This course will examine Earth’s evolution, from both a geological and biological perspective. The course will explore concepts as diverse as the origin of the Solar System through to the evolution of life. It will touch on the big geological processes that have shaped our planet, covering topics including plate tectonics, volcanology, earthquakes and climate change. Includes a one-day field trip.

Accelerating economic globalisation since 1980 reflects the ongoing expansion of international business operations of individual firms in their many different forms. This course is intended to assist your understanding of international business through both development of theoretical knowledge relating to international commerce and exploration of practical issues faced by managers in developing their firms’ international operations. The course covers both public policy (government) issues relating to international business, especially trade and foreign investment policy and underlying principles, and also perspectives of the firm − including the formulation, implementation, control and review of internationalisation strategies and operations. The strengths and limitations of international business will be discussed, especially in the context of the most important managerial decisions.

This introductory course is designed to introduce you to some of the core theories and concepts in the study of Organisational Behaviour. The course will cover historical theories and concepts as well as those most recent developments applicable to contemporary organisations. Seminars and tutorials will include case studies, role plays, videos, team-building activities, and small group discussion designed to facilitate collaboration and critical discussion. The assessment items in this course are designed to help you to develop a high level of communication and critical thinking skills, as well as experience working in a diverse team.

This course provides students with the opportunity to learn about Indigenous Australian peoples and their music making; examine the diverse forms of Indigenous performance; and explore how Indigenous Australian performers simultaneously resist and use colonialist constructions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander performance to create new and exciting forms.

This course provides the foundation for future study in public policy and in political science, which will give students the key skills for employability in the public sector and non-government organisations. It provides an introductory study of Australian system of government focusing on key political institutions such as parliament, cabinet, federalism, the constitution, High Court, parties, and the public service. POLS1101 explains how the Australian political system works, highlighting both the formal structures and informal practices characteristic of Australian politics. POLS1101 develops the research, writing and analytical skills required for further study in political science and related courses.

This course is designed to provide an introduction to the fundamental principles of managing business organisations. It will allow for the critical exploration of management concepts, models and contexts using a case-based approach. While working in teams, students will learn how to apply management theory and research evidence in analysing and creatively solving real-life management problems. Students will also learn how to critically and ethically evaluate managerial decisions while considering the organisation’s context in a culturally diverse and internationalised world. The unit draws upon a range of academic, practical and pop cultural sources to engage students in authentic ways of learning about management.

This course explores the natural functioning of coasts and oceans and gives students an understanding of the critical role the oceans play in the environmental, social and economic well-being of communities worldwide. With a sharp focus on Australia and the Asia-Pacific, we identify solutions to the grand challenges facing our oceans, from regenerating marine habitats and reversing biodiversity loss to producing sustainable aquatic foods and products; from increasing resilience to sea level rise to capturing carbon and reducing pollution.

The Australian Experience is designed to present a broad introductory survey to some of the key issues and themes relating to Australian society and culture across a wide time-frame. We begin before colonisation, with ancient Indigenous cultures, and end in the more recent past. Across this period, Australia underwent dramatic transformations in social, racial, cultural, economic and environmental terms. Throughout the course, we will gain an understanding of the brutalities of the colonial process; the relationships of the Europeans to this ‘new’ land; the developing society in the Antipodes; the new cultural forms of nationalism in the late nineteenth century; and finally to the importance of White Australia. In the twentieth century, we will consider the impact of wars and Depression, and the cultural shifts of liberation movements later in the century. The course is designed to introduce students to some of the leading scholarship and debates in studies of Australian history, society and culture. While questions of gender, race and class are important organising themes, the course is also designed to engage with contemporary lines of critical inquiry such as questions of space, place and landscape, memory and historical imagination, identity politics, popular culture and post/colonialism. Our key focus is upon the many different and contested stories that make up our understanding of the national past, the intention being to convey its multi-layered and complex texture.

Psychology is the scientific study of how people behave, think and feel. This course spans a variety of topics including psychological processes such as perception, attention, learning, memory, and decision-making, as well as the cognitive and brain-based (neural) causes of these phenomena. Students will be given opportunities to participate in both classic and state-of-the-art psychological research and will gain an understanding of the research process to study both the mental and neural causes of human behaviour.

WRIT1001 is for undergraduate students who speak English as a second language, including international and certain domestic students. The course teaches a range of skills necessary to participate in academic life, including academic English, digital literacy, critical thinking, and citation and referencing. The online content introduces the steps for writing an argumentative essay, including developing and structuring an argument, planning, critical thinking and analysis, using and evaluating sources, editing and proofreading, and using corpora of academic language. In the tutorial workshops, students participate in activities and discussions to develop and practise these skills.