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| Subject Area | Catalogue Number | Long Title | Units | Description |
| ECOL | 7001 | Advanced Rangeland Ecology | 2 | Characteristics and classification of rangelands; ecological concepts and principles applicable to rangelands; models used in understanding ecological processes in rangelands; ecological function and dysfunction in rangelands; ecological assessment of ran |
| ECOL | 3801 | Rainforest Ecology Field Studies | 1 | Four-day excursion in the mid-semester recess to rainforest areas of south-eastern Queensland. Rainforest vegetation, gap dynamics, the habitats, behaviour & ecology of rainforest animals, particularly vertebrates & forest floor invertebrates. Additional |
| ECOL | 3802 | Outback Ecology Field Studies | 1 | Field course: 5 days camping at Idalia National Park in Western Queensland, studying ecology of arid zone. |
| ECON | 2420 | The Macroeconomy & Business Conditions | 2 | Provides an understanding of how macroeconomic factors, particularly of an international character, and domestic macroeconomic policies affect business conditions faced by large and small firms. Macroeconomic forecasting models are introduced, their anal |
| ECON | 6600 | Economic History | 2 | Advanced study of core questions in economic history. Subject matter is designed to deepen a student's understanding of economic change and of economic theory by bringing theory to the analysis of economic experience in a variety of institutional & social |
| ECON | 7003 | Economics for Managers | 2 | Introduces professional accounting & management students to both microeconomics & macroeconomics; highlights practical applicability of economics to analysis of contemporary problems; market trends & government policies. |
| ECON | 6920 | Honours Thesis (Arts) | 8 | Techniques for researching thesis topics and writing of thesis proposal; presentation of paper and submission of thesis. |
| EDUC | 8205 | Advanced Research Methods | 2 | Advanced modules on research design and implemenation for educational psychology covering both quantitative and qualitative procedures. Also develops skills analysing research data and interpreting published research. Draws on faculty resources to support |
| EDUC | 6000 | Studies in University Teaching | 8 | Introduction to the major educational models in the central educational fields. It is intended to respond to the practice concerns of the students, and to introduce the major conceptual issues, research directions, and innovative strategies now associated |
| EDUC | 7013 | From Library to Cybrary: Education for the Information Age | 2 | This course provides teachers with theoretical and practical applications that will enable them to be competent knowledge navigators, and information consumers and producers in emergent digitised environments of classrooms and cybraries. |
| EDUC | 7015 | Teaching for Literacy and Multiliteracies | 2 | Students in this course will identify and develop an understanding of the key issues related to the teaching of literacy, mulitnumeracies, and numeracy in Australian classrooms. The students will explore the implications of these issues for practice and p |
| EDUC | 8902 | Doctoral Dissertation | 16 | Through this course students will demonstrate the ability to consider the special relevance of research that employs empirical methods to evaluate, examine, identify, and address issues directly relevant to educational psychology practice. The dissertation |
| EDUC | 6007 | Studio Project D | 2 | Students work in teams to develop a school or classroom instructional resource. Addresses topics including: software applications, technical aspects of CPU; using the Internet; instructional design for online learning; Web authoring; information technology |
| EDUC | 8901 | Doctoral Dissertation | 16 | Through this course students will demonstrate the ability to consider the special relevance of research that employs empirical methods to evaluate, examine, identify, and address issues directly relevant to educational psychology practice. The dissertation |
| EDUC | 8206 | Advanced Educational Psychology | 4 | This course will develop student's professional skills to an advanced level. There will be some opportunity for students to determine topic areas. Topics will include supervision, working with individuals from different cultural backgrounds, mental health |
| EDUC | 7103 | Reframing Careers in Educational Leadership | 2 | The world of work is changing, as is our relationship to paid work. The concept of career in the postmodern world is scrutinised. This course focuses on the individual student, their leadership and the executive competency of managing self. |
| EDUC | 7012 | Practicum in Guidance & Counselling | 2 | Provides students who are training to become professional counsellors with the opportunity to synthesize & integrate the knowledge & skills gained in prior & concurrent learning experiences & apply them in practical settings. This subject acts as a vehicle |
| EDUC | 7910 | Project: Master of Educational Studies | 4 | Elective project for students enrolled in Master of Educational Studies program. |
| EDUC | 7912 | Project: Master of Educational Studies | 4 | Elective project for students enrolled in Master of Educational Studies program. |
| EDUC | 7920 | Extended Project: Master of Educational Studies | 8 | Extended project for students enrolled in a Master of Educational Studies program. |
