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The textbooks for topics offered in 2022 are listed below.

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*This list was updated on 19 Jan 2022.

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Topic code	Topic name	Availability	Title	Author	Date/edition	ISBN	Required or Recommended
BUSN1001	Accounting Principles	S1; S2	Financial Accounting	Hoggett, J., Medlin, J., Chalmers, K., Beattie, C., Hellman, A. & Maxfield, J.	11th ed. (2021)	9780730382706	Required
BUSN1011	Accounting for Managers	S1; S2	Accounting An Introduction	Atrill, McLaney, Harvey, Cong	8th edition	9781488625695	Required
EDUC1232	Education, Knowledge and Society	S1; S2	Education, Change and Society	Welch, et al.	4th Edition	9780190309763	Required
ESOL2004	Curriculum Development and Teaching Practice in TESOL	S1; S2	A course in English language teaching	Ur, P.	2nd ed.	9781107684676	Required
ESOL8002	Language Assessment in TESOL	S1; S2	Language assessment: principles and classroom practices	Brown, H. D. & Abeywickrama, P.	3rd ed.	9780134860220	Required
HLTH1004	Human Bioscience	S1; S2	Principles of anatomy and physiology for nursing and healthcare students in Australia	Peate, I. and Evans, S.	2021/First edition	9780730391944	Recommended
HLTH1010	Research and Study Skills 1	S1; S2	Understanding research methods for evidence-based practice in health	Greenhalgh, T. M., Bidewell, J., Crisp, E., Lambros, A. & Warland, J.	2nd ed.	9780730372233	Required
HLTH1306	Contemporary health issues in Australia	S1; S2	Understanding Health	Helen Keleher & Colin MacDougall (Eds)	5e	9780190323431	Required
LLAW1312	Essential Legal Skills	S1; S2	Australia Guide to Legal Citation	Melbourne University Law Review	2018/4th ed	9780646976389	Required
LLAW1312	Essential Legal Skills	S1; S2	Effective Legal Writing: A Practical Guide	Corbett-Jarvis and Grigg	2020, 3rd ed	9780409351484	Recommended
LLAW9602	Legal Analysis and Problem Solving	S1; S2	The new lawyer: foundations of law	James, N., Field, R. & Walkden-Brown, J.	2019	9780730358909	Required
LLAW9602	Legal Analysis and Problem Solving	S1; S2	Australian guide to legal citation	Melbourne University Law Review Association	4th ed.	9780646976389	Required
MATH1701	Mathematics Fundamentals A	S1; S2	Precalculus	Stitz, C. & Zeager, J.	2013	(Open Source Textbook)	Recommended
MATH1702	Mathematics Fundamentals B	S1; S2	Precalculus	Stitz, C. & Zeager, J.	2013	(Open Source Textbook)	Recommended
NMCY1001	Academic and Professional Numeracy	S1; S2	Maths skills for success at university	Bradt, K. & Winn, T.	2017	9780190302948	Recommended
NURS9027	Integrated professional practice (1)	S1; S2	Advanced Health Assessment and Differential Diagnosis	Karen M Myrick and Laima M Karosas	2021	9780826162496	Required
NURS9126	Leadership in Health Studies	S1; S2	Leadership for nursing and allied health professionals	Bishop, V.	2009	0335225330	Recommended
NURS9222	Advancing Research Knowledge to Inform Healthcare Practice	S1; S2	Introducing Research and Evidence-Based Practice for Nursing and Healthcare Professionals	Jolley, J.	3rd ed. (2020)	9781000063295	Recommended
NURS9222	Advancing Research Knowledge to Inform Healthcare Practice	S1; S2	Doing a literature review in health and social care: a practical guide	Aveyard, H.	4th ed. (2019)	9780335248018	Required
SOAD8021	Engaging in Professional Contexts	S1; S2	Working with Human Service Organisations	Gardiner, F.	2nd Edition (2016)	9780190303235	Required
