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The trimester system
Deakin has three trimesters each year. Trimester 3 takes place over the summer months, and isn’t compulsory, but provides another study option. Trimesters 1 and 2 have approximately the same duration as other universities working on a semester system.
We encourage incoming exchange students to select from the available units or the pre-approved unit plans below.
Pre-approved units
The following units have pre-approval. Please note that entry is subject to availability and eligibility at the time of enrolment.
For more information on each unit and any updates, please search the Handbook.
Trimester 1, 2022
Faculty of Arts and Education
| Unit code | Unit name |
|---|---|
| ACC100 | Communication in Everyday Life |
| ACC303 | Communication Research Practices |
| ACD103 | Dance and Screens |
| ACF103 | Writing with the Camera |
| ACF104 | Screening History |
| ACF107 | Principles of Animation |
| ACF304 | The Celebrity Industries: Star Images, Fan Cultures and Performance |
| ACG103 | Design Skills |
| ACI101 | Analogue Photography |
| ACI102 | Digital Photography |
| ACP109 | Improvisation in Drama and Performance |
| ACR101 | Introducing Crime and Criminology |
| ACV115 | Drawing and the Body in Visual Arts |
| ADA102 | Designing 3D Environments |
| ADD101 | Design Thinking |
| ADV201 | Web Design and Interactivity |
| ADV205 | Designing User Experience |
| AGS101 | Sex and Gender: Ideas that Changed the World |
| AIB151 | Practical Arabic: An Introduction to the Language and Its Sounds |
| AIC181 | Chinese 1A: An Introduction to the Language and Culture |
| AIC383 | Chinese 3C: Chinese in the Professions- Developing and Enhancing Capacities in a Global Context |
| AIC387 | Advanced Chinese for Business Purposes C |
| AIE153 | History of the Middle East |
| AIE255 | Critical Issues in Middle East Politics |
| AIF146 | Our Northern Neighbour: Understanding Indonesia |
| AIH107 | The Modern World: Nations, Empires, Ideologies, 1860s - 1930s |
| AIH205 | Sex and Gender in the British Empire |
| AIH238 | Australia in the Age of Total War 1914-1945 |
| AIH276 | African American History From Slavery to Black Lives Matter |
| AIP107 | Introduction to Politics |
| AIP208 | Government and Politics of the United States |
| AIP230 | Policy and How It Shapes Us |
| AIR101 | World in Crisis |
| AIR200 | Global Capitalism and Power |
| AIR202 | Australia and the Changing Asia-Pacific |
| AIS101 | Intercultural Communication |
| AIX160 | Introduction to University Study |
| ALA101 | Advertising Principles and Practises |
| ALC104 | Media Genres: Negotiating Textual Forms and Pleasures |
| ALJ111 | News Reporting 1 |
| ALL101 | The Stories We Tell: Inventing Selves and Others |
| ALL153 | Literature for Children and Young Adults |
| ALL202 | Writing Modern Worlds |
| ALL228 | The Golden Age: Child, Nature, Empire |
| ALL375 | Shakespeare Today: Sex, Race and Politics |
| ALM101 | Making Social Media |
| ALM215 | Global Media |
| ALM305 | Media Ecologies (Must be enrolled in an Arts based degree) |
| ALR103 | Introduction to Public Relations |
| ALR210 | Media Relations Strategy |
| ALS100 | Hola!: Welcome to the Hispanic World, its Language and Culture |
| ALW101 | Writer's Toolkit: Craft and Creativity (Must be enrolled in an Arts based degree) |
| ALW200 | Freelancing in the Arts |
| ALW396 | Producing Digital Anthologies: From Concept to Publication (Must be enrolled in an Arts based degree) |
| APE101 | Create Your Own Career |
| ASC101 | Introduction to Sociology A |
| ASC206 | Sociology of Health |
| ASC210 | Youth Culture and Identity |
| ASC300 | Gender, Media and Society |
| ASP108 | Critical Thinking |
| ASP211 | Freedom and Power: Existentialism and Beyond |
| ASP214 | Justice and Equality |
| ASP224 | Freud and Philosophy |
| ASR300 | Religion, Rights and Governance |
| ASS101 | Peoples of the World |
| ASS204 | Doing Urban Anthropology |
| ASS205 | Anthropology of Poverty and Development |
| ASS233 | Myth and Ritual |
| ASS329 | Anthropology of Crime and Violence |
| AST250 | A History of Australian Football, 1858-2020 |
| EDU101 | Education, Knowledge and Society |
| EDU201 | Educational Psychology |
| EDU203 | Literacy, Numeracy and Education |
| EDU301 | Culture, Diversity and Participation in Education |
| IND102 | Aboriginal Australian Stories and Songlines (Cloud/Online only) |
Faculty of Business and Law
Please note that you can only can enrol in units beginning with MLL (for example, MLL218) if you’re enrolled in a law degree in your home institution.