| EDUC | 7922 | Extended Project: Master of Educational Studies | 8 | Extended project for students enrolled in a Master of Educational Studies program. |
| EDUC | 7930 | Project: Master of Educational Administration | 4 | Elective project for students enrolled in Master of Educational Administration program. |
| EDUC | 7931 | Project: Master of Educational Administration | 4 | Elective project for students enrolled in Master of Educational Administration program. |
| EDUC | 7932 | Project: Master of Educational Administration | 4 | Elective project for students enrolled in Master of Educational Administration program. |
| EDUC | 7940 | Extended Project: Master of Educational Administration | 8 | Extended project for students enrolled in a Master of Educational Administration program. |
| EDUC | 7017 | Productive Pedagogies, Productive Schools | 2 | This course introduces the research literatures on pedagogies which make a difference for students, in terms of learning and opportunities. This course also canvasses the research literatures on schools as learning communities as a way to create productive |
| EDUC | 7021 | New Basics and Curriculum Reform | 2 | An introduction to current curriculum theory, development and implementation issues in Queensland education, with a specific focus on futures orientated educational models and reform agendas. Topics include: current & emergent approaches to curriculum the |
| EDUC | 7101 | Meeting the Challenges of Educational Change | 2 | Cultural analysis of organisations taking into consideration community involvement, diversity, equity and inclusiveness, with a focus on discontinuous change in educational institutions. Using the concept of the learning organisation as a model for organi |
| EDUC | 7942 | Extended Project: Master of Educational Administration | 8 | Extended project for students enrolled in a Master of Educational Administration program. |
| EDUC | 6012 | International Studies in Education | 2 | Implications of social, political and economic globalisation for educational policy and practice. Consideration of local and national consequences for curriculum, pedagogy and assessment resulting from international pressures towards standardisation, comp |
| EDUC | 7028 | Navagating Numeracies: Pathways, Patterns & Priorities | 2 | The course draws on national and international studies of effective practice to address implications of current policies for numeracy education. Multiple numeracies are investigated in terms of strategy(competence, applications, critical reasoning);perspe |
| EDUC | 6013 | Introduction to Research Methods in Education | 2 | Overview of research methods in education followed by opportunity to develop specialised knowledge and skills in elective modules. Provides background for interpreting educational research and for conducting educational research projects. Provides foundation |
| EDUC | 6005 | Studio Project B | 2 | Students work in teams to develop a school or classroom instructional resource. Addresses topics including: software applications, technical aspects of CPU; using the Internet; instructional design for online learning; Web authoring; information technology |
| EDUC | 6004 | Studio Project A | 2 | Project based course addressing topics including: software applications; technical aspects of CPU; using the Internet; instructional design for online learning; web authoring; information technologies and social change; social practices; multimedia; vide |
| EDUC | 3000 | Introducing Educational Policy | 2 | This course will provide an introduction to the educational policy literature, including definitions, debates and approaches to educational policy analysis. The course will also provide an outline and analysis of recent Australian & global educational pol |
| EDUC | 7950 | Dissertation | 8 | Students plan, carry out & report on empirical research study. |
| EDUC | 6006 | Studio Project C | 2 | Students work in teams to develop a school or classroom instructional resource. Addresses topics including: software applications, technical aspects of CPU; using the Internet; instructional design for online learning; Web authoring; information technology |
| EDUC | 7952 | Dissertation | 8 | Students plan, carry out & report on empirical research study. |
| ELEC | 4801 | Thesis Project | 4 | Thesis on subject selected or approved by Head of Department. Detailed statements on requirements supplied. Students commencing thesis in Semester 1 enrol in ELEC4801; students commencing in Semester 2 enrol in ELEC4802. |
| ELEC | 3000 | Special Topics in Electrical Engineering 3A | 2 | Specialist lectures/projects on topical issues in electrical engineering to be given by visiting lecturers or staff members nominated by the Head of Department. For details, consult Head of Department. |
| ELEC | 4001 | Special Topics in Electrical Engineering 4A | 2 | Specialist lectures/projects on topical issues in electrical engineering to be given by visiting lecturers or staff members nominated by the Head of Department. For details, consult Head of Department. |
| ELEC | 3800 | Team Project II | 2 | Small teams of students undertake design, implementation, testing, evaluation & presentation of specific project of substantial size & complexity. Written & oral presentations are assessed. |
| ELEC | 3001 | Special Topics in Electrical Engineering 3B | 2 | Specialist lectures/projects on topical issues in electrical engineering to be given by visiting lecturers or staff members nominated by the Head of Department. For details, consult Head of Department. |