SOAD9111	Social Issues and Social Policy	S1; S2	Australian social policy and the human services	Carson, E. & Kerr, L.	3rd ed.	9781108657815	Required
GOVT8012	Public Policy	S1; NS1; NS2	Studying Public Policy: Principles and Processes	Michael Howlett, M. Ramesh, Anthony Perl	2020/fourth edition	9780199026142	Required
BIOL1102	Molecular Basis of Life	S1	Campbell biology	Urry, L. A.	11th ANZ ed.	9781488613739	Required
BIOL1711	Introduction to Animal Behaviour	S1	Animal behaviour	Rubenstein, D. R.	11th ed.	9781605355481	Recommended
BIOL3791	Ecology and geomorphology of coastal environments	S1	Introduction to Coastal Processes and Geomorphology	Davidson-Arnott, R., Bauer, B., & Houser, C.	(2019)	9781108439862	Recommended
BTEC3002 & BTEC9010	Medical Biotechnology	S1	Freshney's Culture Of Animal Cells	Amanda Capes-Davis, R. Ian Freshney	8	9781119513018	Recommended
BUSN2038	Human Resource Management	S1	Human resource management	Stone, R. J., Anne Cox, A. & Gavin, M.	10th ed.	9780730385356	Recommended
BUSN2042	Corporations Law	S1	Company Law: An Interactive Approach	Chapple et al	Second Edition	9780730369332	Required
BUSN3049	Corporate Finance	S1	Corporate Finance	S. A. Ross & R. W. Westerfield & B. D. Jordan	13th Edition	9781265553609	Required
BUSN3056	International Trade	S1	International Trade	Robert C. Feenstra & Alan M. Taylor	Fifth Edition	9781319382865	Required
BUSN8006	Driving Financial Performance	S1	Accounting: Business Reporting for Decision Making	Jacqueline Birt, Keryn Chalmers, Suzanne Maloney, Albie Brooks, Judy Oliver, David Bond	7th Edition	9780730369325	Required
COMP2781	Computer Mathematics	S1	Discrete mathematics with applications	Epp, S. S. & Imran, Q.	5th ed.	9780357121467	Required
COMP8781	Computer Mathematics	S1	Discrete mathematics with applications	Epp, S. S. & Imran, Q.	5th ed.	9780357121467	Required
CRWR1100	Workshop: Reading and Writing	S1	We have always lived in the castle	Jackson, S.	2006	9780143039976	Required
CRWR1100	Workshop: Reading and Writing	S1	Mrs. Dalloway	Woolf, V.	New edition	9780191592638	Required
EDUC1241	Science - Inquiring in a New World	S1	Teaching Primary Science Constructively	Keith Skamp & Christine Preston	2021, 7th Edition	9780170443401	Required
EDUC2320	Learners and their Development - Middle and Secondary Schooling	S1	Effective teaching strategies: lessons from research and practice	Killen, R.	7th ed.	9780170276306	Recommended
EDUC2320	Learners and their Development - Middle and Secondary Schooling	S1	Educational psychology for learning and teaching	Duchesne, S. & McMaugh, A.	6th ed.	9780170410823	Required
EDUC2322	Learners and their Development (Primary)	S1	Effective teaching strategies: lessons from research and practice	Killen, R.	7th ed.	9780170276306	Recommended
EDUC2322	Learners and their Development (Primary)	S1	Educational psychology for learning and teaching	Duchesne, S. & McMaugh, A.	6th ed.	9780170285506	Required
EDUC2323 & EDUC3652	Students with Numeracy Difficulties	S1	Building numeracy. From assessment to conceptual understanding and fluency.	George Booker	2021-2nd edition	9780190330347	Required
EDUC3647	Curriculum Studies	S1	Understanding curriculum: the Australian context	Webster, S. & Ryan, A.	2nd ed.	9781108449991	Required
EDUC3647	Curriculum Studies	S1	Teaching humanities and social sciences in the primary school	Reynolds, R.	4th ed.	9780170424165	Required
EDUC8130	Transforming practice through technology	S1	Educational Technology Program and Project Evaluation	J. Michael Spector & Allan H.K.	2016/1st Edition	9781138851429	Required
