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SMAH Subject Outlines
Subject Outlines
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- School of Nursing
- School of Medical, Indigenous and Health Sciences
- Science, Medicine and Health
- School of Earth, Atmospheric and Life Sciences
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Bioscience
- Graduate School of Medicine
2024 Autumn subject outlines - School of Nursing
- HONS430/431 Bachelor of Nursing Honours
- SMAH915 Clinical Governance
- SMAH916 Health Care Systems
- SMAH917 Leading Change In Healthcare
- SMAH918 Emotional Intelligence for Leaders
- SNPG902 Effective Management in Health
- SNPG905 Minor Project
- SNPG915 Essential Skills for Health Researchers
- SNPG916 Applied Analysis in Health Research
- SNPG919 Interdisciplinary Qualitative Research Methods
- SNPG925 Effective Leadership in Health
- SNPG927 Promoting Clinical Excellence
- SNPG945 Community Development Nursing Theory and Practice
- SNPG955 Dementia Care Across Settings
- SNPG956 Policy and Practice in the Care of Older People
- SNPG960 Facilitation and Education Skills for Practice Development
- SNPG962 Clinical judgement and reasoning
- SNPG998 Major Project
- SNPG999 Mental Health in Older People
- SNUG101 Fundamentals of Nursing 1
- SNUG102 Nursing as a Profession
- SNUG107 Primary Health Care
- SNUG111 Bioscience for Nurses 1
- SNUG201 Acute Care Nursing
- SNUG202 Evidence Based Practice
- SNUG203 Pathophysiology and Pharmacology for Nurse
- SNUG204 Workplace Experience 3
- SNUG301 Managing Deterioration
- SNUG302 Leadership in Nursing
- SNUG303 Clinical Excellence
- SNUG304 Workplace experience 5
2024 Spring subject outlines - School of Nursing
- SMAH915 Clinical Governance
- SMAH916 Health Care Systems
- SMAH917 Leading Change In Healthcare
- SMAH918 Emotional Intelligence for Leaders
- SMAH919 Health, Law and Ethics
- SNPG905 Minor Project
- SNPG915 Essential Skills for Health Researchers
- SNPG918 Critical Appraisal
- SNPG923 Legal and Professional Issues
- SNPG925 Effective Leadership in Health
- SNPG939 Psychoactive Substance and Mental Health
- SNPG950 Reflection For Practice
- SNPG957 Rehabilitation Concepts and Practice
- SNPG958 Advancements in Dementia Care
- SNUG102 Nursing as a Profession
- SNUG106 Nursing Care of the Older Person
- SNUG112 Fundamentals of Nursing 2
- SNUG113 Bioscience for Nurses 2
- SNUG192 Professional Experience Placement 1
- SNUG205 Continuing Care
- SNUG206 Mental Health-Psychiatric Nursing Care
- SNUG207 First Nations Health
- SNUG208 Workplace Experience 4
- SNUG305 Cancer Nursing
- SNUG306 Transition to Professional Practice
- SNUG307 Capstone
- SNUG308 Workplace Experience 6
- SNUG309 Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Practice
- SNUG310 Critical Care Nursing
- SNUG311 Paediatric Nursing
2024 Autumn subject outlines - School of Medical Indigenous and Health Sciences
- DIET454 ANNUAL Practical Studies in Nutrition and Dietetics
- DIET461 ANNUAL Dietetics Research Project
- DIET467 Dietetics Care 1
- DIET954 ANNUAL Practical Studies in Nutrition and Dietetics
- DIET959 ANNUAL Research Project in Nutrition and Dietetics
- DIET967 Dietetics Care 1
- EXSC200 Professional Practice
- EXSC330 Exercise Prescription
- EXSC402 Musculoskeletal Clinical Exercise Physiology
- EXSC403 Cardiorespiratory & Metabolic Clinical Exercise Physiology
- EXSC404 Clinical Exercise Physiology
- EXSC902 Musculoskeletal Clinical Exercise Physiology
- EXSC903 Cardiorespiratory & Metabolic Clinical Exercise Physiology
- EXSC904 Clinical Exercise Physiology
- HONS420/421 Bachelor of Medical and Health Sciences (Honours) (Dean’s Scholar)
- MEDI100 Human Structure and Function
- MEDI111 Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology I
- MEDI150 Fundamental Concepts in Food and Nutrition
- MEDI160 Scientific Literacy
- MEDI210 Histology
- MEDI211 Control Mechanisms Physiology
- MEDI222 Foundations of Biomechanics
- MEDI231 Measurement of diet and health promotion
- MEDI312 Fundamentals of Neuroscience
- MEDI322 Advanced Exercise Physiology and Metabolism
- MEDI332 Indigenous Research Methodologies
