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Elective Options

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
HLTH 2032	Body in Motion 1
BUSS 1067	Business and Society *
INFS 2038	Business Intelligence *	MATH 1075
BUSS 1066	Career Development for Professionals *
CIVE 2014	Construction 2	CIVE 1005
CIVE 1006	Construction Materials
BUIL 2028	Construction Scheduling *
MARK 1016	Consumer Behaviour *	MARK 1018
JUST 3006	Cyber Crime and Digital Evidence *	LAWS 1023
COMP 2033	Data Structures	COMP 1044
BUIL 4030	Development Regulation *
COMM 3070	Digital Documentary	COMM 2088
GRAP 1027	Digital Graphics and Imaging
BUIL 1026	Economics for Construction Professionals
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
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	BEHL 1027 + HUMS 2043
HLTH 1056	Health Systems and Services
HLTH 2035	Human Nutrition	BIOL 1052 OR BIOL 1053 OR BIOL 1054
INFT 1024	Information Technology Fundamentals
HUMS 2042	Innovative Curatorial Studies
INFT 1025	Interface Design, Interaction and Experience	COMP 1044
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
MARK 2034	Marketing Analytics *
MARK 2037	Marketing for Health and Wellbeing
COMM 2091	Media Law and Ethics *
COMM 1074	News Reporting
JUST 2013	Policing: Investigation & Intelligence *
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 *
COMP 1044	Programming Fundamentals *	COMP 1043
COMM 3078	Promotional Communication: Advertising, Publicity and Marketing *	COMM 2090
JUST 3077	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
BANK 3019	Superannuation *	COML 2020 + BANK 2011
HLTH 3061	Supporting Dignity through Enablement
ACCT 3015	Sustainability Accounting and Reporting *	ACCT 1012 + 72 units
CIVE 3016	Sustainable Construction	CIVE 2014
INFS 1024	Systems Analysis *	COMP 1043
SOCU 1008	The Social World *
INFT 2065	Web Development *	INFT 1022 + COMP 1044
BEHL 3033	Work and Organisational Psychology	BEHL 1027 + HUMS 2043
BUSS 1065	Work Health and Safety Management Principles *
WELF 2023	Working with Community *

