Table O - Open Learning Environment Table
Semester 2 2020 unit of study availability
Some Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences units of study originally intended to run in Semester 2, 2020 are no longer available.
A full and up-to-date list of units of study available in Semester 2, 2020 from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, can be found on this webpage.
Errata
| Item | Errata | Date |
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| 1. |
The following unit session and assumed knowledge has changed: OLET2801 Music and Australian Indigenous Identities Session: Semester 2 only Assumed knowledge: Assumed knowledge requirement has been removed |
21/01/20120 |
| 2. |
Sessions have changed for the following unit. The availability is now: OLET5618 History and Human Research Session: Intensive October |
10/02/2020 |
| 3. |
The following units have been cancelled for Semester 2 2020: OLET2401 Cancer Survivorship OLET2502 Toxicological Evaluation OLET5502 Pharma Insights: Medicines Life Cycle |
17/04/2020 |
| 4. |
The July Intensive 2020 has been cancelled for the following unit: OLET5043 Fieldwork Ethics |
17/04/2020 |
| 5. |
Sessions have changed for the following unit. A new Intensive August (S2CIAU) session has been opened for 2020: OLET2610 Foundations of Quantum Computing |
05/06/2020 |
| 6. |
Sessions have changed for the following units. S2CIJL Intensive July session has been closed for 2020: OLET1618 Data Science in Astronomy: Algorithms |
15/06/2020 |
| 7. |
The following unit has been cancelled for Semester 2, 2020: OLET5902 Qualitative Research for Law and Policy |
04/08/2020 |
Two and Six credit point OLE units are listed below; the zero credit point units are available in Canvas.
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Table O - Open Learning Environment |
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| This table lists Open Learning Environment (OLE) units of study. | |||
| OLE units can be zero, two, or six credit points. | |||
| All of the OLE units below have a matching zero credit point version available through Canvas. Standalone zero credit point units are also avalable through Canvas. The zero credit point units are free for any University of Sydney student, completely online and available through out the year. | |||
| Two and six credit point units must be taken in their defined session. | |||
| All OLE units will comply with the University's Learning and Teaching Policy 2015 as regards appropriate assessment and hours of student effort. | |||
| Open Learning units of study are offered through the following faculties: | |||
| - Arts and Social Sciences | |||
| - Business School | |||
| - Engineering | |||
| - Medicine and Health, including Health Sciences | |||
| - Science | |||
| - Sydney Conservatorium of Music | |||
| - Law | |||
Units of study |
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| The two and six credit point units of study available in the Open Learning Environment are listed below, arranged by the faculty of offer. Zero credit point units are available through Canvas. | |||
Arts and Social Sciences |
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| OLET1101 Aboriginal Sydney |
2 | Semester 2 |
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| OLET1103 Cultural Competence: Fundamentals |
2 | Semester 1 |
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| OLET1105 Cultures of Food: Europe |
2 | Intensive April Intensive August |
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| OLET1115 (Im)Politeness in Global Society |
2 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| OLET1133 Understanding Critical Reflection |
2 | Semester 1 |
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| OLET1135 Disability Awareness and Inclusivity |
2 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| OLET1137 Australian Perspectives: Rugby League |
2 |
Additional cost for the field trip is approximately $25 |
Intensive April |
| OLET1139 Economics of the Everyday |
2 | Intensive July Intensive March Intensive October |
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| OLET1141 Ethnographic Research Methods |
2 | Intensive May |
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| OLET1143 How Economic Policy Remade Australia |
2 | Intensive April Intensive August Intensive January |
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| OLET1231 Community Engagement for Change |
2 | Semester 2 |
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| OLET1901 Presentation Skills: Speaking in Public |
2 | Intensive November |
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| OLET2109 Global Ethics: Migration and Nation |
2 |
Semester 1 This course runs over a 4-week period, from Week 5-8, with a face-to-face intensive on Saturday 13 April. Semester 2 This course runs over a 4-week period, from Week 5-8, with a face-to-face intensive on Saturday 21 September. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| OLET2110 Telling True Stories |
2 | Semester 2b |
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| OLET2111 Global Ethics: Philosophy |
2 | Intensive April Intensive September |
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| OLET2113 Global Ethics: The Great Barrier Reef |
2 | Intensive May Intensive October |
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| OLET2117 Power and Identity in a Global Era |