EDUC9128D	Curriculum development in the middle years	S1	Understanding curriculum: the Australian context	Webster, S. & Ryan, A.	2nd ed.	9781108449991	Required
EDUC9128D	Curriculum development in the middle years	S1	Teaching humanities and social sciences in the primary school	Reynolds, R.	4th ed.	9780170424165	Required
ENGL 3114	Writing in the Twenty-First Century	S1	The Journey	Francesca Sanna	2016	9781909263994	Required
ENGL3114	Writing in the Twenty-First Century	S1	The Hate U Give	Angie Thomas	2017	9781406372151	Required
ENGR7821	Electrical Power Systems	S1	Power System Analysis	Hadi Saadat	3rd Edition	9780984543809	Required
ENGR7821	Electrical Power Systems	S1	Power System Analysis and Design	J. Duncan Glover , Thomas Overbye , Mulukutla S. Sarma	6th Edition	9781305636187	Required
ENGR7821	Electrical Power Systems	S1	Electric Power Systems	Michel Crappe	Michel Crappe	9781118624081	Required
ENGR7821	Electrical Power Systems	S1	Introduction to Electrical Power Systems	Mohamed E. El-Hawary	September 2008	9780470408636	Required
ESOL2003	English Linguistics in TESOL	S1	The study of language	Yule, G.	7th ed.	9781108499453	Required
HIST1203	Australians at War	S1	Consuming ANZAC: The history of Australia’s most powerful brand	Jo Hawkins	2018	9781760800000	Recommended
HLPE1552	Human Functional Anatomy	S1	Dynatomy: Dynamic human anatomy	Whiting, W. C., & Rugg, S.	2006, Vol. 10, 2nd Edition	9781492549871, 1492549878	Required
HLPE2300	Dr Sam Elliott	S1	Foundations of sport psychology	Dan Gould	7th Edition	9781492572350	Required
HLPE2402	Physiological Testing in Sport	S1	Performance Assessment in Strength and Conditioning	Paul Comfort, Paul A. Jones, John J. McMahon	2018, 1st Edition	9780415789387	Required
HLPE3531	Skill Acquisition & Biomechanics	S1	Sports biomechanics, the basics: Optimising human performance	Blazevich, A.	2010, 3rd edition	9781472917225	Required
INTR1006	International Relations: An Introduction	S1	World politics: interests, interactions, institutions	Frieden, J. A., Lake, D. A. & Schultz, K. A.	4th International student ed.	9780393675122	Required
LLAW2311	Torts	S1	Connecting with tort law	Davis, J., Rizzi, M. & Offer, K.	2nd ed.	0190313749	Required
LLAW3253	Labour Law	S1	Stewart's Guide to Employment Law	Andrew Stewart	Seventh Edition	9781760023157	Recommended
LLAW3312	Constitutional Law	S1	Blackshield and Williams Australian constitutional law and theory: commentary and materials	Blackshield, A., Williams, G., Brennan, S. & Lynch, A.	7th ed.	9781760021511	Required
MATH2711	Several Variable Calculus	S1	Calculus	Stewart, J.	8th metric version ed.	9781473747791	Recommended
MATH3702	Methods of Applied Mathematics	S1	Applied Mathematics	Logan, J. D.	2013	9781118475805	Recommended
MATH8702	Methods of Applied Mathematics	S1	Applied Mathematics	Logan, J. D.	2013	9781118475805	Recommended
MMED2008	Communication for Improved Patient Care	S1	Communication: core interpersonal skills for healthcare professionals	O'Toole, G.	4th ed.	9780729543255	Required
NURS1004	Physical dimensions of being human	S1	Estes Health Assessment & Physical examination	Calleja P, Theobald K, Harvey T.	3rd Australian and New Zealand edition	9780170420587	Required
NURS2002	Professionalism in Nursing	S1	Skills in clinical nursing	BermanA, Snyder.	Second Australian Edition	9781488620690	Required
NURS8760	Acute Mental Health Nursing Theory	S1	Psychopharmacology for health professionals,	Usher, K Foster, K & Bullock, S	2008	9780729538602	Recommended
