North American Study Year

Federal School Code - USA


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North American Study Year


North American students are welcome to apply for any full degree programs but if planning to study for one or two semesters of general classes, the information below should be helpful.

Credit Transfer Guide



Thinking about studying at Avondale for a semester or two in your freshman or sophomore year?

This guide will help you through the process of selecting classes that are available at Avondale to transfer back into your study program in the US or Canada. The list of classes is for both March and August intakes for 2011. It will also be a helpful guide if you are thinking about coming in subsequent years.

How to make it happen



  1. If you know which North American college or university you plan to transfer credits to, speak to one of their advisors about which Avondale classes listed in this guide might transfer best.
  2. If you don't know which North American college or university you want to transfer credits to plan to take classes that are typical of general education classes such as English, Introductory Psychology and Sociology, Christian Studies (if you are planning to attend an Adventist college or university) plus classes that are aligned with the major/s that you plan to take.
  3. The classes each have a code. To find out more about what the class involves and if there are prerequisites, click on the code to view the synopsis of the unit. Note that generally "unit" refers to the class and "course" refers to the study program in Australian universities and colleges.
  4. Course codes consist of four letters, four numbers and a . then a number
    • the letters indicate theme (eg. CR = Christian Studies)
    • the numbers indicate what level/year they are offered for (1000 numbers are generally first year classes, 2000 numbers are generally second year classes),
    • (dot) then a number indicate the semester the class is offered in (.1 classes are offered in first (March - June) semester and .2 classes are offered in second (August - December) semester.
    • A full study load is four classes per semester. All classes are 6 credit points and are .125 EFTSL or one-eighth of a full study load for one year. Most classes include a minimum of 3 hours of face-to-face instruction per week for 15 weeks of a semester. Some classes include additional time in labs, tutorials and studio sessions.

To view the 2011 Academic Calendar please click here

UNITS OFFERED



The units listed below are arranged according to subject themes. We also note if it is offered in the semester commencing in March or August for your convenience. Some classes are repeated in each semester.

For a full list of unit synopses, Click here

ACCOUNTING


Unit Code Unit Name Semester Offered Credit Points
ACCT16300 Introduction to Accounting Sem 1 6.0
ACCT16500 Financial Accounting & Reporting Sem 2 6.0
ACCT22600 Business Systems Applications Sem 1 6.0
ACCT26400 Management Accounting Fundamentals Sem 1 6.0
ACCT26500 Management Decisions & Control Sem 1 6.0
ACCT26000 Corporate Accounting Sem 2 6.0
ACCT31500 Contemporary Accounting Issues Sem 1 6.0
ACCT16300 Accounting Theories Sem 1 6.0
ACCT33400 Auditing & Assurance Services Sem 2 6.0

BIBLICAL LANGUAGES


Unit Code Unit Name Semester Offered Credit Points
BBBL17000 Hebrew A Sem 1 & 2 6.0
BBBL16000 New Testament Greek IA Sem 1 6.0
BBBL16100 New Testament Greek IB Sem 2 6.0

BIBLICAL STUDIES


Unit Code Unit Name Semester Offered Credit Points
BBBI26000 Biblical Apocalypses Sem 2 6.0

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES


Unit Code Unit Name Semester Offered Credit Points
BIOL26100 Biochemistry Sem 1 6.0
BIOL16000 Biology I Sem 1 6.0
BIOL16100 Comparative Functional Biology Sem 2 6.0
BIOL26200 Ecology Sem 1 6.0
BIOL26000 General Human Physiology Sem 2 6.0
BIOL26400 General Microbiology Sem 1 6.0
BIOL26300 Mammology Sem 2 6.0
GIOL36800 Marine Biology Sem 1 6.0

CHEMISTRY


Unit Code Unit Name Semester Offered Credit Points
CHEM16000 Chemistry IA Sem 1 6.0
CHEM161000 Chemistry IB Sem 2 6.0
CHEM16300 General Chemistry Sem 1 6.0
CHEM21000 Organic Chemistry Sem 1 6.0
CHEM131000 Organic Chemistry I Sem 2 6.0
CHEM23100 Organic Chemistry II Sem 2 6.0

