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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.
Swinburne students can choose to study electives plus minors of four* units from one of the following themes:
electives plus minors 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. Please visit the Summer & Winter Term website for further details.
* Engineering students need only undertake the first three of the four units, unless indicated otherwise by an asterisk.
* Students who have commenced Electives Plus prior to 2009 may complete their original sequence. For details please click here to view the previous offerings
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
HDC002 Methods of Investigation (new)
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
HAT202 Writing Professional Reports
and either:
HAC213 Intercultural Communications
or:
HAT213 Analysing and Writing English
This electives plus
sequence is suitable for students wishing to grasp the basics of marketing, with an emphasis on the application of a variety of marketing tools in various contexts.
HBM110N Fundamentals of Marketing
HBM228N Digital and Direct Marketing
HBM271N Customer Relationship Management
and either:
HBM227N Social Marketing
or:
HBM331N Services Marketing
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.
HBN200N New Venture Development & Management
HBC110N Accounting for Managers
HBN300N Managing and Developing a Small Business
HBM110N Fundamentals of Marketing
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
HIT1402 Database Analysis & Design
HIT3078 Knowledge Management
HIT3413 Business Intelligence
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
HET213 User Experience Design
HET332 Interactive Multimedia
HIT1500 Introduction to Research
HET101 Research & Development Project 1
HET201 Research & Development Project 2
HET305 Research & Development Project 3
HAS317 Qualitative Research Methods
HAS318 Social Research Design
HMA100 Making Sense of Data
HASP303 Research Project
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
HES4720 Environmental Management
HDC008 Design Systems & Services
HES1115 Sustainable Design
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. |