NURS8760	Acute mental Health Nursing Theory	S1	Contemporary Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing : Partnerships in Care	Moxham L., Hazelton M., Muir-Cochrane E., Heffernan T., Kneisl C.,Tigoboff E.	2017	9781486023905	Required
PALL8435	Issues in Care of the Spirit in Palliative Care	S1	Critical Thinking Skills for Healthcare	McKendry, S.	2015	9781138787513	Required
PALL8441	Understanding Cancer	S1	Critical Thinking Skills for Healthcare	McKendry, S.	2016	9781138787513	Required
PALL8442	Adolescent and Young Adult Palliative Care	S1	Critical Thinking Skills for Healthcare	McKendry, S.	2015	9781138787513	Required
PARA2001	Pathophysiology 2A	S1	Principles of pathophysiology	Bullock, S. & Hales, M.	2nd ed.	9781488617683	Recommended
PHYS1101	Fundamental Physics I	S1	Fundamentals of Physics (Extended)	Halliday, D., Resnick, R. & Walker, J.	11th ed.	9781119306856	Required
POLI1003	An Introduction to Democracy and Government	S1	Australian government and politics	Fenna, A. & Manwaring, R.	2021	9780655700753	Required
POLI2011	Australian Public Policy: Policy Design	S1	The Australian policy handbook: a practical guide to the policy-making process	Althaus, C.E., Bridgman, P. & Davis, G.	6th ed.	9781000247909	Required
POLI3069	The Politics of the Australian Welfare State	S1	The Nordic Edge: Policy Possibilities for Australia	Scott, Andrew and Campbell, Rod, eds.	2021	9780522877625; 9780522877632	Recommended
PSYC9005	Advanced Applications of Evidence Based Therapies	S1	Case formulation in cognitive behaviour therapy: the treatment of challenging and complex cases	Tarrier, N. & Johnson, J.	2016	1315694190	Required
SCME1000	Film Form and Analysis	S1	Film Art: An Introduction	David Bordwell, Kristin Thompson and Jeff Smith	12th Edn 2020	9781260056082	Required
SCME2071	Introduction to Screenwriting	S1	Beyond the Hero's Journey	Anthony Mullins	July 2021	9781742236995	Recommended
SOAD2007	Social Policy Practice	S1	Australian social policy and the human services	Carson, E. & Kerr, L.	3rd ed.	9781108657815	Required
SPTH1506	Introduction to linguistics & phonetics 1	S1	A course in phonetics	Ladefoged & Johnson	2015/7th	9781285463407	Recommended
SPTH1506	Introduction to Linguistics & Phonetics 1	S1	An introduction to language	Fromkin et al	2018/Australia & New Zealand 9th edition	9780170386807	Required
SPTH3903	Speech Pathology Practicum 1	S1	Introduction to Clinical Methods in Communication Disorders	Rhea Paul	4th ed.	168125378X	Required
SPTH9122	Speech Pathology Skills and Practice 1	S1	Introduction to Clinical Methods in Communication Disorders	Rhea Paul	4th ed.	168125378X	Required
SPTH9122	Speech Pathology Skills and practice 1	S1	Mary Sheridan's From Birth to Five Years Children's Developmental Progress	Ajay Sharma, Helen Cockerill, Lucy Sanctuary	2022, 5th Edition	9780367522513	Required
BUSN1019	Business Law	S2	Business Law	Gibson and Osborne	11th Edition	9781488620737	Recommended
BUSN3047	Company Accounting	S2	Financial Reporting	Loftus, J.	3rd ed.	9780730372240	Required
BUSN9120	Corporate Accounting	S2	Financial Reporting	Loftus, J.	3rd ed.	9780730372240	Required
BUSN9123	Principles of Commercial Law	S2	Business and Company Law	James and Chapple	Second Edition	9780730381853	Recommended
COMP2812	Operating Systems	S2	Guide to Operating Systems	Greg Tomsho	6	9780357433911	Recommended
COMP2812	Operating Systems	S2	Operating System Concepts	by Abraham Silberschatz (Author), Greg Gagne (Author), Peter B. Galvin	10	1119800366	Recommended