| Unit code | Unit name |
|---|---|
| MAA103 | Accounting for Decision Making |
| MAA104 | Financial Literacy |
| MAE101 | Economic Principles (not offered at Burwood) |
| MAE203 | The Global Economy |
| MAE233 | Business and Climate Change |
| MAF101 | Fundamentals of Finance |
| MIS171 | Business Analytics |
| MIS202 | Managing Data and Information |
| MIS231 | Professional Ethics in the Digital Age |
| MLC101 | Law for Commerce |
| MLC310 | Sports and the Law |
| MMK101 | Marketing Fundamentals |
| MMM111 | Intrapersonal Skills (cloud only) |
| MMM132 | Management |
| MMM312 | Event Management |
| MMP111 | Introduction to Property |
| MMP211 | Statutory Valuation (cloud only) |
| MMP212 | Property Investment |
| MMP213 | Property Economics |
| MMS100 | Sports Organisation |
Faculty of Health
| Unit code | Unit name |
|---|---|
| HBS107 | Understanding Health |
| HBS108 | Health Information and Data (Online) |
| HBS109 | Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology |
| HDS101 | Communication and Diversity |
| HDS209 | Inclusive Services |
| HDS301 | The Inclusive Practitioner |
| HPS104 | Foundations of Psychological Science |
| HPS111 | Psychology A: Fundamentals of Human Behaviour |
| HPS121 | Introduction to Psychology: Individual and Social Development (Online) |
| HPS203 | The Human Mind |
| HPS204 | Human Social Behaviour |
| HPS209 | Cross Cultural and Indigenous Psychology |
| HPS310 | Brain, Biology and Behaviour |
| HPY210 | Coaching and Counselling Individuals for Behaviour Change |
| HSE105 | Principles of Sport Coaching (must also enrol in HSE010, subject to availability: oncampus option only) |
| HSE111 | Physical Activity and Exercise for Health |
| HSE113 | Human Growth, Development and Ageing for Exercise Scientists |
| HSH105 | Understanding Families and Health (Desirable: Corequisite: HBS107) |
| HSH112 | Local and Global Environments for Health |
| HSH206 | Human Development and Healthy Families (Desirable to be taking or have completed HSH105) |
| HSH208 | Health Communication |
| HSN101 | Foundations of Food, Nutrition and Health |
| HSN104 | The Science of Food (must also enrol in HSN010, subject to availability: On Campus Only) |
| HSN105 | Healthy and Sustainable Food Systems (On Campus Only) |
| HSW101 | Introduction to Social Work: Social Work Theory and Practice A |
| HSW221 | Social Work Research in Ethical and Political Contexts |
Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment
| Unit code | Unit name |
|---|---|
| SEJ104 | Engineering in Society |
| SET111 | Sustainable Design |
| SIT102 | Introduction to Programming |
| SIT105 | Thinking Technology and Design |
| SIT112 | Data Science Concepts |
| SIT113 | Cloud Computing |
| SIT122 | Robotics Studio |
| SIT124 | Exploring I.T. |
| SIT151 | Game Fundamentals |
| SIT182 | Real World Practices for Cyber Security |
| SIT183 | Interactive Application Design for Virtual and Augmented Reality |
| SIT191 | Introduction to Statistics and Data Analysis |
| SIT192 | Discrete Mathematics |
| SIT199 | Applied Algebra and Statistics (high school Maths Methods 3 and 4 or equivalent recommended) |
| SLE101 | Environmental Techniques and Monitoring (co-requisite SLE010, worth zero credit points) |
| SLE103 | Ecology and the Environment |
| SLE107 | Marine Environments (co-requisite SLE010 and STP010, worth zero credit points) |
| SLE111 | Cells and Genes (co-requisite SLE010, worth zero credit points) |
| SLE115 | Essential Skills in Science (cloud only) |
| SLE133 | Chemistry in Our World (co-requisite SLE010, worth zero credit points) |
| SLE151 | Biodiversity: A Global Perspective (co-requisite SLE010, worth zero credit points) |
| SLE215 | Ecotourism and Environmental Interpretation (Online/ Cloud only) |
| SRA143 | Art and Society |
| SRC163 | Architecture Communication 01: Drawing |
| SRD163 | Architecture Design Studio 01: Thoughtscapes |
| SRE170 | Construction Finance |
| SRM161 | Contract Administration 1 |
| SRM181 | Project Management 1 |
| SRT112 | Sustainable Construction |
| SRT141 | Building Safety |
| SRT153 | Building Materials Science |
| SRT159 | Construction Projects 1 |
| SRT214 | Commercial Property Construction Studies |
Trimester 2, 2022
Faculty of Arts and Education