CHRISTIAN STUDIES


Unit Code Unit Name Semester Offered Credit Points
CSTD14300 Christian Studies I Sem 1 & 2 6.0
CSTD24300 Christian Studies II Sem 1 & 2 6.0

CHURCH HISTORY


Unit Code Unit Name Semester Offered Credit Points
THCH26500 Early and Medieval Church Sem 1 6.0
THCH16500 SDA History and Min of Ellen White Sem 1 6.0

CHURCH MINISTRY


Unit Code Unit Name Semester Offered Credit Points
CMIN16000 Spiritual Formation for Pastoral Ministry Sem 1 6.0
CMIN16100 Communication and Worship Sem 2 6.0
CMIN28200 Australian and New Zealand Religions Sem 2 6.0

COMMUNICATION


Unit Code Unit Name Semester Offered Credit Points
CCBM26500 Video Production Sem 1 6.0
CCBM38500 Advanced Video Production Sem 2 6.0
CCCR11500 Writing for Media Sem 1 6.0
CCCR16000 Media Interpretations Sem 2 6.0
CCCR26200 Issues & Concepts in Communication Sem 1 6.0
CCCR34300 Christian Studies III: Communication Ethics & Law Sem 1 6.0
CCPR26400 Photo-Journalism Sem 1 6.0
CCPR26800 Public Relations Practice Sem 1 6.0
CCPR36000 Public Relations Events Management Sem 2 6.0
CCWR21600 Print Journalism Sem 2 6.0
CCWR26700 Writing for Broadcast Media (Radio) Sem 2 6.0
CCWR36300 Advanced Journalism Sem 1 6.0

COMPUTER STUDIES


Unit Code Unit Name Semester Offered Credit Points
ICTM16400 Introduction to Information Management Sem 1 6.0
INFS21600 Management Information Systems Sem 1 6.0

DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY


Unit Code Unit Name Semester Offered Credit Points
DTDP10100 Design Principles and Practice Sem 1 6.0
DTFN11100 Food Nutrition & Health Sem 2 6.0
DTFN21100 Food Production Systems (prerequisite DTFN11100 Food Nutrition & Health) Sem 1 6.0
DTFN21200 Food Science & Innovation (prerequisite DTFN11100 Food Nutrition & Health) Sem 2 6.0
DTTX12100 Designing with Textiles Sem 2 6.0
DTTX22100 Textiles & Fashion (prerequisite DTTX12100 Designing with Textiles, or equivalent) Sem 2 6.0

ECONOMICS


Unit Code Unit Name Semester Offered Credit Points
ECON12200 Introduction to Economics Sem 2 6.0

EDUCATION


Unit Code Unit Name Semester Offered Credit Points
EDCP21500 Curriculum Studies Creative Arts I (Specific to Elementary School Studies) Sem 1 6.0
EDSP17000 Professional Development & Experience IA (Specific to Elementary School Studies) Sem 1 6.0
EDUC13500 Child Development I (Specific to Early Childhood Studies) Sem 2 6.0
EDUC14300 Christian Studies for Teachers I Sem 2 6.0
EDUC15600 Literacy in Education Sem 1 6.0
EDUC23500 Child Development II (Specific to Early Childhood Studies) Sem 2 6.0
EDUC26000 Theories of Development and Learning Sem 1 6.0
EDUC29500 Multicultural Education and Indigenous Studies Sem 2 6.0

ENGLISH


Unit Code Unit Name Semester Offered Credit Points
ENGL11000 Approaches to Literature Sem 1 6.0
ARTS21000 The Bible as Literature Sem 1 & 2 6.0

ETHICS AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT


Unit Code Unit Name Semester Offered Credit Points
ARTS34300 Ethics and Social Justice Sem 1 6.0
HUMA20000 Volunteer Experience and Reflection Sem 2 6.0
CCCR34300 Christian Studies III : Ethics & Communication Law Sem 1 6.0