EDUC1240	Science - Explroing a changing world	S2	Teaching Primary Science Constructively	Keith Skamp & Christine Preston	2021/ 7th ed	9780170443401	Required
EDUC2333	Mathematics Curriculum Studies	S2	Primary and middle years mathematics: Teaching developmentally	Van de Walle, J. A.	First Australian edition (2019)	9781488615641	Required
EDUC2422	Mathematics Curriculum Studies	S2	Primary and middle years mathematics: Teaching developmentally	Van de Walle, J. A.	First Australian edition (2019)	9781488615641	Required
EDUC3333	Mathematics Curriculum Studies	S2	Primary and middle years mathematics: Teaching developmentally	Van de Walle, J. A.	First Australian edition (2019)	9781488615641	Required
EDUC3747	Curriculum Studies	S2	Teaching humanities and social sciences in the primary school	Reynolds, R.	4th ed.	9780170424165	Required
EDUC9227D	Developing curriculum in context in the middle years	S2	Teaching humanities and social sciences in the primary school	Reynolds, R.	4th ed.	9780170424165	Required
EDUC9404	Numeracy and ICT	S2	Primary and middle years mathematics: Teaching developmentally	Van de Walle, J. A.	First Australian edition (2019)	9781488615641	Required
ENGR7812	Power Electronics	S2	Power Electronics	Ned Mohan	1st Edition	9781118485484	Required
ESOL8003	English Linguistics in TESOL	S2	The study of language	Yule, G.	7th ed.	9781108499453	Required
ESOL9004	Curriculum Development and Teaching Practice in TESOL	S2	A course in English language teaching	Ur, P.	2nd ed.	9781107684676	Required
LLAW2323	Corporate Law	S2	Understanding Company Law	Lipton Herzberg and Welsh	21	9780455246284	Required
MATH3712	Partial Differential Equations	S2	Basic Partial Differential Equations	Bleecker, D.	2018	1351070088	Recommended
MATH8712	Partial Differential Equations	S2	Basic Partial Differential Equations	Bleecker, D.	2018	1351070088	Recommended
NURS1007	Dimensions of Physical and Mental Health	S2	Mental Health A Pocket Guide	Deb O'Kane	4e	9780729544030	Required
NURS8823	Clinical Practice for Child and Family Health Nursing	S2	Health for all Children	Alan Emond	5th ed. (2019)	9780198788850	Required
NURS9541	Counselling in Mental Health Nursing	S2	Groups: process and practice	Corey, M. S.	10th ed.	9781337515719	Required
NURS9541	Counselling in Mental Health Nursing	S2	Intentional interviewing and counselling: facilitating client development in a multicultural society	Ivey, A. E., Ivey, M. B. & Zalaquett, C. P.	9th ed.	9781305865785	Required
PARA1008	Integrated Clinical Physiology for Paramedics	S2	Fundamentals of anatomy and physiology	Martini, F.	11th ed.	9781292229966	Required
POLI3069	The Politics of the Australian Welfare State	S2	Social policy in Australia: understanding for action	McClelland, A., Smyth, P. & Marston, G.	4th ed.	9780190320546	Required
PSYC2019	Personality and Social Psychology	S2	Social psychology	Vaughan, G. M. & Hogg, M. A.	8th ed.	1488616078	Required
PSYC2019	Personality and Social Psychology	S2	The personality puzzle	Funder, D. C.	8th ed.	9780393421781	Required
PSYC2022	Psychological Assessment and Measurement	S2	Psychological testing and assessment: an introduction to tests and measurement	Cohen, R. J., Schneider, W. J. & Tobin R. M.	10th ed.	9781264357666	Recommended
SCME2102	Gender and Media	S2	Gender and Sexuality in the European Media, Exploring Different Contexts through conceptualisations	eds. Scarcelli, Chronaki, De Vuyst et al	2021 publication	9780367407346	Recommended
SPTH1509	Introduction to linguistics & phonetics 2	S2	An introduction to language	Fromkin et al	2018/Australia & New Zealand 9th edition	9780170386807	Required
