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You may choose your elective(s) from a wide range of subjects. Listed below are some popular elective subjects from health related disciplines. Subject outlines are available from the online Course and Subject Handbook.
When making your selection, consider the elective subject timetable with regard to your core subject timetable and work commitments. Subjects are available in intensive or online teaching modes. You may also enrol in Summer Semester subjects.
Remember to check that you meet all the pre-requisites for your electives. Additionally, enrolment in some subjects may require permission from the teaching department. If you choose a subject from a discipline other than nursing, you may need to contact us for approval when adding it to your enrolment.
*Not all subjects are available every year
*Fees may vary between disciplines
| Subject Code | Subject Name | Level |
|---|---|---|
| 514-808 | Acute & Critical Care Theory 1 | PG |
| 514-835 / 514-704 | Applications of Clinical Pharmacology 1 / 2 | PG / Masters |
| 514-889 | Cancer & Palliative Care Theory 1 | PG |
| 514-846 | Community Mental Health | PG |
| 514-848 | Mental Health Theory 1 | PG |
| 514-842 | Mental Health Triage and Intake Practice | PG |
| 514-871 | Nursing Families and Society | PG |
| 514-866 | Paediatrics Theory 1 | PG |
| 534-401 / 534-501 | Pharmacology and Therapeutics 1 / 2 | PG / Masters |
| 514-840 | Preceptorship for Nurses | PG |
| Subject Code | Subject Name | Level |
|---|---|---|
| 585-893 | Advanced Communication Skills | PG |
| 585-699 | Advanced Nursing Practice in Primary Care | PG |
| 585-894 | Management of Common Chronic Conditions | PG / Masters |
| 585-883 | Pregnancy Care in General Practice | PG / Masters |
| 585-896 | Preventative Health Care | PG / Masters |
| 585-895 | Primary Care of Type 2 Diabetes | PG |
| 585-892 | Responding to Women in Primary Care | PG / Masters |
| 585-881 | Risk Management in Primary Care | PG / Masters |
| 585-891 | Significant Issues in Women's Health | PG / Masters |
| 585-890 | Taking Pap Tests: Theory and Practice | PG |
| 585-897 | Youth Health in Primary Care | PG / Masters |
| Subject Code | Subject Name | Level |
|---|---|---|
| 196-521 | Advanced Practice with Groups | PG / Masters |
| 196-520 | Advanced Psychodynamic Perspectives | PG / Masters |
| 196-755 | Assessing Risk and Vulnerability | PG / Masters |
| 196-767 | Child & Family Social Work | PG / Masters |
| 196-753 | Communication and Interviewing Skills | PG / Masters |
| 196-518 | Critical Issues in Social Work | PG / Masters |
| 196-528 | Depression and Anxiety | PG / Masters |
| 196-752 | Direct Practice with Individuals | PG / Masters |
| 196-519 | Issues in Women’s Mental Health | PG / Masters |
| 196-750 | Lifespan Risk and Resilience | PG / Masters |
| 196-515 | Managing Human Service Organisations | PG / Masters |
| 196-524 | Managing People in the Human Services | PG / Masters |
| 196-529 | Psychosocial Change in Oncology | PG / Masters |
| 196-527 | Psychosocial Themes in Health Practice | PG / Masters |
| 196-508 | Researching Social Work Practice | PG / Masters |
| 196-751 | Social Policy for Social Work Practice | PG / Masters |
| 196-525 | Social Work Practice in the Health Field | PG / Masters |
| 196-766 | Social Work Practice: Mental Health | PG / Masters |
| 196-765 | Social Work Practice: Psychiatric Disability | PG / Masters |
| 196-764 | Social Work Practice with the Elderly | PG / Masters |
| 196-757 | The Legal and Ethical Context of Practice | PG / Masters |
| 196-756 | Working in Human Services Organisations | PG / Masters |
| Subject Code | Subject Name | Level |
|---|---|---|
| 505-435 / 505-535 | Aboriginal Heath: Past to Present | PG / Masters |
| 571-821 | Adolescent Sexuality and Sexual Health | PG |
| 505-448 / 505-548 | Australian Health Systems | PG / Masters |
| 505-405 / 505-505 | Bioethics: The Fundamental Debates | PG / Masters |
| 571-657 | Child Public Health | PG |
| 505-434 / 505-534 | Clinical Sexual and Reproductive Health for Nurses | PG / Masters |
