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The following courses are available to students enrolled in a UniSA Online degree. Courses marked with an asterisk (*) are available to on-campus students as Single Course Enrolments. If you are in a UniSA on-campus degree, and wish to enrol into one of the courses marked with an asterisk, please discuss with your Program Director first.

Advanced Electives are third year courses which generally start with 3xxx. Please refer to your program homepage and consult the Rules & Notes section for more information. You may also call the Student Adviser team on 1300 148 812 if you have any questions.

Study Period 1

Course code	Course title	Pre-requisite(s)
GRAP 2035	Animation Design
HUMS 2041	Archives and the Digital World
ACCT 3012	Auditing Theory and Practice *	ACCT 2015
POLI 2029	Australian Social Policy *	POLI 1019
INFS 2039	Big Data Analytics *	INFS 3079 + INFS 3081
HLTH 2032	Body in Motion 1
HLTH 2043	Building Healthy Public Policy *
BUSS 1067	Business and Society *
INFS 2038	Business Intelligence *	MATH 1075
BUSS 1066	Career Development for Professionals *
BEHL 2018	Cognitive Psychology *	BEHL 2019 + BEHL 1030 + BEHL 1031
COMM 3075	Communication Management in Practice *	COMM 2090
HLTH 3058	Community Health Project 1	HLTH 3065
BEHL 1028	Connecting and Working With Nature *
CIVE 2014	Construction 2 *	CIVE 1005
CIVE 1006	Construction Materials *
BUIL 3023	Construction Operations and Safety *	CIVE 2014
BUIL 2028	Construction Scheduling *
MARK 1016	Consumer Behaviour *	MARK 1018 Co-Req
COMM 2092	Content Creation for Media *	COMM 1076
BUIL 3024	Contract Administration *	BUIL 2029
LAWS 1022	Criminal Law and Procedure *	LAWS 1023
CURR 3021	Critical Approaches to Online Learning
JUST 3006	Cyber Crime and Digital Evidence *	LAWS 1023
COMP 2033	Data Structures	COMP 1044
COMM 3070	Digital Documentary	COMM 2088
GRAP 1027	Digital Graphics and Imaging *
MARK 3023	Digital Marketing *	MARK 1018 + 49.5 units
COMM 3071	Digital Mediascapes *
HLTH 3073	Epidemiological Principles and Methods	HLTH 1058
EDUC 2080	Evaluation of Public Health Practices *
HLTH 1050	Exploring Global and National Health	SOCU 1008
ACCT 1012	Financial Accounting 1 *	ACCT 1011
ACCT 2015	Financial Accounting 2 *	ACCT 1012
BANK 1009	Financial Markets and Institutions *	MATH 1075
BUIL 4031	Fire Technology
HLTH 3063	Food Safety, Quality and Security	HLTH 2036 + HLTH 2035
HLTH 1053	Foundations of Health and Physical Activity
BIOL 1053	Foundations of Human Biology 2 *	BIOL 1052
BUSS 2077	Foundations of Human Resource Management *
LAWS 1023	Foundations of Law *
HLTH 2030	Health Law, Ethics and Policy *
BEHL 3031	Health Psychology *	XBPS: BEHL 1027 + HUMS 2043 + 54 units. XBPY: BEHL 2019 + 54 units.
