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Topic Code	Topic name	Semester	Title	Author	Date/edition	ISBN	Required or Recommended
ARTS1001	Truth and Knowledge in a Changing World	S1	You Don't Have To Have A Dream: Advice for the Incrementally Ambitious	Tim Minchin	2024	9781761620058	Required
BIOL1102	Molecular Basis of Life	S1	Campbell Biology	Lisa A. Urry, Noel Meyers, Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman, Peter V. Minorsky, Rebecca Orr, Kar	12th edition 2021	9781488626241	Required
BIOL1105	Fundamentals in Molecular Biology	S1	Campbell Biology	Lisa A. Urry, Noel Meyers, Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman, Peter V. Minorsky, Rebecca Orr, Kar	12th edition, 2021	9780655705840	Required
BIOL3791	Ecol and geomorphology of coastal environments	S1	Intro to Coastal processes and Geomorphology	Robin Davidson-Arnott et al	2019	9781108546126	Recommended
BUSN1001	Recording Business Transactions	S1 S2	Financial Accounting,	John Hoggett (Author), John Medlin (Author), Keryn Chalmers (Author), Claire Beattie (Author), An	12th Edition	9781394210978	Required
BUSN1002	Exploring Accounting Processes	S1 S2	Financial Accounting,	John Hoggett (Author), John Medlin (Author), Keryn Chalmers (Author), Claire Beattie (Author), An	12th Edition	9781394210978	Required
BUSN1021	Organisational Behaviour	S2	Organisational behaviour: core concepts and applications	Wood, Jack M., Zeffane, Rachid, Fromholtz, Michele, Wiesner, Retha, Morrison, Rachel R., Factor, Aha	2018	9780730363422	Required
BUSN1204	Economics for Business PW	NS1 NS2	Exploring Management	John R Schermerhorn	2022	9781119874959	Required
BUSN2026	Developing Entrepreneurs and Small Businesses	S1	Entrepreneurship and Small Business	Schaper, M., Volery, T., Weber, P., & Gibson, B. J.	2013 / 4th ed.	9781118362549	Recommended
BUSN2026	Developing Entrepreneurs and Small Businesses	S1	Entrepreneurship	Frederick, H., O’Connor, A., & Kuratko, D.	2018 / 5th ed.	9780170411752	Recommended
BUSN2038	Human Resource Management	S1	Human Resource Management	Raymond Stone, Mihajla Gavin, Anne Cox, Joseph Carpini	11th Edition	9781394183593	Recommended
BUSN3052	Leadership in Business and Society	S2	Leadership Theory, Application, and Skill Development	Lussier, Robert, N. and Christopher F. Achua.	7th Edition, Sage Publications, 2022	9781544389172	Required
BUSN8008	Building Teams & Networks	NS1	Working in teams: moving from high potential to high performance	Griffith, B. A. & Dunham, E. B	2017	148331328X	Required
BUSN8008	Building Teams & Networks	NS1	Teamwork and team building	Butterfield, J.	2016	9781337119276	Required
BUSN8008	Building Teams & Networks	NS1	Working In Teams: Moving from High Potential to High Performance	Griffith & Dunham	2015	9781506300153	Required
BUSN8008	Building Teams & Networks	NS1	Illustrated Course Guides: Teamwork and Team Building	Butterfield, J.	2017, Edition: 2	9781337119276	Required
BUSN9113	Exploring Accounting Principles	S1 S2	Financial Accounting,	John Hoggett (Author), John Medlin (Author), Keryn Chalmers (Author), Claire Beattie (Author), An	12th Edition	9781394210978	Required
BUSN9114	Transforming Accounting Processes	S1 S2	Financial Accounting,	John Hoggett (Author), John Medlin (Author), Keryn Chalmers (Author), Claire Beattie (Author), An	12th Edition	9781394210978	Required