| ELEC | 4802 | Thesis Project | 4 | Thesis on subject selected or approved by Head of Department. Detailed statements on requirements supplied. Students commencing thesis in Semester 1 enrol in ELEC4801; students commencing in Semester 2 enrol in ELEC4802. |
| ELEC | 7801 | Electrical Engineering Postgraduate Project | 8 | Research project on a topic in electrical engineering approved by the Head of Department. |
| ELEC | 7802 | Electrical Engineering Postgraduate Project | 8 | Research project on a topic in electrical engineering approved by the Head of Department. |
| ELEC | 4000 | Special Topics in Electrical Engineering 4A | 2 | Specialist lectures/projects on topical issues in electrical engineering to be given by visiting lecturers or staff members nominated by the Head of Department. For details, consult Head of Department. |
| ENTM | 6002 | Urban Entomology | 2 | Urban arthropod pests & their ecology. Detection of pests, estimates of pest damage & pest control. Pesticide regulations; application & safety. Pests of garden, garbage, restaurant & hospital. (Also offered through Open Learning Australia as BIO21). |
| ENTM | 6039 | Insect Science & Agriculture | 2 | Students will become familiar with the major groups of insects, their biology and life histories. The reasons for the success of insects as a group of animals is explained in terms of their external and internal anatomy, physiology, behaviour, metamorphosis |
| ENTM | 6041 | Applied Insect Ecology | 2 | Procedures in pest management, biology, ecology & control of major insect & mite pests. Polyphagus pests & biological control. |
| ENTM | 6044 | Insect Morphology | 2 | Comparative morphology of insects. Groundplan anatomy to illustrate taxonomic & phylogenetic variation. |
| ENTM | 7000 | Major Research Project & Seminars | 8 | |
| ENTM | 3002 | Applied Insect Ecology | 2 | Ecological basis of management of insect and mite pests, historical origins and basis for IPM paradigm, approaches to research and control procedures in pest management, basic biology and ecology of major insect and mite pests and their control. Emphasis |
| ENTM | 3001 | Identification & Diversity of Insects | 2 | This course addresses the magnitude of insect diversity and the identification of insects to family level. A detailed comparison of the characteristics of insects, including morphology, ecology and biology is included, as well as the broad features of in |
| ENTM | 6092 | Entomology IVH | 16 | Honours Program. Students must consult Head of Department to discuss program prior to submitting enrolment. Potential candidates must obtain a GPA of 5 over all level three entomology courses taken & should normally have taken & passed all entomology cor |
| ENTM | 7001 | Minor Research Project & Seminar | 4 | |
| ENTM | 7002 | Major Research Projects & Seminars | 8 | Research project & attendance at research seminars in a field designated by the course coordinator. |
| ENTM | 6001 | Insect Biodiversity Assessment | 1 | Role of insects & arachnids as major determinants of biodiversity of terrestrial & freshwater ecosystems; their importance in bioinventories, conservation biology & global change. Includes field trip. |
| ENTM | 7003 | Major Research Projects & Seminars | 8 | Research project & attendance at research seminars in a field designated by the course coordinator. |
| ENVM | 7017 | Extension & Interpretation | 2 | Extension/interpretation theories, methods & skills that can be used to bring about change within groups & communities. Introduction of knowledge & skills required to be an effective interpretation/extension officer, both in private & public sectors. |
| ENVM | 7507 | Public Sector Management & Conservation Planning | 2 | Structure & function of government & public sector with reference to environmental management. Principles of administration & planning. Approaches to ensuring equity, accountability, efficiency & effectiveness in public sector management. Environmental pl |
| ENVM | 7508 | Tourism Demand & Product Development | 2 | Process of innovation & customer driven new product development with emphasis on environmental tourism sector. Development of new products for an ecotourism industry case study. |
| ENVM | 7509 | Current Issues in Natural Resource Management | 2 | Lecture, seminar and tutorial based subject addressing current issues in natural resource management. Topics will include current issues in management of wildlife, landscapes, related social issues and environmental policy development. |
| ENVM | 7506 | Public Land Management | 2 | Management of public lands to meet objectives with emphasis on conservation & management of natural resources; management models applied to public lands in response to changing environmental & societal pressures; policy objectives & methods relating to ma |
| ENVM | 7511 | Natural Resource Management | 2 | Systems perspective of natural resource management problems; integration of ecological, economic, & institutional dimensions; application to management & policy issues at regional, national & global levels; particular reference to rural resource management |
| ENVM | 7513 | Environment & Community | 2 | Sustainability of natural & rural communities in landscape & interaction of primary production, mining, urban & nature conservation systems. |