HLTH 1056	Health Systems and Services *
HLTH 2035	Human Nutrition	BIOL 1052 + BIOL 1054
INFT 3039	ICT Project (Part 1)	INFS 1024 + 72 units
INFT 1024	Information Technology Fundamentals *
HUMS 2042	Innovative Curatorial Studies
MARK 3022	Integrated Marketing *	MARK 2034 + MARK 3021 + 81 units
BUIL 1026	Introduction to Construction Business Management *
BUIL 1027	Introduction to Construction Management *
INFT 1028	Introduction to Digital Media *
BANK 2011	Introduction to Financial Planning *	ACCT 1011
HLTH 1057	Introduction to Public Health Practice and Research *
COMM 1073	Introduction to Social Media *
LANG 2043	Language and the Media
HLTH 1055	Lifespan Growth and Motor Development *
BUSS 3095	Managing Decision Making *	Successful completion of 54 units
MARK 2034	Marketing Analytics *
MARK 2037	Marketing for Health and Wellbeing
COMM 2091	Media Law and Ethics *
COMM 1074	News Reporting *
BUSS 2078	Organisational Behaviour *	BUSS 2081
BEHL 1029	Personal and Professional Development *	BUSS 2081
POLI 1019	Politics and Citizenship in Australia *
BANK 3017	Portfolio and Fund Management *	BANK 1009
INFS 3081	Predictive Analytics *	INFT 1024 + MATH 2032
LAWS 1024	Principles of Public Law *
HLTH 2031	Professional Communication to Work in the Health Industry *
MARK 1017	Professional Development in Marketing *	MARK 1018 + BUSS 1067
HLTH 3077	Professional Practice in Public Health	HLTH 2043 + HLTH 3075 + HLTH 3065 + 72 Units
COMP 1044	Programming Fundamentals *	COMP 1043
BUIL 3025	Project Appraisal *
COMM 3078	Promotional Communication: Advertising, Publicity and Marketing *	XBPY: MARK 1018 + MARK 2034. Other Programs: COMM 2090
BEHL 1030	Psychology 1A *
JUST 3007	Psychology of Investigative & Legal Processes *	BEHL 1027
HLTH 3060	Public Health	HLTH 1050
COMM 1076	Public Relations Theory and Practice *
MATH 1075	Quantitative Methods for Business *
BUSS 3091	Recruitment and Selection of Organisational Talent *	BUSS 2077 + 49.5 units
HUMS 2043	Social Enquiry Methods *
SOCU 1007	Sociological Perspectives *
MATH 2032	Statistics Using R *	COMP 1044
BUSS 3097	Strategic Management *	72 units
CIVE 2016	Structures 2 *	CIVE 1007
BANK 3019	Superannuation *	COML 2020 + BANK 2011
HLTH 3061	Supporting Dignity through Enablement
ACCT 3015	Sustainability Accounting and Reporting	ACCT 1012 + 72 units
INFS 1024	Systems Analysis	COMP 1043
SOCU 1008	The Social World *
BEHL 3033	Work and Organisational Psychology *	XBPS: BEHL 1027 + HUMS 2043 + 54 Units. XBPY: BEHL 2019 + 54 Units
WELF 2023	Working with Community *

Study Period 3

Course code	Course title	Pre-requisite(s)
BEHL 1034	Aboriginal Australians and Psychology *
SOCU 2019	Aboriginal Australians, Policing and the Criminal Justice System *
ACCT 1011	Accounting for Business
BUIL 3022	Advanced Contract Administration *	BUIL 3024 + BUIL 2029
BEHL 2017	Biological and Learning Psychology	BEHL 1030 + BEHL 1031
MARK 3020	Branding
COMM 2089	Broadcast Journalism *	COMM 1074
CIVE 2013	Building Services *	COMM 1074
CIVE 3015	Building Surveying *
INFS 3079	Business Analytics	MATH 2032 + INFT 1022
BANK 2010	Business Finance *	ACCT 1011 + MATH 1075
LAWS 1019	Business Law *
WELF 3024	Case Management for Consumer Directed Care in Disability and Aged Care *
COMM 1072	Communication and Media *
COMM 2086	Communication and Organisational Practices	BUSS 1066
COMM 2090	Communication Research Methods *	COMM 1072 + COMM 1076
HLTH 3059	Community Health Project 2	HLTH 3058