| Unit code | Unit name |
|---|---|
| ACC100 | Communication in Everyday Life |
| ACC302 | Advertising: Desire, Consumption and the Attention Economy |
| ACD104 | Exploring Dance Styles From Hip Hop to Bollywood |
| ACF103 | Writing with the Camera (Must be enrolled in Arts based Degree of equivalent) |
| ACF106 | Screen Practices |
| ACF107 | Principles of Animation |
| ACF206 | Contemporary Topics in Screen Cultures (Must be enrolled in Arts based Degree of equivalent) |
| ACF320 | The Australian Moving Image |
| ACI101 | Analogue Photography |
| ACP103 | Acting Studio |
| ACR102 | Introducing Crime and Criminal Justice |
| ACV101 | Painting in the Visual Arts |
| ADA101 | Designing 3D Motion |
| ADD101 | Design Thinking |
| ADD203 | Professional Practice in Design |
| ADV101 | Drawing and Illustration |
| ADV102 | Typography and Publication Design |
| AGS102 | Histories of Sex and Gender |
| AIC284 | Chinese 2D: Chinese in Real life: Putting the Language to Work in Contemporary Contexts (Note: must have extensive Chinese language competency) |
| AIC384 | Chinese 3D: Chinese in the Professions - Enhancing Capacities in a Global Context (Note: must have extensive Chinese language competency) |
| AIC389 | Advanced Chinese for Business Purposes D (Note: must have extensive Chinese language competency) |
| AIE254 | Understanding Middle East Politics |
| AIF142 | Introduction to the Indonesian Language |
| AIH108 | The Modern World: Globalisation and Fragmentation, the 1940s to the 21st Century |
| AIH240 | History: Interpreting the Past |
| AIH264 | The Holocaust |
| AIH288 | Colonial Encounters: From Invasion to Federation |
| AIH383 | Global Disasters |
| AIP116 | Visions and Values in Politics |
| AIP209 | The Politics of Asylum in Australia and Asia |
| AIP245 | Environmental Politics |
| AIP247 | Media and Politics: Campaign Strategies |
| AIR102 | War, Terrorism and Humanitarian Responses |
| AIR203 | Human Rights in World Politics |
| AIR242 | Key Concepts in International Relations |
| AIS102 | Working in International Contexts |
| AIS204 | Gender, Globalisation and Development |
| AIX117 | Professional Writing for Work |
| ALA102 | Creative Brand Communication |
| ALA203 | Integrated Communication |
| ALJ112 | News Reporting 2 |
| ALJ216 | Feature Writing |
| ALL102 | From Horror to Romance: Genre and Its Revisions |
| ALL154 | Power and Politics in Children's Literature |
| ALL230 | Adapting Children's Tests Across Media |
| ALL260 | Australian Literature |
| ALM102 | Making Video |
| ALM202 | Quantified Media |
| ALR104 | Strategic Communication and Writing |
| ALS100 | iHola!: Welcome to the Hispanic World, its Language and Cultures |
| ALW102 | Writing Spaces: Paradigms and Provocations (Note: only available to students enrolled in an arts or arts combined course at home institution) |
| ALW242 | Poetry: Events in Language |
| ALW251 | Writing for Games: Creating Quests and Characters |
| ALW352 | Writing for Young People |
| APE101 | Create Your Own Career |
| ASC102 | Introduction to Sociology B |
| ASC233 | International Migration and Multicultural Societies |
| ASC250 | Contemporary Social Research |
| ASC287 | Love, Sex and Relationships |
| ASC304 | Culture and Control: Boundaries and Identities |
| ASP129 | Love, Sex and Death |
| ASP210 | Plato and Nietzsche |
| ASP216 | Ethics in Global Society |
| ASP228 | Philosophy, Art, Film |
| ASR100 | World Religions |
| ASR205 | Mindfulness, Meditation, and Buddhism |
| ASR310 | Mysticism and Religious Experience |
| ASS102 | Culture and Communication |
| ASS203 | Being Human (With the Nonhuman) |
| ASS206 | Medical Anthropology |
| ASS235 | Culture, Law and Universal Rights |
| ASS330 | Cyborg Anthropology |
| AST205 | Sport, Bodies, Action |
| EDU102 | From Aristotle to ATARS: the History, Philosophy and Future of Education |
| EDU202 | Educators and Learners |
| EDU302 | Education and Humanitarian Development |
| EDU303 | Education Communication and Technology |
| IND102 | Aboriginal Australian Stories and Songlines (Cloud/Online only) |
Faculty of Business and Law
Please note that you can only can enrol in units beginning with MLL (for example, MLL218) if you’re enrolled in a law degree in your home institution.
