Course:
MKTG Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
5

Corporate & Marketing Communication

Course Description:
This subject examines contemporary corporate and marketing communication objectives, strategies and methods employed by corporations and other ‘corporate bodies’ such as government agencies (e.g. transport, health, etc.) to promote their organisation, its products and services. Differences and complementation between corporate communication and marketing communication are explained. Students examine contemporary marketing communication methods with customers and potential customers, such as advertising, electronic direct mail (e-DM), promotions, events such as exhibitions and trade shows, product PR, and public social media. In addition, students explore key corporate communication concepts such as corporate identity, reputation, corporate social responsibility, and communication with stakeholders such as employees, shareholders, regulators, and local communities. Methods of internal and external corporate communication are examined, including corporate websites, intranets, internal social media, annual reports, newsletters, and corporate PR and publicity. Students are encouraged to critically examine methods of corporate and marketing communication from a standpoint of ethics and effectiveness.
Partner Course Code:
57220
UArizona Equivalent Course:
BCOM Departmental elective, Upper Division.
UArizona Units:
5

Mathematics

Introduction to Mathematical Analysis and Modelling

Course Description:
This subject introduces calculus for functions of several variables and covers the underpinning concepts of calculus and real analysis, as well as the solution of coupled ordinary differential equations. Topics to be covered include the formal definitions of limits, continuity and derivatives, the mean value theorem, Riemann integration, partial derivatives, the gradient, optimisation and Lagrange multipliers, paths and path integrals in higher dimensions, integration in higher dimensions, systems of linear differential equations, solution of such systems using diagonalisation. Examples and applications are introduced throughout the subject.
Partner Course Code:
37132
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Departmental Elective, Lower division.
UArizona Units:
4

Introduction to Statistics

Course Description:
This subject gives an introduction to probability theory and statistics. Students learn how to describe random phenomena using the language of probability, and how this is applied in a statistical framework to solve real world problems. The first half of the subject introduces the students to important concepts in probability, such as random variables and their probability distributions. Fundamental properties such as expectations, independence and the Central Limit Theorem are discussed. The second half of the course introduces classical statistical inference and its connection to probability theory. Sampling distributions and their use in constructing confidence intervals and hypothesis testing are discussed. The course ends by introducing simple linear regression and analysis of variance techniques.
Partner Course Code:
37151
UArizona Equivalent Course:
SBS 200: Introduction to Statistics for the Social Sciences
UArizona Units:
4

Mathematical Modelling 1

Course Description:
This subject develops the knowledge and skills necessary for problem-solving and mathematical modelling at an introductory level. Differential calculus is applied to model situations in science and engineering that involve oscillations. Integral calculus is used to solve selected problems involving first- and second-order differential equations, and to calculate areas, volumes, lengths and other physical quantities. Vectors, matrix multiplication and determinants are introduced and applied to problem-solving and modelling. Sequences and series are reviewed and power series introduced where power series are used to approximate more functions.
Partner Course Code:
33130
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Departmental Elective, Lower division.
UArizona Units:
4

Mathematical Modelling 2

Course Description:
This subject consists of two parts: multivariate calculus and an introduction to statistics. The mathematical part develops the mathematical skills required for mathematical modelling of systems involving more than one independent variable. The statistics part is an introduction to descriptive statistics, statistical inference and simple linear regression. Topics include linear algebra, solutions to sets of equations resulting from particular problems, eigenvectors and eigenvalues, partial derivatives, optimisation, multiple integrals and their applications, and probability with a focus on the determination of the reliability of a system of components in various engineering contexts.
Partner Course Code:
33230
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Departmental Elective, Lower division.
UArizona Units:
4

Mathematics 1

Course Description:
This subject develops the knowledge and skills necessary for problem-solving and mathematical modelling at an introductory level. Differential calculus is applied to model situations in science and engineering that involve oscillations. Integral calculus is used to solve selected problems involving first- and second-order differential equations, and to calculate areas, volumes, lengths and other physical quantities. Vectors, matrix multiplication and determinants are introduced and applied to problem-solving and modelling. Sequences and series are reviewed and power series introduced where power series are used to approximate more functions.
Partner Course Code:
33130
UArizona Equivalent Course:
MATH Department Elective, Lower Division
UArizona Units:
4

Mathematics 2

Course Description:
This subject consists of two parts: multivariate calculus and an introduction to statistics. The mathematical part develops the mathematical skills required for mathematical modelling of systems involving more than one independent variable. The statistics part is an introduction to descriptive statistics, statistical inference and simple linear regression. Topics include linear algebra, solutions to sets of equations resulting from particular problems, eigenvectors and eigenvalues, partial derivatives, optimisation, multiple integrals and their applications, and probability with a focus on the determination of the reliability of a system of components in various engineering contexts.
Partner Course Code:
33230
UArizona Equivalent Course:
MATH Department Elective, Lower Division
UArizona Units:
4

Probability and Random Variables

Course Description:
When modelling real-world problems we need to deal with uncertainty, and probability provides an effective way to quantify and model uncertainty. This subject introduces concepts in probability such as dependent and independent events as well as conditional probability. The idea of modelling random events with distributions is introduced, including probability calculation, expectation, variance, generating functions, and order statistics for independent events. The subject concludes by considering discrete Markov chains.
Partner Course Code:
37161
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Departmental Elective, Lower division.
UArizona Units:
4

Statistics and Mathematics for Science

Course Description:
This subject consists of two components: Statistics and Mathematics. The Statistics component focuses on data analysis. It aims to show students how to collect and analyse data, and how to draw valid conclusions from the data. It begins with a discussion of how to sample from a population, and how to describe the data collected. This is followed by a discussion of how to form and test hypotheses about the population using the data collected from the sample. The Mathematics component covers studies of simultaneous linear equations and their occurrence in scientific problems; methods for solving these equations using matrices and determinants; eigenvalues and eigenvectors; vectors in two and three dimensions; products of vectors; spatial geometry and coordinate systems; functions of several variables; partial derivatives; optimisation and method of least squares. The computer algebra system Mathematica is used as an aid to computation, graph plotting and visualisation.
Partner Course Code:
33290
UArizona Equivalent Course:
STAT Departmental Elective, Lower division.
UArizona Units:
4

Media Studies

Creativity and Media Production

Course Description:
This subject provides students with opportunities to interrogate models for low, micro and no-budget media production in the context of industry, career and creative sustainability. Working in collaborative groups, students devise solutions to a series of creative challenges. Students gain hands-on experience with innovative approaches to micro-budget production with a focus on screen industry models, independent, experimental and artist-based traditions and microforms. Students develop projects from a range of media outcomes including linear moving image, audio, interactive, multiplatform, location-based and mobile media. Through a combination of practice-oriented learning and critical analysis of diverse models of micro-budget production they develop and evaluate their own models for micro-budget production considering social, artistic, economic, cultural and environmental viability.
Partner Course Code:
57233
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Department Elective, Lower Division
UArizona Units:
5

Digital Activism

Course Description:
In this subject, students learn about the theories informing digital activism strategies and engage with real world case studies focusing on digital campaigns in the global context. They explore how cultural specificities and digital technologies inform meanings and outcomes in digital activist campaigns and apply this knowledge through the analysis and design of their own digital campaign. Students present their knowledge through use of data analytics, written and visual outputs and engage with professional mentors, guest lecturers and peers to evaluate the role of digital technologies in shaping contemporary social movements.
Partner Course Code:
52684
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
4

Digital Media Metrics

Course Description:
This subject responds to the digital media industry's growing emphasis and reliance on data and metrics to better segment, target and understand audiences. In this subject, students learn foundational social media metrics and digital methods and their uses, while appreciating the ethical and equity issues resulting from measuring, analysing and using digital traces, particularly in response to Indigenous data. Students develop skills in data collection, analysis and reporting using technical reports, presentations and data visualisations to communicate their ideas.
Partner Course Code:
52682
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Department Elective, Lower Division
UArizona Units:
4

Emergent Media Practices

Course Description:
In this subject students expand their knowledge of media relations and media practices in the age of online and digital media. The subject addresses paid, earned, shared and owned (PESO) media, with a primary focus on earned publicity, shared (social) media, and owned media. Students critically examine contemporary media practices and research to understand and manage media relations in this dynamic environment. They investigate the opportunities and challenges for strategic communication practice as influencer relationships transform and are recast, including the shift from one-way, top-down information flow characteristic of mass media to interactive, participatory and networked media communication. Students address the ethical and credibility issues of participation, action and inaction as new formats blur boundaries between paid promotion and independent news and information. Informed by their research, students develop media strategies that address identified publics for a client/issue. Their media strategies employ multiple media channels and content formats.
Partner Course Code:
57218
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
5

Experiential Media

Course Description:
This subject explores the ways in which contemporary media projects are increasingly activating audiences through expanded modes of engagement and participation across diverse platforms. Students analyse audience experience for interactive, participatory, transmedia and emerging experiential media. The subject explores major influences on these media forms, such as the emergence of key digital, interactive and social platforms, the role of user experience (UX) design in digital and product design, and the rise of the 'experience economy' and its impacts on cultural events at festivals, galleries and museums. Students examine online documentary, transmedia, augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), fandoms and media artworks to develop a critical and conceptual understanding of experiential media.
Partner Course Code:
57236
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
5

Experimental Media

Course Description:
This subject explores alternative modes of media arts development and creation, focusing on the experimental. Students acquire a conceptual and practical experience of experimental forms, approaches and styles whilst developing their hands-on skills in various time-based media. Students explore ideas around temporality, structure, composition, movement, spatiality, interaction and poetics. They are encouraged to innovate in their production work as they combine their technical, critical and creative skills. Students explore these ideas by designing their own media experiments that reflect and respond to current media practice.
Partner Course Code:
52654
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
4

Immersive Media

Course Description:
In this subject students explore concepts of immersion in relation to historical, contemporary and emergent trends and technologies in creative media practices and industries. Students undertake practice-oriented learning and project-based work to engage critically with historical precedents for spatialised media. They examine the cultural, poetic, ethical and political aspects of contemporary immersive media works. Students work across a range of technologies and media to develop and create prototypes that focus on exploratory approaches to immersive audio-visual forms: from installations to interactive works, to stereoscopic imaging, augmented reality, 360-degree media, virtual reality and cinematic virtual reality. Students utilise media production equipment and post-production pathways to develop and prototype immersive media projects with the potential to be produced within related subjects of the degree.
Partner Course Code:
57230
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
5

Making Digital Impact

Course Description:
This subject consolidates students’ understanding of how new technologies interact with existing social, economic and political contexts. It aims to equip them with practical skills around designing and promoting new technology using current production practices such as Agile Methodology and Human-Centred Design within an environment that simulates the contemporary workplace. Students design and prototype solutions to a problem-based scenario. They gain experience working in teams, producing professional presentations and materials, advocating design solutions, documentation and building a business case.
Partner Course Code:
52687
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
4

Media Arts Specialist Modules

Course Description:
This subject develops students’ skill sets in media arts in screen development, production and post-production. Students elect to specialise in a single discipline chosen from a suite of modules which may include producing, directing, screenwriting, cinematography, production design and post-production, Students acquire high-level specialist skill sets in an environment in which they can immediately translate their new knowledge into practice. Students create short media arts prototypes which provide a foundation for subsequent subjects in the major and set up future career pathways, all whilst gaining insight into standard industry forms and practices, alongside new and emerging models.
Partner Course Code:
52655
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FTV Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
4

Media Influence

Course Description:
Media influence shapes individual, social and work environments raising questions about who or what wields this influence. In this subject, students consider content creators/co-creators, owners of media organisations and platforms, algorithms, and government and influencer roles. Students explore the place of media influence in enacting citizenship, investigating fake news and conspiracy theories, fact-checking and source credibility, new voices and media entrepreneurs. Working in teams, students apply media studies concepts to current debates over privacy, trolling, cyber-dating, cyber activism, misinformation, participation, ownership and diversity. They investigate key aspects of media users, publics, fans, entrepreneurs, and creatives and explore their practice and professionalism. Analyses of media production, distribution or consumption reveal patterns and trends in the distribution of discursive influence and shed light on how these are manifested in economic, social and business contexts. Students strengthen their practical media research skills to inform their professional communication practice.
Partner Course Code:
52703
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Department Elective, Lower Division
UArizona Units:
4

Nursing

Evidence for Nursing

Course Description:
This subject develops skills in accessing and appraising research evidence upon which to base nursing practice. This subject builds on students' understandings of the utility of published practice guidelines. Focus is on selection and appraisal of published research studies and applying the evidence to selected clinical situations. Quantitative and qualitative research are introduced and their values in answering different types of clinical questions discussed. Popular health claims are evaluated as a method of understanding how the indicators of clinical effectiveness are used. The appraisal of systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelines is also introduced.
Partner Course Code:
92440
UArizona Equivalent Course:
NURS Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Nutritional Studies

Nutrition for Health and Physical Activity

Course Description:
This subject examines the role of nutrition in maintaining a healthy lifestyle and optimising exercise and sports performance. It focuses on dietary guidelines for health, assessment of nutrition practices, nutrition practices for the optimisation of exercise and sports performance, the identification of inappropriate dietary habits and prevalent contemporary issues in nutrition. Students are challenged to integrate knowledge from health and sport contexts, with a view to developing a range of solutions to nutritional issues faced by today's society.
Partner Course Code:
92547
UArizona Equivalent Course:
NSC 315: Sports Nutrition
UArizona Units:
4

Physics

Physics in Action

Course Description:
This subject is a foundation for later-stage subjects. In this subject students learn about: electrostatics, circuits, magnetism, electromagnetism and induction, waves, physical optics, introductory atomic physics and quantum theory. Research linked to each of the topic areas, and which is happening within the School of Mathematics and Physical Sciences at UTS, is integrated into this subject.
Partner Course Code:
68201
UArizona Equivalent Course:
PHYS Departmental Elective, Lower division.
UArizona Units:
4

Physiology

Applied Exercise Physiology

Course Description:
This subject examines the physiological and biochemical responses and adaptations to exercise with emphasis on training adaptations, muscle metabolism, environmental influences and exercise training methodology. The subject focuses on developing a strong theoretical understanding, as well as developing proficiency in evaluating research on human physiological responses to exercise and training. The subject also develops students' ability to critique relevant research, apply knowledge and communicate evidence-based recommendations for practice in the sport and exercise sciences.
Partner Course Code:
92563
UArizona Equivalent Course:
PSIO Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
4

Chinese Medicine Foundations 2

Course Description:
This subject extends students' knowledge of Chinese medicine's fundamental substances and their physiology and the channel system, its components and functions. It builds on stage 1 subjects, especially with regard to physiological substances and systems and general patterns of dysfunction. The principles of Chinese dietetics are explored and the Neijing Lingshu introduced. Basic dietary principles and acupuncture point functions and indications are applied to basic patterns of disorder. The subject covers the basics of how to regulate internal systems and utilise channel physiology in the clinical practice of Chinese medicine.
Partner Course Code:
99666
UArizona Equivalent Course:
PSIO Departmental Elective, Lower division.
UArizona Units:
4

Functional Anatomy

Course Description:
In this subject, students extend their foundational knowledge of structural anatomy and apply neuromechanical concepts to the analysis of human motion. These concepts are also used to improve understanding of muscle coordination and function, postural control and stability and factors that contribute to musculoskeletal injury. Practical components involve developing foundational skills that are further developed in a range of biomechanics, motor control and exercise prescription subjects.
Partner Course Code:
92521
UArizona Equivalent Course:
PSIO Department Elective, Lower Division
UArizona Units:
4

Human Anatomy and Physiology

Course Description:
In this subject students gain excellent basic knowledge in physiology, putting them in good stead for biomedical-oriented subjects in subsequent years. Students learn anatomy (structure) and physiology (function) of the healthy human body. Lectures are complemented by a supportive practical program with a mix of on-campus hands-on activities as well as self-paced online resources. The subject content includes the anatomical organisation of the body and anatomical terms; the gross anatomy of the cardiovascular, endocrine, gastrointestinal, haematological, integumentary (skin), musculoskeletal, nervous, reproductive, respiratory, and urinary systems. Presentation, library research and report writing skills are also developed.
Partner Course Code:
91400
UArizona Equivalent Course:
PSIO 380: Fundamentals of Human Physiology
UArizona Units:
4

