Bachelor of Research Studies

Western Sydney University

About

For domestic students, this program attracts Australian Government funding, packaged as a Bachelor of Research Studies/Master of Research to meet regulations.In Year 1, domestic students are enrolled in the Bachelor of Research Studies as a Commonwealth supported student and are liable for student contribution amounts which can be deferred through the HECS-HELP scheme if they are eligible.

In Year 2, domestic students are enrolled in the Master of Research.

Structure

Year 1 of this course will also be studied by International students enrolled in 8084 Master of Research (High Cost) and 8085 Master of Research (Low Cost).

After completion of Year 1, domestic students will be transferred to either 8084 Master of Research (High Cost) or 8085 Master of Research (Low Cost), depending on their research discipline area.

Qualification for the award of Master of Research requires the successful completion of 160 credit points. All students will complete 80 credit points of coursework units and 80 credit points of higher degree by research.

Core units

Code	Name
800218	Researcher Development 1: Reading ,Writing, and the Business of Research

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800219	Writing Beyond the Academy: Knowledge Translation and Public Audience Communication

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800220	Researcher Development 2: Proposing and Justifying Research

The core units listed below count towards completion of this course for students who passed these units in 2019 or earlier.

800166 - Research Design 1: Theories of Enquiry

800167 - Research Literacies

800169 - Research Design 2: Practices of Research

- 50 credit points of specialisation cluster units. Students will choose 40 credit points of discipline-specific units from within their cluster and are encouraged to choose 10 credit points from an alternate cluster, however this is not mandatory. Students are required to complete 50 credit points of cluster units in total. The three cluster discipline areas are Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS), Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), and Health and Medicine, as shown below.

- 80 credit points of higher degree research.

Students may exit with the Bachelor of Research Studies (exit only) after Year 1 and the successful completion of 80 credit points, with advanced standing of 160 credit points from their previous undergraduate qualification being granted.

Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) Cluster

Please note: units will be offered subject to demand and availability

Code	Name
800228	Research Internship and Engagement

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800213	Fieldwork in Complex and Hostile Places

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102426	Digital Humanities Research Methods (PG)

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102582	Philosophy of History and Politics

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102584	The Image of Thought: Art, Film and Philosophy

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102601	Understanding Race

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102602	Gender and Genre

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102661	How to Write History

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102662	New Genres in Research Writing

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102412	Global Digital Futures

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102298	The Cutting Edge: Advanced Studies in Humanities and Communication Arts

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102339	Environmental Humanities

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102340	Engaging Discursive Fields

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102342	In the Realms of the Sensory: Ecologies of Word, Sound and Image

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102341	Debates in Global History

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102581	Literary Theory

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102583	History of Ideas

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102585	What is Islam?

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102499	Writing Process

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102500	Writing and Form

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102497	Writing and Ideas

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102498	Writing Practice and Tradition

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102501	Writing, Sounds, Images, Texts

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101962	Researching Convergent Media

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102381	Ethics

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102384	Political Philosophy

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102616	Philosophy and Literature

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102380	Philosophical Aesthetics

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102383	Topics in the History of Philosophy

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102379	Special Topics in Philosophy

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102615	Theoretical Philosophy

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102618	Practical Philosophy

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102619	Philosophy of Nature

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102620	Philosophy, History and Interpretation

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102376	Creativity: Theory and Practice

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102375	Research Methods in the Creative Arts

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102728	Research into Practice: bridging the clinician-researcher divide in applied and creative therapies

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101854	Language and Linguistics Research Methods

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102621	Formal and Functional Grammar

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101825	English Linguistics for TESOL

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102325	Advanced Academic English Skills

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100919	Investigating Second Language Acquisition

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102525	Bilingualism and Education

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102253	Digital Social Research in Action

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102180	Translation from Theory and Research to Policy

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102176	Theories of Difference and Diversity

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102194	Social Research in the Digital World

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102698	Green Urbanscapes: Bio-Physical Functions and Services

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101633	Managing Cities: History and Theory

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102069	Heritage and Planning

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101315	Financing Cities in the Global Economy

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101634	Planning and Environmental Regulation

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101895	Political Economy of Development

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101896	Development and Security

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101636	Developing Sustainable Places

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102577	Humanitarian and Development Agendas and Progress

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102198	Transnational Crime

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102200	Global Criminology and Human Rights

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102199	Violence, Culture and Criminal Justice

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102201	Contemporary Theories of Religion and Society

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102202	Religion and Law in Contemporary Public Discourse

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101896	Development and Security

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102576	Global Health, Migration and Development

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102577	Humanitarian and Development Agendas and Progress

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102574	Public Health in Complex Emergencies (Advanced)

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102575	Emergency and Disaster Management

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800216	Researching Post-Capitalist Possibilities (PhD Summer School)

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102295	Space, Place and the Field

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800196	Rethinking Culture and Society

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102152	Social Ecology

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102160	Education Policy, Practice and Global Knowledge Co-construction

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102166	Person-Centred Practice

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102158	Learning and Teaching in Challenging Contexts

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102159	Designing Curriculum Futures

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102165	At the cultural interface - learning two ways

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101658	Transformative Learning

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100701	Leadership, Mentoring and Professional Growth

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102148	Engaging Communities

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102168	Principles and Practices of Evaluation

Business students are required to undertake 30 credit points of research methods electives

Code	Name
200897	Advanced Analysis and Interpretation

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200898	Seminal Papers in Business

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200896	Business Analysis Seminars

Business students may then select up to 20 credit points of cluster elective units