| ENVM | 7514 | Marine & Coastal Environmental Protection | 2 | Introduction to international & Australian approaches to conserving biodiversity values, ecological processes, products, goods & services in coastal zones. Emphasis placed on planning & management of marine & coastal protected areas in a regional context. |
| ENVM | 7505 | International & National Conservation Policy | 2 | Overview of policy development process as it is applied to conservation & environmental management. Conservation policy in both international & national context. |
| ENVM | 7504 | Ecotourism | 2 | Trends towards environmental tourism & ways the tourist industry can respond to environmental issues & develop sustainable 'best practice'. Approaches to integrating environmental attractions & management with tourism operations. |
| ENVM | 7515 | Natural Area Administration | 2 | Public administration practice with particular reference to agencies managing natural &/or recreation areas. Processes of administration (planning, implementing & evaluating), administrative operations (resourcing & managing) & special requirements of adm |
| ENVM | 7503 | Cultural Heritage Management (Landscapes) | 2 | Concepts of cultural heritage sites & landscapes and their management. Cultural landscapes planning rather than sites-based focus. Aboriginal approaches to land & sea management. European heritage planning. Planning for cultural heritage projects. Case studies |
| ENVM | 7501 | Microtourism Planning | 2 | Issues in tourism development planning. Principles of ecological & economic sustainability, business best practice & the aim of bringing positive benefits to host communities as well as investors & clients. |
| ENVM | 7502 | Contemporary Protected Area Management | 2 | Ecosystems as planning & management focus for understanding interaction of cultural, social, economic & ecological factors in management of protected areas. Protected area planning including integrated conservation and community development. Interaction be |
| ENVM | 7141 | Mining Environmental Regulation & Legislation | 2 | Regulatory framework & legal issues affecting the exploration, production & processing activities undertaken by the minerals & mining industries; introduction to the legal system; national & international environmental policies; pollution control & natural |
| ENVM | 3202 | Coral Reef Processes & Management | 2 | Field-based course including seven-day field excursion to Heron Island in September mid-semester break. Investigation of geomorphic & ecological processes, remote sensing applications, management & planning on coral reef/cay systems. Additional fee payable |
| ENVM | 3201 | Catchment Processes & Management | 2 | Biophysical & socioeconomic influences on spatial & temporal patterns of land use; key concepts in hydrologic, geomorphic & ecological processes as they impact on catchment management. Legislation, regulation & community participation; comparative analysis |
| ENVM | 2514 | Forest Operations | 2 | An introduction to the operational management of native and plantation forests |
| ERTH | 3104 | Global Tectonics & Crustal Evolution | 2 | Plate tectonics & plume tectonics; tectonics associated with zones/boundaries of extension, contraction & shearing; mountain-building processes & mountain belts; mantle conversion & its consequences on the formation & evolution of Earth's lithosphere & cr |
| ERTH | 3040 | Quantitative Geology | 2 | Quantitative analysis & geological interpretations. Modelling of geological data & prediction of geoprocesses. Quantitative integration of diverse geological data. Applications in multiple geological subfields including geochemistry, geophysics, hard & |
| ERTH | 3101 | Isotope Geochemistry | 2 | Principles of radiogenic & stable isotope geochemistry; isotopic compositions of earth systems; geochronology; modelling earth processes & interactions between mantle, lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere & biosphere; paleoclimatic records; environmental |
| ERTH | 3102 | Applied Stratigraphy & Palaeontology | 2 | Principles & practical applications of stratigraphy & palaeobiology (in a biostratigraphic context); sequence stratigraphy; magnetostratigraphy; chemostratigraphy; cyclostratigraphy. Practical project emphasing importance in hydrocarbon exploration. Offe |
| ERTH | 3103 | Sedimentary Environments & Facies Models | 2 | Principles of facies analysis, techniques in sedimentary geology, facies models, sedimentary environments & facies for major dispositional systems. Introduction to applied sedimentology & to basin analysis. Offered in odd numbered years only. |
| ERTH | 3130 | Geochemistry of Surficial Environments | 2 | Field, experimental & theoretical geochemical study of weathering processes, paleoclimates, landforms & chemical composition of weathering crust. Emphasis on interactions between lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, & biosphere in surficial environments |
| ERTH | 3190 | Advanced Solid Earth Geophysics & Geodynamics | 2 | Advanced treatment of solid earth geophysics & quantitative & theoretical methods. Seismology, seismic waves & sources. Inverse theory, tomography & physical structure of the earth. Earthquake physics & phenomena. Geodynamics & mantle convection. Adv |
| ERTH | 3110 | Marine Geology & Oceanography | 2 | Evolution, geomorphology, volcanology, structure, stratigraphy & geophysical properties of ocean basins; hydrosphere-lithosphere-atmosphere interactions, chemical evolution of marine waters, palaeoceanography; palaeoclimate record in ocean sediment; seale |