Human Pathophysiology

Course Description:
This subject aims to provide an overview of the essential elements of the disease process as it occurs in some common disorders of each of the major body systems. This information is provided in the context of how the commonly seen disorder affects healthy structure and function, and so reinforces basic anatomy and physiology previously studied. Students learn the knowledge in a clinical practice-oriented mode. Topics include immunology, cancer, endocrine, gastrointestinal, respiratory, cardiovascular, renal and body fluid, nervous, musculoskeletal and reproductive disorders.
Partner Course Code:
91239
UArizona Equivalent Course:
PSIO Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Immunology & Human Health

Course Description:
Immunology and Human Health is designed to advance your understanding of the Immune system and to apply this knowledge to basic immunological research of human diseases. The immune system is composed of numerous cells and molecules that act in concert to maintain health, to overcome infection, prevent tumour growth and repair damaged tissues. The study of the immune system provides us with a fascinating insight into the relationship between animals, and the organisms that infect them (bacteria, viruses, protozoans and fungi). This subject provides a greater understanding of the complexity of the immune system and its responses to stresses such as infection. It demonstrates how modulation, or activation, of the immune system can either help overcome infection or may lead to autoimmune disease. Understanding the immune system gives us the potential to develop therapies to control events such as infection or autoimmune conditions. This subject helps students expand their understanding of current concepts in immunology and the potential application of applied immunology in medicine, research and industry.
Partner Course Code:
91180
UArizona Equivalent Course:
PSIO 431: Physiology of the Immune System
UArizona Units:
4

Plant Sciences

Plant Physiology and Ecophysiology

Course Description:
Plants are the cornerstone of energy capture and transformation of all ecosystems. The productivity of plants and their influence on water, carbon, nutrient and energy cycles is central to the functioning of landscapes. Development of an understanding of the physiology and ecophysiology of plants allows students to contribute to ongoing debates about overcoming the impacts of climate change, global food insecurity and the rise of water scarcity as a socio-political issue. This subject introduces the key concepts, processes and techniques required to understand the basics of the physiology of plants and the interaction of the abiotic environment with plants in the field (ecophysiology). It is taught using a combination of lectures, lecture-based question and answer sessions, practical lab work, and group project work. Topics covered include a selection from the following: how plants fix carbon; long-distance transport in the phloem; uptake, movement and control of water fluxes in the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum; landscape carbon and water budgets; behaviour and physiology of stomata; ion uptake by plant roots; comparative ecophysiology of plants in contrasting environments; the ecophysiology of global forest mortality in response to drought; and the physiology of plants exposed to stress.
Partner Course Code:
91270
UArizona Equivalent Course:
PLS Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Political Science

Citizenship & Communication

Course Description:
This subject explores the role of the citizen communicator by examining the institutions which structure our social world, and the social arenas in which civic participation occurs. Students are introduced to political, legal, economic and media institutions and concepts in national and, to a lesser extent, global contexts. There is a particular emphasis on the skills of academic literacy, reflective practice, and research skills. Assessment ranges from traditional essay forms to weekly critical responses to the set readings.
Partner Course Code:
54000
UArizona Equivalent Course:
POL Departmental Elective, Lower division. Tier 1 and 2 Individuals & Societies.
UArizona Units:
5

Politics, Ideologies & Beliefs

Course Description:
Do ideas matter in politics? How? What is the role of political ideology and beliefs in the shaping of our world? This subject investigates the main ideas that define politics, and which influence the everyday political life of states, economies and civil societies. It discusses major contemporary ideologies and beliefs, such as liberalism, conservatism, social reformism, environmentalism, socialism and religious fundamentalism. Students analyse ideologies and beliefs in real-world contexts, conducting participant observation of civil society organisations ranging from political parties to non-government organisations, religious institutions, trade unions and not-for-profit organisations.
Partner Course Code:
54051
UArizona Equivalent Course:
POL Departmental Elective, Lower division. Tier 1 and 2 Individuals & Societies.
UArizona Units:
5

Public Health

Fundamentals of Epidemiology

Course Description:
This subject covers the essential knowledge that clinicians, project officers, health service managers and planners, and public health practitioners need concerning epidemiology and population health. It enables students to apply analytical strategies of epidemiology to the health service and public health environment, and to assess, interpret and critically appraise the quality of evidence of health service studies. Topics covered include epidemiological methods and concepts, understanding epidemiological evidence and its limitations, using population health data, and how findings are used to support public health and health services planning and management decisions. Students also have an opportunity to calculate and interpret measures of disease frequency, association and impact. An emphasis is placed on linking epidemiological theory population health with application in public health and health services settings and decision making.
Partner Course Code:
92296
UArizona Equivalent Course:
EPID Deparmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Health Promotion and Physical Activity

Course Description:
Health promotion provides the process for increasing awareness of factors that impact on health and health enhancement strategies. It considers the aetiology of lifestyle-related diseases, health behaviour models and theories, sociocultural and psychological health correlates and determinants and health policy, with a focus on physical activity. Individual, community, and population level interventions are assessed, planned and evaluated to promote health and physical activity across the lifespan (e.g., youth, older adults), amongst different populations (e.g. Aboriginal and culturally linguistically diverse) and in a variety of settings (e.g. school-based, workplace, community). To reach a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing, an individual or group needs to identify and realise aspirations, satisfy needs and change or cope with the environment. Health is thus viewed in this subject as a valuable resource for life and livelihood. Health promotion is considered not just the responsibility of the health sector, but as reaching beyond healthy lifestyles to optimise wellbeing for all.
Partner Course Code:
92544
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Department Elective, Lower Division
UArizona Units:
4

Introduction to Health Statistics

Course Description:
The correct use and interpretation of data is important for planning and decision making in public health and the health system. Students undertaking this subject establish the knowledge and skills required to analyse and interpret health data, and to critically evaluate the results of epidemiological studies. This subject covers the most common statistical concepts and tests used in health science including descriptive and inferential statistics. Learning in the subject focuses on the interpretation of output and the appropriate use of methods of analysis rather than computing or programming skills. On completion of this subject, students are able to select the appropriate statistical analyses taking research questions and study designs into account.
Partner Course Code:
95728
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Department Elective, Lower Division
UArizona Units:
4

Sociology

Culture: Plugged and Unplugged

Course Description:
This subject explores the histories, complexities and contradictions of popular culture, with a particular focus on the 20th and 21st centuries. In this subject, students critically interrogate various forms of popular culture and reflect on their own participation, identity formation and fandom with respect to popular cultural artefacts. The subject addresses a number of key popular cultural topics facing individuals and communities, including climate change, race, (dis)ability, and the invasion of digital technologies into everyday life. Students explore diverse meanings and forms of popular culture, identifying how they position individuals, groups and communities and the political and ethical consequences of these positionings, as well as how they articulate the values and beliefs of the society and individuals that produce and use them.
Partner Course Code:
54092
UArizona Equivalent Course:
SOC Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
5

Sport and Society

Course Description:
This first-year subject provides a critical introduction to the analysis of sport as a social activity, together with the drivers that make sport a major cultural activity. It examines power relations and inequalities in sport, thereby interrogating the assumption that sport is inherently egalitarian and inclusive. The subject examines historical influences on contemporary sport, the role of ideology and policy, the importance of ethics and integrity, the politics of participation, as well as the power of science and technology in high performance sport.
Partner Course Code:
21655
UArizona Equivalent Course:
SOC Departmental Elective, Lower division. Tier 1 or 2 Individuals & Societies.
UArizona Units:
4

Sports Studies

Sport Marketing and Media

Course Description:
This subject explores marketing concepts as they relate to the funding, promotion and the commercial development of sport. The subject explores sport marketing strategies, sport advertising, sport publicity, sport sponsorship and promotion across various levels of sport organisations.
Partner Course Code:
21656
UArizona Equivalent Course:
MKTG Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

The International Sport Marketplace

Course Description:
The subject seeks to develop knowledge of sport marketplaces in a range of international contexts. It examines how global–local forces produce pressure for the adoption or adaptation of dominant modes of sport organisation. An underlying assumption is that awareness of global–local dynamics of economy, politics, culture and sport performance are necessary for advanced leadership of sport in dynamic international settings.
Partner Course Code:
21657
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

The Organisation of Australian Sport

Course Description:
The organisation of Australian sport has become more professional and complex since the late 20th century. The number of stakeholders involved in the delivery of sport, whether at the high performance or community level, has grown significantly. This subject explores the role of sport organisations, governments and public agencies in terms of the development of sport across various sectors. It examines the decision making and policy priorities that underpin public funding for sport. It evaluates managerial responsibilities in respect of the governance of sport organisations and the integrity of conduct within the Australian sport industry.
Partner Course Code:
21658
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Departmental Elective, Lower division.
UArizona Units:
4

Spring Semester Courses

Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering

Dynamics and Control

Course Description:
The objectives of this subject are to: have an understanding of the behaviour of linear (or approximately linear) dynamic systems that are typically encountered in the practice of mechanical engineering; and gain an understanding of how such systems can be controlled, or have their dynamics altered, so as to achieve desired outcomes. Topics covered include: dynamic models: component block diagram, laplace transform, undamped free and forced vibration of SDOF systems, damped free and forced vibration of SDOF systems, resonance and beats, logarithmic decrement, response under the harmonic motion of the base, coupled-tank systems, vibration of 2DOF systems, vibration isolation, vibration absorbers; Matlab and Simulink; dynamic response: system modelling diagrams, poles and zeros, effect of pole locations, first order systems, second order systems, effects of zeros and additional poles, stability; basic properties of feedback: the basic equations of control, control of steady-state error, PID control, pole placement method; the root-locus design method: root-locus of a basic feedback systems, dynamic compensation, examples; control system implementation and introduction to advanced control systems.
Partner Course Code:
48660 
UArizona Equivalent Course:
AME Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Fundamentals of Mechanical Engineering

Course Description:
This subject builds on and brings together the concepts introduced in the Mathematical and Physical Modelling subjects and in Introduction to Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering. It is intended to provide students with a comprehensive overview of elementary mechanics and lay the basis for further work in this area in later subjects. In particular, material discussed in this subject is taken further in Machine Dynamics and Mechanics of Solids subjects in subsequent stages. Newtonian mechanics depends on the development of a series of increasingly complex models based on Newton’s Laws of Motion. The purpose of this modelling concept is to set up an orderly development that is conducive to mathematical analysis. The methodology relies on diagrammatically isolating a physical entity (or body) from all constraints or contacts with other bodies and replacing these contacts with external forces. This relies on discriminating between what are defined as internal and external forces. The mechanically isolated body is referred to as a free body diagram. It requires a graphical, diagrammatic or visual approach to problem analysis, unlike other analytical systems, which rely on more sophisticated mathematical analysis. The topics discussed in this subject include equilibrium in 2D plane and 3D space, force vectors, force system resultants, analysis of pin-connected trusses, characteristics of dry friction, equilibrium of rigid bodies subjected to frictional force, shear force and bending moment diagrams, kinematics and kinetics of a particle, rectilinear kinemtatics, curvilinear motion, force and acceleration, work and energy, impulse and momentum, and the relationships between them. These comprise the basis of a comprehensive course in Newtonian mechanics.
Partner Course Code:
48620 
UArizona Equivalent Course:
AME Departmental Elective, Lower division.
UArizona Units:
4

Introduction to Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering

Course Description:
The subject introduces the student to engineering sketching and drawing, computer-aided design and solid modelling, engineering design, engineering mechanics, mechanical systems and components, and wind power and energy conversion. Students learn to graphically represent engineering components by sketching, using drawing instruments and/or computer methods using standard representation techniques such as orthogonal projection. Students learn basic engineering mechanics and how to apply this to analyse simple machines, mechanisms and structures. Students also learn basic engineering management tools and apply them in designing and building a mechanical system.
Partner Course Code:
48610 
UArizona Equivalent Course:
AME Departmental Elective, Lower division.
UArizona Units:
4

Machine Dynamics

Course Description:
The objectives of this subject are to give students an understanding of the kinematics and dynamics of rigid bodies in general planar motion, which is typically encountered in design and analysis of mechanical systems, and an elementary understanding of the vibration of mechanical systems, in particular the dynamic behaviour of single-degree-of-freedom mechanical systems with various damping and applied forces. Students should be able to: model problems in rigid body planar and spatial kinematics and rigid body planar dynamics; understand energy methods in contrast to direct applications of Newton's second law of motion for setting up a model; understand the physics of a problem formulated from a real mechanical system; appreciate the role of vibration in machines and structures in the engineering world; understand the procedures required to evaluate a vibration problem; and analyse the dynamic response of single-degree-of-freedom mechanical systems. The subject also covers the concept of a rigid body, full nomenclature used in kinematics, two-body velocity equations and velocity diagrams of planar motion; two-body acceleration equations and acceleration diagram; three-body velocity equations and acceleration equations including Coriolis acceleration term; angular velocity acceleration equations including three-dimensional problems; F=ma applied to a rigid-body-dynamics, significance of 'centre of mass', the 'moment' relationship (M=Ia, etc.); angular momentum, conservation of angular momentum (general case, centre of mass moving, no 'fixed' point); linear and angular impulse problems; energy methods for general planar motion; elementary principles of vibration theory, free vibration of undamped single-degree-of-freedom system; free decay vibration of damped single-degree-of-freedom system; and the forced vibration of single-degree-of-freedom system.
Partner Course Code:
48640 
UArizona Equivalent Course:
AME Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Mechanical and Mechatronic Design

Course Description:
This subject aims to extend students' competence in the design of engineered systems and components, as well as familiarising them with modern design approach methodologies. While the emphasis is on realistic engineering-team/client/boss interactions, need exploration, project development and delivery, this subject draws heavily on the expertise the students have developed up until this stage of the course. Furthermore, the subject aims to enhance and polish students' capabilities in dealing with human-centric aspects of the design process.
Partner Course Code:
48670 
UArizona Equivalent Course:
AME Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Mechanical Design 2

Course Description:
This subject builds on and brings together the concepts introduced in earlier subjects, such as 48600 Mechanical Design 1, 48610 Introduction to Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, and 48620 Fundamentals of Mechanical Engineering, along with the technical knowledge built up until this stage of the course. It provides a link between engineering science and practice, and focuses on the technical aspects of engineering design, for instance, identifying and conducting the relevant engineering analysis and subsequently making appropriate technical level design decisions and recommendations.
Partner Course Code:
48650 
UArizona Equivalent Course:
AME Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Mechatronics 2

Course Description:
This subject builds on and brings together the concepts introduced in Mechatronics 1. It is intended to provide students with comprehensive hands-on experience in mechatronics system design. The concepts of sensing, actuation, control, hardware and software are demonstrated through various robotics platforms. Subject matter includes: sensing, actuation, path planning, control, memory, tools for microprocessor-based system design, development and testing of prototype systems. The subject includes a major project where groups of students design, develop and commission a microprocessor-based product.
Partner Course Code:
48623 
UArizona Equivalent Course:
AME Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Strength of Engineering Materials

Course Description:
This subject draws on, and brings together, the knowledge and skills developed in earlier subjects such as 48620 Fundamentals of Mechanical Engineering, 60101 Chemistry and Materials Science, and 48331 Mechanics of Solids. It also prepares students for the more dedicated design subjects to come and exposes them to practical aspects of mechanical engineering design. The objectives are that students should be able to: understand, describe and use the methodology of modelling material properties and behaviour; understand and describe the fundamental differences in the behaviour of different types of materials; understand and describe how and why things fail; realise the importance of material selection in engineering design; predict, or design to avoid, failure given the material, environment and loading conditions; and use analytical skills in stress analysis and knowledge of material properties in mechanical design. Topics include: the use of stress analysis and material properties in materials selection and mechanical design; stress analysis – revise concept of normal and shear stress; combined stress; structures and m/c components; impact; material behaviour – time dependent material properties; strength; failure modes – theories, criteria for static failure (e.g. Tresca, von Mises, Mohr), fracture, creep, and fatigue; and strain energy methods.
Partner Course Code:
48642 
UArizona Equivalent Course:
AME Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Biochemistry

Metabolic Biochemistry

Course Description:
This subject introduces students to cellular metabolism and energy transfer mechanisms. It provides an overview of the main carbohydrate catabolic and anabolic pathways including glycolysis, Krebs cycle and oxidative phosphorylation, gluconeogenesis and glycogen metabolism. It provides an understanding of nitrogen and fatty acid metabolism, and the metabolic specialisation of tissues and the relationships between tissues. Cell signalling and the role of signals/hormones in maintaining homeostasis is also explored. This understanding of cell function provides a foundation for many subjects in biological and biomedical sciences. Emphasis is placed on mastering and understanding the principles of cellular reactions and their application to diverse cell types. The subject also introduces the basic tools and methods of biochemical experimentation, the application of biochemical reasoning, and the presentation of results in the written format.
Partner Course Code:
91320
UArizona Equivalent Course:
BIOC 385: Metabolic Biochemistry
UArizona Units:
4