- MEDI334 Indigenous Evaluation and Quality Improvement
- MEDI350 Annual Research Projects
- MEDI350 Research Projects
- MEDI363 Community and Public Health Nutrition
- MEDI381 Molecular Basis of Human Disease
- MEDI385 Allied Health Practice
- MEDI386 Principles of Health Research
- MEDI405 Annual Preliminary Research Project
- MEDI405 Preliminary Research Project
- MEDI906 Research Projects
- MEDI907 Practicum
- MEDI908 Special Topics
- MEDI932 Indigenous Research Methodologies
- MEDI933 Annual Minor Project in Indigenous
- MEDI934 Indigenous Evaluation and Quality Improvement
- MEDI945 Major Project in Indigenous Health
- MEDI963 Community and Public Health Nutrition
- MEDI985 Allied Health Practice
- MEDI986 Principles of Health Research
- SMAH910 Global Perspectives in Science
2024 Spring subject outlines - School of Medical Indigenous and Health Sciences
- DIET454 ANNUAL Practical Studies in Nutrition and Dietetics
- DIET466 Food Service Dietetics
- DIET468 Dietetics Care 2
- DIET966 Food Service Dietetics
- DIET968 Dietetics Care 2
- EXSC221 Exercise Physiology - Accredited Programs
- EXSC370 Clinical Biomechanics in Exercise Science & Rehabilitation
- EXSC423 Clinical Practicum
- EXSC424 Advanced Workplace Injury Management for Exercise Physiologists
- EXSC990 Clinical Practicum
- EXSC991 Advanced Workplace Injury Management for Exercise Physiologist
- HONS420_421_MIHS_SPRING 2024_FINAL
- MEDI112 Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology II
- MEDI113 Physiology of Sport, Exercise and Physical Activities
- MEDI128 Reasoning in Medical Ethics and Physical Sciences
- MEDI151 Healthy Ageing
- MEDI212 Introduction to Pathophysiology
- MEDI214 Sport and Exercise Nutrition
- MEDI220 Musculoskeletal Functional Anatomy
- MEDI221 Exercise Physiology
- MEDI251 Nutritional Epidemiology
- MEDI258 Human Neuromechanics
- MEDI304 Research Methods and Analysis
- MEDI314 Regional Anatomy
- MEDI323 Cardiorespiratory Studies
- MEDI330 Sensorimotor Control of Movement
- MEDI350 Research Projects
- MEDI355 Nutrition and Food Innovation
- MEDI382 Nature and Nurture in Human Disease
- MEDI405 Preliminary Research Project
- MEDI839 ITRP June - Indigenous Trauma Care and Recovery Practice
- MEDI906 Research Projects
- MEDI907 Practicum
- MEDI908 Special Topics
- MEDI955 Nutrition and Food Innovation
- SMAH802 Perspectives in science A critical appraisal of conspiracy theories
- SMAH804 Critical thinking and innovation in Science
2024 Autumn subject outlines - Science Medicine and Health
2024 Spring subject outlines - Science Medicine and Health
2024 Autumn subject outlines - School of Earth and Life Sciences
- ARCH202 World Archaeology
- ARCH302 Digging Down Under Archaeology of Australasia
- ARCH303 Dung, Death and Decay Modern Scientific Methods in Archaeology
- BIOL104 Evolution, Biodiversity and Environment
- BIOL240 Biodiversity of Marine and Freshwater Organisms
- BIOL251 Principles of Ecology
- BIOL361 Conservation Biology
- BIOL362 Ecophysiology
- BIOL851 Principles of Ecology
- BIOL970 Advances in Conservation Biology
- EESC101 Planet Earth
- EESC203 Biogeography and Environmental Change
- EESC321 Plate Tectonics, Macrotopography and Earth History
- EESC323 River Processes
- EESC328 Dung, Death and Decay Modern Methods in Geosciences and Archaeology
- EESC961 Advanced Perspective in Plate Tectonics
- EESC963 Advanced River Processes
- EESC965 Advanced Perspectives in Sedimentology
- GEOS215 Sedimentology, Stratigraphy and Palaeoenvironments
- GEOS309 Igneous-metamorphic geology methods and processes
- GEOS809 Igneous-metamorphic geology methods and processes
- HONS410_411 Bachelor of Science Honours (SEALS)
- MARE200 Introduction to Oceanography
- SCII101 Global Challenges in Science
- SCII205 Introductory Geospatial Analysis
- SCII310 Remote Sensing
- SCII910 Advanced Remote Sensing
- SCIP213 Annual Earth, Atmospheric and Life Science Preliminary Project
- SCIP213 Earth, Atmospheric and Life Sciences Project
- SCIP310 Advanced Earth, Atmospheric and Life Sciences Project
- SCIP410 Preliminary Research Project - SEALS
- SCIP912 Major Research Project - Earth, Atmospheric and Life Sciences