BUSN9146	Economic Environments: Assessing Current and Future Markets	NS1	Principles of Economics	N. Gregory Mankiw	10th Edition	9780357722718	Recommended
BUSN9149	Researching Markets	NS2	Marketing Research	D'Alessandro, Winzar, Lowe, Babin, & Zikmund, 2020	5th Edition, 2020	9780170288804	Required
COMP1711	Database Modelling and Information Management	S2	Database Systems: Design, Implementation, & Management	Carlos Coronel, Steve Morris	14th Edition	9780357673096	Recommended
COMP8711	Database Modelling and Information Management	S2	Database Systems: Design, Implementation, & Management	Carlos Coronel, Steve Morris	14th Edition	9780357673096	Recommended
COMS2001	Cross-Platform Content Creation and Storytelling	S1	Transmedia Brand Storytelling.	K. Sutherland & R. Barker (Eds.),	2023	9789819940004	Required
DRAM2012	Acting 2A: Developing Methodology	S1	Dynamic Acting Through Active Analysis: Konstantin Stanislavsky, Maria Knebel, and Their Legacy	Carnicke, Sharon	Jan-23	9781350205178	Required
EDUC1221	Approaches to Play and Learning	S1 S2	The Child in Focus	Irving and Carter	2018	9780190304539	Required
EDUC1230	Language Development and Early Reading Skills	S1	Reading Success in the Early Primary Years A teacher's guide to implementing systematic instruction	Jocelyn Seamer	2022	9781003244189	Recommended
EDUC1242	The Developing Child (Professional Experience: Year 1B)	S1 S2	The Child in Focus	Irving and Carter	2018	9780190304539	Required
EDUC1245	Partnerships, Parents and Participation	S1 S2	Children, Families and Communities	R. Grace, J. Bowes & C. Woodrow	2022/6th Edition	9780190337407	Recommended
EDUC2207	Knowing the literate	S1 S2	Loose Parts 2: Inspiring Play with Infants and Toddlers	Lisa Daly & Miriam Beloglovsky	2016	9781605544649	Required
EDUC3622	Thinking and Working Mathematically	NS1 NS2	Primary and Middle Years Mathematics: Teaching Developmentally	Van de Walle, Karp, Bay-Williams, Brass, Livy	2024/Second Australian Edition	9780655708728 eText / 9780655708735 Print	Required
EDUC3653	Inclusive Teaching Practices	S1	Strategies for Differentiating Instruction	Julia L Roberts / Tracy F Inman	2023	9781032354941	Required
EDUC3653	Inclusive Teaching Practices	S1	Systematic Instruction for Students with Moderate to Severe Disabilities	Belva Collins	2nd edition - 2022	9781681254388	Required
EDUC3657	Partnerships, Parents and Participation	S1 S2	Children, Families and Communities	R. Grace, J. Bowes & C. Woodrow	2022/6th Edition	9780190337407	Recommended
EDUC4731	Targeted Teaching for Students with Additional Support Needs		Neurodiversity and Education	Paul Ellis, Amanda Kirby, Abby Osborne	2023	9781529600353	Required
EDUC4731	Targeted Teaching for Students with Additional Support Needs		Strengths-Based Approaches to Educating All Learners with Disabilities	Michael L. Wehmeyer	2019	9780807777640	Required
EDUC4820	The professional educator	NS1 NS2	Building and Sustaining a Teaching Career: Strategies for Professional Experience, Wellbeing and Min	Lemon, Narelle Suzanne	2020	1108724728	Recommended
EDUC4820	The Professional Educator	NS1 NS2	Teaching; Making a difference	rick churchill	2024, 6th	9781394267262	Recommended