Biology

Cell Biology and Genetics

Course Description:
This subject provides an introduction to the basic concepts of cell biology with a focus on cell structure and function, biological molecules, genetic code and theories of inheritance. The subject aims to develop students' professional skills through the introduction of a range of basic laboratory, analytical and quantitative skills used to investigate the cell structure and the functional significance of their sub-cellular organisation. Students also learn how to utilise modern library resources to find and review published research literature, evaluate its content and significance, and create both written and oral presentations that can be used to communicate core scientific concepts. After completing this subject, students should be able to gather, evaluate and apply necessary information relevant to a scientific problem.
Partner Course Code:
91161
UArizona Equivalent Course:
MCB 181 R+L: Introductory Biology I and Introductory Biology Laboratory I
UArizona Units:
4

General Microbiology

Course Description:
Microbes are small but they have important relationships with the human world. Although some are involved in food spoilage and a minority are capable of causing disease in humans, animals and plants, many have numerous beneficial effects including maintaining health in our guts (i.e. the microbiome) and maintaining balance in the environment by recycling chemical elements such as carbon and nitrogen. Additionally, microbes have a number of important industrial applications in food and chemical production, bioremediation and sewage treatment. When considering their diverse roles, microbes are an exciting and important group of organisms to learn about. This subject provides an introduction to the structure, function and taxonomy of the microbial world including bacteria, fungi, protozoa and viruses. Several key topics in the study of microbiology are discussed including microscopy, sterilisation, disinfection, microbial nutrition, microbial growth, bacterial identification schemes, as well as antibiotic and anti-microbial agents and contemporary techniques in molecular microbiology. Basic mycology, parasitology, and virology are covered, with an emphasis on transmission control of these organisms. The practical exercises give students experience in the principal laboratory procedures for the isolation, manipulation, growth and identification of microorganisms.
Partner Course Code:
91314
UArizona Equivalent Course:
MIC 205A & 205L
UArizona Units:
4

Business

Branding and Reputation

Course Description:
This subject examines the evolution and logic of contemporary branding and reputational capital. Students develop a strong understanding of branding principles and learn how these drive consumer perceptions of brand reputations; and they examine how reputations are built, maintained and threatened in various contemporary contexts. Students apply theoretical knowledge and critical concepts – such as crowd cultures, brand equity and image restoration – to contemporary brand campaigns, individuals and organisations, and consider how these sit within culturally diverse, globalised contexts.
Partner Course Code:
52664
UArizona Equivalent Course:
MKTG Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
4

Business Ethics and Sustainability

Course Description:
This subject explores the breadth and depth of ethical issues confronting contemporary organisations as they relate to general business practice and sustainability. It examines major philosophical conceptualisations of ethics and applies these to critically analyse both theory and practice. It places particular emphasis on developing students' ethical vocabulary and ethical argumentation so that they are better equipped to successfully carry an ethically informed subjectivity into their organisational practice. This subject provides students with various frameworks for incorporating and critically evaluating sustainability in organisational practices and decision-making.
Partner Course Code:
21513
UArizona Equivalent Course:
BNAD Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Design Thinking for Social Innovation

Course Description:
This subject uses design-thinking methodologies to empower students to lead social entrepreneurship and innovation movements using interdisciplinary perspectives. It introduces students to the process of design thinking (defining the problem, empathising, ideating and innovating) using experimentation, and facilitates solutions through radical cross-boundary thinking in order to effect social change using a human-centred approach. This subject helps students develop the essential design-thinking skills of observing, interviewing, listening, empathising, team building, communicating, and analysing in order to imagine and create innovative solutions to common social issues by approaching them at a community level. Students, in teams that mimic professional roles, collaboratively develop a design solution for a real-world scenario through the process of generating, iterating, and evolving an innovative project plan that they can add to their portfolios.
Partner Course Code:
52716
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
4

Engagement in Organisations

Course Description:
In this subject, students learn about organisational identity as a brand and examine internal communication functions, practices and challenges in organisational settings. They develop their knowledge and skills to facilitate member, volunteer, and employee engagement in diverse workplace environments. Students explore organisational cultures and metaphors, and group/team dynamics. They produce informal and formal communication tactics (both online and offline) for issues and change communication in organisations. Special attention is given to how organisations engage responsibly with Indigenous Australians, including Indigenous members, volunteers, and employees.
Partner Course Code:
52666
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
4

Entrepreneurship and Commercialisation

Course Description:
This later stage undergraduate subject develops students' understanding of the various roles within an enterprise, using a business planning framework to present topics such as strategy, marketing, operations, personnel, and finance. This subject has strong practical orientation, using contemporary case studies to broaden students' perspectives and demonstrate the application of the concepts covered. This subject is taught just before students enter the commercial world, to provide them with insight into the other functions of an organisation, and allow them to communicate more effectively with these roles.
Partner Course Code:
48270
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Global Operations and Supply Chain Management

Course Description:
This subject builds on the business knowledge taught in the core subject Integrating Business Perspectives and provides students studying in the Management, Human Resource Management and International Business majors with an opportunity to develop their understanding of sustainable business operations and global supply chain management from a systems perspective. Through a blended process of experiential, engaging and reflective learning, this subject further assures problem-based learning skills, added with the ability to manage the development of higher order capabilities for addressing complex operational issues in a real business context.
Partner Course Code:
21511
UArizona Equivalent Course:
MGMT Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Human Resource Management

Course Description:
Human resource management (HRM) is a core consideration for running successful organisations. This subject introduces students to the theories and concepts that underpin the real-world practice of HRM. Students explore the various dimensions of HRM, and the ways in which these have developed over the last century as a response to a changing internal and external organisational environment. In addition, through engaging with the subject content and activities, students develop a critical understanding regarding the current trends, and future challenges, impacting on the operationalisation of HRM.
Partner Course Code:
21555
UArizona Equivalent Course:
MGMT Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Integrated Marketing Communications

Course Description:
This subject examines all aspects of integrated marketing communications from an advanced viewpoint based on theory, practice, and research findings. It provides managers with systematic approaches to setting marketing communications objectives, establishing budgets, identifying relevant target audiences, formulating and testing creative and media strategies, and evaluating campaign results. It considers contemporary issues in advertising, together with reference to complementary aspects of marketing communication activities, such as sales promotion, public relations/publicity and direct marketing and includes an applied project covering these decision factors.
Partner Course Code:
24210
UArizona Equivalent Course:
MKTG Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
4

Intermediate Macroeconomics

Course Description:
This subject develops basic economic models as the analytical tools with which to understand macroeconomic phenomena such as economic growth, output fluctuations, unemployment, and inflation and how these phenomenon are interrelated. The subject equips students with analytical skills to examine the impact of these macroeconomic forces on business conditions and to understand and evaluate policy.
Partner Course Code:
23568
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ECON 330: Macroeconomic and Global Institutions and Policy
UArizona Units:
4

Intermediate Microeconomics

Course Description:
This subject extends students' knowledge and understanding of microeconomic phenomena and the environment within which consumers and businesses operate, as developed in introductory economics subjects. It develops the ability of students to analyse and critically evaluate these microeconomic issues, by equipping them with formal concepts and models. Issues considered in this subject include: the theory of consumer choice, firm behaviour, comparative welfare outcomes produced by different market forms and externalities arising from market failures such as pollution. The subject equips students with formal concepts and tools that are essential for further study in a range of specialised microeconomic fields.
Partner Course Code:
23567
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ECON 300: Microeconomic Analysis for Business Decisions
UArizona Units:
4

International Marketing

Course Description:
This subject focuses in the first instance on the issues relating to the ways in which firms consider the business opportunities for developing international marketing operations and then secondly, how those plans need to be evaluated, researched, developed and then implemented and managed. Key topics include international market planning and evaluation, target market(s) research, evaluation of competitive advantage, positioning and strategy considerations and then marketing plan development, implementation and management as well as consideration of how such plans need to be integrated within the firm. All of this involves significant consideration of cultural, political, legal and other environmental factors that can facilitate or limit exchanges among, what can be, very diverse sellers and buyers. Students learn different strategies that can be used in an international context to meet the different needs and wants of customers, while at the same time enabling international marketers to achieve their business goals and objectives. The emphasis in this subject is upon developing critical thinking in relation to international marketing opportunities and the use of marketing related tools to 'solve' those opportunities in a commercial environment.
Partner Course Code:
24220
UArizona Equivalent Course:
MKTG 456
UArizona Units:
4

The Agency

Course Description:
In this subject, students are allocated to teams that operate as agencies. Each agency responds to an external client brief and pitches a strategy that helps solve the client’s problems. Students choose their client from a selection on offer from the for-profit, not-for-profit, or government sectors. As a team, students collaborate with peers as they problem solve and seek creative solutions in their development of an integrated communication strategy for their client. Based on the goals, objectives, stakeholders, and strategic directions identified in their communication strategy report, students design their presentation deck and pitch as an agency to industry panels. Students learn how to effectively pitch their solution to their client, utilising a range of techniques including storytelling, research insights and demonstration through campaign mock ups as part of their presentation. This subject helps students understand industry-standard expectations and equips them with work-ready professional skills and knowledge.
Partner Course Code:
52667
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
4

Transnational Management

Course Description:
This subject examines the challenges associated with the strategic and operational management of organisations whose activities stretch across national boundaries. The subject develops a conceptual framework that enables students to explore the interplay between the transnational organisation, the country in which it does business, and associated macro-environmental forces. Through theories, case studies, and research articles, students explore ethical dilemmas and sustainability issues in companies operating across national boundaries. Students gain a comprehensive understanding of key management challenges for firms operating in a transnational environment.
Partner Course Code:
21591
UArizona Equivalent Course:
MGMT 435
UArizona Units:
4

Care, Health & Society

Health and Society

Course Description:
This subject allows students to develop understanding of the philosophy and expression of primary health care, health promotion and community development as the basis for therapeutic nursing practice in the community. The influence of power and politics on health care and the implications for patients are also explored. Students appreciate the dynamic and diverse nature of the community and the principles and practice of community health nursing. Health promotion and primary health care as defined by the World Health Organization and the social determinants of health form the framework for this subject. Knowledge of the social determinants of health and how they affect people's lives before, during and after illness is necessary for students to develop empathy and understanding of individual circumstances. Empathy and understanding are intrinsic to all nursing practice.
Partner Course Code:
92432
UArizona Equivalent Course:
CHS Departmental Elective, Lower division.
UArizona Units:
4

Chemistry

Chemistry 1

Course Description:
The study of chemistry is central to an understanding of the world around us and is relevant to all other science areas, such as physics, biology, geology and the environment at the fundamental level. This subject is designed to develop the student's understanding of the basic principles of chemistry. Topics covered include an introduction to matter, chemical reactions, atomic structure, stoichiometry, the periodic table, bonding, intermolecular forces and crystal structures, molecular geometry, equilibrium, and acid-base equilibria. The subject provides the requisite knowledge and skills for 65212 Chemistry 2.
Partner Course Code:
65111
UArizona Equivalent Course:
CHEM 151 General Chemistry I
UArizona Units:
4

Organic Chemistry 1

Course Description:
This subject introduces students to the reactions characteristic of the common families of carbon compounds and explores the details and implications of the reaction mechanisms involved. A primary objective is for students to gain an appreciation of the relationship of molecular structure to reactivity across a broad range of functional groups. Students have the opportunity to perform many of these reactions in the laboratory, and to evaluate the success of their experiments by analysis of their reaction products using gas chromatography and infra-red spectroscopy as well as mp, bp and refractive index measurements critically. These are skills required for professional chemists.
Partner Course Code:
65202
UArizona Equivalent Course:
CHEM 241A/243A: Lectures in Organic Chemistry & Organic Chemistry Lab 1
UArizona Units:
4

Physical Chemistry 1

Course Description:
This subject is designed to provide students with a working knowledge of chemical thermodynamics, optical spectroscopy, and chemical kinetics, which can then be applied to other subjects within the course. Students are introduced to fundamental concepts in these areas and learn how to apply their principles in problem-solving situations.
Partner Course Code:
65307
UArizona Equivalent Course:
CHEM Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Civil Engineering

Computer Modelling and Design

Course Description:
This subject introduces senior civil engineering students to the preparation and analysis of computer models of load bearing structures. Students learn how to establish loads on buildings in compliance with Australian standards and how to apply them correctly to the computer models they prepare. Building on subjects completed earlier for the design of structures, students extend their design skills by being introduced to commercial software programs for structural analysis in hands-on lab sessions.
Partner Course Code:
48389 
UArizona Equivalent Course:
CE Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Concrete Design

Course Description:
All engineers who wish to practise as civil engineers in Australia must have knowledge of structural design, including the behaviour and design of reinforced concrete (RC) and, to a lesser extent, of prestressed concrete (PSC) elements as parts of overall structures. This subject builds on the knowledge of statics, solid mechanics and structural analysis of indeterminate structures that the students have learnt in the previous structural strand subjects. Students learn about the behaviour and design of RC beams, slabs and columns and PSC beams, for both serviceability and strength. Initially, the students are introduced to the Limit State Design philosophy of Australian Standards for structural design and to the material properties of concrete, reinforcement and prestressing steel used for design. RC topics include uncracked section analysis of beams, cracked section analysis of beams (linear-elastic, Desayi-Krishnan, ultimate) for strength and design for strength to AS3600, serviceability design of beams, ductility of singly and doubly reinforced sections, design for shear, T-beams, approximate analysis and design of one-way, two-way slabs and flat slabs/plates, columns (interaction diagrams and slenderness effects), pad footings, cantilever retaining walls and reinforcement detailing. PSC beam topics include history, uncracked section analysis, equivalent loads, load-balancing, cracked section analysis (linear-elastic and ultimate), design for bending, shear, transfer, anchorage.
Partner Course Code:
48353 
UArizona Equivalent Course:
CE Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Construction

Course Description:
The objective of this subject is to give a broad-based introduction to the construction industry and to emphasise the technical and managerial skills needed by engineering professionals working in this area. Much of the value and strength of the subject relates to the development of an understanding that a leadership role in engineering construction projects requires a holistic approach that blends technical skill, logical reasoning, judgement and managing activities and people. The construction industry requires all of these aspects to be constantly applied to a myriad of issues both large and small.
Partner Course Code:
48340
UArizona Equivalent Course:
CE Departmental Elective, Lower division.
UArizona Units:
4

Construction Materials

Course Description:
The most common materials used in civil engineering applications and construction are concrete and steel. In order to understand how these materials perform in service, civil engineers must have a basic understanding of them in relation to their engineering properties and application. As part of the learning outcomes in this subject, students acquire fundamental knowledge of the engineering properties of construction materials and apply this knowledge to predict the behaviour of these materials in application. Students also interpret and apply Australian Standard test methods for the testing of these materials and understand the effects of the environment on the performance, properties and failure modes of them. By developing professional problem solving and design skills in this subject, students also acquire the ability to select the most appropriate material to meet prescriptive and performance-based requirements and be able to justify their choice of selection. Topics include: 1. construction materials and their application; 2. binders and water for concrete production; 3. aggregates and admixtures for concrete production; 4. fresh and hardened properties of concrete; 5. time dependent deformation and durability of concrete; 6. mechanical behaviour of metals; 7. properties of iron-carbon alloys and structural steels
Partner Course Code:
48352
UArizona Equivalent Course:
CE Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Engineering Mechanics

Course Description:
The subject aims to assist students to acquire a fundamental understanding of static equilibrium concepts commonly used in analysis and design of engineered structures. It also aims to develop their skills in analysing simple structures such as statically determinate beams and trusses, subjected to various loading and support conditions. On completion of this subject, students should be able to apply static equilibrium conditions as tools to analyse simple structures, and have developed an appreciation of design in civil engineering. The principles developed in this subject form the basis of structural analysis and design. This subject introduces students to the fundamental aspects that are a basis for subsequent fields of dynamics in civil engineering such as fluid mechanics, hydraulics and road design.
Partner Course Code:
48321
UArizona Equivalent Course:
CE Departmental Elective, Lower division.
UArizona Units:
4

