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Electives Plus Minors

Electives plus combinations provide Swinburne degree students with options to broaden their career skills and strengthen their employability by selecting from units outside their degree discipline.

electives plus combinations provide Swinburne degree students with options to broaden their career skills and strengthen their employability by selecting from units outside their degree discipline.

If you commenced studying an Electives Plus sequence prior to 2009, you may complete your original Electives Plus sequence. In some cases, the units of study have been updated and may have a different code and title.

The original Electives Plus themes are listed below:

electives plus sequences are available in all Swinburne degree programs subject to timetabling constraints, with the exception of double degree programs, specialist double major degrees, and where entry has been approved with advanced standing.

International students electing to undertake the optional Winter Term must complete at least 8 units of study (100 credit points) within the academic year (excluding Summer Term), with a minimum of 3 units (37.5 credit points) in Semesters 1 and 2.

Design: Process & Strategy

This electives plus sequence of units has been developed to introduce non-designers to the importance of design and design thinking in contemporary culture and business environments. Students will explore aspects of contemporary design practice, the process of making and communicating through digital media, and the development and articulation of innovation, with a focus on employing design in a wide business context. Students undertaking this elective sequence will engage in experiential project-based learning and workshops, and develop critical, practical and key transferable skills highly valued in the workplace.

HDC004 Digital Design
HDC005 Contemporary Design Issues
HDC006 Managing Design  

Effective Communication

This electives plus sequence in communication skills is designed to develop students' oral and written communication skills to a high level and foster teamwork skills. 

HAM113 Professional Communication Practice
HAH103 Critical Thinking
HAT201 Writing Technical and Business Reports
HAT213 Analysing and Writing English

Students select any three of the above electives.

Enterprise Marketing

This electives plus sequence is suitable for students wishing to grasp the basics of marketing, with an emphasis on being entrepreneurial. 

HBM110 The Marketing Concept
HBM222 Marketing Planning
and one of the following:
HBM220 Market Behaviour
HBM331 Services Marketing & Management
HBM330 Marketing Innovation Management
HBM333 Communication Strategy

 

Information Orientation & Knowledge Management

This electives plus sequence is proposed as suiting any student who wants an overview of business, who intends to start a business or expects to work as a sole contractor.

HBSG200 New Venture Development and Management
HBC110 Accounting for Success
HBN300 Managing and Developing a Small Business

Language Practice & Culture

This electives plus sequence introduces the basics of information systems in organisations, and allow students to then pursue from either a technical or more analytical perspective how information and knowledge resources can be exploited and directly contribute to increased efficiency and effectiveness in contemporary organisations, supported by developments in ICT.

HIT1401 Intro to Business Information Systems
and two of
HIT1402 Database Analysis & Design
HIT3413 Business Intelligence
HIT3078 Knowledge Management


The following language sequences assist Swinburne students to become multilingual and international in outlook.

Italian Stream:
HAA181 Italy and Its Language 1* or HAA184 Advanced Italian 1A**
HAA182 Italy and Its Language 2* or HAA185 Advanced Italian 1B **
HAA281 Italian 2X* or HAA284 Advanced Italian 2A**

or

Japanese Stream:
HAJ107 Introductory Japanese 1A* or HAJ131 Advanced Japanese 1A**
HAJ108 Written Japanese 1B * or HAJ132 Advanced Written Japanese 1B **
and either
HAJ109 Spoken Japanese 1B * or HAJ133 Advanced Spoken Japanese 1B **
or
HBI391 Pacific Rim Business Study Tour

*beginner's level  **advanced level

Multimedia Web Development

This electives plus sequence develops the ability to develop dynamic websites. It provides a general introduction to the practice of multimedia creation, and then focuses on web page development, before moving onto learning how to make websites more interactive using web scripting languages.
HET215 Multimedia Applications
HET113 Internet and WWW 1
HET123 Internet and WWW 2

The Networked Economy

This electives plus sequence in business management is focused on enterprise design, people and commercial performance in the context of eCommerce and networked economy. Each unit takes a multi-disciplinary approach, while having a different disciplinary theme, and paying attention to building experience and skills that will enhance employment prospects.

LEB105 eCommerce Fundamentals
LEB213 Managing People in the Networked Economy
LEB313 eEnterprise Performance Measurement

Sustainability

The new Sustainability theme Elective Plus sequence will introduce the issues of sustainability from a number of perspectives and provide some basic scientific and technical principles to a complex and challenging issue.

HES1101 Climate Change
HES1115 Sustainable Design
HES2715 Built and Sustainable Communities
HES4720 Environmental Management
HDC008 Design Systems & Services

Students select any three of the above electives.

Undergraduate Research Skills

Graduates from many disciplines need to understand the logic of research if they are to flourish in the workplace. Some of them will also need to be able to design and carry out research. This proposed electives plus sequence is made up of two alternative streams:

The social sciences stream is specifically designed for social researchers, nevertheless the underlying logic means that the sequence will be useful to a wide range of students.

HASP309 Social Research Design: Principles and Methods
HASP307 Qualitative Methods
and one of
HASP303 Research Project (LSS), or
HMA105 Practical Statistics has been replaced by HMA100 Making Sense of Data

The physical science/technology stream allows high-performing students to participate in the creative and innovative application of basic science and engineering fundamentals to research and development, while working with an established Swinburne research group under individual expert guidance and mentoring.  

HET101 Research and Development Project 1 **
HET201 Research and Development Project 2 **
HET305 Research and Development Project 3 **

** entry restricted to high performing students.   
These features of Swinburne's Professional Learning Model are available to domestic students undertaking undergraduate bachelor degree programs offered at Swinburne's Melbourne and Sarawak campuses. Restrictions apply to international students in Australia on student visas, students admitted into programs with significant levels of advanced standing and students who undertake Swinburne programs in online/distance mode, designed and offered in conjunction with overseas or industry partners or delivered by Open Universities Australia. For further information on all Swinburne undergraduate programs, contact the Swinburne Student Information Centre, phone 1300 368 777.