This unit will appraise the effectiveness of Australian overseas aid and development policies, and form a picture of key development agencies. It will unpack the motivations behind international aid, and engage in historical and philosophical analyses of the ongoing debates in this field. This unit is for students to understand the policies, intentions, support frameworks, capabilities and capacity of Australian and international aid agencies.

Students of this unit will explore the process of developing Australian government policy. The unit will query the role of the public service and shine a light on dilemmas that can arise through historical lessons. Study will draw on local examples that illustrate the complexity of the policy-making process. This unit is for students of all disciplines to increase awareness of national-level policy making and consequences.

This unit explores the human-machine relationship, advancing understanding of how technological innovation impacts society’s complex infrastructures and human behaviour. This unit explores the design of robotics and artificial intelligence systems that positively support our sociotechnical environment. This unit is for students from all disciplines to establish an understanding of robotics and its possible application across society.

This unit should provide 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. This unit is for students from all disciplines to establish skills or understanding of 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.

The aim of this unit is to understand the potential of VR and AR, cover the fundamentals of VR and AR technologies, and teach you how to employ VR and AR. This unit is for students from all disciplines to work with real-world industry case studies, develop business strategies based on VR and AR technologies.

This unit teaches the fundamentals of antenna and propagation and shows the application in practical examples. The course covers the theory of radiation, fundamental antenna parameters and concepts, wire antennas, antenna arrays, communication and propagation effects. This unit is for students seeking to specialise in communication & radar systems and propagation effects.

This unit teaches an overview of meteorology. Students will study the atmosphere, including temperature, pressure, density, humidity and circulation. Students will investigate different meteorology phenomena, which includes clouds and precipitation, thunderstorms and tornadoes, air masses and fronts, and cyclones. This unit is for students seeking to develop specialist skill in meteorology, particularly in air traffic management or aviation-related functions.

This unit provides the foundation knowledge of biology as a strong grounding for a range of science-related or more specialised post-graduate study. This unit is for students from all disciplines to understand fundamentals of biology in the global environment.

This unit encompasses human behaviour at the individual, project and organisational level, with particular focus on the requirements of project teams. This unit is for students from all disciplines to develop foundation skills and knowledge in human resource and project management.

This unit explores issues related to organisational structural form, human behaviour and the management of people in organisations. It allows students to examine different perspectives on managing people and designing organisations, and to understand the determinants of interpersonal and team interactions in organisational environments. This unit is for students from all disciplines to develop their understanding and management of human behaviour within organisations.