Environmental and Sanitation Engineering

Course Description:
This subject introduces civil engineering students to essential environmental concepts and the environmental consequences of typical engineering activities. It offers a better understanding of the interrelationship between engineering, the environment and society, which provides the transition from academic knowledge to real-life situations encountered during planning, designing and implementing civil engineering projects. The subject helps students: develop an awareness of environmental issues; reinforce the implication of certain processes such as construction within a natural system; become familiar with both preventive and management strategies to minimise air, water, soil and noise pollution; and understand concepts and design of water pollution control mechanisms. Students acquire the relevant knowledge and critiquing skills that civil engineers require when working in environmental areas related to pollution control, environmental control and resource protection and management. They also develop skills of systems-thinking and problem-solving to develop better economical and environmentally sound structures or buildings.
Partner Course Code:
48350
UArizona Equivalent Course:
CHEE 300: Introduction to Water Chemistry for Engineers
UArizona Units:
4

Fluid Mechanics

Course Description:
This subject aims to enable students to: understand key concepts and fundamental principles, together with the assumptions made in their development, pertaining to fluid behaviour, both in static and flowing conditions; deal effectively with practical engineering situations, including the analysis and design of engineering systems and devices involving fluids and flow; appreciate possible applications and links to other disciplines; and engage in further specialised study or research. The subject also aims to enhance interests in fluid phenomena and applications. Topics include: fluid properties and statics; conservation laws of mass, momentum and energy; flow in pipes; external flow (lift and drag); boundary layers; flow measurements; and environmental fluid mechanics.
Partner Course Code:
48641
UArizona Equivalent Course:
CE Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Geotechnical Engineering

Course Description:
The aim of this subject is to develop students' technical competence in the analysis of soil masses and of structures associated with the soil. The analysis of footings, piles, retaining walls and soil slopes are examples. By completing this subject, students should be able to understand the concept of failure in soil and apply it to the analysis of soil masses; critically appraise a problem in order to decide which particular analysis should be used; identify the limitations of their analyses and carry out appropriate solution validation; be responsible for the analysis component of a design team; study the relevant literature and learn to apply new or more complex methods of analysis; and carry out fieldwork in association with subsurface investigations. Topics include introduction to geotechnical design (criteria, codes, engineering judgment); site investigation (planning, fieldwork, techniques); shallow foundations (types, bearing capacity theories, settlement); retaining structures (earth pressure theories, Rankine and Coulomb methods, analysis of gravity walls, cantilever walls, braced excavations); deep foundations (types, load-carrying capacity, settlement, group behaviour, lateral loading); slope stability (failure mechanisms, infinite slopes, rotational failure, remedial measures); and soil improvement (site classification, reactive soils behaviour, ground improvement methods).
Partner Course Code:
48360 
UArizona Equivalent Course:
CE Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Hydraulics and Hydrology

Course Description:
The objective of this subject is to give students the opportunity to consolidate knowledge around open channel hydraulics and hydrology, leading to an understanding of the scientific foundations and basic principles of these fields, and the ability to apply hydraulic and hydrological methods to engineering applications in an integrated way. This subject extends the knowledge gained in fluid mechanics and introduces student to new skills for water engineering design. Students are exposed to the theoretical concepts and fundamental equations that become the basis of design for a wide range of open channel hydraulics, surface hydrology and flood estimation.
Partner Course Code:
48362 
UArizona Equivalent Course:
CE Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Introduction to Civil and Environmental Engineering

Course Description:
Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) plays a major role in the provision of basic infrastructure necessary to support the development and maintenance of urban and rural settlements. Students completing this subject gain an understanding of the scope of CEE and acquire relevant fundamental skills and knowledge. Drawing and mapping are important communication skills used by civil and environmental engineers. Students have plenty of opportunity to develop these skills and receive feedback on their techniques in tutorials and learning activities such as group and individual projects, case study and assignments. A significant practice-oriented tutorial/laboratory component allows students to gain better understanding of theory and relevant skills, including engineering drawing by hand and computer-aided design (CAD) software, and mapping with geographical information system (GIS). In addition to graphical communication, engineering drawings and maps, the subject also includes some written/textual communication and common rules for communication and understanding. This subject provides: 1. a sound foundation for further education in the processes of design, construction, operation and maintenance of community infrastructure. 2. an understanding of the need to develop the necessary individual and collaborative skills in CEE project analysis and development. Tutorials and other assessment tasks simulate workplace-based problem solving and at a 'basic' level (i.e. at a level that an engineering student could experience during their first internship).
Partner Course Code:
48310 
UArizona Equivalent Course:
CE Departmental Elective, Lower division.
UArizona Units:
4

Mechanics of Solids

Course Description:
The objectives of this subject are to enable students to: acquire a fundamental understanding of the behaviour of structural components commonly used in engineered structures and machines; develop skills to help them model and analyse the behaviour of structural and machine components subjected to various loading and support conditions based on principles of equilibrium and material constitutional relationships. Content includes: pure bending of beams – flexural stress and strain, calculation of beam loads; shear flow and shear stresses in beams – distribution of shear stresses in beam sections, forces and stresses in shear connectors; composite beams – composite short columns; slope and deflection of simple beams; column buckling – Euler's equation, end conditions and effective length, combined axial and bending stresses for short columns; torsion of circular shafts, thin-walled closed sections and solid rectangular sections; transformation of plane stresses – Mohr's circle of plane stresses, principal stresses and planes; inelastic bending – stress resultants, yield moment and ultimate moment capacity of elastoplastic sections, elastic and plastic section modulus, plastic hinges; product of inertia, principal axes and principal moments of inertia; unsymmetric bending; combined stresses due to axial force, shear force, bending moments and twisting moment; shear centre.
Partner Course Code:
48331
UArizona Equivalent Course:
CE Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Pollution Control and Waste Management

Course Description:
The main objective of this subject is to provide the opportunity to understand the practice of pollution control and waste management in modern society. This subject focuses on tackling the problems of solid and hazardous waste minimisation, generation, treatment and disposal. Topics include solid waste characterisation, generation and composition analysis, development of optimum collection routing networks, transfer stations, design, operation and maintenance of sanitary landfills, and related social and environmental issues; hazardous waste generation, regulatory process, process information, toxicology, design of treatment and stabilisation methodologies, methods of disposal and related environmental issues, community perspective and education; soil contamination, chemical, biological and thermal remediation methodologies, site characterisation, planning, monitoring, containment and case studies. The subject also develops an understanding of air and noise pollution control technologies, as well as better process design to mitigate the pollution problems both in the community and industries. Other topics include: practice of control of the generation of specific air pollutants from the projects such as wastewater treatment works and waste management disposal sites. Some aspects of noise pollution and its control are also covered.
Partner Course Code:
48860 
UArizona Equivalent Course:
CHEE 478: Introduction to Hazardous Waste Management
UArizona Units:
4

Road and Transport Engineering

Course Description:
This is an introductory subject covering the discipline of transport engineering as part of the broad field of civil and environmental engineering. An outline of the discipline and its relationships with other engineering and non-engineering disciplines is provided with particular emphasis on achieving sustainable design and planning outcomes. The subject comprises two strands, transport planning and traffic engineering. The transport planning strand covers the analysis, design and evaluation of transport systems, primarily focusing on public transport provision. In the second strand, students learn about the '4-step transport modelling' approach to determine travel demands at a regional level, a key component of infrastructure feasibility assessments and design to ensure satisfactory operations. Students are also introduced to the fundamentals of traffic flow theory to be equipped with the tools necessary to assess capacity and appraise transport infrastructure. Furthermore, applications of this theory are introduced to students through practical case studies such as the preparation of local area traffic management schemes.
Partner Course Code:
48370 
UArizona Equivalent Course:
CE Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Soil Behaviour

Course Description:
The objective of this subject is to give a broad-based introduction to the geosciences and a more rigorous introduction to soil as an engineering material. The subject concludes with a detailed study of the problems of soil settlement and soil shear strength. Geology practicals and soil laboratory sessions allow students to gain deeper insight into the soil behaviour through hands-on civil/geotechnical engineering interpretation and experience. In addition, the research project/case study and debate activity enable students to gain research skills. At successful completion of this subject, students communicate effectively with civil and geotechnical engineers as well as engineering geologists for real design and construction projects. In addition, students are able to Identify, interpret and analyse geotechnical data obtained from the field or laboratory for infrastructure and building design and construction projects, contributing to the subject and course graduate attributes. At the completion of this subject students should: be familiar with the natural processes occurring on the surface of the earth; be able to communicate with geologists, earth scientists and others involved in studying the ground; understand the fundamentals of the behaviour of soil as an engineering material; be aware of those aspects of soil behaviour which have a significant environmental impact; be able to solve a range of soil-related problems, especially those involving water flow and soil settlement; and have a solid basis for further formal study and self-study in the geotechnical area.
Partner Course Code:
48330 
UArizona Equivalent Course:
CE Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Steel and Timber Design

Course Description:
Civil engineers who wish to practise in Australia must have knowledge of structural design. This subject builds on the knowledge of statics, solid mechanics and structural analysis of indeterminate structures that students have learnt in the previous structural strand subjects. Initially, students review the Limit State Design (LSD) philosophy of Australian Standards for structural design and the LSD load combinations of AS1170.0 Structural Design Actions, Part 0: General Principles. Students are introduced to the material properties of structural steel and of timber and engineered wood products and their supply. Steel design topics are tension member design, compression member design including in-plane effective lengths of rigid-jointed frames, beam design for serviceability (deflection) and strength (bending and flexural shear), beam-columns (combined actions incorporating second-order effects) and design capacities of bolts and fillet welds, all in accordance with the requirements of AS4100 Steel Structures. Timber design topics are tension member design, compression member design, beam design for serviceability (deflection) and strength (bending, shear, bearing), combined actions and nailed and bolted Type 1 joints, all in accordance with the requirements of AS1720.1 Timber Structures, Part 1: Design Methods.
Partner Course Code:
48366 
UArizona Equivalent Course:
CE Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Structural Analysis

Course Description:
This subject covers classical theory of structures and its application in the analysis of load-bearing structures such as residential buildings, bridges or industrial enclosures. Students learn to analyse the response of linear elastic structures under the actions of mechanical loads as well as actions resulting from environmental effects such as temperature changes and foundation settlements. Furthermore, students learn how to qualitatively predict structural behavior by deriving the deformed shape, support reactions and diagrams showing the distribution of internal forces. The concepts developed in this subject are an essential foundation for subsequent structural design subjects, such as 48353 Concrete Design and 48366 Steel and Timber Design.
Partner Course Code:
48349
UArizona Equivalent Course:
CE Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Surveying

Course Description:
This subject enables students to become competent in the theory and practice of basic surveying skills, and be able to use basic surveying equipment such as levels and theodolites. Students learn how to perform the calculations and reductions of observations associated with this equipment and to be aware of the likely errors that may occur during observations and of methods to eliminate or minimise such errors. Other surveying skills developed include making accurate distance measurements over short distances using tapes, and awareness of the advantages of modern developments in this field such as electronic distance measuring equipment. Students are able to perform a simple traverse and associated calculations for the engineering applications of surveying. The stadia method is discussed in class and may be used as a data-gathering tool in a practical exercise. The applications of modern computer programs to reduce data for, and the plotting of, detail and contour plans are introduced. Services of professional surveyors are explained, as are engineering situations where surveyors must be engaged. Professional practice of surveying and engineering are emphasised during all classes.
Partner Course Code:
48320
UArizona Equivalent Course:
CE Departmental Elective, Lower division.
UArizona Units:
4

Water Supply and Wastewater Engineering

Course Description:
This subject provides civil and environmental engineering students with a detailed knowledge of: (i) water pollution control objectives, (ii) the design of potable water and sewage treatment processes, (iii) sewerage and water reticulation systems, and (iv) the advanced technologies used in the upgrading of water and wastewater treatment plants, desalination and water and biosolids re-use. At the completion of this subject, students understand: public health and environmental objectives in water supply and wastewater disposal; the design concepts for drinking water and sewage treatment plants; sewerage systems and water reticulation systems; and new technologies developed to meet the new water quality and water re-use objectives.
Partner Course Code:
48840
UArizona Equivalent Course:
CHEE 370R: Environmental Water Engineering
UArizona Units:
4

Communication

Communicating Health and Science

Course Description:
Media messages about health and science have implications for society. They can generate panic, fight disease, sway markets, and move us to search for life beyond our sun. But who sets the agenda? What makes information go viral? Why are drones and robots all over the news? How did Kylie Minogue boost breast screening? Why is nuclear power seen as risky? Why do we debate vaccination? Students choose a health or science issue, locate and critically evaluate related information, engage with communities, and develop a media/news/communication strategy and portfolio of communication. Students investigate and reflect upon concepts such as risk, health promotion, health communication, diversity, community interdependence, ethics, social construction, and discourse. Drawing on online resources, and expert and public discussion, students work in teams to engage with communities, identify 'champions' (experts and celebrities), evaluate information and develop practical communication responses tailored for target audiences. Students' assignments include critiques of communication, an issues briefing document and strategy, and contribution to a team portfolio of audio/visual/web/text responses to the communication challenge.
Partner Course Code:
54090
UArizona Equivalent Course:
COMM Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Emergent Public Relations

Course Description:
Public relations practitioners operate in a communication landscape that is increasingly dynamic, brought about by emerging platforms of communication and changing expectations of industries, organisations and their stakeholders. This subject introduces students to principles, models, and conceptual frameworks in public relations practice that explain the strategic role that communication practitioners play in different sectors such as government, corporate, and not-for-profit. Guided by theory, students examine domestic and international public relations campaigns to learn how sustainable and strategic relationships between organisations and their broader communities are developed. They learn about the relationship between public relations and other media practitioners in co-creating communication messages that address social issues, inform public opinion, and enact change. Students collaborate to examine public relations’ influence in news story development by analysing newsworthiness of media stories. They conduct research in developing communication plans and writing media releases in traditional and social media formats.
Partner Course Code:
52660
UArizona Equivalent Course:
PR Department Elective, Lower Division
UArizona Units:
4

Exploring Human Communication: Theories and Practice

Course Description:
This subject explores key theories and contemporary concepts that inform human communication and strategic communication practices such as advertising, public relations, organisational communication, communication management and social media. It draws on significant interdisciplinary knowledges and traditions: rhetoric, systems theory, psychology, semiotics, interpretation (phenomenology), sociology, cultural studies, and critical theory. The subject introduces students to de-Westernised processes and practices to recognise the importance of cultural nuances in negotiating meaning. Students review communication models that inform their understanding of factors that either contribute to, or challenge, effective communication in diverse communication contexts and issues.
Partner Course Code:
57223
UArizona Equivalent Course:
COMM Department Elective, Lower Division
UArizona Units:
5

Government and Political Communication

Course Description:
Citizens in contemporary societies are immersed in government and political communication, from election campaigning and activist communication to anti-smoking drives and road safety promotions. This subject explores the practices, ethics and assumptions underpinning political and government communication, while clearly demarcating the differences between the two. It looks at the role of communication in democratic citizenship and participation, including examining the rise of alternative and emerging public spheres, especially those that exist primarily online, and the rise of e-government and e-democracy. It explores 'spin', and the impacts of spin on the public sphere and public debate. Students critically analyse contemporary issues and how they are understood and represented by different stakeholders. They produce a communication product based on their research.
Partner Course Code:
54095
UArizona Equivalent Course:
COMM Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Intercultural and International Communication

Course Description:
This subject provides students with theoretical and practical expertise needed in the field of intercultural communication in order to function in the global work environment. It introduces students to key debates in intercultural theory and communication, helps students to analyse and develop strategies for functioning in intercultural situations and organisations, and gives students the opportunity to apply their learning to contemporary, real-world instances of intercultural communication.
Partner Course Code:
97902
UArizona Equivalent Course:
COMM Department Elective, Lower Division
UArizona Units:
5

Intercultural Communication

Course Description:
This subject provides an introduction to the core concepts and debates in the interdisciplinary field of intercultural communication. It is designed to help prepare students for the interpersonal and dynamic nature of working in increasingly globalized workplaces and intercultural environments. Using a problem-based approach, students learn to critically examine numerous frameworks and theories to interpret intercultural encounters in praxis-based scenarios. The applicability of specific strategies and approaches in intercultural communication are also examined for their relevance to industry, communities, and in society more broadly.
Partner Course Code:
99200
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Departmental Elective, Lower division.
UArizona Units:
4

Interpersonal Communication

Course Description:
This subject is delivered with the pretext of effective interpersonal communication being increasingly recognized as a core competency for anyone practicing in the healthcare arena. Good communication is increasingly recognized as fundamental to quality and safe health care, as well as personal wellbeing. This subject introduces students to theories and processes of interpersonal communication while integrating effective skills which are fostered by active engagement in collaborative learning spaces (both online and on-campus) with practice and critical reflection. Students gain an appreciation of the centrality of interpersonal communication in developing professional relationships including professionalism, self-presentation, teamwork, and building supportive workplaces and conflict management.
Partner Course Code:
95725
UArizona Equivalent Course:
COMM Departmental Elective, Lower division.
UArizona Units:
4