- SMAH801 Fundamentals of Science Communication
- SMAH803 Fundamentals of Science Data, IT and Emerging Technologies
2024 Spring subject outlines - School of Earth and Life Sciences
- ARCH102 Big Questions in Archaeology
- ARCH301 Archaeology in Action Understanding the Archaeological record
- ARCH901 Archaeology in Action Understanding the Archaeological record
- BIOL241 Biodiversity of Terrestrial Organisms
- BIOL252 Evolution and Behaviour
- BIOL365 Marine and Terrestrial Ecology
- BIOL852 Evolution and Behaviour
- BIOL971 Advanced Topics in Marine and Terrestrial Ecology
- EESC102 Earth's Interconnected Spheres
- EESC202 Shaping Earth's Surface
- EESC207 Advanced Geospatial Analysis
- EESC252 Engineering and Environmental Geology
- EESC322 Coastal Environments Process and Managementy
- EESC326 Resources and Environments
- EESC962 Coasts Landforms, Processes, Policy and Management
- EESC966 Critical Minerals and Energy Resources
- GEOS852 Applied Geology
- HONS410_411_SEALS_SPRING 2024 FINAL
- MARE360 Fisheries and Aquaculture
- MARE973 Advanced Topics in Fisheries and Aquaculture
- SCII213 Climate Change and Natural Hazards Risks and Impacts
- SCII399 Project Management in Earth, Atmospheric and Life Sciences
- SCII913 Climate Change Vulnerabilities and Risk
- SCIP213 Earth, Atmospheric and Life Sciences Preliminary Project
- SCIP310 Advanced Earth, Atmospheric and Life Sciences Project
- SCIP912 Major Research Project - Earth, Atmospheric and Life Sciences
- SCIP913 Research Project (SEALS)
2024 Autumn subject outlines - School of Chemistry and Molecular Bioscience
- BIOL213 Principles of Biochemistry
- BIOL340 Cell and Molecular Biology
- BIOL343 Techniques in Biotechnology and Medical Research
- BIOL813 Principles of Biochemistry
- BIOL980 Biotechnology
- BIOL981 Molecular Cell Biology
- CHEM101 Chemistry IA Introductory Physical and General Chemistry
- CHEM103 Chemistry For Engineering
- CHEM104 Foundation Chemistry Properties of Matter
- CHEM212 Organic Chemistry II
- CHEM215 Food Chemistry
- CHEM241 Physical and Inorganic Chemistry
- CHEM324 Chemical Analysis and Inference
- CHEM337 Environmental and Atmospheric Chemistry
- CHEM358 Pharmacology
- CHEM374 Molecular Spectroscopy and Structure Elucidation
- CHEM812 Contemporary Organic Chemistry
- CHEM944 Advanced Topics in Medicinal Chemistr
- CHEM964 Elucidating Molecular Structure
- CHEM994 Environmental Chemistry and Climate Change
- HONS400/401 Honours in Chemistry & Molecular Bioscience
- SCIP200 Chemistry and Molecular Bioscience Studies
- SCIP201 Annual Chemistry and Molecular Bioscience Research Internship
- SCIP201 Chemistry and Molecular Bioscience Research Internship
- SCIP300 Advanced Chemistry and Molecular Bioscience
- SCIP902 Major Research Project Chemistry and Molecular Bioscience
- SCIP903 Research Project (SCMB)
- SCIP904 Literature Review Project (SCMB)
2024 Spring subject outlines - School of Chemistry Molecular and Bioscience
- BIOL103 Molecules, Cells and Organisms
- BIOL105 Functional Biology of Animals and Plants
- BIOL214 The Biochemistry of Energy and Metabolism
- BIOL215 Introductory Genetics
- BIOL341 Immunity and Infection
- BIOL342 Biomedical Research Skills and Techniques
- BIOL815 Introductory Genetics
- BIOL982 Infection and Immunity
- BIOL984 Applied Bioinformatics
- CHEM102 Chemistry 1B Structure and Reactivity of Molecules for Life
- CHEM105 Foundation Chemistry Reactions and Structures
- CHEM200 Living in a Molecular World
- CHEM214 Analytical and Environmental Chemistry
- CHEM325 Bioinformatics Genome, Genes and Biomolecules
- CHEM333 Drug Discovery and Medicinal Chemistry
- CHEM360 Organic Synthesis III
- CHEM370 Modern Inorganic and Bio-inorganic Chemistry
- CHEM814 Contemporary Analytical Chemistry
- CHEM930 Concepts in Medicinal Chemistry
- CHEM993 Advanced Organic Synthesis and Reactivity
- SCIP200 Chemistry and Molecular Bioscience Studies
- SCIP201 Chemistry and Molecular Bioscience Research Internship
- SCIP300 Advanced Chemistry and Molecular Bioscience Project
- SCIP902 Major Research Project Chemistry and Molecular Bioscience
- SCIP903 Research Project (SCMB)
- SCIP904 Literature Review Project (SCMB)