Your study program
What
can I study?
UniSA has four divisions incorporating schools in various subject areas as follows:
Division of Education, Arts and Social Sciences
- Architecture and Design
- Australian and Aboriginal Studies
- Communication
- Education
- International Studies
- Psychology
- Social Work and Social Policy
- South Australian School of Art
Division of Health Sciences
- Health Sciences
- Nursing and Midwifery
- Pharmacy and Medical Sciences
Division of Business
- Commerce
- Management
- Marketing
- International Graduate School of Business
Division of Information Technology, Engineering and the Environment
- Advanced Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering
- Computer and Information Science
- Electrical and Information Engineering
- Mathematics and Statistics
- Natural and Built Environments
Course examples
Examples of some of our most popular courses are as follows:
Business
- Tourism: Food Wine and Festivals
- Fitness and Lifestyle Management
- Ecotourism
- International Marketing Management
Communications
- Public Relations
- Reporting for the Media
- Media and Screen Cultures
- Scriptwriting for Media Performance
Environmental Sciences
- Natural Hazards and Disasters
- Environmental Law
- Ecology
- Sustainable Development: A Global Perspective
Sports Management
- Human Nutrition
- Exercise and Sport Psychology
- Wilderness and Adventure Education
- Principles of Teaching and Coaching
Visual Arts
- Photography: Black and White
- Australian Art, Craft and Design
- Life Drawing
- Introduction to Jewellery Workshop
Australian and Aboriginal Studies
- Australian History
- Aboriginal Cultures (includes field trip)
- Australian Society, Aboriginal Voices
- Archaeology and Aboriginal Studies
Course selection
To search by subject area:
- Go to the course information search page (opens in a new browser window) and click on the appropriate year (eg. 2008).
- Input keywords (eg. "marketing") or course titles, if you know them.
- View the available courses.
- Click on the courses that interest you to be directed to more detailed information.
To search by available majors/minors:
- Got to the majors, minors / sub-majors information page (opens in a new browser window).
- Click on 'Available Majors/Minors'.
- View the available courses.
- Click on the courses that interest you for further information.
The course information page will give you:
- a brief description of the course content;
- the names of the textbooks for the course;
- the study period (semester) in which the course is offered;
- the campus location; and
- the name of the Course Coordinator (who you can contact via email for more information about the course).
You can also view an alphabetical listing of all courses (opens in a new browser window) that has links to detailed course information.
Course load at UniSA
A normal course load at UniSA is 18 units per Study Period (usually 4 courses each worth 4.5 units) or 36 units per academic year.
Important! When choosing courses, please remember the following:
- Choose courses offered in the correct Study Period (semester). You can choose from Study Period 2 or Study Period 5. Study Period 2 runs from February to June and Study Period 5 runs from July to November.
- Some courses have prerequisites. You may not be eligible for these classes unless you provide UniSA with evidence that you have completed the necessary courses at your home university to satisfy these prerequisites.
- Course codes comprise 4 letters and 4 numbers (eg. TOUR 1001). Courses beginning with a "1" are generally first year level, courses beginning with a "2" are generally second year level, etc.
- Course codes beginning with a "5" or above are graduate level courses. Entry into these courses is restricted to students who hold the equivalent of an Australian bachelor degree.
- UniSA is a multi-campus university. Check under "campus" on the Course Information Page to see where your selected courses are offered. We suggest that you choose courses offered at no more than 2 different campuses.
- The Course Information Page contains information relevant to the
current academic year. Although it is likely that similar courses will
be offered the following academic year, this can not be guaranteed.