Managing Public Communication

Course Description:
In this subject students gain an understanding of the management aspects of public communication.They explore barriers and challenges to ethical communication practices. In understanding the dynamics of client-agency relationships, they explore issues in and skills for managing client relations, such as taking a brief, writing proposals/reports, and keeping confidentiality.By critically analysing and applying different ethical perspectives on the selected cases, students understand the significance of ethics at every step of managing communication, from planning to implementation.In addition, by creating a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) campaign proposal for a client,students learn to adapt to stakeholder and public expectations to maintain a social licence to operate and to ensure sustainability.Students also learn the principles and tools of project management, such as scheduling, budgeting and measuring effectiveness of communication programs.Students review and discuss managing communication practices in different operating environments.By the end of this subject, students understand and are able to perform key tasks for managing communication teams, campaigns and projects.
Partner Course Code:
57210
UArizona Equivalent Course:
COMM Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
5

Strategic Communication and Integration

Course Description:
This subject introduces students to contemporary thinking about the development of strategy and strategic planning by public and private sector organisations, comparing and contrasting traditional top-down, organisation-centric approaches with emergent, networked and participatory approaches drawing on contemporary management studies, and applies these to designing strategic communication. Students learn to apply strategic planning models and explore the role of research, stakeholder engagement, consultation, and collaboration in developing communication strategies to achieve organisational objectives while also adapting to stakeholder and public expectations and maintaining a social licence to operate and sustainability. Strategic communication theory is compared with other theories and models of public communication and public relations such as two-way symmetrical, rhetorical, relationship, and dialogic theories. Students also explore the increasing requirement for integration of multiple forms of public communication including advertising, public relations, and digital and social media communication, examining and critically evaluating how people access and consume information today. Students become familiar with the multiple 'touchpoints' between organisations and their publics and the need for organisations to ensure consistency and complementation in their public communication. Throughout this subject students develop knowledge and skills for planning and designing integrated strategic communication campaigns involving a range of multimedia and multimodal communication activities. They also gain an understanding of the importance of mutuality and social responsibility in organisational behaviour and how this is reflected in strategic communication.
Partner Course Code:
57215
UArizona Equivalent Course:
COMM Department Elective, Lower Division
UArizona Units:
5

Strategic Communication Design

Course Description:
This subject equips students with a useful skillset for communication practitioners across the fields of public relations, advertising, and marketing. Students acquire knowledge and practical skills in research, planning, evaluating, and preparing logistics for designing strategic communication campaigns. They learn to assess and develop a campaign strategy for their selected organisation by identifying issues, stakeholders, and strategic options for communication and relationship management. Students develop their expertise in designing, writing, and managing innovative, multimedia campaigns to address their client’s communication problems and opportunities. Students develop communication products to support the proposed communication plan.
Partner Course Code:
52663
UArizona Equivalent Course:
COMM Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
4

Strategic Communication in Society

Course Description:
In this subject, students explore the landscape for professional strategic communication. They develop their understandings of the roles and major areas of communication practice in the public sphere. Students learn how strategic communication, public relations and advertising are conceptualised and practised in organisations from different sectors such as not-for-profit, commercial, and government. They consider issues of ethics and professionalism, listening and persuasion, and learn approaches to understanding publics, their motivations, cultures and communication preferences. They assess influence and representation in the construction of news and meaning in the public sphere and consider the consequences for society. Special attention is given to engaging responsibly with and for Indigenous Australian communities.
Partner Course Code:
52661
UArizona Equivalent Course:
COMM Department Elective, Lower Division
UArizona Units:
4

Understanding Digital Audiences

Course Description:
This subject guides students as they examine communication and cultural practices in the construction of audiences on digital platforms. Students are introduced to key media concepts used to research and understand digital audiences. They engage with and discuss key theories and concepts relating to digital audiences and gain knowledge of the history of audience studies. Students work individually and in groups to research and learn about the social, historical, cultural, and economic aspects of digital sociality, and how digital and social media have impacted the ways we understand and work with audiences in a contemporary media landscape. They develop skills in essay writing, digital presentation, and collaborative work, and present the results of their investigations through both group-based and independent research.
Partner Course Code:
52681
UArizona Equivalent Course:
COMM departmental elective, Lower division
UArizona Units:
4

Ecology and Environment

Aquatic Ecology

Course Description:
This subject gives students a comprehensive understanding of the ecology of aquatic ecosystems (freshwater and marine). It provides students with knowledge of the physical, chemical and biological processes and their interactions that occur in freshwater, marine and estuarine systems. It also introduces students to the effects of anthropogenic impacts of in-stream and catchment activities on the integrity of these ecosystems, and how these influence approaches to managing water resources. Students develop an appreciation of the importance of understanding the ecology of these systems as it underpins the ability to manage these resources for the benefit of the biota and humanity. Students study the rich and varied patterns of biodiversity and physical features among these habitats, and the importance of maintaining their integrity in the face of anthropogenic impacts. Understanding ecosystem integrity requires an understanding of the structure and function of the ecosystems. The subject develops the student's ability to research issues related to the independent written report component of the subject, to discuss the implications of their results in the broader context of the ecology and management of aquatic ecosystems. Additional excursion fees involved.
Partner Course Code:
91121
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ECOL Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Biodiversity Conservation

Course Description:
We are in the Anthropocene, a period of the Earth's history characterized by the dominant influence of human activity on the environment. Extinction of species throughout the world as a result of human activities is driving declines in native biodiversity, impacting on ecosystem functioning and modifying the provision of ecosystem services essential for human welfare. In this subject, students learn how to apply evidence-based, ecological science and skills to become experienced practitioners in the conservation of native biodiversity. Disciplinary knowledge and practical activities cover geographic and temporal patterns in biodiversity; global processes such as land clearing, catastrophic wildfires and the introduction of exotic species that lead to the extinction of native biodiversity; the arsenal of approaches that can be implemented for effective biodiversity conservation; the critical role of taxonomy for conservation; indigenous biodiversity knowledge; the biogeography of Australia’s flora and fauna; and the mechanistic links between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning and services. Students are asked to think critically and engage actively in research project design and fieldwork, with projects exploring plant-pollinator networks as well as patterns of change in vegetation across landscapes. Importantly, students have the opportunity to apply plant and insect identification skills in real-world environments. The overarching framework of this subject is a solutions-based approach for positive change for the natural environment.
Partner Course Code:
91309
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ECOL Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Climate Justice and Climate Policy

Course Description:
Climate change transforms society in profound ways. All sectors are affected, from financial and legal fields to social and health services; from mining and energy supply to tourism and agriculture. A major rethink of professional priorities is underway, from the local to the global. There are new questions of impacts and adaptation, of resilience, capacity and responsibility. There are urgent debates about solutions, from sociocultural to technical, and there are new forms of advocacy and political contention, across widening policy fields. The subject focuses on these social and political debates about climate change. It addresses the changing relationships between social justice and ecological sustainability, drawing on international experience. It especially focuses on issues of land justice and climate justice, drawing on Indigenous contexts and perspectives. Students debate the 'big picture', addressing impacts, discussing responses, investigating solutions. They evaluate a specific policy measure, either proposed or implemented, e.g. renewable energy transitions, 'resilient' urban planning, or climate geoengineering. Building on this, they develop 'blue sky' proposals, and test them in real-world contexts, mapping-out scenarios for implementation. In the process, students gain skills in policy evaluation and development, and in scenario-testing and planning.
Partner Course Code:
54006
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ENVS Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
5

Coral Reef Ecosystems

Course Description:
Coral reefs are amongst the most productive, biodiverse and spectacular ecosystems on Earth, sustaining almost half a billion people throughout the tropics and subtropics. However, intensifying localised impacts such as overfishing and pollution combined with accelerating pressures from climate change paint a highly uncertain future for reef ecosystems and the services they provide. Effective management strategies to safeguard reefs therefore rest on understanding how environmental and societal factors shape the form and function of coral ecosystems. This senior-level field subject considers the central question: what is a healthy reef? The subject explores how physical, chemical and biological processes shape reef ecosystems, from the benthos to fishes, and how societal interactions feed back to alter these processes. Coral reef ecosystems have evolved to persist along an environmental continuum from deep blue waters to shallow turbid systems. This subject explores how coral reef ecosystem diversity and function has evolved across environmental conditions, and therefore question how we can effectively define reefs as ‘pristine’ and ‘healthy’ over space and time. An important focus for this subject is emergent technologies and how they are transforming our ability to assess and describe biodiversity, ecosystem processes, and ultimately provide metrics of ‘reef health’. Addressing these topics provides students with a modern-day toolbox for forward-looking coral reef management strategies. PLEASE NOTE: Offered in July intensive session attached to the UTS Spring (UA Fall) Session (interested students must email studyabroad.exchange@uts.edu.au prior to lodging their application); Additional Excursion Costs for off-campus work in the field. Students should email studyabroad.exchange@uts.edu.au for current pricing.
Partner Course Code:
91126
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ECOL Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Ecology

Course Description:
A scientific understanding of ecosystem structure and function is essential for conservation and management of biodiversity. In this subject, students learn how spatial and temporal variations in biotic and abiotic attributes of the environment determine variation in the structure and function of ecosystems across aquatic and terrestrial biomes. A broad cross-section of organisms ranging from plants and microbes to invertebrates and vertebrates is used to illustrate ecological patterns and processes. During field practicals in marine intertidal habitats and in woodland vegetation, and in follow-on laboratory practicals, students ask a series of ecological questions and collect and explore their own scientific evidence as part of a team to answer these questions. This subject is an important link to a range of third-year subjects that require both a deep understanding of ecological concepts as well as the ability to apply ecological knowledge to manage and remediate environmental problems.
Partner Course Code:
91154
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ECOL Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Fisheries Resources

Course Description:
In this subject students learn about the biology of freshwater, estuarine and marine biological resources in relation to their exploitation by humans. Problems of productivity against a background of regulations, fishing methods and climate change are explored, and the major management requirements for ecologically sustainable development of coastal and freshwater fisheries resources are addressed. NSW and Australian practices are examined in relation to best practices elsewhere. Some classes are taught in excursion mode, as well as workshops with fisheries professionals. Additional excursion fees involved.
Partner Course Code:
91118
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ENVS Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Geological Processes

Course Description:
The evolution of the Earth's environment is a dynamic process that influences the way we live our lives. Landscape changes over time have been, and continue to be, the catalyst for population migration, abundance, decline and adaptation of species. Understanding landscape processes is an integral part of our future as we respond to environmental changes which have the potential to affect the places we live and the food we grow. Respect for, and understanding of, environmental processes provide an essential foundation for a career in science. This knowledge allows us to contextualise our work. In this subject, students investigate the link between landforms and the processes by which they are created and change. The subject explores interactions between the hydrosphere, atmosphere and biosphere that drive these landscape forming, or geomorphologic, processes. It examines how plant and animal adaptations are defined by both ancient and contemporary processes acting on landscapes and their abiotic components, thereby linking geology and biodiversity. This continuous impact of geological processes on landscapes is examined during an environmental geology field trip to the New South Wales coast. The subject offers a practical, hands-on approach to map reading and the construction of distribution maps as well developing theses on animal and plant distributions and presenting results using modern communication tools.
Partner Course Code:
91149
UArizona Equivalent Course:
GEOS Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

GIS and Remote Sensing

Course Description:
Understanding the new landscape of science in which environmental and natural resource researchers and managers work with geospatial technologies is fundamental to any career in environmental science. Increasingly, employers of environmental scientists seek employees with geospatial skills that are essential in sustainable management of water, energy, pollution, forests, croplands, oceans and assessments of human impacts on the environment. This subject provides students with a basic understanding of geospatial tools and technologies and their applications in environmental sciences and resource management. Geographical information systems (GIS), remote sensing, and digital image processing are employed and applied to the characterisation of ecological landscapes, aquatic systems, biodiversity, disturbance events, and environmental health. In the GIS stream, students learn one of the most widely used GIS software packages, ArcGIS, in industry and science. In the remote sensing stream, students learn the basic physical principles of satellite earth observation systems and process digital satellite images for environmental monitoring applications. Experience on how to input data obtained by remote sensing (as well as other sources) into a GIS is also gained. Students apply their geospatial knowledge in solving hypothetical and real natural resource and environmental management problems in Australia and internationally.
Partner Course Code:
91120
UArizona Equivalent Course:
GIST Departmental Elective, Upper Division.
UArizona Units:
4

Marine Productivity and Climate Change

Course Description:
Marine ecosystems are supported by the energy derived from its primary producers. With the continuing increase in anthropogenic CO2 emissions, the need for understanding the processes that underpin primary production are necessary to better understand how climate change impacts marine ecosystems. Students investigate the drivers of primary production in essential marine ecosystems (oceanic phytoplankton; coastal and intertidal; seagrass, mangrove and coral communities; sea-ice and benthic microalgae), and explore how rising atmospheric CO2 and climate change are threatening the ecosystem functioning and services of our marine environment. Students are introduced to a diversity of methods commonly employed to estimate primary production and compare the relative strengths and weaknesses of each approach. Students also explore the capacity of marine primary producers for adaptation to global change conditions and critically examine climate change solutions. PLEASE NOTE: Offered in July intensive session attached to the UTS Spring (UA Fall) Session (interested students must email studyabroad.exchange@uts.edu.au prior to lodging their application); Additional Excursion Costs for off-campus work in the field. Students should email studyabroad.exchange@uts.edu.au for current pricing.
Partner Course Code:
91156
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ECOL Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Nanomaterials

Course Description:
This subject contains two complementary strands. The first deals with methods for producing nanostructures, nanostructured materials and nanoscale devices, using deposition, growth and self-assembling processes. The second uses real-world examples to demonstrate how the unique properties of these materials can be tailored for a wide range of applications from novel building materials and medical prothestics to the next generation of electronic devices.
Partner Course Code:
69075
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ENVS Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

The Biosphere

Course Description:
Biosphere is a collective term which encapsulates all living organisms on Earth. Of the thousands of planets discovered so far, Earth is truly unique in that it is the only planet which has a biosphere. This subject has been designed to introduce students to the environmental sciences at a tertiary level. It explores the evolution of Earth's structure and species, and contrasts these ancient patterns with modern environmental changes that are occurring right now. The interactions among the various living and non-living components within the biosphere, and with external factors such as the atmosphere and solar energy, are also examined. Throughout the subject, there is an integrated focus on the science of the biosphere and the effects that humans and our activities have on the biosphere, including vitally important issues such as climate change, sustainability and the resources crisis.
Partner Course Code:
91107
UArizona Equivalent Course:
GEOS Departmental Elective, Lower division.
UArizona Units:
4

Wildlife Ecology

Course Description:
Human populations are expanding globally, putting increasing pressure on wildlife populations. In Australia, human activities such as land clearing, mining, gas exploration, and agriculture, coupled with the spread of invasive species, and changes to fire regimes, pose serious threats to our native wildlife. In recent years, there has been increasing demand for environmental scientists to identify and mitigate threats to wildlife populations. This subject explores the conservation, management and study of wildlife in Australia. It focuses on current issues in wildlife ecology and applied solutions to conservation and wildlife management problems. The subject gives students hands-on experience in wildlife ecology and involves a field trip where students learn a broad range of skills and techniques used to survey, identify and study wildlife. Students learn many of the necessary skills and knowledge to contribute in a professional capacity to the conservation and management of Australian wildlife. Topics include conservation biology, the ecology of threatened and endangered species, anthropogenic impacts on Australian wildlife, captive breeding programs, the role of zoos and national parks in conservation, the ecology of native and introduced pest animals, and the sustainable use of wildlife. Guest lecturers, researchers, and resource managers give presentations covering a range of contemporary issues and advances in the vibrant interdisciplinary field of wildlife ecology. NOTE: Additional Excursion Costs for off-campus work in the field. Students should email studyabroad.exchange@uts.edu.au for current pricing.
Partner Course Code:
91116
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ECOL Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Applications Programming

Course Description:
This subject teaches students how to design, develop and evaluate software systems to meet predefined quality characteristics of functionality (suitability) and usability (understandability, learnability, operability, compliance). Software solutions are implemented using Java. Concepts, theories and technologies underlying the methods and techniques are introduced and explained as required. Students apply all that they have learned to develop and implement the architecture of a business system.
Partner Course Code:
48024 
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ECE Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Business Requirements Modelling