Code	Name
200848	Governance, Ethics and Social Entrepreneurship

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200828	Diversity, Labour Markets and Workforce Planning

Code	Name
200845	Innovation Through Digital Technology

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200719	Industrial Relations and Workplace Change

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51211	International Finance

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200852	Innovation, Creativity and Foresight

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200849	New Venture Finance

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200894	Property Development

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200722	Strategic Employment Relations

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200401	Accounting Theory and Applications

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51054	Financial Modelling

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51212	Security Analysis and Portfolio Theory

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200329	Supply Chain Management

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200957	Bioethics in Perspective

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200907	International Environmental Law and Policy

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200948	International Banking and Finance Law

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200949	International Climate Change Law

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200980	Security of Ideas

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200953	Human Rights in Practice and Theory

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200951	International Law of Ocean Governance

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200961	International Human Rights Law

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200962	International Criminal Law and Justice

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200963	International Space Law - Commercial Aspects

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200964	Principles of International Law

Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) Cluster

Please note: units will be offered subject to demand and availability

Code	Name
301363	Advanced Cloud Computing

Code	Name
301196	Advanced Topics in Artificial Intelligence

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300694	Advanced Topics in ICT

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300252	Advanced Topics in Networking

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301042	Cloud Computing

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301175	Internet of Things

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300599	Advanced Robotics

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301038	Programming Proficiency

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301312	Applied Machine Learning

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301044	Data Science

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301177	Mathematical Proof and Reasoning

Code	Name
301106	Mathematical Investigations

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301176	Advanced Mathematical Investigations

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301236	Advanced Topics in Cybersecurity

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301365	Probabilistic Graphical Models

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301002	Specialised Software Applications

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301003	Sustainable Systems

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300197	Power System Planning and Economics

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301024	Advanced Numerical Methods in Engineering

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300594	Advanced Structural Analysis

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300595	Advanced Water Engineering

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300604	Advanced Geotechnical Engineering

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300939	Sustainability and Risk Engineering (PG)

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301008	Advanced Composite Structures

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301009	Advanced Timber Structures

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301010	Advanced Applied Mechanics

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301011	Advanced Highway Infrastructure

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301012	Water Resources Systems Analysis

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300515	Instrumentation and Measurement (PG)

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301013	Advanced Statistical Hydrology

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301015	Deep Foundations

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301012	Water Resources Systems Analysis

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300939	Sustainability and Risk Engineering (PG)

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301018	Mechanical System Design

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301017	Advanced Waste Management

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300599	Advanced Robotics

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301019	Advanced Dynamic Systems

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300600	Mechatronic System Design

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301020	Advanced Mobile Robotics

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301021	Advanced Thermal and Fluid Engineering

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301022	Advanced Computer Aided Engineering

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301023	Advanced Computational Fluid Dynamics

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301024	Advanced Numerical Methods in Engineering

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300196	Personal Communication Systems

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300197	Power System Planning and Economics

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301025	Advanced Power Quality

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301026	Advanced Smart Grids and Distributed Generation

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300515	Instrumentation and Measurement (PG)

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300601	Advanced Electrical Machines and Drives

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300596	Advanced Signal Processing

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300603	Advanced Control Systems

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301019	Advanced Dynamic Systems

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300173	Advanced Data Networks

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401266	Experimental Design and Analysis PG A

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401267	Experimental Design and Analysis PG B

Code	Name
401203	Applications of Magnetic Resonance from Cancer to Neuroanatomy

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301247	A Cosmic Perspective

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301248	Space Instrumentation, Technology and Communication

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301249	Space Science, Planetary Science and Meteorology

Code	Name
800192	Neuroscience Methods

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800173	Cognitive Science: Research and Application

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800171	Learning and Processing Human Language

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800186	Emerging Technologies for Biological Science

Code	Name
800170	Ecosystems in a Changing World

Code	Name
800195	Researching our Changing Environment

Health and Medicine Cluster

Please note: units will be offered subject to demand and availability

Code	Name
400975	Ethics in Health Research

Code	Name
401167	Applied Research in Health Care

Code	Name
400220	Contemporary Professional Practice in Mental Health Nursing

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400238	Policy, Power and Politics in Health Care Provision

Code	Name
400777	Leadership for Quality and Safety in Health Care

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400774	Perspectives on Nursing

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400210	Health Promotion and the Nurse

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401077	Introduction to Biostatistics

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401414	Advanced Sport and Exercise Science

Code	Name
401076	Introduction to Epidemiology

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401075	Major Incident Management

Code	Name
401175	Analytic Approaches in Epidemiology

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401174	Epidemiology of Non-Communicable Diseases

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401173	Introduction to Clinical Epidemiology

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401179	Data Management and Programming for Epidemiology

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401176	Statistical Methods in Epidemiology

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401178	Controversies in Epidemiology

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800215	Applied research with marginalised populations and sensitive health topics

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800225	Clinical Research in Health Science

Specialisation Units

The specialisation units listed below count towards completion of this course for students who passed these units in 2020 or earlier.

401291 - Advanced Sport and Exercise Science

301016 - Advanced Water and Wastewater Treatment

102220 - Applied Methods in Literary Studies and Creative Writing

102222 - Applied Practice in Literary Studies and Creative Writing

101897 - Development for Equality

401162 - Experimental Design and Analysis (PG)

102336 - Functional Grammar

301118 - Genomic Data Science

800176 - Internship and Community Engagement (PG)

102181 - Nation, Power and Difference

301037 - Scientific Informatics

401164 - Transferable Research Skills

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