EDUC4820	The Professional Educator	NS1 NS2	Indigenous education in australia : learning and teaching for deadly futures	Shay, Marnee, Oliver, Rhonda,	2021	1000300536	Recommended
EDUC4820	The Professional Educator	NS1 NS2	Visible learning, the sequel : a synthesis of over 2,100 meta-analyses relating to achievement	Hattie, John	2023	9781032462028	Recommended
EDUC4820	The Professional Educator	NS1 NS2	Teaching. Making a Difference	Churchhill, R. et al.	15 November 2024/sixth edition	9781394267248	Required
EDUC9014	The developing numerate and literate infan	S1 S2	Loose Parts 2: Inspiring Play with Infants and Toddlers	Lisa Daly & Miriam Beloglovsky	2016	9781605544649	Required
EDUC9110	Knowing the Literate and Numerate Infant	S1 S2	Loose Parts 2: Inspiring Play with Infants and Toddlers	Lisa Daly & Miriam Beloglovsky	2016	9781605544649	Required
EDUC9222	Researching Play and Pedagogies	S1 S2	The Child in Focus	Irving and Carter	2018	9780190304539	Required
EDUC9223	The numerate and literate infan	S1 S2	Loose Parts 2: Inspiring Play with Infants and Toddlers	Lisa Daly & Miriam Beloglovsky	2016	9781605544649	Required
EDUC9224	Being a Mathematician (4-8)	NS1 NS2	Primary and Middle Years Mathematics: Teaching Developmentally	Van de Walle, Karp, Bay-Williams, Brass, Livy	2024/Second Australian Edition	9780655708728 eText / 9780655708735 Print	Required
EDUC9400	Critical Indigenous Pedagogical Approaches GE	NS2 Summer	Indigenous Education in Australia Learning and Teaching for Deadly Futures	Marnee Shay and Rhonda Oliver	2021	9780367207755	Required
EDUC9401	Teacher as Researcher	NS1 NS2	Teaching. Making a Difference	Churchill, R. et al.	15 November / sixth edition	9781394267248	Required
ENGL1101	The Art of Storytelling	S1	Growing Up Queer in Australia	Benjamin Law	2019	9781760640866	Recommended
ENGL1101	The Art of Storytelling	S1	Growing Up Disabled in Australia	Carly Findlay	2021	9781760641436	Recommended
ENGL1101	The Art of Storytelling	S1	Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia	Anita Heiss	2018	9781863959810	Recommended
ENGL1101	The Art of Storytelling	S1	My Tidda, My Sister: Stories of Strength and Resilience from Australia’s First Women	Marlee Silva	2020	9781741177114	Recommended
ENGL2149	The Worlds of Children's Literature	S2	Malala's Magic Pencil	Malala Yousafzai	2019	024132257X	Required
ENGL2149	The Worlds of Children's Literature	S2	The Outsiders	SE Hinton	2017	9780141368887	Required
ENGL2149	The Worlds of Children's Literatures	S2	They Both Die in the End	Adam Silvera	2017	9781471166204	Required
ENGL2149	The Worlds of Children's Literature	S2	Rebels, Heroes and Innovators: Inspiring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people from history	by Karen Wyld (Author), Jaelyn Biumaiwai (Illustrator)	2021	9780734419835	Required
ENGL3003	Banned Books: Literary Censorship in the Past and Present	S1	The Cancel Culture Panic: How an American Obsession Went Global	Adrian Daub	Stanford University Press, 2024	9781503641211	Required
ENGR 2026		NS1	An introduction to nuclear materials	K. linga murty and indrajit charit	2012	9783527407675	Recommended
ENGR7921	Materials Selection in Design	S1	Materials Selection in Mechanical Design	Michael F. Ashby	5th Edition	9780081005996	Recommended