2 | Intensive May |
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| OLET2119 Professionalism in the Workplace |
2 | Intensive April Intensive October |
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| OLET2120 US Violence: Terror, Guns, Punishment |
2 | Semester 1 |
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| OLET2123 Understanding the Arab World |
2 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| OLET2125 Understanding Europe |
2 | Semester 2 |
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| OLET2127 Wiki Writing for the Web This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
2 | Intensive March |
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| OLET2133 Culture and Urban Environmental Design |
2 | Semester 2 |
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| OLET2135 Economic Strategy and Negotiation |
2 | Intensive May Intensive September |
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| OLET2136 Indigenous Histories |
2 | Intensive September |
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| OLET2138 Presentation Skills: Public Speaking |
2 | Intensive April |
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| OLET2140 Presentation Skills: Speaking in Class |
2 | Intensive March |
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| OLET2142 Sacred Feasts. Ritual Food and Drink |
2 | Intensive September |
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| OLET2144 Social Protest in a Digital Age |
2 | Intensive May |
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| OLET2146 The Global Economy in Australia |
2 | Intensive April Intensive September |
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| OLET2148 Thinking Critically |
2 | Intensive April Intensive September |
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| OLET2151 Understanding the USA |
2 | Semester 2 |
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| OLET2153 World Cultural Heritage |
2 | Intensive August |
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| OLET2701 Understanding Creativity |
2 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment in the following sessions:Semester 1a |
Semester 1a Semester 2a |
| OLES2107 Digital Influence through Social Media |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| OLES2129 Writing for the Digital World |
6 | Intensive February Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| There are additional fees associated with the following units. Please contact the relevant unit co-ordinator for more information. | |||
| OLES2137 Experience China |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment There are additional fees associated with this unit, please contact the Unit of Study Coordinator for further information. |
Intensive November |
| OLES2139 Experience Germany |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment There are additional fees associated with this unit, please contact the Unit of Study Coordinator for further information. |
Intensive June Intensive November |
| OLES2141 Experience Indonesia This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Intensive February Intensive July |
| OLES2143 Experience Italy |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment There are additional fees associated with this unit, please contact the Unit of Study Coordinator for further information. |
Intensive January Intensive June |
| OLES2145 Experience Korea |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment There are additional fees associated with this unit, please contact the Unit of Study Coordinator for further information. |
Intensive January Intensive June |
| OLES2147 Experience the French-Speaking World |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment There are additional fees associated with this unit, please contact the Unit of Study Coordinator for further information. |
Intensive November |
| OLES2149 Experience the Spanish-Speaking World |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment There are additional fees associated with this unit, please contact the Unit of Study Coordinator for further information. |
Intensive June |
| OLES2151 Experience the Arab World |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment There are additional fees associated with this unit, please contact the Unit of Study Coordinator for further information. |
Intensive January |
| OLES2153 Experience Japan |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment There are additional fees associated with this unit, please contact the Unit of Study Coordinator for further information. |
Intensive January Intensive November |
Business School |
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| OLET1201 Business Entrepreneurship: Business Models |
2 | A OLEO1200 Students may wish to pursue related OLE units, OLET1202 and/or OLET1203. |
Intensive February Intensive July |
| OLET1202 Business Entrepreneurship: Guerrilla Tactics |
2 | A OLEO1200 Students may also wish to pursue related OLE units, OLET1201 and OLET1203. |
Intensive February Intensive July |
| OLET1203 Business Entrepreneurship: Bootstrap Finance |
2 | A OLEO1200 Students may also wish to pursue related OLE units, OLET1201 and OLET1202. |
Intensive February Intensive July |
| OLET1205 Business Ethics: Interactive Cases |
2 | A OLEO1204 |
Intensive July |
