Study Abroad | Perth
Fall 2023: Academics

Course Code: FSN 100

Instruction Language: English

This unit will introduce students to the journey of food from the paddock to the plate. It will investigate how food is grown, modified, stored and prepared to ensure the enjoyment of food that is safe while ensuring that nutritional requirements are met. The unit will also address how food is prepared to meet the requirements of different areas of human endeavor and the influence of food trends and cultural norms.

Course Code: AIS 206

Instruction Language: English

Explores the intersections between sustainability, indigenous community aspirations and cultural-natural resources, and our collective responsibility to better understand and manage Australian landscapes and communities.

Course Code: AIS 180

Instruction Language: English

This course introduces students to the study of traditional and contemporary expressions of Australian Indigenous people and their cultures. It includes topics such as Country, Indigenous cosmology, kinship, politics, music and art. It also focuses on the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people and therefore Aboriginality, identity, representation and history.

Course Code: ART 101

Instruction Language: English

Modern jobs need you to be skilled in working with people, whether in the commercial world, employed by government, doing things with community groups or taking care of the future of the globe. This unit gives you a chance to combine learning how to do well at university with the art of moving in and out of new communities and different workplaces. It asks people to look at different knowledge traditions (including Noongar) both on and off campus.

Course Code: ART 102

Instruction Language: English

What might the future bring? How does it relate to the past? How might it be different from the present? Arts disciplines form the primary means by which humans ask questions of and understand their worlds. This unit explores how contending visions of the future shape the world we live in today and how our own visions might shape our world tomorrow. By examining such visions, you will develop your capacity for critical thinking, coherent writing, and sharing your ideas with others.

Course Code: CHE 103

Instruction Language: English

The scientific disciplines that may be applied to solving crime are introduced and explored using case studies and examples. Forensic science professionals present guest lectures to provide students with a “real world” perspective. Participation in online discussion groups is utilized to provide students with opportunities for active and cooperative learning.

Course Code: CMS 304

Instruction Language: English

Provides students with interdisciplinary perspectives on globalization by addressing key socio-economic-cultural issues as identified by the United Nations including human trafficking, HIV/AIDS in developing and developed countries, the economic effects of transnational corporations, which foreground the connections between gender and cultural politics. Importantly, it provides an opportunity for students to broaden their understanding of these issues and communicate their own responses.

Course Code: CRM 100

Instruction Language: English

Provides an overview and introduction to the study of criminology from a multi-disciplinary perspective including the history of punishment, current solutions to crime and victim impact.

Course Code: POL 234

Instruction Language: English

Introduces the concepts of security, risk, terrorism and counterterrorism and examines how various agents in international society perceive and employ them. The unit also analyzes the relationships between terrorism and religion, the media, democracy and international law. It finally examines the way Australia has responded to terrorist threats since the attacks on the U.S. in September 2001.

Course Code: CRM 201

Instruction Language: English

Students will study the three broad theoretical perspectives in crime prevention (Policing, Situational, and Developmental) and then examine the difficulty faced by modern police forces in protecting the community.

Course Code: BEN 150

Instruction Language: English

Topics covered in this unit will include engineering design and systems thinking in the context of sustainability, climate change, ethics, robotics, instrumentation and control, social justice and engineers’ engagement with the community. The material will be delivered using historical episodes to illustrate concepts such as response to needs, learning from the mistakes of others, unintended consequences, and the relative merits of soft and hard path technologies. Case studies will be used to illustrate current practices by organisations that address the need to engage local communities in large scale engineering projects. Skills learnt include critical, logical and creative thinking, written and oral communication, computer programming and problem solving.

Course Code: EGL 235

Instruction Language: English

This unit uses postcolonial approaches to trace the development of Australian literature from its colonial beginnings to the present day. A wide variety of texts will be introduced — books, extracts from literary works or documents such as explorers’ notebooks, settlers’ letters and diaries. There will also be opportunities to study film versions of literary texts. The works selected will provide the basis for studying cultural change in Australia in terms of changing attitudes to Europe, Aboriginal history and national identity.

Course Code: EGL 240

Instruction Language: English

The course aim is to develop an ensemble of skilled theater practitioners whose learning processes result in the public performance of an original script for an audience of children. A range of workshop opportunities are offered through which to develop skills, whether as actors, designers, stage-managers, set-builders, musicians or lighting and sound technicians.

Course Code: BIO 103

Instruction Language: English

Students will develop specialist knowledge in marine biology and skills in the identification of marine organisms and the conduct of marine research. The main topics covered are: (i) the marine environment; (ii) the types and variety of marine organisms; and (iii) major ecological categories of marine organisms.

Course Code: BIO 180

Instruction Language: English

Students will develop specialist knowledge in marine biology and skills in the identification of marine organisms and the conduct of marine research. The main topics covered are: (i) the marine environment; (ii) the types and variety of marine organisms; and (iii) major ecological categories of marine organisms.

Course Code: ENV 278

Instruction Language: English

The importance of ecology for maintaining the natural environment on which nature-based tourism depends is overviewed. Planning frameworks for sustainable nature-based tourism, such as the Limits of Acceptable Change and the Tourism Optimization Management Model, are explored and applied. This exploration is linked to gaining an appreciation of the impacts of nature-based tourism and how these can be managed. This course will include field trips to Penguin Island and Shoalwater Marine Park.

Course Code: EXS 390

Instruction Language: English

esigned to provide study abroad students with practical field experience in the area of Exercise Science. The practical skills gained in EXS 390 are essential to increasing one’s understanding of the need for exercise programs in a healthy population. From this practical placement, students should begin to recognize the skills that are necessary to develop and implement exercise programs in healthy individuals. Additionally, students will be provided the opportunity to extend classroom theory to the field.