EXSC2004	Skill Acquisition in Sports and Exercise	S1	Motor Learning and Control: Concepts and Applications	Magill RA, Anderson DI	12th edition	1264681933	Recommended
GIST2006	Plane Surveying	S1 S2	Elementary Surveying	Charles D Ghilani	16th	9780136822806	Recommended
GIST2006	Plane Surveying	S1 S2	Surveying for Engineers	John Uren and Bill Price	5th	9780230221574	Recommended
GIST2007	Coordinate Systems and Satellite Positioning	S1 S2	Elementary Surveying	Charles D Ghilani	16th	9780136822806	Recommended
GIST2007	Coordinate Systems and Satellite Positioning	S1 S2	Surveying for Engineers	John Uren and Bill Price	5th	9780230221574	Recommended
GIST3009	Multiple across the Bachelor of Surveying degree	S1 S2	Elementary Surveying	Charles D Ghilani	16th	9780136822806	Recommended
GIST3009	Multiple across the Bachelor of Surveying degree	S1 S2	Surveying for Engineers	John Uren and Bill Price	5th	9780230221574	Recommended
GIST3010	Multiple across the Bachelor of Surveying degree	S1 S2	Elementary Surveying	Charles D Ghilani	16th	9780136822806	Recommended
GIST3010	Multiple across the Bachelor of Surveying degree	S1 S2	Surveying for Engineers	John Uren and Bill Price	5th	9780230221574	Recommended
GOVT8015		S1	Handbook on Ministerial and Political Advisers	Edited by Richard Shaw	2023	9781800886575	Recommended
HIST1802	Europe from Russian Revolution to Brexit	S1	Queer Obscenity Erotic Archives in Dictatorial Spain	Javier Fernández-Galeano	Stanford University Press, 2024	9781503639508	Recommended
HIST1802	Europe from Russian Revolution to Brexit	S1	The Queer Art of History: Queer Kinship After Fascism	Jennifer Evans	Duke University Press, 2023	9781478017110	Required
HLPE2300	Foundations of Sport Psychology	S1	Foundations of sport and exercise psychology	Robert Weinberg and Dan Gould	2023	9781718216563	Required
HLTH1010	Research and Study Skills 1	S1 S2	Understanding Research Methods for Evidence-Based Practice in Health	Trisha Greenhalgh, John Bidewell, Elaine Crisp, Amanda Lambros, Jane Warland, Gordana Dermody	2024/3	9781394177202	Recommended
HLTH1304	Interpersonal and Interprofessional Communication	S1 S2	Communication : core interpersonal skills for healthcare professionals	O'Toole, Gjyn	2024 5th Edition	9780729544696	Required
HLTH2007	Social and psychological aspects of health and wellbeing	S1	Psychology for Health Professionals	Barkway, Patricia.	2013; 2nd edition	9780729541565	Required
HLTH2105	Health: A psychological perspective	S2	Psychology : an introduction for health professionals	O'Kane, Deb, editor.	2024 2nd Edition	9780729544818	Required
LLAW3259	Remedies	Summer	Covell & Lupton Principles of Remedies, 8th edition	Wayne Covel, Keith Lupton , Louise Parsons	2022, 8th edition	9780409355314	Recommended
LLAW3259	Remedies	Summer	Unjust Enrichment	Kit Barker, Ross Grantham	15-Oct-24	9780409358490	Recommended
LLAW3259	Remedies	Summer	Remedies Cases and Materials in Australian Private Law	Katy Barnett Kenneth Yin and Martin Allcock	2023, 2nd edition	9781108811972	Recommended
LLAW3259	Remedies	Summer	Remedies in Australian Private Law	Katy Barnett and Sirko Harder	30 Nov 2024, 3rd edition	9781009390194	Recommended
LLAW3311	Administrative law	S1 S2	Australian Administrative Law	Bannister, Olyjnik and McDonald	3rd	9781009102926	Required