Course Description:
This subject introduces information system concepts and describes how these concepts can be used to model business requirements. It outlines how the ability to capture information about the system in ways understood by its eventual users improves the final quality of the system. An overview of agile and non-agile software engineering principles, methods, tools and techniques is presented and practised in small teams. The subject introduces various analysis approaches found in contemporary system development including object-oriented methods, agile methods, business process modelling and entity-relationship modelling. It explores the relationships between these techniques and their application, and how they are used to capture and model the business requirements. Students apply various requirements elicitation, analysis, modelling and specification techniques to case studies in small teams.
Partner Course Code:
31269 
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ECE Departmental Elective, Lower division.
UArizona Units:
4

Circuit Analysis and Design

Course Description:
This subject gives students a thorough understanding of the fundamental concepts of circuit analysis, with the focus being on analysis techniques in the frequency domain. Students embark on theoretical and computer-aided design of circuits, and construct and experimentally verify circuit behaviour using appropriate laboratory equipment. On entry to this subject, students are assumed to have knowledge of basic devices, such as resistors, capacitors, inductors and operational amplifiers, as well as basic circuit analysis skills, such as mesh and nodal analysis, Thevenin's and Norton's theorems, source transformation and superposition. Using this understanding as a starting point, the subject introduces the basic theoretical models that underpin signals and system analysis. Topics covered include: sinusoidal steady-state analysis using phasor transformation; derivation of ordinary differential equations to model circuits and solution of those equations using Laplace transformation; power in single and three-phase AC circuits; transfer (network) functions, poles and zeros, s-plane analysis and Bode plots; first- and second-order systems; time and frequency domain solutions; response to step, impulse and periodic inputs; response to an arbitrary input using convolution; frequency selective circuits; Fourier series; and two-port circuits. Students use analytic modelling, aided by circuit simulation and symbolic software such as MATLAB, to investigate and design real-world circuits. Comparison of experimental results and model predictions is emphasised in the laboratory sessions.
Partner Course Code:
48530 
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ECE Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Data Structures and Algorithms

Course Description:
This subject teaches students how to design, develop and evaluate data structures and algorithms to meet predefined quality characteristics of functionality (suitability) and usability (understandability, learnability, operability, compliance). Software solutions are implemented using C++. Concepts, theories and technologies underlying the methods and techniques are introduced and explained as required.
Partner Course Code:
31251 
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ECE Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Electrical Machines

Course Description:
This subject aims to introduce to students modern electrical machines and drives, including introduction of electrical machine technology and applications, Matalab/Simulink models of power electronic converters, single phase and three phase transformers, high frequency transformers used in power electronic circuits, fundamentals of electrical drives, DC machines and drives, synchronous machines and drives, induction machines and drives, and switched reluctance machines. Issues such as variable speed drive and energy efficiency are addressed. The numerical simulation of various modern drive systems is presented. The subject is delivered through lectures, tutorials, laboratory experiments and assignments. Students are also required to conduct four labs for measuring the parameters and performance of various electrical machines and four assignments for numerical simulation of various electrical machines and drive systems with the help of the lecturer and tutor.
Partner Course Code:
48571 
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ECE Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Electromechanical Automation

Course Description:
The objectives of this subject are to consolidate fundamental knowledge of electric and magnetic fields; electric and magnetic circuits; how electric, magnetic and electromagnetic energy are interchanged; to model an electromechanical automation system using DC and AC motors and simulate its performance in open-loop and closed-loop control. Students also acquire skills in working with machines and equipment at normal mains supply voltage, in power instrumentation and control, PLCs and in experimental design and recording. Technical and theoretical content is expected to be acquired by students to the levels of 'know' (essential), 'familiar' (can solve problems if required) and 'aware' (have read/seen). Laboratory skills, ranging from electrical safety, measurements, design validation and experimental verification are an important focus of this subject.
Partner Course Code:
48531 
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ECE Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Embedded Software

Course Description:
This subject develops the student's technical knowledge of the design, implementation and testing of software modules and application frameworks for embedded systems. Students develop their ability to interpret and evaluate a set of software specifications and work in small groups to write software modules and applications for an embedded system. Students are introduced to abstracting hardware functionality into software modules and researching and implementing software data structures. Students develop their ability to test and modify their software to ensure compliance with the application specifications and be introduced to reviewing and evaluating their own and others software. The technical content is contextualised in a project in which students analyse the requirements of an embedded system and design the software to meet those requirements. Skills in debugging software are also developed through the practice-based nature of the subject.
Partner Course Code:
48434 
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ECE Departmental Elective, Lower division.
UArizona Units:
4

Fundamentals of C Programming

Course Description:
Data engineers use C programming language to collect, process and store data. This is an introductory subject to high-level procedural programming using C programming language. Students learn basic programming concepts such as conditional statements, iteration, functions, arrays, file processing, data structures and memory management using pointers. The subject also introduces how to compile C source code using the GNU toolchain, link binary object files and run executable files. As a data engineer would, students go through the complete development cycle, incorporating analysis of complex problems, programming solution design, implementation in C, debugging and testing.
Partner Course Code:
48430 
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Departmental Elective, Lower division.
UArizona Units:
4

Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering

Course Description:
The subject revises the concepts covered in the subject Introduction to Electrical and Electronic Engineering. It introduces basic electrostatic and electromagnetic theory, magnetic devices, semiconductor devices, electronic amplifiers and electrical measurements. An additional objective of the subject is to cover the essential theory and basic practical skills needed by students in their first Engineering Experience internship.
Partner Course Code:
48521 
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ECE Departmental Elective, Lower division.
UArizona Units:
4

Information System Development Methodologies

Course Description:
Successfully designing and developing information systems is complex and difficult. A number of techniques and approaches have been developed but there are no 'silver bullet' solutions to the problems that plague IT development projects. This subject introduces students to a number of different methodologies and provides them with the skills they need to identify their strengths and weaknesses in key areas. These issues are of critical importance to those wishing to successfully manage software projects.
Partner Course Code:
31257 
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ECE Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Introduction to Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Course Description:
The subject introduces the student to the profession of engineering and develops the following themes which are fundamental to any engineering discipline: identifying problems in society, proposing solutions, and implementing them; understanding that engineering occurs in a context, has real impact, and has the capacity to shape the world in which we live; engineering relies on science, and there is a body of fundamental knowledge which must be developed to gain technical proficiency in the field; electrical and electronic engineering underpins much of the modern world. A real-world problem and its solution (an electronic artefact) will be a central part of the subject, and form a framework around which many technical and non-technical aspects of engineering can be illustrated. In terms of knowledge, basic electrical concepts such as voltage, current, resistance and power are introduced; simple circuit analysis techniques for DC and AC circuits are studied; electric and magnetic fields are used to introduce the capacitor and inductor; and computer-based systems and sensors are shown as applications of this basic knowledge. Particular emphasis will be placed on the practical, hands-on aspects of electronics. Laboratory work will include circuit construction, testing and troubleshooting, as well as the use of test instruments such as multimeters and oscilloscopes.
Partner Course Code:
48510 
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ECE Departmental Elective, Lower division.
UArizona Units:
4

Power Circuit Theory

Course Description:
The subject introduces the basic methods used in the analysis and design of electric power networks. Its purpose is to give students a working knowledge of modern power system theory and practice. Techniques introduced in earlier circuit analysis subjects are further developed and applied to power system problems.
Partner Course Code:
48572 
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ECE Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Programming Fundamentals

Course Description:
This subject provides basic skills in Java programming and software design, with no assumed knowledge of programming. It covers the topics of object-oriented (OO) programming concepts, data flow, control flow, arrays, and the basics of sorting and searching algorithms. The subject teaches and illustrates a design process using a set of design notations and design rules, and shows how to develop a correct, readable and reusable solution from a problem specification.
Partner Course Code:
48023 
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ECE Departmental Elective, Lower division.
UArizona Units:
4

Real-time Operating Systems

Course Description:
This subject addresses the purposes, design alternatives and uses of computer operating systems for programming in embedded systems, PC, and servers. After several weeks studying the areas of responsibility that an operating system possesses in the context of a conventional computing environment (PC and server), a treatment of operating systems in support of meeting real-time computing requirements, such as managing operating for programming on PC and server, is completed. Topics include: process management, scheduling and inter-process communication, memory management and I/O device management. Comparisons of designs including monolithic and microkernel approaches. Embedded systems are explored as case studies for investigating operating systems modifications. The Linux kernel is studied as an example of a UNIX environment and programming exercises are completed in POSIX compliant C. Real-time systems are studied including real-time kernels and real-time CPU scheduling.
Partner Course Code:
48450 
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ECE Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Engineering

Design and Innovation Fundamentals

Course Description:
Design and innovation are explored as fundamental engineering activities through a contextualised, authentic project. Students work in groups to develop an engineering prototype. The project promotes learning in the following areas: design context and requirements: approaches to design, problem framing and creativity; requirements analysis involving legal, regulatory, technical and business requirements; design analysis: concepts of risks and uncertainties in engineering; use of engineering and system modelling approaches and methods and techniques for assessing engineering design trade-offs, engineering decision-making in the presence of risks and uncertainties and optimization; new process, product and service development: role of engineers in evaluation and delivering new processes, products and services; designing for manufacture, sustainability, safety, innovation and business driven outcomes; risk management and design communication, documentation and review. Students explore these concepts and use them to critique designed products, processes and systems through case studies. Students develop an understanding of the models of design and innovation processes and the responsibilities and authentic practice of engineers through application of these concepts (as well as scientific principles learnt in their field of practice subjects) to their project.
Partner Course Code:
48240
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ENGR Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Economics and Finance for Engineering Projects

Course Description:
In this subject, students develop an understanding of finance and economics as they apply to engineering projects. Students increase their ability to accurately cost and manage simple engineering projects by applying the economic and financial techniques, such as cash flow, valuation and costing. Students also develop competence in financial language in the engineering domain by analysing financial reports and assessing the impacts of engineering projects on the financial performance of a business.
Partner Course Code:
48250
UArizona Equivalent Course:
SIE 265: Engineering Management I
UArizona Units:
4

Engineering Project Management

Course Description:
Engineers are often asked to realise goals in short time frames which usually have complex components and interdependencies. The success of such a goal is often measured by achieving it on time, what it cost to produce and whether its specifications are met. These goals can also be prerequisites to other larger corporate goals which may also have complex and integral interdependencies together with strict time frames and costs. For engineers to be successful in delivering their parts of projects, an appropriate solution is required (ie agreed quality) as well as delivery (ie on time) to an agreed price (ie to budget). This subject helps students to achieve this. The subject adopts a holistic view of project management, considering issues throughout a project life cycle. It considers the project responsibilities of engineering managers and organisations, from the definition phase of a project to its conclusion. The perspective of stakeholders, particularly the project manager, are considered. The emphasis is interdisciplinary and relevant to all fields of engineering practice. Topics include: modern project management practices; project delivery; definition, timing, costing and planning; managing risk and scheduling resources; teams and inter-organisational relationships; progress and performance; and project measurement and evaluation. This compulsory core engineering subject involves relevant, practice-oriented assessment tasks.
Partner Course Code:
48260
UArizona Equivalent Course:
SIE 457: Project Management
UArizona Units:
4

Interrogating Technology: Sustainability, Environment and Social Change

Course Description:
This subject focuses on developing engineering students' approaches to understanding the interactions between engineering and society from a philosophical, sociological and political perspective. The subject introduces students to theoretical frameworks and research tools for researching these interactions. Topical case studies of new technologies and engineering projects are examined to ground the learning in students engineering contexts.
Partner Course Code:
48210
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ENGR Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Introduction to Engineering Projects

Course Description:
This subject develops students' professional engineering practice skills within the context of a real-life engineering project, through the Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Challenge. Students work in teams to create an appropriate design solution for a given problem as set out in the EWB Challenge Design Brief. While applying the central role of effective communication and teamwork in engineering practice, students develop an understanding of the social, cultural, economic and environmental responsibilities of a professional engineer. This subject is a starting point for students' ongoing professional development that they undertake throughout their studies and as a professional engineer in their career. The skills introduced include understanding and applying principles and theories of human communication; researching the various discipline areas that inform the development of an engineering design solution; applying the engineering design process to identify, formulate and design a solution to solve a problem; written and oral communication for engineering contexts; expressing engineering concepts through visual communication; and, leading and participating in team processes. This subject provides multiple assessment opportunities for students to receive feedback and develop their work before submitting a summative team assessment.
Partner Course Code:
48230
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ENGR Departmental Elective, Lower division.
UArizona Units:
4

English

Fictional Forms

Course Description:
Students are introduced to creative practice in both mainstream and emergent forms of narrative as they investigate what constitutes fiction and its forms. The subject introduces a range of recent and modern fictional texts as technical examples and thematic models. Critical debate within the class explores the limits and the possibilities of the contemporary text together with the functional operation of key terms such as author and narrator, performance and reception, and subjectivity and meaning, as well as structure, voice and characterisation. Students produce and collectively workshop their own writing in fiction from the start of session, and are able to write their final creative writing assessment task choosing from a range of fictional forms.
Partner Course Code:
54070
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ENGL Departmental Elective, Lower division.
UArizona Units:
5

Film & Television

Drama Production

Course Description:
This subject explores the conceptual and practical frameworks that underpin the production of narrative (fictional) drama for the screen. Students develop a working understanding of mise-en-scene, key crew roles, and the techniques and protocols required for effective collaboration on a drama production set. Students are introduced to essential concepts and processes underpinning the way fictional stories are produced to industry-standards. They extend their hands-on production skills through crew-based exercises that deepen their understanding of the ways each department on a drama production contributes to bringing fictional screen works to life.
Partner Course Code:
52652
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FTV Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
4

Screen Story

Course Description:
This subject explores the fundamental principles that underpin stories written for the screen. It introduces students to the common theories that animate the way we devise and consume contemporary screen stories. Early sessions investigate and reflect on how theoretical concepts developed for earlier forms of literature have evolved to address a range of screen formats, each with their own specific needs. In later sessions, through working on their own screen stories, students begin to engage with the complex ethical, moral and philosophical considerations that arise when navigating the issues around who can tell whose stories on screen. Students develop their understanding of screen story in its many forms through practice-based exercises, further enhancing their skills via tutor and peer feedback.
Partner Course Code:
52650
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FTV Department Elective, Lower Division
UArizona Units:
4

Film & Television

Fictions

Course Description:
This subject explores dramatic, fictional and narrative storytelling in the media arts. Students are introduced to the ways in which narrative and drama operate in script, digital and filmic forms, gaining an understanding of key concepts such as structure and conflict, and key techniques involving cinematography and visual style, editing, performance, and sound design. Assessment tasks involve script development and team-based moving image narrative exercises. In-class exercises and out-of-class workshops extend and support learning.
Partner Course Code:
54032
UArizona Equivalent Course:
MAR Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
5

Global Cinema

Course Description:
This subject focuses on key developments in global cinema with an emphasis on films that challenge students to think critically and creatively about the world in which they live. Through an engagement with films from a range of national and cultural contexts, students develop a critical vocabulary for thinking about the role that cinema can play in cultivating an ethically minded mode of engagement via which the status quo is called into question. Drawing on recent debates in screen studies, students reflect on the role that innovations in film form can play in prompting audiences to consider how and with what effects the world could be transformed for the better.
Partner Course Code:
54081
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FTV Departmental Elective, Lower division. Tier 2 Arts.
UArizona Units:
5

Global Studies

Globalisation in Historical Perspective

Course Description:
This subject introduces students to the main concepts, topics and historical pivot points in the development of globalisation, understood as constituted by cultural, economic and political processes. The main concepts introduced are world systems theory and perspectives from postcolonial studies. Some of the key topics and historical pivot points include: empires and the development of the nation-state system, mercantilism, the Industrial Revolution, and Fordism. Students develop core skills in academic literacy for the humanities and social sciences.
Partner Course Code:
99207
UArizona Equivalent Course:
GLS Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

History

Genocide Studies

Course Description:
This subject is designed to provide students with a basic understanding of the social, political, historical and religious causes of genocide and its impact on local, national and global policies and attitudes. The initial four weeks of the subject focus on important general theoretical issues relating to the definition and application of the term 'genocide' and its legal, political and moral implications. From Week 6, the subject explores three specific case studies: the Holocaust, the Armenian genocide and the Tutsi genocide in Rwanda. The subject provides students with critical skills to undertake independent and collaborative analysis and research into specific genocides which have shaped contemporary society. Students develop critical thinking and written/oral communication skills, with attention paid to best ethical practice.
Partner Course Code:
50251
UArizona Equivalent Course:
HIST Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
5