COML 2020	Companies and Partnership Law	LAWS 1019
CIVE 1005	Construction 1 *
CIVE 3016	Construction 3 *	CIVE 2014
BUIL 1025	Construction Communication *
BUIL 2027	Construction Cost Planning *	BUIL 1028
CIVE 2015	Construction Environmental Science *
HUMS 1059	Contemporary Aboriginal Issues *
ACCT 3013	Contemporary Issues in Accounting	ACCT 2015 + 72 units
JUST 2011	Corrections: Offender Rehabilitation & Desistance
BEHL 1026	Counselling Concepts *
JUST 3009	Crime, Gender and Sexuality
LAWS 2036	Criminology and Public Policy *
CURR 3021	Critical Approaches to Online Learning
INFT 1022	Database Fundamentals *	INFT 1024
COMM 2087	Design for Digital Technologies *	INFT 1028
INFS 1023	Design Thinking and Digital Innovation
GRAP 1028	Digital Media Project 1	COMM 1073 + GRAP 1027 + INFT 1028 + INFT 1029
GRAP 2036	Digital Media Project 2	GRAP 1028
GRAP 3014	Digital Media Project 3	GRAP 2036
WELF 3025	Disability and Ageing: Diversity and Discrimination
BUSS 2086	Entrepreneurship for Social and Market Impact *
MARK 3021	Essentials of Marketing Planning *	MARK 1018 + MARK 1016
HLTH 1051	First Peoples' Health *
BIOL 1052	Foundations of Human Biology 1 *
BIOL 1054	Foundations of Nutrition and Health *
HLTH 1054	Health and Society *
HLTH 2034	Health Promotion *
INFT 3040	ICT Project (Part 2)	INFT 3039 + 72 units
COMM 3077	Integrated Communication Planning *	Successful completion of 72 units
LANG 1064	Intercultural Communication *
INFT 1025	Interface Design, Interaction and Experience	COMP 1044
BUSS 3107	International Business Environment *	Successful completion of 54 units
BUSS 3094	International Management Ethics and Values *	Successful completion of 54 units
BUIL 2029	Introduction to Contract Administration *
HLTH 1052	Introduction to Mental Health *
HUMS 1058	Introduction to the GLAM sector
INFT 1029	Introduction to Video Production
BEHL 2019	Introductory Research Methods *	BEHL 1030 + BEHL 1031
INFT 1023	IT Project Management	INFT 1024
BIOL 2060	Lifespan Nutrition	HLTH 2036 + HLTH 2035
ACCT 2016	Management Accounting *	ACCT 1011
BUSS 2081	Management and Organisation
ECON 1011	Managing the Employment Relationship *	Successful completion of 54 units
MARK 2035	Market Research	MARK 1018
MARK 1018	Marketing Principles: Trading and Exchange *
HUMS 3052	Narrating Objects, Art and Archives	HUMS 2042
INFT 1026	Network Fundamentals *	INFT 1024 (Co-req)
HLTH 2036	Nutrition and Exercise Biochemistry
BUSS 3108	Organisational Entrepreneurship *	BUSS 2086
BANK 1010	Personal Finance *
BEHL 3036	Personality Psychology	BEHL 2019
JUST 2013	Policing: Investigation & Intelligence
ECON 1010	Principles of Economics *
COMP 1043	Problem Solving and Programming *
COMM 1075	Professional and Technical Communication *
HLTH 3065	Project Management for Health and Wellness *	XBPH: EDUC 2080 + HLTH 1058. XBCH: HLTH 2034 + BIOL 1054. XBNE: BIOL 2060 + HLTH 2034.
BEHL 1031	Psychology 1B *
BEHL 1027	Psychology Concepts *
HLTH 3066	Psychology of Exercise, Sport and Health	HLTH 1053 + HLTH 2035
BUIL 1028	Quantity Surveying Practice 1 *
HLTH 1058	Research Methods for Public Health *	HLTH 1057
MARK 2036	Retailing *
HLTH 2044	Science and Politics of Preventive Health *	HLTH 2034
COMM 3084	Social Media Engagement *	COMM 1073
HLTH 1059	Sociological Perspectives in Public Health
SOCU 2020	Sociology of Crime and Deviance *
BUSS 3098	Strategic Financial Analysis	BANK 2010 + 72 units. XBFP: BANK 3019 + 72 units.