LLAW3321	Civil Procedure	S1 S2	Principles of Civil Litigation	David Bamford, Mark Rankin, Rhys Aston	10/09/2024 - 5th edition	9780455248455	Recommended
LLAW9608	Administrative law	S1 S2	Australian Administrative Law	Bannister, Olyjnik and McDonald	3rd	9781009102926	Required
MATH1121	Mathematics 1A	S1 S2	Calculus Volume 1	Gilbert Strang, Edwin “Jed” Herman et al	2024	9781947172135	Recommended
MDSC1102	Skills for Medical Scientists 1	S1	Research Handbook for Health Care Professionals	Mary Hickson	11 Aug, 2008/1	9781405177375	Recommended
MIDW2012	Applied Pathophysiology and Pharmacology for Midwives	S1	Pharmacology in Midwifery, 1st Edition	Roslyn Donnellan - Fernandez	11/19/24	9780729544603	Recommended
NURS1020	Nursing in the Australian Health Care System	S1	Kozier and Erb's fundamentals of nursing : concepts, process and practice	Berman, A., Frandsen, G., Snyder, S. J., Levett-Jones, T., Burston, A., Dwyer, T., Hales, M., Harvey	2021 / 5th Australian Edition	9781488626593	Required
NURS1024	Introduction to Psychosocial Perspectives in Health	NS2	Psychology: An Introduction for Health Professionals 2e, D. O’Kane (Ed), Elsevier	O'Kane, D (Editor)	2024, 2nd Edition	9780729544269	Required
NURS3012A	Care for People with Chronic and Complex Health Needs	S1	Ethics, Law and Health Care	F McDonald and S Then	2019	9781352005394	Recommended
NURS8740	Foundations for Responding to Clinical Deterioration Across the Lifespan	S1	Critical Care Nursing 5 edn	Leanne Aitken, Andrea Marshall, Thomas Buckley	19-Dec-23	9780729544849	Required
NURS8741	Professional Experience in Resuscitation Across the Lifespan (WIL)	S1	Critical Care Nursing 5 edn	Leanne Aitken, Andrea Marshall, Thomas Buckley	19-Dec-23	9780729544849	Required
NURS8742	Critical Care Nursing Theory	S1	Critical Care Nursing 5 edn	Leanne Aitken, Andrea Marshall, Thomas Buckley	19-Dec-23	9780729544849	Required
NURS8743	ritical Care Nursing Practice (WIL)	S1	Critical Care Nursing 5 edn	Leanne Aitken, Andrea Marshall, Thomas Buckley	19-Dec-23	9780729544849	Required
NURS8821	Health Maintenance for Infants, Children and Young People	S1 S2	Wong's Nursing Care of Infants and Children Australia and New Zealand Edition – For Professionals	Speedie, L & Middleton, A.	1st, 2021	9780729543668	Required
NURS8823	Clinical Practice for Child and Family Health Nursing (WIL)	S1 S2	Wong's Nursing Care of Infants and Children Australia and New Zealand Edition – For Professionals	Speedie, L & Middleton, A.	1st, 2021	9780729543668	Required
NURS8824	Introduction to Working with Infants, Children and Families	S1 S2	Wong's Nursing Care of Infants and Children Australia and New Zealand Edition – For Professionals	Speedie, L & Middleton, A.	1st, 2021	9780729543668	Required
OCCT3002	Occupational Understanding of Disease and Disability	S2 NS1 NS2	Conditions in Occupational Therapy: Effect on Occupational Performance, 6e Ben J. Atchison, Diane Po	Ben J. Atchison, Diane Powers Dirette	6th Ed	9781975153861	Recommended
OCCT8003	Occupational Therapy Practice 2	S2 NS1 NS2	Conditions in Occupational Therapy: Effect on Occupational Performance, 6e Ben J. Atchison, Diane Po	Ben J. Atchison, Diane Powers Dirette	6th Ed	9781975153861	Recommended
OCCT8004	Occupational Therapy Practice 3	S2 NS1 NS2	Conditions in Occupational Therapy: Effect on Occupational Performance, 6e Ben J. Atchison, Diane Po	Ben J. Atchison, Diane Powers Dirette	6th Ed	9781975153861	Recommended