| Unit code | Unit name |
|---|---|
| MAA103 | Accounting for Decision Making |
| MAE101 | Economic Principles |
| MAE203 | The Global Economy |
| MAF101 | Fundamentals of Finance |
| MIS171 | Business Analytics |
| MIS201 | Business Requirements Analysis |
| MIS203 | Making Information in the Digital Age |
| MIS211 | Information Security, Governance and the Cloud |
| MLC101 | Law for Commerce |
| MMK101 | Marketing Fundamentals |
| MMM111 | Intrapersonal Skills (Online/ Cloud only) |
| MMM211 | Team Dynamics (Online/ Cloud only) |
| MMM132 | Management |
| MMM312 | Event Management |
| MMP122 | Introduction to Property Development |
| MMP221 | Property Management |
| MMS201 | Sport in Society |
Faculty of Health
| Unit code | Unit name |
|---|---|
| HBS109 | Human Structure and Function |
| HBS110 | Health Behaviour |
| HDS210 | Diversity At Work |
| HDS310 | Human Rights and Advocacy |
| HPS104 | Foundations of Psychological Science (Cloud/online only) |
| HPS105 | Foundations of Psychological Science |
| HPS111 | Psychology A: Fundamentals of Human Behaviour (Cloud/online only) |
| HPS121 | Psychology B: Individual and Social Development (Cloud/online only) |
| HSE102 | Functional Human Anatomy (must also enrol in HSE010, subject to availability and significant on campus requirements) |
| HSE103 | Introduction to Exercise and Sport Science (must also enrol in HSE010, subject to availability, on campus only) |
| HSE104 | Research Methods and Statistics in Exercise and Sport (subject to availability, on campus only) |
| HSE110 | Muscle Biology for Exercise Science (must also enrol in HSE010, on campus only) |
| HSE202 | Biomechanics (must also enrol in HSE010, subject to availability and significant on campus requirements) |
| HSE204 | Motor Learning and Development (must also enrol in HSE010, subject to availability and significant on campus requirements) |
| HSE309 | Behavioural Aspects of Sport and Exercise (Cloud/online only) |
| HSH113 | Social Perspectives on Population Health |
| HSH207 | Socio-economic Status and Health |
| HSH219 | Population Health: A Research Perspective |
| HSN104 | The Science of Food (must also enrol in HSN010, subject to availability, on campus only) |
| HSN106 | Food Fundamentals (must also enrol in HSN010, subject to availability, on campus only) |
| HSN107 | Physiology of Human Growth and Development (Cloud/Online only) |
| HSN210 | Nutrition and Food Promotion |
| HSN308 | Food, Nutrition and Society (Cloud/Online only) |
| HPS105 | Foundations of Psychological Practice (Cloud/Online only) |
| HPS121 | Introduction to Psychology: Individual and Social Development |
| HPS202 | Child and Adolescent Development |
| HPS206 | Psychology in the Criminal Justice System |
Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment
| Unit code | Unit name |
|---|---|
| SLE121 | Environmental Sustainability |
| SLE132 | Biology: Form and Function (must also complete SLE010) |
| SLE163 | Marine and Coastal Ecosystems (co-requisite SLE010, worth zero credit points) |
| SLE239 | Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (Cloud/Online only) |
| SLE262 | Aquaculture and the Environment (co-requisite SLE010, worth zero credit points) |
| SRC164 | Architecture Communication 02: Modelling |
| SRD164 | Studio 02: Matterscapes |
| SRM165 | Introduction to Building Information Modelling |
| SRT151 | Construction and Structures 1 |
| SRT257 | Building Environmental Studies 1 |
| SRT259 | Construction Projects 2 |
Trimester 3, 2022
Faculty of Arts and Education
| Unit code | Unit name |
|---|---|
| ACA226 | Culture Review: NGV and GAC |
| ACC100 | Communication in Everyday Life |
| ACF103 | Writing with the Camera (Must be enrolled in Arts based Degree) |
| ACF106 | Screen Practices |