Course Code: EXS 124

Instruction Language: English

This unit has 2 main components; health and physical fitness assessment; and sports medicine. Topics covered include: definition and components of sports science and physical fitness; preactivity screening; resting and exercise vitals; body compositions; muscular fitness; medical terminology; neurological screening; joint assessment; preventing sports injuries; sports nutrition; drugs in sport; principles of injury management; common sporting illnesses and injuries; common medical conditions affecting athletes; moving injured athletes; and sports taping.

Course Code: EXS 201

Instruction Language: English

Seeks to respond to a paradox of Western culture; the well-established benefits of regular exercise and the persistence of many to a sedentary lifestyle. This unit will introduce a key component of sport and exercise psychology: motivation. Students will learn how to apply key psychological principles to increase exercise participation and adherence. Additionally, students will explore motivation and performance in (elite) sport.

Course Code: CHI 100

Instruction Language: English

Nutrition is one of the major determinants of health and well-being in our society. This unit is for those who are interested in improving their knowledge of food, nutrition and health. Students will gain a broad understanding of nutrition science including applicable skills such as analyzing what they eat and planning a healthy diet. Topics will explore what we eat (food and diet), nutrients, energy balance, weight management and the scientific evaluation of nutrition messages and information in the media.

Course Code: BMS 101

Instruction Language: English

This course is designed to introduce students to the living human body, beginning with learning about cells and tissue types and then the functional and gross anatomy of each of the major body systems. This course will also deal with the concepts of ageing and death.

Course Code: VET 380

Instruction Language: English

Nutritional management is core to the maintenance of health, welfare, production and disease management in domestic animals. This unit will provide students with an opportunity to learn about the fundamentals of nutrients, animal feeds, nutritional biochemistry of vitamins and minerals, interactions between nutrients and feed components, ration formulation and evaluation, practical feeding strategies for livestock and companion animals and nutrition-responsive diseases of domestic animals. Also provides an introduction to toxicology of animals.

Course Code: SUS 203

Instruction Language: English

This unit is a critical introduction to sustainability that traces the concept’s evolution and explores the political economy of sustainability. To this end, a range of different approaches to sustainability are introduced and compared, and analysis will be made of their respective effectiveness in addressing global sustainability problems.

Course Code: PHO 124

Instruction Language: English

This unit is an introduction to the theory and practice of photography. The course will equip students to develop the conceptual and technical skills required to produce substantial photography projects. Students will develop a proposed area of project development at the beginning of the course to develop into a portfolio project by the end of semester. In addition students will be introduced to the history, the key theoretical debates, photographic movements and practitioners of photography.

Course Code: PRO 285

Instruction Language: English

Draws on recent scholarship and a socio-cultural approach to present alternative understandings to the functional and normative understandings of public relations, which historically have dominated the field. Rather than viewing public relations as an organizational or management function, this unit explores public relations as a cultural activity influenced by the social, political and cultural contexts and actively involved in the construction of meaning.

Course Code: POL 236

Instruction Language: English

The unit explores a range of American foreign policy actions and involvements from the Cold War to the post-Cold War era, including the Cuban missile crisis, arms control negotiations, alliance strategies, the “war on terror” and the U.S. relationship with global norms using the relationship between identity and security as a guiding theme.

Course Code: PSY 251

Instruction Language: English

The biological basis of rudimentary and complex issues such as stress, sleep, learning and memory. Neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. Neurotransmitters, chemistry and receptor type. Modern neuroscientific techniques. Functions of the frontal, parietal, temporal and occipital lobes. Practical work exploring a scientific topic in biological psychology.

Course Code: PSY 286

Instruction Language: English

This course examines the lifespan development from conception to death. The developmental theories are presented, and the biosocial, cognitive and psychosocial influences on the individual are studied and integrated to understand the developing person.

Course Code: PSY 101

Instruction Language: English

This course demonstrates the interdependent nature of human psychology and culture and how psychological processes and human behavior are influenced by culture, and how culture is influenced by individuals and groups.

Course Code: PSY 393

Instruction Language: English

Between birth and adulthood, dramatic changes take place in an individual’s understanding of the world and in many of their cognitive skills and abilities. The course will examine these changes and the theories offered to explain them.

Course Code: SOC 313

Instruction Language: English

Emphasizes the social construction of knowledge about health, illness and healing, the significance of power relations, and the relationship between power and knowledge. Topics: illness experience and embodiment, inequalities in health, socio-cultural constructions of the “normal”, “healthy” body, sociological critiques of medical knowledge, especially post-structuralist and feminist critiques, the new genetics, health promotion and the new public health.

Course Code: TOU 232

Instruction Language: English

Aims to give an understanding of the complexities of Event Studies. It examines the application of theoretical frameworks from the field and also gives experience in the planning and analysis of various event types. Events ranging from the community level to the global are used as case studies and students are also expected to design their own community event as part of the assessment process.

Course Code: EGL 239

Instruction Language: English

Provides students with basic acting and production skills. Students will perform in front of a small in-house audience to test these skills but the emphasis in the unit is on training. At the end of the unit, students will have learned some basic acting and production skills and will have gained experience in the performance of a dialogue and an audition monologue.

Course Code: GAD 241

Instruction Language: English

This unit provides students with a solid basis in the theory and practice of 3D animation. It covers the historical, theoretical and practical aspects of animation with an aim of arming students with all the knowledge and skills needed to start creating thoughtful and engaging 3D animated works.