Information Science

Cybersecurity

Course Description:
Cyber security is a major issue for enterprises, with breaches of security possibly being punished by legal sanctions, financial loss, or loss of customer confidence. This subject consolidates the student's understanding of cyber security by considering security principles from both a people management and a technical perspective, exploring security technologies commonly used in industry. Topics include cyber attacks and defenses, web security, firewalls, intrusion detection systems along with security services such as confidentiality, integrity, authentication (CIA) and technologies such as IPSec, SSL, PGP and S/MIME. Students doing this subject are well placed to contribute to the cyber security solution of a modern organisation using industry-based tools and solutions.
Partner Course Code:
48730 
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Journalism

Advanced Journalism

Course Description:
This subject equips students with the technical, analytical and multimedia journalism skills in demand by established companies, startups, and other profit and not-for-profit organisations and groups. Students develop a portfolio of high-quality, in-depth reporting and editing that draws on text, audio and visual platforms. Research projects focus on the opportunities and challenges of a media industry in transition, and examine issues that inform debates, policy and scholarly inquiry about the role of the journalist and the future of journalism. The subject serves as an introduction to core and elective postgraduate subjects.
Partner Course Code:
57083
UArizona Equivalent Course:
JOUR Department Elective, Lower Division
UArizona Units:
5

Data and Computational Journalism

Course Description:
This subject prepares students to practice and engage with the reporting, analytical and academic challenges and opportunities presented by data and computational journalism. The subject introduces students to basic tools and techniques for data-driven reporting, enabling them to identify stories in datasets and use data to support their reporting. Students learn basic concepts of quantitative and statistical analysis and social science methodology, enabling them to critically assess datasets and the uses to which they are put. They practise techniques for collecting, verifying, cleaning and analysing data, with the aim of producing journalistic work incorporating information visualisations, and learn how to embed these data visualisations into online platforms. They engage with the emerging legal, ethical and philosophical debates surrounding 'big data', the open data movement and the public right to know.
Partner Course Code:
57193
UArizona Equivalent Course:
JOUR Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
5

Digital Journalism Research

Course Description:
This subject introduces students to key research specific to the practice and study of journalism in the contemporary era. By focusing on the theoretical frameworks that illuminate journalism practice and industries, the subject develops students’ academic capacity, helps drive distinctive journalism, and informs critiques of journalism. Students critically reflect on professional practice and examine evolving, innovative news frames and patterns of coverage in Australia and globally. Students learn to use journalism research to break news, find diverse talent, drive innovative in-depth journalism and contextualise current affairs. Digital journalism research empowers students to take a wider perspective on local, elite, and global digital journalism, revealing new pathways of investigation in research and journalism practice.
Partner Course Code:
52645
UArizona Equivalent Course:
JOUR Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
4

Digital Sports Journalism

Course Description:
This subject equips students with the skills required for reporting, analysis and audience engagement in digital environments across sporting codes and institutions. Students examine the changing nature of sports journalism, the business of sport and rise of the 'informed fan' as a powerful force of both journalistic opportunity and media disruption. Students work with experienced sports journalists and gain hands-on reporting experience via UTS's unique partnership with the SCG Trust and other industry relationships. They examine how the nature of sports journalism is changing, the intersection of sport and politics, and the multiple ethical, legal and policy issues that arise in the area. Industry leaders, sports stars and other guest lecturers provide students with practical guidance and insights for building a career in sports journalism and related disciplines.
Partner Course Code:
57205
UArizona Equivalent Course:
JOUR Department Elective, Lower Division
UArizona Units:
5

Investigative Journalism

Course Description:
This subject introduces students to investigative reporting, a style of journalism which probes deeper than most daily news journalism. Students familiarise themselves with research techniques which have proved useful to journalists pursuing in-depth stories, analyse and learn from investigative reporting by others, and solve problems that arise in stories through group discussion. The subject emphasises a hypothesis-based approach to identifying and researching stories, with a focus on practical problem solving in developing stories from conception to finished product. The subject is designed to: demonstrate a wide variety of practical research techniques, especially the use of public records and data-driven reporting; to show the distinctiveness of investigative reporting; and to use students' own problems and experience in researching their assignments as practical examples of applying investigative techniques.
Partner Course Code:
57198
UArizona Equivalent Course:
JOUR Department Elective, Lower Division
UArizona Units:
5

News Now

Course Description:
This subject focuses on equipping students with the formative news skills required for the practice of journalism, and training students to start thinking like a journalist and journalist-entrepreneur. Students learn to identify what constitutes news and why. They consider and practice verification strategies, social media news generation and distribution, truth and accuracy, and digital literacy. In a continuously changing media environment, students learn to report news across platforms and innovations in digital news media. Assessments include reporting from a news conference and producing a multiplatform research project from pitch to production. The subject provides students with opportunities to develop their critical understanding of the key issues currently facing journalism.
Partner Course Code:
52641
UArizona Equivalent Course:
JOUR Department Elective, Lower Division
UArizona Units:
4

Visual Journalism

Course Description:
In this subject, students gain essential skills in visual storytelling and explore the practical, critical and theoretical aspects of contemporary digital journalism. Students learn about historical developments in the practice of visual storytelling by tracing the shift from mobile journalism to social media video, and short to long form video reporting, including online documentary. Students develop key skills in filming, editing and post-production; learn about journalism’s use of emergent technologies such as augmented-reality, drones and satellites; and learn narrative construction in visual media. How subtext and meaning are created in the digital and moving image are also explored in the context of debates about the ethical responsibilities of digital journalists, particularly when reporting on diverse communities.
Partner Course Code:
52644
UArizona Equivalent Course:
JOUR Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
4

Law

Media Law and Accountability

Course Description:
This subject examines the legal and regulatory frameworks that govern free speech and public communication. It covers journalism, media arts and production, advertising, public relations, corporate, marketing, government and political communication and the internet. Students become familiar with restrictions as well as rights and defences in relation to various forms of public communication. They critically examine proposals to introduce new and stricter laws in relation to media and the internet as well as rights and ethical issues in relation to privacy, data collection and use, freedom of information, defamation, and copyright in a digitally networked society. Case studies and reports of recent government inquiries are examined and students reflect on and discuss how issues such as privacy and freedom of information can be managed in ethical ways, while maintaining freedom of speech and an open democratic society.
Partner Course Code:
57232
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Department Elective, Lower Division
UArizona Units:
5

Marketing

Advertising Campaign Practice

Course Description:
Students gain insight into the various agency disciplines and their contribution to campaign research and strategy, creation and production of ideas, media planning, and pitching as an agency team. Topics include the significance of strategic planning in campaign development, conceptual issues involved in the production of advertising ideas, and the development and selling of an integrated campaign to a client. Students engage in scriptwriting and the production of creative campaign concepts for broadcast and social media.
Partner Course Code:
54047
UArizona Equivalent Course:
MKTG Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
5

Exploring Media Arts

Course Description:
This subject explores creative media arts practices across moving image, audio and participatory forms. It introduces students to relevant media arts histories and contexts in addition to a range of technologies, media practices and production techniques. Each session is based around a specific theme, such as time, speed, place or memory, which is explored through creative play. Working on creative exercises, students are introduced to core skills and understandings in media arts practice. They gain basic skills in production planning, image and sound content gathering, mixing and editing, safety issues and collaborative work practices. Students publish and reflect on their creative practice online, a process that is encouraged in subjects throughout the major.
Partner Course Code:
52651
UArizona Equivalent Course:
MKTG Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Mathematics

Introduction to Statistics

Course Description:
This subject gives an introduction to probability theory and statistics. Students learn how to describe random phenomena using the language of probability, and how this is applied in a statistical framework to solve real world problems. The first half of the subject introduces the students to important concepts in probability, such as random variables and their probability distributions. Fundamental properties such as expectations, independence and the Central Limit Theorem are discussed. The second half of the course introduces classical statistical inference and its connection to probability theory. Sampling distributions and their use in constructing confidence intervals and hypothesis testing are discussed. The course ends by introducing simple linear regression and analysis of variance techniques.
Partner Course Code:
37151
UArizona Equivalent Course:
SBS 200: Introduction to Statistics for the Social Sciences
UArizona Units:
4

Mathematical Modelling 1

Course Description:
This subject develops the knowledge and skills necessary for problem-solving and mathematical modelling at an introductory level. Differential calculus is applied to model situations in science and engineering that involve oscillations. Integral calculus is used to solve selected problems involving first- and second-order differential equations, and to calculate areas, volumes, lengths and other physical quantities. Vectors, matrix multiplication and determinants are introduced and applied to problem-solving and modelling. Sequences and series are reviewed and power series introduced where power series are used to approximate more functions.
Partner Course Code:
33130
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Departmental Elective, Lower division.
UArizona Units:
4

Mathematical Modelling 2

Course Description:
This subject consists of two parts: multivariate calculus and an introduction to statistics. The mathematical part develops the mathematical skills required for mathematical modelling of systems involving more than one independent variable. The statistics part is an introduction to descriptive statistics, statistical inference and simple linear regression. Topics include linear algebra, solutions to sets of equations resulting from particular problems, eigenvectors and eigenvalues, partial derivatives, optimisation, multiple integrals and their applications, and probability with a focus on the determination of the reliability of a system of components in various engineering contexts.
Partner Course Code:
33230
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Departmental Elective, Lower division.
UArizona Units:
4

Mathematics 1

Course Description:
This subject develops the knowledge and skills necessary for problem-solving and mathematical modelling at an introductory level. Differential calculus is applied to model situations in science and engineering that involve oscillations. Integral calculus is used to solve selected problems involving first- and second-order differential equations, and to calculate areas, volumes, lengths and other physical quantities. Vectors, matrix multiplication and determinants are introduced and applied to problem-solving and modelling. Sequences and series are reviewed and power series introduced where power series are used to approximate more functions.
Partner Course Code:
33130
UArizona Equivalent Course:
MATH Department Elective, Lower Division
UArizona Units:
4

Mathematics 2

Course Description:
This subject consists of two parts: multivariate calculus and an introduction to statistics. The mathematical part develops the mathematical skills required for mathematical modelling of systems involving more than one independent variable. The statistics part is an introduction to descriptive statistics, statistical inference and simple linear regression. Topics include linear algebra, solutions to sets of equations resulting from particular problems, eigenvectors and eigenvalues, partial derivatives, optimisation, multiple integrals and their applications, and probability with a focus on the determination of the reliability of a system of components in various engineering contexts.
Partner Course Code:
33230
UArizona Equivalent Course:
MATH Department Elective, Lower Division
UArizona Units:
4

Statistical Design and Analysis

Course Description:
This subject focuses on data analysis. Students learn how to collect and analyse data, and how to draw valid conclusions from the data. The subject begins with a discussion of how to sample from a population, and how to describe the data collected. This is followed by a discussion of how to form and test hypotheses about the population using the data collected from the sample.
Partner Course Code:
33116
UArizona Equivalent Course:
STAT Departmental Elective, Lower division.
UArizona Units:
4

Media Studies

Creating Documentary

Course Description:
This subject explores conceptual and production approaches to documentary. Students are introduced to the theory, skills and techniques used to make and critically understand documentary productions. In addition, they examine alternate forms such as hybrid, animation, and emerging non-fiction forms. Activities include practical sound and moving image exercises and the production of short documentaries. Throughout the subject, students investigate ethical issues associated with documentary and expand their understandings of how to work with the creative treatment of actuality.
Partner Course Code:
52653
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FTV Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
4

Creativity and Media Production

Course Description:
This subject provides students with opportunities to interrogate models for low, micro and no-budget media production in the context of industry, career and creative sustainability. Working in collaborative groups, students devise solutions to a series of creative challenges. Students gain hands-on experience with innovative approaches to micro-budget production with a focus on screen industry models, independent, experimental and artist-based traditions and microforms. Students develop projects from a range of media outcomes including linear moving image, audio, interactive, multiplatform, location-based and mobile media. Through a combination of practice-oriented learning and critical analysis of diverse models of micro-budget production they develop and evaluate their own models for micro-budget production considering social, artistic, economic, cultural and environmental viability.
Partner Course Code:
57233
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Department Elective, Lower Division
UArizona Units:
5

Digital Activism

Course Description:
In this subject, students learn about the theories informing digital activism strategies and engage with real world case studies focusing on digital campaigns in the global context. They explore how cultural specificities and digital technologies inform meanings and outcomes in digital activist campaigns and apply this knowledge through the analysis and design of their own digital campaign. Students present their knowledge through use of data analytics, written and visual outputs and engage with professional mentors, guest lecturers and peers to evaluate the role of digital technologies in shaping contemporary social movements.
Partner Course Code:
52684
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
4

Making Digital Impact

Course Description:
This subject consolidates students’ understanding of how new technologies interact with existing social, economic and political contexts. It aims to equip them with practical skills around designing and promoting new technology using current production practices such as Agile Methodology and Human-Centred Design within an environment that simulates the contemporary workplace. Students design and prototype solutions to a problem-based scenario. They gain experience working in teams, producing professional presentations and materials, advocating design solutions, documentation and building a business case.
Partner Course Code:
52687
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
4

Media Arts Specialist Modules

Course Description:
This subject develops students’ skill sets in media arts in screen development, production and post-production. Students elect to specialise in a single discipline chosen from a suite of modules which may include producing, directing, screenwriting, cinematography, production design and post-production, Students acquire high-level specialist skill sets in an environment in which they can immediately translate their new knowledge into practice. Students create short media arts prototypes which provide a foundation for subsequent subjects in the major and set up future career pathways, all whilst gaining insight into standard industry forms and practices, alongside new and emerging models.
Partner Course Code:
52655
UArizona Equivalent Course:
FTV Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
4

Media Law and Ethics

Course Description:
Knowledge, empathy and integrity combine in a journalist's daily working life. Using contemporary legal cases and news stories this subject looks at Australian and international media law and ethics, and traces the dilemmas and decisions impacting journalism and the communication industries. Students examine the legal parameters within which media professionals operate and the increased sophistication of and citizen interaction with digital and social media technologies. Students consider the commercial, social and political underpinnings of legacy media as contributing factors in the news media’s contemporary issues, alongside the new ethical boundaries being drawn to accommodate the production of media content in a digital world. In this subject, students learn about developing their own set of values when reporting the news. The course includes discussion of the latest verification tools being used to combat misinformation, disinformation, and examines miscontextualisation of media stories.
Partner Course Code:
52640
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Department Elective, Lower Division
UArizona Units:
4

Media Planning

Course Description:
This subject focuses on the important role of media planning (the allocation of resources between media options so that the communication message is delivered to a specified audience to achieve an organisation's communications objectives) in the development of an organisation's marketing communications activities. It provides an understanding of the media planning process and strategic decision-making behind media selection in successful advertising campaigns. It also provides both a research and practical approach to media planning in line with current professional practice.
Partner Course Code:
24207
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
4

Physics

Foundations of Physics

Course Description:
This is a foundation physics subject primarily for students in the physical and chemical sciences. Students learn about the fundamentals of dynamics and statics, fluid mechanics, thermal physics, waves, and optics. A strong emphasis is placed on the investigative nature of physics research with an integrated laboratory program where students further develop their problem-solving skills relating to the lecture and tutorial material. They also gain an appreciation of good experimental design and the significance of information obtained in real-life modelling situations.
Partner Course Code:
68101
UArizona Equivalent Course:
PHYS 102: Introductory Physics I
UArizona Units:
4

Physiology

Chinese Medicine Foundations 1

Course Description:
This subject introduces the basic theoretical concepts of Chinese medicine, providing a broad foundation to subject areas that are built on throughout the Chinese medicine degree. The basic theories presented in this subject underpin all aspects of Chinese medicine theory and practice. Subject areas covered include the traditional Chinese medical view of health, aetiology (the origins of illness), diagnosis, principles of treatment, traditional physiology (the qi-functions of the 12 organs and 14 main channels), Chinese medical terminology, philosophical traditions and the canonical Chinese medicine text known as the Huangdi Neijing Suwen.
Partner Course Code:
99665
UArizona Equivalent Course:
PSIO Departmental Elective, Lower division.
UArizona Units:
4

Exercise Physiology

Course Description:
This subject examines the interactions between the bioenergetic, metabolic, neurological, cardiovascular and respiratory responses to acute and chronic bouts of exercise. With a focus on energy system development, muscle contraction and the integrated physiological responses to exercise, this subject supports the development of competencies in the assessment of physiology in a human movement context. Furthermore, this subject develops laboratory skill sets related to industry-relevant professional practices, as well as critical thinking and analytical skills related to the physiological responses to exercise.
Partner Course Code:
92533
UArizona Equivalent Course:
PSIO Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
4

