Academic English (10 units of credit)
Academic English & Study Skills

Content
Reading: understanding the meaning of unknown words; understanding the relationship between ideas in a text; skimming and scanning of texts; critical reading within a text; comparison and evaluation of different texts.

Writing: writing in an appropriate academic style; improving grammatical accuracy; developing an awareness of different essay genres; developing a knowledge of paragraph and essay structures; developing notetaking, summarising and paraphrasing skills; producing a research essay, emphasising critical thinking and the use of acknowledgments and references; presenting a research report, emphasising primary and secondary research skills, understanding the formal structure of a report, emphasising the use of descriptive and evaluative writing.

Listening: understanding stress and intonation patterns; recognising styles appropriate to different situations; following and understanding the structure of an academic talk or discussion; taking effective lecture notes; evaluating academic talks.

Speaking: becoming familiar with English spoken in the Australian context; practising pronunciation and stress patterns; participating effectively in small group discussions; presenting and participating in summary presentations and seminars.

Study skills: developing an awareness of differences in learning styles; practising research skills; developing personal organisational skills and effective time management; learning to cope with stress; examination skills.

Content
What is Accounting? Purpose, types of reports, users, requirements of accounting reports; distinction between bookkeeping and accounting. Concepts/conventions; double entry and equity concepts; accounting doctrines; accounting standards.

Elements of the accounting equation; debit and credit rule; effect of revenue and expenses on owner's equity; effect of business transations on the equation. The use of accounts; commonly used accounts; chart of accounts; chart of analysis of transactions.

The use of Journals: transactions and documents; recording transactions in journals; specialised journals; general journal; posting from journals to ledgers; control accounts and subsidiary ledgers.

Trial balance; financial statements; period adjustments; closing the ledger and tools for analysis.

Content

• Overseas perceptions of Australia - myth and reality.
• The Australian landscape and settlement pattern.
• Key events in Australian history that have contributed to the current nature of the society.
• Background to the Australian political and legal system.
• Intellectual property issues, contracts, torts.
• Australian identity; the Sydney Olympics

Current issues in Australia within a historical perspective: Aboriginal society and race relations; the Australian population, immigration and multiculturalism; the natural environment and the effects of European settlement; Australian nationalism and the development of a distinctive Australian identity; Australian art, architecture and film as expressions of identity; the role of the State and social welfare in Australian society; the Australian 'way of life' since World War II; factors affecting 'youth culture'.

Australia's place in the world: foreign policy past and present, role in the world economic order, future relationship with Asia.

Content
Cells: structure, function, chemical composition, organisation, division.

Green plants: structure, function, transport of materials, photosynthesis, respiration, reproduction.

Animals: relationship to plants, nutrition, circulation, respiration, excretion, coordination, locomotion, reproduction.

Diversity and adaptation of living things; evolution; genetics.

Content
Computer technology: computer systems, hardware, software; history, potential and limitations.

Information and communication: management information systems, database processing, decision support systems, networks, including Internet.

Intelligent technology: expert systems, robotics, artificial intelligence.

The computer industry: magnitude, structure and career paths.

Computers and society: social, ethical and legal issues.

The tutorial/laboratory component will cover word processing, spreadsheets, database systems, networking and communications, computer graphics, desktop publishing.

Content
The design, innovation, production and interpretation of images and objects.

Design forms, materials, equipment and processes, including painting, drawing, sculpture and 3D modelling, photography, colour and surface, computer graphics.

Visual design theory and practice interpreted from different theoretical perspectives, including traditional, modern and contemporary forms.

Design and innovation in various cultural and historical contexts; the history, theory and aesthetics of design, art and architecture in Australian and other contexts.

Application of design processes; management, communication and marketing principles. Professional practice in visual arts and design (product, graphic, architectural), advertising, media and communications.

Design studio projects and the development of a portfolio of minor and major works in various design forms.

Approximately half the formal class time is spent in the studio.

Sample of Student Design Book

Mathematics S (12 units of credit)
Science and some Commerce programs (Actuarial Studies)

Content
Rational and irrational numbers, indices, factorisation, equations and inequations, sequences and series.Functions, limits, differentiation and applications, curve sketching; logarithmic, exponential and trigonometric functions; indefinite integrals, definite integrals and applications.Probability and statistics; frequency distributions, measures of central tendency and dispersion; normal distribution.

Mathematics C (10 units of credit)
Most Commerce and some Design programs (Industrial Design)

Content
Rational and irrational numbers, indices, factorisation, equations and inequations, sequences and series.

Functions, limits, differentiation and applications, curve sketching; logarithmic and exponential functions; indefinite and definite integrals, applications.

Probability and statistics; frequency distributions, measures of central tendency and dispersion; normal distribution.

Essentials of Mathematics (8 units of credit)
Arts & Social Science, most Design programs

Content
The real number system, basic algebra, equations, indices; functions, interpretation and use of graphs; probability and statistics; trigonometry; introduction to calculus; applications of mathematics.

Economics (12 units of credit)

Content
Economics as a social science; production possibilities; demand and supply analysis; government interference in the price mechanism.

Economics of the firm; costs and revenue; market structures; perfect competition; monopolistic competition, oligopoly and monopoly models; competition policy.

National income and expenditure analysis; economic growth; international trade and protection; exchange rates.

The Australian economy; financial sector; Reserve Bank; government economic policy management; monetary and fiscal policy.

Content
Classical mechanics: motion, vectors, Newton's laws, universal gravitation, momentum, work, energy, power, conservation laws, motion of rigid bodies, statics, rotational and vibratory motion.

Wave motion and optics: the nature of waves, sound, light, geometrical optics, image formation, optical instruments, interference.

Electricity and magnetism: electrostatics, direct currents, magnetism, electromagnetic induction, electromagnetic waves.

Laboratory techniques: measurement and error, data analysis and recording, electric circuits, optical systems.

International Issues and Perspectives (12 units of credit)

Content

This subject presents a selection of contemporary social, cultural, political and environmental issues that interact to shape international affairs. Students are challenged to develop an informed perspective on national, regional and global issues as well as an appreciation of the complex forces at play in the international community.

Academic Skills

The course has been designed using the principles of problem based learning to develop problem-solving, research, critical thinking and communication skills. In solving problems of international importance, students are required to work collaboratively and to take personal responsibility for their learning.

Legal Studies (6 units of credit)

Content
Australian political institutions: the Constitution, the federal system, the High Court, Parliament, Cabinet.

The Australian legal system: the role of law in society, branches of law, sources of law, criminal law, interpretation of legislation, legal processes and the courts, administrative law, alternative dispute resolution.

Introduction to business law: contracts, torts, trusts, corporations law.

Chemistry (10 units of credit)

Content
Fundamental concepts; names, symbols, formulas and equations; mole concept and mole calculations; atomic structure and chemical bonding; phases of matter, solid state structure and physical properties; solutions; chemical energy and thermochemistry.

Trends and patterns in the periodic table; representative chemical elements and compounds.

Electrolytes; acids and bases; equilibria (Ka); oxidation and reduction reactions; electrochemical cells; salts, solubilities and precipitation reactions. Organic compounds, isomerism and typical functional group reactions.

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