FINANCE


Unit Code Unit Name Semester Offered Credit Points
FNCE20000 Business Finance Sem 1 6.0

GEOGRAPHY


Unit Code Unit Name Semester Offered Credit Points
GEOH23000 Asia Pacific in the Global Economy Sem 2 6.0
GEOH35000 Development Geography Sem 1 6.0
GEOH12000 Environmental Issues Sem 2 6.0
GEOH11000 Global Issues and Human Responses Sem 1 6.0
GEOP21000 Physical Geography A Sem 1 6.0
GEOP22000 Physical Geography B Sem 2 6.0

HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION


Unit Code Unit Name Semester Offered Credit Points
HPPD10100 Physical Education Studies: Team Sports Sem 1 6.0
HPPD 10200 Physical Education Studies: Aquatics & Emergency Care Sem 2 6.0
HPPD10300 Fitness & Food for Health Sem 1 6.0
HPPD10400 Biomechanics for Physical Educators Sem 2 6.0
HPFH20100 Nutrition Development & Performance Sem 1 6.0
HPPD20200 Motor Learning & Control Sem 1 6.0
HPPD20300 Physical Education Studies: Gymnastics & Dance Sem 2 6.0
HPPD20400 Physical Education Studies: Athletics & Game Sense Sem 6.0
HPPD30100 Exercise Physiology Sem 2 6.0
HPPD30200 Psychosocial Issues in Health & Physical Activity Sem 2 6.0
HPFH30300 Contemporary Family & Adolescent Health Issues Sem 1 6.0
HPFH363000 Health Promotion Sem 2 6.0
EDUC39600 Health Promotion in Adolescence Sem 2 6.0
DTFN11100 Food, Nutrition & Health Sem 2 6.0
HEPS11900 Introductory Psychology & Sociology Sem 1 6.0
HPFH20300 Community & Family Studies Odd yrs only 6.0

HISTORY


Unit Code Unit Name Semester Offered Credit Points
HIST16300 Australia: Prehistory to Present Sem 1 6.0
HIST16400 The Ancient World Sem 2 6.0
HIST26200 Revolutions and Revolutionaries Sem 1 6.0
HIST26500 The Reformation Sem 2 6.0
HIST26300 The World Wars Sem 2 6.0
ARTS36900 Issues in Representation Sem 1 6.0
HIST37000 Themes in American History Sem 1 6.0
ARTS34300 Ethics & Social Justice Sem 1 6.0

INTERNATIONAL POVERTY AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES


Unit Code Unit Name Semester Offered Credit Points
GEOH11000 Global Issues and Human Responses Sem 1 6.0
IPDS21000 Development, NGOs and Ethics Sem 1 6.0
GEOH23000 Asia Pacific in the Global Economy Sem 2 6.0
GEOH35000 Development Geography Sem 2 6.0
GEOH12000 Environmental Issues Sem 2 6.0
GEOP22000 Physical Geography B Sem 2 6.0

LAW


Unit Code Unit Name Semester Offered Credit Points
LAWS14500 Business Law Sem 2 6.0
LAWS26000 Corporate Law Sem 2 6.0
LAWS28000 Workplace Relations Sem 2 6.0

MANAGEMENT


Unit Code Unit Name Semester Offered Credit Points
MNGT14500 Organisation in a Business Context Sem 1 6.0
INFS21600 Management Information Systems Sem 1 6.0
MNGT26100 Organisational Behaviour Sem 2 6.0
MNGT27000 Human Resource Management Sem 1 6.0
MNGT28000 Workplace Relations Sem 2 6.0
MNGT34300 Christian Studies III: Professional Ethics Sem 1 6.0
MNGT34500 New Business Ventures & Entrepreneurship Sem 1 6.0
MNGT38500 Managing Diversity Sem 2 6.0
MNGT26500 Strategic Principles for Managers Sem 2 6.0
MNGT36500 Strategic Responses for Managers Sem 2 6.0