Study Period 3

Course code	Course title	Pre-requisite(s)
SOCU 2019	Aboriginal Australians, Policing and the Criminal Justice System*
ACCT 1011	Accounting for Business
MARK 3020	Branding
COMM 2089	Broadcast Journalism*	COMM 1074
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
COML 2020	Companies and Partnership Law	LAWS 1019
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
BUIL 3024	Contract Administration	BUIL 2029
JUST 2011	Corrections: Offender Rehabilitation & Desistance
BEHL 1026	Counselling Concepts
JUST 3009	Crime, Gender and Sexuality
LAWS 1022	Criminal Law and Procedure	LAWS 1023
LAWS 2036	Criminology and Public Policy
INFT 1022	Database Fundamentals	INFT 1024
COMM 2087	Design for Digital Technologies *	INFT 1028
INFS 1023	Design Thinking and Digital Innovation *
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 *
COMM 3076	Industry and Practice *	Completion of 72 units
LANG 1064	Intercultural Communication *
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
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
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 2085
BANK 1010	Personal Finance
ECON 1010	Principles of Economics
COMP 1043	Problem Solving and Programming *
COMM 1075	Professional and Technical Communication *
BUIL 3025	Project Appraisal	BUIL 1026
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
COMM 3084	Social Media Engagement*	COMM 1073
HLTH 1059	Sociological Perspectives in Public Health
BUSS 3092	Strategic Human Resource Management	BUSS 2077 + BUSS 3097
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
BUSS 2076	Training and Development
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
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
COMM 3075	Communication Management in Practice *	COMM 2090
HLTH 3058	Community Health Project 1	HLTH 3065
CIVE 2014	Construction 2	CIVE 1005
CIVE 1006	Construction Materials
BUIL 3023	Construction Operations and Safety	CIVE 2014
BUIL 3023	Construction Operations and Safety	CIVE 2014
MARK 1016	Consumer Behaviour *	MARK 1018
COMM 2092	Content Creation for Media *	COMM 1076
BEHL 2016	Developmental Psychology *	BEHL 1027
GRAP 1027	Digital Graphics and Imaging
MARK 3023	Digital Marketing *	MARK 1018 + 49.5 units
COMM 3071	Digital Mediascapes *
BUIL 1026	Economics for Construction Professionals
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
ACCT 3014	Financial Accounting 3 *	ACCT 2015
BANK 1009	Financial Markets and Institutions *	MATH 1075
BUIL 4031	Fire Engineering *
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 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 *
ECON 1011	Management of Industrial Relations *	Successful completion of 54 units
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
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 *
COMP 1044	Programming Fundamentals *	COMP 1043
BUSS 2082	Project Management: Principles and Strategies *
BEHL 1030	Psychology 1A *
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 3097	Strategic Management *	72 units
CIVE 2016	Structures 2	CIVE 1007
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
INFT 2065	Web Development *	INFT 1022 + COMP 1044
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
HLTH 2042	Aboriginal Public Health Practice and Research	HLTH 2034
ACCT 1011	Accounting for Business
BUIL 3022	Advanced Contract Administration	BUIL 3024 + BUIL 2029
WELF 2021	Ageing and Disability Friendly Environments
HLTH 3067	Applications in Nutrition and Exercise
BANK 3015	Applied Financial Planning	BANK 2011
COMM 2089	Broadcast Journalism	COMM 1074
CIVE 2013	Building Services
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
CIVE 1005	Construction 1
BUIL 1025	Construction Communication
BUIL 2027	Construction Cost Planning	BUIL 1028
HUMS 1059	Contemporary Aboriginal Issues *
BUIL 3024	Contract Administration	BUIL 2029
BEHL 1026	Counselling Concepts
JUST 3005	Crime Prevention
LAWS 1022	Criminal Law and Procedure	LAWS 1023
LAWS 2036	Criminology and Public Policy
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 *
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 3076	Industry and Practice *	Completion of 72 units
COMM 3077	Integrated Communication Planning *	Completion of 72 units
LANG 1064	Intercultural Communication *
BUSS 3107	International Business Environments	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
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
BANK 1010	Personal Finance
ECON 1010	Principles of Economics
COMP 1043	Problem Solving and Programming *
COMM 1075	Professional and Technical Communication *
BEHL 1031	Psychology 1B *
BEHL 1027	Psychology Concepts *
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
SOCU 2020	Sociology of Crime and Deviance*
BUSS 3098	Strategic Financial Analysis	BANK 2010 + ACCT 1012 + 72 units
CIVE 1007	Structures 1
COMM 2088	Writing for Digital Media *

Postgraduate Elective Options

The following courses are only available to UniSA Online students who are enrolled into an Honours degree. Some may be available for Single Course Enrolments; these courses are marked with an asterisk (*).

Study Period 1

Course code	Course title	Pre-requisite(s)
BUIL 4030	Development Regulation *
BUSS 5447	Ethics and Professionalism *
COML 5018	Financial Advice Regulatory and Legal Obligations *
BANK 5048	Introduction to Financial Planning G *

Study Period 3

Course code	Course title	Pre-requisite(s)
CIVE 4045	Advanced Building Surveying
BUIL 4033	Advanced Construction Management
BANK 5053	Behavioural Finance Client and Consumer Behaviour *
BANK 5049	Investment Management *
ENGG 4016	Research Theory and Practice
BANK 5051	Superannuation G *

Study Period 4

Course code	Course title	Pre-requisite(s)
CIVE 4046	Asset Management and Building Pathology *
BANK 5047	Estate Planning G *
BANK 5447	Ethics and Professionalism *
COML 5018	Financial Advice Regulatory and Legal Obligations *
BANK 5048	Introduction to Financial Planning G *
BANK 5050	Risk Management and Insurance G

Study Period 6

Course code	Course title	Pre-requisite(s)
BANK 5046	Applied Financial Planning G *	BANK 5048
BANK 5053	Behavioural Finance Client and Consumer Behaviour *
BANK 5049	Investment Management *
BUIL 4036	Quantity Surveying Practice 2	BUIL 1028
ACCT 5031	Taxation *	COML 5018

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