| 505-440 / 505-540 | Community: Theory and Practice | PG / Masters |
| 505-431 / 505-531 | Control of Sexually Transmissible Infections | PG / Masters |
| 505-538 | Critical Debates in Aboriginal Health | PG |
| 505-402 / 505-502 | Culture, Health and Illness | PG / Masters |
| 505-407 / 505-507 | Current Issues in Health Ethics | PG / Masters |
| 505-419 / 505-519 | Data Management in Clinical Studies | PG / Masters |
| 505-520 | Database Systems in Epidemiology Studies | PG |
| 505-902 | Disability in Developing Countries | Masters |
| 505-955 | Drugs in Society | Masters |
| 505-907 | Economic Evaluation 1 | Masters |
| 505-909 | Economic Evaluation 2 | Masters |
| 505-966 | Environmental Health Services Evaluation | Masters |
| 505-112 | Environmental Influences on Health | Masters |
| 505-969 | Epidemiology & Analytic Methods 1 | PG |
| 505-970 | Epidemiology & Analytic Methods 2 | PG |
| 505-437 / 505-537 | Ethical Practice in Aboriginal Health Research | PG / Masters |
| 505-452 / 505-552 | Evaluating Evidence in Women’s Health | PG / Masters |
| 505-958 | Field Methods for Health Management | Masters |
| 505-442 / 505-542 | Gender and Health Inequalities 1 | PG / Masters |
| 505-423 / 505-523 | Gender and Health: Critical Perspectives | PG / Masters |
| 505-451 / 505-551 | Gender, Violence and Health | PG / Masters |
| 505-961 | Global Health Impacts of Drug Use | Masters |
| 505-910 | Global Mental Health Development# | Masters |
| 505-960 | Harm Reduction - HIV in Drug Users | Masters |
| 505-100 | Health Economics & Program Evaluation | PG |
| 505-908 | Health Economics 1 | Masters |
| 505-937 | Health Indicators and Health Surveys | Masters |
| 505-509 | Health Program Evaluation 1 | PG |
| 505-904 | Health Program Evaluation 2 | PG |
| 505-110 | Health Promotion | PG |
| 505-510 | Health Services Research 1 | Masters |
| 505-400 / 505-500 | Health, Ethics and Society | PG / Masters |
| 509-002 | HIV/AIDS: An Evolving Global Response | PG |
| 505-929 | Infectious Disease Epidemiology | Masters |
| 505-901 | International Adolescent Health | Masters |
| 505-900 | International Child Health | Masters |
| 505-408 / 505-508 | Key Concepts in Social Health | PG / Masters |
| 505-403 / 505-503 | Key Perspectives in Medical Anthropology | PG / Masters |
| 505-439 / 505-539 | Living Longer: Global Perspectives | PG / Masters |
| 505-911 | Mental Health Policy Development# | Masters |
| 505-912 | Mental Health Services Design# | Masters |
| 505-914 | Mental Health services Research# | Masters |
| 505-447 / 505-547 | Mental Health, Women and Society | PG / Masters |
| 505-511 | Methods for Evaluating Health Services 1 | PG |
| 505-982 | Organisational Analysis in Health Care | Masters |
| 505-436 / 505-536 | Policy Processes in Aboriginal Health | PG / Masters |
| 505-963 | Primary Health Care ( | Masters |
| 505-111 | Principles & Practice of Public Health | PG |
| 505-921 | Principles of Qualitative Research Design | Masters |
| 505-975 | Probability and Distribution Theory | Masters |
| 505-915 | Promoting Mental Health# | Masters |
| 505-406 / 505-506 | Public Health History and Politics | PG / Masters |
| 509-003 | Public Health Leadership | PG |
| 505-524 | Research Methodology in Women's Health | Masters |
| 505-922 | Research Methods in Social Health | Masters |
| 505-913 | Research: Methods, Ethics and Uses | Masters |
| 505-433 / 505-533 | Sexual and Reproductive Health | PG / Masters |
| 505-441 / 505-541 | Sexual Function and Dysfunction | PG / Masters |
| 505-432 / 505-532 | Sexually Transmissible Infections | PG / Masters |
| 505-109 | Social & Cultural Perspectives in Public Health | PG |
| 505-101 | Statistics | PG |
| 505-967 | Using Evaluation in Program Design | Masters |
| 505-425 / 505-525 | Women and Global Health | PG / Masters |
| 505-977 | Women's Health Policy and Program Design | Masters |
| 505-453 / 505-553 | Women's Health Promotion and Evaluation | PG / Masters |
| 505-422 / 505-522 | Women's Sexual & Reproductive Health | PG / Masters |