CIVE 1007	Structures 1 *
INFS 2040	Systems Design	INFS 1024
ACCT 3016	Taxation Law 1 *	COML 2020
HLTH 2037	Theory of Exercise Testing and Prescription 1	BIOL 1052 + BIOL 1053 + HLTH 2032
BUSS 2076	Training and Development
INFT 2065	Web Development *	INFT 1022 + COMP 1044
COMM 2093	Writing and Editing for Publication
COMM 2088	Writing for Digital Media *

Study Period 4

Course code	Course title	Pre-requisite(s)
COMM 3073	Advanced News Writing *	COMM 2089
MARK 2033	Advertising *	MARK 1018 + MARK 1016
GRAP 2035	Animation Design
ACCT 3012	Auditing Theory and Practice *	ACCT 2015
INFS 2039	Big Data Analytics *	INFS 3079 + INFS 3081
HLTH 2032	Body in Motion 1
HLTH 2033	Body in Motion 2	BIOL 1052
BUIL 1024	Building Estimating *	CIVE 1005
HLTH 2043	Building Healthy Public Policy *
BUSS 1067	Business and Society *
INFS 2038	Business Intelligence *	MATH 1075
BUSS 1066	Career Development for Professionals *
BEHL 3032	Clinical and Abnormal Psychology *	BEHL 1027 + HUMS 2043
BEHL 2018	Cognitive Psychology *	BEHL 2019 + BEHL 1030 + BEHL 1031
COMM 3075	Communication Management in Practice *	COMM 2090
HLTH 3058	Community Health Project 1	HLTH 3065
BEHL 1028	Connecting and Working With Nature *
CIVE 2014	Construction 2 *	CIVE 1005
CIVE 1006	Construction Materials *
BUIL 3023	Construction Operations and Safety *	CIVE 2014
MARK 1016	Consumer Behaviour *	MARK 1018 Co-Req
COMM 2092	Content Creation for Media *	COMM 1076
BUIL 3024	Contract Administration *	BUIL 2029
BUIL 4030	Development Regulation *
BEHL 2016	Developmental Psychology *	BEHL 1027
GRAP 1027	Digital Graphics and Imaging *
COMM 3071	Digital Mediascapes *
EDUC 2080	Evaluation of Public Health Practices *
HLTH 1050	Exploring Global and National Health	SOCU 1008
ACCT 1012	Financial Accounting 1 *	ACCT 1011
ACCT 2015	Financial Accounting 2 *	ACCT 1012
ACCT 3014	Financial Accounting 3 *	ACCT 2015
BANK 1009	Financial Markets and Institutions *	MATH 1075
BUIL 4031	Fire Technology
FOSC 3017	Food as Medicine	HLTH 2036 + BIOL 2060
HLTH 1053	Foundations of Health and Physical Activity
BIOL 1053	Foundations of Human Biology 2 *	BIOL 1052
BUSS 2077	Foundations of Human Resource Management *
LAWS 1023	Foundations of Law *
HLTH 2030	Health Law, Ethics and Policy *
HLTH 1056	Health Systems and Services *
HLTH 2035	Human Nutrition	BIOL 1052 OR BIOL 1053 OR BIOL 1054
INFT 3039	ICT Project (Part 1)	INFS 1024 + 72 units
INFT 1024	Information Technology Fundamentals *
HUMS 2042	Innovative Curatorial Studies
MARK 3022	Integrated Marketing *	MARK 2034 + MARK 3021 + 81 units
BUIL 1026	Introduction to Construction Business Management *
BUIL 1027	Introduction to Construction Management *
INFT 1028	Introduction to Digital Media *
BANK 2011	Introduction to Financial Planning *	ACCT 1011
HLTH 1057	Introduction to Public Health Practice and Research *
COMM 1073	Introduction to Social Media *
HLTH 1055	Lifespan Growth and Motor Development *
ECON 1011	Macroeconomics *
BUSS 3095	Managing Decision Making *	Successful completion of 54 units
MARK 2034	Marketing Analytics *
COMM 2091	Media Law and Ethics *