SPTH1509	Introfuction to linguistics and phonetics 2	S2	A course in phonetics	Ladefoged & Johnson	2015/7th edition	9781285463407	Recommended
NURS1008	Indigenous Health and Cultural Safety	NS1; NS2	Yatdjuligin Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nursing and Midwifery Care	Odette Best, Bronwyn Fredericks	3rd ed	9781108794695	Required
NURS2004	Dynamics of Practice	NS1; NS2	LeMone and Burke's medical-surgical nursing: critical thinking for person-centred care	Bauldoff, G.	4th Australian ed.	1488623287	Recommended
NURS2004	Dynamics of Practice	NS1; NS2	Kozier and Erb's fundamentals of nursing: concepts, process and practice / Volumes 1-3.	Kozier, A. & Berman, B.	Fourth Australian edition.	9781488613661	Required
EDUC2427	Humanities and Social Sciences (Primary)	NS1	Teaching humanities and social sciences in the primary school	Reynolds, R.	4th ed.	9780190311360	Required
EDUC4726	Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS)	NS1	Teaching humanities and social sciences in the primary school	Reynolds, R.	4th ed.	9780190311360	Required
EDUC4928	General Curriculum Specialisation: Senior Years 2	NS1	Research skills for teachers: From research question to research design	Moriarty, B.	2018	9781760290672	Required
EDUC9305S	General Curriculum Studies A2: Senior Years Specialisation 1	NS1	Research skills for teachers: From research question to research design	Moriarty, B.	2018	9781760290672	Required
EDUC9306S	General Curriculum Studies B2: Senior Years Specialisation 2	NS1	Research skills for teachers: From research question to research design	Moriarty, B.	2018	9781760290672	Required
EDUC9311	Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS) Primary R-7	NS1	Teaching humanities and social sciences in the primary school	Reynolds, R.	4th ed.	9780190311360	Required
NURS1003	Psychosocial Perspectives of Health Care	NS1	Psychology: An Introduction For Health Professionals	Barkway, P. & O'Kane, D.	2020	1090926944	Required
NURS3001	Dynamics of Practice 2	NS1	Skills in Clinical Nursing	Berman, Snyder, Levett-Jones, Burton, Harvey	2nd Australian edition	9781488620690	Required
NURS3006	The Professional Nurse	NS1	Transitions in nursing: preparing for professional practice	Chang, E.	5th ed.	9780729543040	Required
PHYT8004	Neurological Rehabilitation	NS1	Neurological physiotherapy pocketbook	Lennon, S., Ramdharry, G. & Verheyden, G.	2nd ed.	0702077240	Required
PHYT8004	Neurological Rehabilitation	NS1	Physical management for neurological conditions	Lennon, S., Ramdharry, G. & Verheyden, G.	4th ed.	0702077232	Required
EDUC3627	Contemporary Issues in Secondary Schooling	NS2	Teaching: dilemmas, challenges and opportunities	Ewing, R.	6th ed.	0170286282	Required
EDUC3747	HASS Curriculum Studies	NS2	Teaching: making a difference	Churchill, R.	4th ed.	9780730363453	Required
EDUC9226	Contemporary Issues in Secondary Schooling	NS2	Teaching: dilemmas, challenges and opportunities	Ewing, R.	6th ed.	0170286282	Required
EDUC9227D	HASS Curriculum Studies	NS2	Teaching: making a difference	Churchill, R.	4th ed.	9780730363453	Required
PHCA9514	Professional Practice in Public Health	SU	Public health: power, empowerment and professional practice	Laverack, G.	2019	1352005298	Required
ENGR7812	Power Electronics	S2	Advanced Electric Drives: Analysis, Control, and Modeling Using MATLAB / Simulink	Ned Mohan	1st Edition	9781118485484	Required

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