Health and Homeostasis 1

Course Description:
This subject, along with 91561 Health and Homeostasis 2, provides the underpinning anatomy and physiology for the subsequent pathophysiology and pharmacology subjects in the Bachelor of Nursing (C10122). The subject provides the foundation knowledge in chemistry and biology forming the basis for the study of human anatomy and physiology. Also, through the guiding principle of homeostasis, this subject describes the contribution of the different organ systems to maintain a state of wellness. In this subject, each teaching week is dedicated to an organ system. The content encompasses the nervous, skeletal, muscular, cardiovascular, respiratory, and gastrointestinal systems. The subject provides points of reference with regard to the structure and function of individual human organs judged to be in a state of good health (e.g. heart rate, lung volume and capacity, and organ architecture). The lessons begin with the histology of the tissues and gradually progress to organs within the system. The activities in this subject introduce medical terms and present clinical case scenarios. The latter is utilised as a tool to understand the relevance as well as the application, in a clinical and professional setting, of the knowledge acquired in the teaching sessions. As part of the preparation for Pathophysiology and Pharmacology 1 and 2 (91528 and 91530), a brief overview about pharmacology and pharmacokinetics is included in the current curriculum.
Partner Course Code:
91562
UArizona Equivalent Course:
PSIO Departmental Elective, Lower division.
UArizona Units:
4

Histology

Course Description:
This subject teaches the micro-architecture of the human tissues and organs adding to the knowledge base established in the subject Anatomy and Physiology. Students will engage in independent study supplemented by practical classes and workshops to learn about the tissue structure of major systems of the human body. Students will learn about the preparation and diagnosis of histological samples through participation in a major project, with particular emphasis on laboratory safety, professional practice and written communication.
Partner Course Code:
91500
UArizona Equivalent Course:
PSIO Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Motor Learning and Control

Course Description:
This subject provides a conceptual and practice-oriented introduction to the neural mechanisms and performance characteristics of human movement production and motor learning. Specifically, the structure of the motor control system, the processes underlying movement control, methods of assessing muscle and nerve function, posture and balance control, and the development of coordinated movement patterns are examined through contemporary research and practice-oriented teaching.This subject uses a mix of out-of-class pre-learning activities, practical laboratory exercises and lectures to provide students with real-world examples of theoretical frameworks involved in motor learning and control.
Partner Course Code:
92555
UArizona Equivalent Course:
PSIO Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
4

Physiological Bases of Human Movement

Course Description:
This subject takes students on a journey to explore and learn about the normal structure and function of key organ systems of the human body and how they interact to enable us to live and move and have our being. Commencing with the fundamental building block, the cell and its internal structures, the subject identifies the various types of tissues and their specialised functions made up by cells. The subject then focuses on the healthy structure and function of following systems, individually and as interdependent systems: integumentary, nervous, endocrine (hormones), gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, respiratory and urinary. Particular emphasis is given to topical issues surrounding the sports and healthy lifestyle industry.
Partner Course Code:
91429
UArizona Equivalent Course:
PSIO Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
4

Structural Anatomy

Course Description:
This subject examines the structure and function of bones, joints, muscles and nerves with an emphasis on the identification of anatomical structures and their relevance to human motion. Students engage with content and solve problems using a large variety of life-size anatomy models and interactive learning platforms. This subject provides foundational knowledge for subsequent study of physiological and biomechanical aspects of human movement and forms the basis for working in the exercise and sports science industry.
Partner Course Code:
92511
UArizona Equivalent Course:
PSIO Department Elective, Lower Division
UArizona Units:
4

Political Science

Citizenship & Communication

Course Description:
This subject explores the role of the citizen communicator by examining the institutions which structure our social world, and the social arenas in which civic participation occurs. Students are introduced to political, legal, economic and media institutions and concepts in national and, to a lesser extent, global contexts. There is a particular emphasis on the skills of academic literacy, reflective practice, and research skills. Assessment ranges from traditional essay forms to weekly critical responses to the set readings.
Partner Course Code:
54000
UArizona Equivalent Course:
POL Departmental Elective, Lower division. Tier 1 and 2 Individuals & Societies.
UArizona Units:
5

Self & Society

Course Description:
How are our lives shaped by the society in which we live? How do individuals and groups shape society? Our life opportunities and challenges, our worldviews and our identities, all reflect our social world. This subject introduces students to key ideas in social and political thought which enable us to understand social life. It focuses on concepts such as gender, race, ethnicity, social class and power, and explores how they can be applied to understand society and the life-paths of individuals and groups. As a core activity of the subject, students learn how to conduct a life history interview, in order to build their own social analysis of one individual's life story.
Partner Course Code:
54050
UArizona Equivalent Course:
POL Departmental Elective, Lower division. Tier 1 and 2 Individuals & Societies.
UArizona Units:
5

Psychology

Psychosocial Perspectives in Health

Course Description:
In this introductory subject, students explore different conceptualisations of health, and the social, cultural and environmental influences that determine the health of individuals and communities. Key life transitions, health experiences and related behaviours are examined using theories and models from health psychology and sociology. Factors affecting health behaviour, values, coping and adaptation are explored.
Partner Course Code:
92494
UArizona Equivalent Course:
PSY Departmental Elective, Lower division.
UArizona Units:
4

Sport and Exercise Psychology

Course Description:
This subject examines sport performance and exercise participation in relation to cognitive and social psychological constructs. It emphasises the utilisation of sport psychology for performance enhancement in sport and examines the behavioural responses involved in exercise, with an emphasis on how these responses influence future exercise adherence. Students learn how to implement relevant psychosocial theories in the delivery of sport and exercise, and recognise the role of physical activity in mental health and wellbeing.
Partner Course Code:
92530
UArizona Equivalent Course:
PSY Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
4

Public Health

Fundamentals of Epidemiology

Course Description:
This subject covers the essential knowledge that clinicians, project officers, health service managers and planners, and public health practitioners need concerning epidemiology and population health. It enables students to apply analytical strategies of epidemiology to the health service and public health environment, and to assess, interpret and critically appraise the quality of evidence of health service studies. Topics covered include epidemiological methods and concepts, understanding epidemiological evidence and its limitations, using population health data, and how findings are used to support public health and health services planning and management decisions. Students also have an opportunity to calculate and interpret measures of disease frequency, association and impact. An emphasis is placed on linking epidemiological theory population health with application in public health and health services settings and decision making.
Partner Course Code:
92296
UArizona Equivalent Course:
EPID Deparmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Health Analytics

Course Description:
The correct use and interpretation of data is important for planning and decision making in public health and the health system. Students undertaking this subject establish the knowledge and skills required to analyse and interpret health data, and to critically evaluate the results of epidemiological studies. This subject covers the most common statistical concepts and tests used in health science including descriptive and inferential statistics. Learning in the subject focuses on the interpretation of output and the appropriate use of methods of analysis rather than computing or programming skills. On completion of this subject, students are able to select the appropriate statistical analyses taking research questions and study designs into account.
Partner Course Code:
92491
UArizona Equivalent Course:
PHP Department Elective, Upper Division
UArizona Units:
4

Introduction to Public Health

Course Description:
This subject introduces students to the major principles that underpin public health from an Australian perspective. Public health is explored within a population health framework and takes into consideration social, economic and environmental influences on health outcomes in a range of populations. Drawing on recent evidence, students explore key concepts that drive public health such as epidemiology, health promotion and health policy. Students gain an understanding of the role and relevance of public health in promoting good health and preventing poor health in society. Students learn to find, read and communicate information relevant to public health.
Partner Course Code:
92574
UArizona Equivalent Course:
PHP Departmental Elective, Lower division.
UArizona Units:
4

Non-communicable Disease Prevention and Management

Course Description:
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) have displaced infectious diseases as the most significant health challenge for most countries. Globally, two-thirds of all deaths are the result of NCDs, with premature deaths and complex co-morbidities comprising a challenge for governments that extends well beyond the health sector. Governments at all levels, struggling with the direct and indirect costs as well as the social impacts, have developed a range of policies and strategies designed to address the NCD burden, from issuing dietary guidelines and promoting lifestyle change, screening vulnerable populations, to ensuring that health systems are equipped to provide adequate treatment. This subject introduces students to the concepts, causes, and policies for managing NCDs. After considering the social and environmental determinants of NCDs, students then critically assess the primordial, primary, secondary and tertiary prevention model. The subject also considers the role of health professionals and importance of cross-sectoral engagement, with a particular focus on minority, excluded, and lower socioeconomic groups in Australia and abroad.
Partner Course Code:
92590
UArizona Equivalent Course:
PHP Departmental Elective, Upper Division.
UArizona Units:
4

Sociology

Aboriginal Political History: Ideas, Action and Agency

Course Description:
This subject examines the motives and means of colonisation/dispossession across time and place, the shifting and changing political rationalities and wider intellectual influences that shaped this process and how this in turn has shaped Aboriginal social, cultural and economic life. The subject is engaging and dynamic, with constructive and empowering strategies to think about the past and imagine the future. Through detailed case studies, students examine the kinds of movements for change that Aboriginal people and their supporters have mounted, the changing relationship with the Australian public and the formal institutions of power, the Aboriginal domain and new opportunities for change. This focus opens up wider discussions about how students interpret the past, make sense of the present and work for change in the future.
Partner Course Code:
54085
UArizona Equivalent Course:
SOC Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
5

Becoming Australia

Course Description:
What is Australia? This subject is about the ways Australia is understood and imagined. How particular objects, people and places have come to be defined as iconically Australian is traced through the Indigenous Dreamtime, British colonisation and Australia's emergence as a modern nation. The origins and evolution of these sometimes conflicting, sometimes complementary ideas are explored through media, film, literature, television and the visual arts as students examine recurring tropes and motifs of Australian culture, from our identity as the 'lucky country' to the way we have been shaped by the land's environmental extremes. Students engage in hands-on learning with digital and physical sources to critically inquire into and creatively interpret how Australia has arrived at various contemporary ideas and issues. Formative feedback is provided to students each week through short pre-class activities designed to cumulatively hone students' research and communication skills.
Partner Course Code:
54098
UArizona Equivalent Course:
SOC Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
5

Communicating Difference

Course Description:
This subject brings together a range of disciplines within communications to examine cultural difference, social identity, frameworks for promoting diversity, and contemporary community formation. In particular, case studies from contemporary Australian society are used to explore themes of racialisation, multiculturalism, gender, sexuality, and class-based inequalities, with a particular focus on Indigenous Australian and settler colonial identities. Case studies are drawn from a variety of cultural sites that engage with diversity and difference, from popular culture (such as film and television) to institutional diversity policies and social activism. This includes an opportunity to examine Sydney-based initiatives that seek to address marginalisation, promote activism, encourage community participation or extract commercial value from diversity. Through developing original ideas and projects for engaging with diversity and difference, students are invited to reflect upon their own identities from a cultural perspective. The subject also familiarises students with relevant theories and concepts, critical media studies, critical race and feminist theory, cultural geography, critical diversity studies and organisational studies. In developing frameworks for understanding inequalities, the subject equips students to evaluate the ethical dimensions of contemporary professional practices in diverse working environments.
Partner Course Code:
54002
UArizona Equivalent Course:
SOC Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
5

Culture: Plugged and Unplugged

Course Description:
This subject explores the histories, complexities and contradictions of popular culture, with a particular focus on the 20th and 21st centuries. In this subject, students critically interrogate various forms of popular culture and reflect on their own participation, identity formation and fandom with respect to popular cultural artefacts. The subject addresses a number of key popular cultural topics facing individuals and communities, including climate change, race, (dis)ability, and the invasion of digital technologies into everyday life. Students explore diverse meanings and forms of popular culture, identifying how they position individuals, groups and communities and the political and ethical consequences of these positionings, as well as how they articulate the values and beliefs of the society and individuals that produce and use them.
Partner Course Code:
54092
UArizona Equivalent Course:
SOC Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
5

Sport and Society

Course Description:
This first-year subject provides a critical introduction to the analysis of sport as a social activity, together with the drivers that make sport a major cultural activity. It examines power relations and inequalities in sport, thereby interrogating the assumption that sport is inherently egalitarian and inclusive. The subject examines historical influences on contemporary sport, the role of ideology and policy, the importance of ethics and integrity, the politics of participation, as well as the power of science and technology in high performance sport.
Partner Course Code:
21655
UArizona Equivalent Course:
SOC Departmental Elective, Lower division. Tier 1 or 2 Individuals & Societies.
UArizona Units:
4

Sports Studies

Managing Professional Sport

Course Description:
This subject aims to provide students with critical understanding of the theories, knowledge and skills necessary for managers in commercialised sport to operate effectively in increasingly complex sociocultural environments and competitive business markets.
Partner Course Code:
21646
UArizona Equivalent Course:
MGMT Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Olympic Games and Sport Mega-Events

Course Description:
Mega-events are now a key part of the sport business landscape. Global spectacles like the Olympic Games, the Paralympic Games and the FIFA World Cup characterise the vast scope and scale of events that are watched by hundreds of millions of people via television or the internet. This subject focuses on how these events are planned for and delivered, together with their impact and legacy for host cities and nations. It is therefore concerned with project management, public policy, marketing and sponsorship, and international relations in respect of staging the world's largest events.
Partner Course Code:
21649
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Departmental Elective, Upper division.
UArizona Units:
4

Sport Business

Course Description:
This subject aims to provide students with critical understanding of the theories, knowledge and skills necessary for managers in commercialised sport to operate effectively in increasingly complex sociocultural environments and competitive business markets. It draws on the expertise of leading practitioners across the fields of business development, finance and strategy, and involves the hands-on use of the skills and knowledge gained in the field, the boardroom and classroom. Key areas of the business of sport are investigated including the role of agents, sport broadcasters, risk and reputation management, and marketing. Working in groups and as individuals, students focus on problem-solving as a means of reflection and practice.
Partner Course Code:
21918
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Department Elective, Lower Division
UArizona Units:
4

The Organisation of Australian Sport

Course Description:
The organisation of Australian sport has become more professional and complex since the late 20th century. The number of stakeholders involved in the delivery of sport, whether at the high performance or community level, has grown significantly. This subject explores the role of sport organisations, governments and public agencies in terms of the development of sport across various sectors. It examines the decision making and policy priorities that underpin public funding for sport. It evaluates managerial responsibilities in respect of the governance of sport organisations and the integrity of conduct within the Australian sport industry.
Partner Course Code:
21658
UArizona Equivalent Course:
ELCR Departmental Elective, Lower division.
UArizona Units:
4

Global Tracks

Global Tracks indicate courses that have been pre-approved by your major/minor department at a designated Arizona Abroad Location. If your major does not have a Global Track, that’s okay! You can choose from any of the classes in the Academics section (above) in coordination with your academic advisor. Global Tracks at this Arizona Abroad Location include: 

  • Business Majors
  • Engineering
  • Nutrition & Human Performance
  • Physiology & Medical Sciences
  • Sports Nutrition Minor

Check out the Global Tracks website to see your options. 

Location & Housing

Location

Sydney, Australia

Sydney is a cosmopolitan city of about 4 million that offers the best of everything- entertainment, food, and sightseeing- topped off with some of the world's most beautiful beaches.

At UTS, all of this is just a short walk or bus ride away thanks to a great central location and excellent public transport. Nearby hotspots include the Market City Centre, Chinatown, Darling Harbour, the Chinese Gardens, Circular Quay, and Broadway Mall.

Discover what it's like to be an international student at UA Sydney, and check out these helpful videos:

  • Welcome to the UTS Campus
  • UTS 360-degree virtual tour

Housing

UTS offers a variety of housing options both on and off campus. The UTS Housing Service website includes virtual tours of on-campus accommodations as well suggestions for off-campus options. Study abroad students are given priority placement for on campus housing.

Links of Interest

Click here to review the U.S. Embassy and Consulates in Australia's COVID-19 information page.

University of Technology Sydney:

  • UTS Study Abroad & Exchange homepage
  • Exchange program application instructions - your Coordinator will walk you through this!
  • Extracurricular opportunities at UTS

Australia:

  • Study New South Wales homepage
  • Study Australia's Travel and Visas page
  • Australian Government: Department of Home Affairs - Student visa subclass 500 application instructions
Program Details

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Semester Cost

  • $50 Study Abroad Application Fee
  • Mandatory Geo Blue International Health Insurance at a rate of $3 a day (approximately $360 a semester)
  • You pay Main Campus UArizona Tuition & Fees to study abroad and receive all of the financial aid you use on main campus
  • Other estimated costs include but not limited to housing, transportation (air & local), visa, meals, books and supplies, local health insurance, etc.
  • UArizona Study Abroad scholarships are available based on eligibility

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