COMM 1074	News Reporting *
HLTH 3064	Nutrition for Exercise and Performance *	HLTH 2036 + BIOL 2060
BUSS 2078	Organisational Behaviour *	BUSS 2081
BUSS 3096	Organisational Leadership	Successful completion of 54 units
BUSS 2075	Performance and Compensation Management *	BUSS 2077
BEHL 1029	Personal and Professional Development *	BUSS 2081
POLI 1019	Politics and Citizenship in Australia *
INFS 3081	Predictive Analytics *	INFT 1024 + MATH 2032
LAWS 1024	Principles of Public Law *
HLTH 2031	Professional Communication to Work in the Health Industry *
MARK 1017	Professional Development in Marketing *	MARK 1018 + BUSS 1067
HLTH 3077	Professional Practice in Public Health	HLTH 2043 + HLTH 3075 + HLTH 3065 + 72 Units
COMP 1044	Programming Fundamentals *	COMP 1043
BUSS 2082	Project Management: Principles and Strategies *
BEHL 1030	Psychology 1A *
JUST 3007	Psychology of Investigative & Legal Processes *	BEHL 1027
HLTH 3075	Public Health Practice Project 1	HLTH 3065
COMM 1076	Public Relations Theory and Practice *
MATH 1075	Quantitative Methods for Business *
BANK 3018	Risk Management and Insurance *	COML 2020 + BANK 2011
HUMS 2043	Social Enquiry Methods *
SOCU 1007	Sociological Perspectives *
HUMS 3053	Sociology of Gender and Intimacy *	SOCU 1008
MATH 2032	Statistics Using R *	COMP 1044
BUSS 3092	Strategic Human Resource Management	BUSS 2077 + BUSS 3097
BUSS 3097	Strategic Management *	72 units
CIVE 2016	Structures 2 *	CIVE 1007
BANK 3019	Superannuation *	COML 2020 + BANK 2011
ACCT 3015	Sustainability Accounting and Reporting	ACCT 1012 + 72 units
INFS 1024	Systems Analysis	COMP 1043
SOCU 1008	The Social World *
HLTH 2038	Theory of Exercise Testing and Prescription 2
HLTH 3062	Transition to Employment	HLTH 2030
JUST 3008	Victimology *
GRAP 3015	Web Design *	COMM 2087
JUST 2014	Youth Justice

Study Period 6

Course code	Course title	Pre-requisite(s)
SOCU 2018	(Dis)abling Societies: The Sociologies of Ageing and Disability
BEHL 1034	Aboriginal Australians and Psychology *
HLTH 2042	Aboriginal Public Health Practice and Research *	HLTH 2034
ACCT 1011	Accounting for Business *
BUIL 3022	Advanced Contract Administration *	BUIL 3024 + BUIL 2029
BEHL 3034	Advanced Research Methods	BEHL 2018 + BEHL 2019
WELF 2021	Ageing and Disability Friendly Environments
HLTH 3067	Applications in Nutrition and Exercise
BANK 3015	Applied Financial Planning *	BANK 2011
BEHL 2017	Biological and Learning Psychology	BEHL 1030 + BEHL 1031
COMM 2089	Broadcast Journalism *	COMM 1074
CIVE 2013	Building Services *	COMM 1074
CIVE 3015	Building Surveying *
INFS 3079	Business Analytics	MATH 2032 + INFT 1022
BANK 2010	Business Finance *	ACCT 1011 + MATH 1075
LAWS 1019	Business Law *
COMM 1072	Communication and Media *
COMM 2090	Communication Research Methods *	COMM 1072 + COMM 1076
HLTH 3059	Community Health Project 2	HLTH 3058
COML 2020	Companies and Partnership Law	LAWS 1019
BEHL 3035	Conservation Psychology *	BEHL 2017
CIVE 1005	Construction 1 *
BUIL 1025	Construction Communication *
BUIL 2027	Construction Cost Planning *	BUIL 1028
CIVE 2015	Construction Environmental Science *