OPTO8003	Clinical Skills for Optometrists 2	NS1	Clinical Procedures in Primary Eye Care	David Elliott	4th	9780702077890	Required
PARA1008	Integrated Clinical Physiology for Paramedics		Fundamentals of anatomy & physiology	Martini, Frederic H	2023 / 12th edition	9781292721927	Required
PARA2001	Pathophysiology 2A	S1	Understanding pathophysiology	Craft, Judy	2019/3rd edition	9780729542647	Required
PARA2001	Pathophysiology 2A	S1	Paramedic principles and practice ANZ : a clinical reasoning approach	Williams, Brett	2021/2nd edition	9780729543064	Recommended
PARA2001	Pathophysiology 2A	S1	Textbook of adult emergency medicine.	Peter Cameron	2019/5th edition	9780702076244	Recommended
PARA2001	Pathophysiology 2A	S1	Principles of pathophysiology	Bullock, Shane	2023/3rd edition	9780655708384	Recommended
PARA3000	Clinical Assessment	S1	Jarvis's Health Assessment and Physical Examination	Helen Forbes, Elizabeth Watt,	Edition 4	9780729544658	Required
PHYT8001	Musculoskeletal Practice 1	S1	Netter's orthopaedic clinical examination : an evidence-based approach	Cleland, J., Koppenhaver, S., & Su, J.	2011/2nd	1455708968	Recommended
PHYT8001	Musculoskeletal Practice 1	S1	Anatomical Landmark Palpation	Maxwell, P.	2015	9781451130720	Recommended
PHYT8001	Musculoskeletal Practice 1	S1	Petty's Musculoskeletal Treatment and Management: A Handbook for Therapists	Barnard, K., & Ryder, D.	2024/4th	9780323872287	Required
PHYT8001	Musculoskeletal Practice 1	S1	Petty's Musculoskeletal Examination and Assessment: A Handbook for Therapists	Barnard, K., & Ryder, D.	2024/6th edition	9780323874717	Required
POAD9015	Public Economics and Finance	S1	Microeconomics: Theory Through Applications	Russell Cooper & Andrew John	2011	9781453313282	Required
POAD9015	Public Economics and Finance	S1	Principles of Economics	Greenlaw, S. A., Shapiro, D. A., & MacDonald, D	2023, 3rd edition	9781938168239	Required
SCME1060	Screen production Techniques A	S1	Voice & Vision A Creative Approach to Narrative Filmmaking	Mick Hurbis-Cherrier, Gustavo Mercado	2024, 4th edition	9780367758677	Required
SCME1070	Screen production Techniques 1	S1	Voice & Vision A Creative Approach to Narrative Filmmaking	Mick Hurbis-Cherrier, Gustavo Mercado	2024, 4th edition	9780367758677	Required
SOAD4007	Field Education 2	NS1 NS2 Summer	Making the Most of Field Placement	Cleak, Helen ; Wilson, Jil	5th Edition 2022	9780170457606	Recommended
SOAD7018	Field Education 2	NS1 NS2 Summer	Making the Most of Field Placement	Cleak, Helen ; Wilson, Jil	5th Edition 2022	9780170457606	Recommended
SOAD8021	Engaging in Professional Contexts	S1 S2	Working in Human Service Organisations	Fiona Gardener	second edition	9780190303235	Required
SOAD9208	Final Field Placement	NS1 NS2 Summer	Making the Most of Field Placement	Cleak, Helen ; Wilson, Jil	5th Edition 2022	9780170457606	Recommended
STEM8014	Nuclear Fundamentals	S1	Introduction to Nuclear Science	Jeff C. Bryan	2023, 4th edition	9781003303787	Required
WMST3010	Thinking through the Body	S1	Questioning Sexuality	Gavin Rae	2024	9781399535090	Recommended
WMST9022	Global Feminist Activism GE	S1	Questioning Sexuality	Gavin Rae	2024	9781399535090	Recommended