| ACF107 | Principles of Animation |
| ACG103 | Design Skills |
| ACP103 | Acting Studio |
| ACP109 | Improvisation in Drama and Performance |
| ACR101 | Introducing Crime and Criminology |
| ACV101 | Painting in the Visual Arts |
| ACV115 | Drawing and the Body in Visual Arts |
| ADA101 | Designing 3D Motion |
| ADV101 | Drawing and Illustration |
| ADV201 | Wed Design and Interactivity |
| AGS101 | Sex and Gender: Ideas that Changed the World |
| AIX117 | Professional Writing for Work |
| AIX160 | Introduction to University Study |
| AIX290 | Australia Today: An Introduction to Australia (Burwood) |
| ALA101 | Advertising Principles and Practices (Note: only online learning available) |
| ALA102 | Creative Brand Communication |
| ALA203 | Integrated Communication |
| ALC104 | Media Genres: Negotiating Textual Forms and Pleasures |
| ALJ111 | News Reporting 1 |
| ALJ216 | Feature Writing |
| ALL102 | From Horror to Romance: Genre and Its Revisions |
| ALL153 | Literature for Children and Young Adults (Note: quotas apply) |
| ALL260 | Australian Literature |
| ALM101 | Making Social Media (Please note: Enrolment into this unit must be completed by the end of week 1 of trimester due to early assessment deadlines). |
| ALR103 | Introduction to Public Relations |
| ALW101 | Writer's Toolkit: Craft and Creativity |
| ASC211 | Religion and Social Change |
| ASP129 | Love, Sex and Death |
| ASR100 | World Religions |
| ALM215 | Global Media |
| ACF304 | The Celebrity Industries: Star Images, Fan Cultures and Performance |
| AST256 | Sport in History |
| ACI102 | Digital Photography (On campus) |
| ALR210 | Media Relations Strategy |
Faculty of Business and Law
| Unit code | Unit name |
|---|---|
| MAA103 | Accounting for Decision Making |
| MAE101 | Economic Principles (Cloud/online mode only) |
| MAE203 | The Global Economy (Cloud/online mode only) |
| MAF101 | Fundamentals of Finance |
| MLC101 | Law for Commerce |
| MMK101 | Marketing Fundamentals |
| MMM132 | Management |
| MMM211 | Team Dynamics (cloud only) |
| MMP111 | Introduction to Property |
Faculty of Health
| Unit code | Unit name |
|---|---|
| HBS107 | Understanding Health (Cloud/online mode only) |
| HBS109 | Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology (Cloud/online mode only) |
| HBS110 | Health Behaviour (Cloud/online mode only) |
| HBS300 | Ethics; Frameworks and Decisions (Cloud/online mode only) |
| HPS111 | Introduction to Psychology : Fundamentals of Human Behaviour (Cloud/online mode only) |
| HPS203 | The Human Mind (Cloud/online mode only) |
| HPS104 | Foundations of Psychological Science (Cloud/online mode only) |
| HPS111 | Introduction to Psychology: Fundamentals of Human Behaviour (Cloud/Online only) |
| HPS202 | Child and Adolescent Development (Cloud/Online only) |
| HPS203 | The Human Mind (Cloud/Online only) |
| HPS204 | Human Social Behaviour (Cloud/Online only) |
| HPS206 | Introduction to Forensic Psychology (Cloud/Online only) |
| HPS310 | Brain, Biology and Behaviour (Cloud/Online only) |
| HSE102 | Functional Human Anatomy (must also enrol in HSE010, subject to availability) (Cloud only with significant oncampus requirements) |
| HSH211 | Australian Health Care System (Cloud/Online only) |
| HSN101 | Foundations of Food, Nutrition and Health (Cloud/Online only) |
| IND101 | Introduction to Aboriginal Studies (Cloud/Online only) |
Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment
| Unit code | Unit name |
|---|---|
| SLE103 | Ecology and the Environment (Cloud) |
| SLE111 | Cells and Genes (co-requisite SLE010, worth zero credit points) (Cloud) |
| SLE134 | Recreational Fisheries Science (Intensive mode, oncampus) |
| SRE170 | Construction Finance (Cloud) |
| SRM181 | Project Management 1 (Cloud) |