HUMS 1059	Contemporary Aboriginal Issues *
ACCT 3013	Contemporary Issues in Accounting	ACCT 2015 + 72 units
JUST 2011	Corrections: Offender Rehabilitation & Desistance
BEHL 1026	Counselling Concepts *
JUST 3005	Crime Prevention
LAWS 2036	Criminology and Public Policy *
CURR 3021	Critical Approaches to Online Learning
INFS 3080	Data Visualisation *	INFT 2065 + MATH 2032
INFT 1022	Database Fundamentals *	INFT 1024
COMM 2087	Design for Digital Technologies *	INFT 1028
INFS 1023	Design Thinking and Digital Innovation
GRAP 1028	Digital Media Project 1	COMM 1073 + GRAP 1027 + INFT 1028 + INFT 1029
GRAP 2036	Digital Media Project 2	GRAP 1028
GRAP 3014	Digital Media Project 3	GRAP 2036
WELF 3025	Disability and Ageing: Diversity and Discrimination
COML 2019	Employment Law *	BUSS 2081 + LAWS 1019
BUSS 2086	Entrepreneurship for Social and Market Impact *
MARK 3021	Essentials of Marketing Planning *	MARK 1018 + MARK 1016
BANK 3016	Estate Planning *	COML 2020 + BANK 2011
HLTH 1051	First Peoples' Health *
BIOL 1052	Foundations of Human Biology 1 *
BIOL 1054	Foundations of Nutrition and Health *
HLTH 3074	Fundamentals of Disease Control
HLTH 1054	Health and Society *
HLTH 2034	Health Promotion *
JUST 3004	Human Services Workers and the Law *	LAWS 2036
INFT 3040	ICT Project (Part 2)	INFT 3039 + 72 units
COMM 3077	Integrated Communication Planning *	Successful completion of 72 units
LANG 1064	Intercultural Communication *
BUSS 3107	International Business Environment *	Successful completion of 54 units
BUIL 2029	Introduction to Contract Administration *
HLTH 1052	Introduction to Mental Health *
HUMS 1058	Introduction to the GLAM sector
INFT 1029	Introduction to Video Production
BEHL 2019	Introductory Research Methods *	BEHL 1030 + BEHL 1031
INFT 1023	IT Project Management	INFT 1024
BIOL 2060	Lifespan Nutrition	HLTH 2036 + HLTH 2035
BUSS 2081	Management and Organisation
MARK 1018	Marketing Principles: Trading and Exchange *
HLTH 2036	Nutrition and Exercise Biochemistry
BUSS 3108	Organisational Entrepreneurship *	BUSS 2086
BANK 1010	Personal Finance *
BEHL 3036	Personality Psychology	BEHL 2019
JUST 2013	Policing: Investigation & Intelligence
ECON 1010	Principles of Economics *
COMP 1043	Problem Solving and Programming *
COMM 1075	Professional and Technical Communication *
HLTH 3065	Project Management for Health and Wellness *	XBPH: EDUC 2080 + HLTH 1058. XBCH: HLTH 2034 + BIOL 1054. XBNE: BIOL 2060 + HLTH 2034.
BEHL 1031	Psychology 1B *
BEHL 1027	Psychology Concepts *
HLTH 3076	Public Health Practice Project 2	HLTH 3075
BUIL 1028	Quantity Surveying Practice 1 *
HLTH 1058	Research Methods for Public Health *	HLTH 1057
HLTH 2044	Science and Politics of Preventive Health *	HLTH 2034
BEHL 2020	Social and Community Psychology *	BEHL 1030 + BEHL 1031
SOCU 2020	Sociology of Crime and Deviance *
BUSS 3098	Strategic Financial Analysis	BANK 2010 + 72 units. XBFP: BANK 3019 + 72 units.
CIVE 1007	Structures 1 *
INFT 2065	Web Development *	INFT 1022 + COMP 1044
COMM 2088	Writing for Digital Media *

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