| OLET1208 Cryptocurrency Markets and Investments |
2 | Intensive July |
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Engineering |
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| OLET1301 Managing and Analysing Data with SQL |
2 | Semester 1 |
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| OLET1303 Understanding Web Skeletons and Skins |
2 | Semester 1 |
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| OLET1305 Coding Literacy |
2 | N INFO1103 OR INFO1110 OR INFO1910 OR INFO1903 |
Semester 1 |
| OLET1307 Beginner Programming for Data Analysis |
2 | N INFO1903 OR DATA1002 OR DATA1902 |
Semester 1 |
| OLET1309 Interactive Web Pages with JavaScript |
2 | A Some knowledge of HTML, CSS and coding literacy which can be acquired through either OLET1303 or OLET1305 |
Semester 1 |
| OLET1311 Managing Your Project |
2 |
Students in this OLE must be enrolled in and nominate another Unit of Study in which they are required to undertake a project based assessment. |
Semester 1 |
| OLET2314 Complexity: Agent-based Modelling |
2 |
This OLE requires no prior exposure to complex systems. The aim of this unit is to introduce students to complex systems understanding, inherently drawn from across disciplines, through building on basis concepts of complex systems science and engineering. |
Intensive April |
| OLET2346 Social Network Analysis Principles |
2 |
The unit is designed such that it is accessible to University of Sydney students from all disciplines can benefit from it. Basic concepts from statistics and graph theory will be introduced, but advanced prior mathematical knowledge is not required. |
Intensive September |
Medicine and Health, including Health Sciences |
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| OLET1401 Radiological Interpretation: the Chest |
2 | N MRTY2102 or MRTY2106 |
Semester 2 |
| OLET1403 Student Leadership: Community Engagement |
2 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| OLET1404 Student Leadership: Peer Mentoring |
2 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| OLET1405 Student Leadership: Representation |
2 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| OLET1501 Health Challenges: Cardiovascular Disease |
2 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| OLET1504 Health Challenges: Diabetes |
2 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| OLET1506 Health Challenges: Allergy and Autoimmunity |
2 | Semester 2 |
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| OLET1508 Health Challenges: Evolution Health and Disease |
2 | Semester 1 |
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| OLET1510 Health Challenges: Sleep |
2 | Semester 2 |
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| OLET1512 Health Challenges: Pain and Society |
2 | Semester 1a |
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| OLET1514 Health Challenges: Physical Inactivity |
2 | Semester 2 |
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| OLET1518 Health Challenges: Weight Regulation |
2 | Intensive August |
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| OLET2401 Cancer Survivorship |
2 | Semester 2 |
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| OLET2502 Toxicological Evaluation |
2 | A PCOL3011 or OLEO2501 |
Semester 2 |
| OLET2503 Global challenges: Planetary Health |
2 | Semester 2a |
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| OLET2510 Ethnopharmacology |
2 | Intensive August |
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| OLET5401 Presenting your research This unit of study is not available in 2020 |
2 | A Participation in a research project or degree |
Intensive April Intensive August Intensive November |
| OLET5502 Pharma Insights: Medicines Life Cycle |
2 | Semester 2 |
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Science |
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| OLET1601 Analysing and Plotting Data: R |
2 | N ENVX1002 or LWSC2002 or AFNR5512 or STAT5003 or MATH1005 or MATH1905 or MATH1015 or OLET1603 |
Intensive August |
| OLET1603 Analysing and Plotting Data: Python |
2 | N INFO1903 or COMP5310 or DATA1002 or OLET1601 |
Intensive August |
| OLET1605 Communication in STEM |
2 | Semester 2 |
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| OLET1607 Cultural Competence in Natural Science |
2 | N AVBS4003 |
Intensive September |
| OLET1610 GIS: Geographic Information Systems |
2 | A A general awareness and understanding of human and environmental interactions is assumed. |
Intensive April |
| OLET1616 The Science of Health and Wellbeing |
2 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| OLET1618 Data Science in Astronomy: Algorithms |
2 | A Students should have strong programming skills in Python 3, with a good understanding of loops, decisions and user-defined functions. |
Intensive July Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| OLET1620 Data Science in Astronomy: Analysis |
2 | A Students should have strong programming skills in Python 3, with a good understanding of loops, decisions and user-defined functions. |
Intensive July Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| OLET1622 Numbers and Numerics |
2 | A HSC Mathematics N COSC1003 or COSC1903 |
Intensive July Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| OLET1625 Reading and Writing Mathematics |
2 | Intensive February Intensive July |
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| OLET1630 Symmetry |
2 | Intensive February Intensive July |
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| OLET1632 Shark Bites and Other Data Stories |
2 | Intensive February Intensive July |
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| OLET1634 Anxiety and its Disorders |
2 | A This is an introductory level unit, no prior knowledge is required. |
Intensive October |
| OLET1636 Astronomy: from Earth to Exoplanets |
2 | N PHYS1500 |
Intensive August Intensive March |
| OLET1638 Astronomy: from Stars to Black Holes |
2 | N PHYS1500 |
Intensive April Intensive September |
| OLET1640 Astronomy: from Big Bang to Darkness |
2 | N PHYS1500 |
Intensive May Intensive October |
| OLET1644 How we make decisions |
2 | Intensive September |
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| OLET1652 How to Estimate Anything |
2 | A HSC Mathematics (2 unit) |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| OLET1654 Pseudoscientific Thinking |
2 | Intensive April |
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| OLET1656 Understanding Animal Welfare |
2 | A No prior knowledge required |
Intensive November |
| OLET1662 The Science of Sexuality |
2 | Intensive April |
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| OLET1664 Science of Australia's Deadly Animals |
2 | Intensive September |
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| OLET1666 Writing with LaTeX |
2 | A There is no assumed knowledge apart from basic computer skills. Familiarity with referencing conventions and basic programming would be advantageous but is not required. |
Intensive July |
| OLET1668 Developing Your Emotional Intelligence |
2 | A This is an introductory level unit; no prior knowledge is required . |
Intensive August |
| OLET1670 Modern Alchemy: Lotions and Potions |
2 | A This is an introductory level unit, no prior knowledge is required. |
Intensive April |
| OLET2602 Psychology of Crime |
2 | Intensive April Intensive September |
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| OLET2606 Origins of Mathematics |
2 | A HSC Mathematics or equivalent and familiarity with basic scientific method |
Intensive July |
| OLET2608 Psychology of Faith |
2 | A No academic knowledge is pre-required, only academic competence of logical and critical thinking. |
Intensive May |
| OLET2610 Foundations of Quantum Computing |
2 | A Basic computer literacy, some competency with coding. |
Intensive March |
| OLET2612 GIS: Thinking Spatially |
2 | A It is assumed students already have an understanding of basic GIS concepts and analysis methods which can be acquired through OLEO1609 GIS: Geographic Information Systems (0 cp). |
Intensive August |
| OLET2614 GIS: Problem Solving |
2 | A It is assumed students already have an understanding of basic GIS concepts and analysis methods which can be acquired through OLEO1609 GIS: Geographic Information Systems (0 cp). |
Intensive August |
| OLET2628 Research Data Management |
2 | Intensive April |
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| OLET5602 Computational Analysis for omics Data |
2 | A Experience with at least one programming language. Basic computational and statistical concepts. Basic knowledge of molecular biology. |
Intensive August |
| OLET5604 Health Literacy for Better Lives |
2 | Intensive April |
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| OLET5606 Data Wrangling |
2 | A Basic exploratory data analysis, basic coding in R |
Intensive July |
| OLET5608 Linear Modelling |
2 | A Exploratory data analysis, sampling, simple linear regression, t-tests and confidence intervals. Ability to perform data analytics with coding, basic linear algebra. E.g. DATA1001 and OLET5606 (Data wrangling). N DATA2002 or DATA2902 or ENVX2001 |
Intensive May |
| OLET5610 Multivariate Data Analysis |
2 | Intensive June |
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| OLET5616 Experimental Design for Life Sciences |
2 | A It is expected students have had exposure to introductory statistics from prior learning. |
Intensive May |
| OLET5618 History of Human Research Ethics |
2 | A Students should have a basic understanding about current methods for conducting scientific and medical research, the ethical challenges that could potentially affect investigators while they are conducting their research, presenting their research publicly, or advising government bodies or private business about the outcomes of their research. |
Intensive March |
Sydney Conservatorium of Music |
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| OLET1801 Music Theory and Notation Essentials |
2 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| OLET1803 Digital Communication: Sound |
2 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| OLET1811 Writing About Music |
2 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| OLET2801 Music and Australian Indigenous Identities |
2 | A Students enrolling in this unit of study should be able to distinguish aurally between the melody, harmony, bass and rhythm layers of music, and have a basic knowledge of popular music instrumentation and song structure. |
Semester 1 |
Law |
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| OLET5902 Qualitative Research for Law and Policy |
2 | P Complete the assessment tasks for OLEO5901 Qualitative Research for Law and Policy (0 credit points) |
Semester 2 |