MARKETING


Unit Code Unit Name Semester Offered Credit Points
MKTG26000 Consumer Behaviour Sem 2 6.0
MKTG28100 Marketing Communication Sem 2 6.0
MKTG28300 Services Marketing Sem 1 6.0
MKTG36000 Current Issues & Electronic Marketing Sem 1 6.0
MKTG26500 Strategic Principles for Marketing Sem 2 6.0
MKTG36500 Strategic Responses for Marketing Sem 2 6.0
MKTG38200 Business to Business Marketing & Sales Sem 1 6.0
MNGT38500 Managing Diversity Sem 2 6.0

MATHEMATICS


Unit Code Unit Name Semester Offered Credit Points
MATH26100 Algebra II Sem 2 6.0
MKTG28100 Business Statistics Sem 2 6.0
MATH16300 Services Marketing Sem 2 6.0
MATH26000 Calculus II Sem 1 6.0
MATH16400 General Mathematics Sem 1 6.0
MATH16200 Introduction to Statistics Sem 2 6.0
MATH16000 Mathematics IA Sem 1 6.0
MATH16100 Mathematics IB Sem 1 6.0

MUSIC


Unit Code Unit Name Semester Offered Credit Points
MUHA11000 Music Culture of the Pre-Baroque and Baroque Eras Sem 1 6.0
MUHA21000 Music Culture of the Classical Era Sem 2 6.0
MUHA22000 Music Culture of the Romantic Era Sem 1 6.0
MUHA23000 Music Culture Post Romantic to 1945 Sem 2 6.0
MUHA31000 Music Culture WWII to the Present Sem 1 6.0
MUHA32000 Popular Music & Composition Methods Sem 1 6.0
MUHI13300 Ethnomusicology & Contemporary Culture Sem 1 6.0
MUPF12000 Performance Practice I Sem 1 & 2 6.0
MUPF24000 Performance Practice II Sem 1 & 2 6.0
MUPF25000 Performance Practice III Sem 1 & 2 6.0
MUPF26000 Performance Practice IV Sem 1 & 2 6.0
MUPF34000 Performance Practice V Sem 1 & 2 6.0
MUPF35000 Performance Practice VI Sem 1 & 2 6.0

NURSING


Unit Code Unit Name Semester Offered Credit Points
HESC14700 Health Science I Sem 1 6.0
HESC14800 Health Science II Sem 1 6.0
HEPS11900 Introductory Psychology & Sociology Sem 1 6.0
NURS10100 Foundations of Health & Nursing Sem 1 6.0
HESC14900 Health Science III Sem 2 6.0
NURS10300 Primary Health Care Sem 2 6.0
CSTD10400 Spiritual Care in Health Sem 2 6.0

NEW TESTAMENT STUDIES


Unit Code Unit Name Semester Offered Credit Points
BBNT16000 Gospels A Sem 1 6.0
BBNT35100 Gospels B Sem 1 6.0
BBNT17000 New Testament Epistles A Sem 2 6.0

OLD TESTAMENT STUDIES


Unit Code Unit Name Semester Offered Credit Points
BBOT26500 Old Testament Prophets Sem 1 6.0
BBOT26200 Pentateuch Sem 2 6.0

OUTDOOR EDUCATION


Unit Code Unit Name Semester Offered Credit Points
OEHP10100 Perspectives in Outdoor Education Sem 1 6.0
OEHP20200 Sea Kayaking Sem 2 6.0

PSYCHOLOGY


Unit Code Unit Name Semester Offered Credit Points
CMPS16000 Developmental and Pastoral Psychology Sem 2 6.0
PSYC16500 General Psychology Sem 1 6.0

PHYSICS


Unit Code Unit Name Semester Offered Credit Points
PHYS26300 Electronics and Data Acquisition Sem 1 6.0
PHYS16300 General Physics Sem 1 6.0
PHYS16000 Physics IA Sem 1 6.0
PHYS16100 Physics IB Sem 2 6.0

SCIENCE AND HEALTH


Unit Code Unit Name Semester Offered Credit Points
SCAP16200 Anatomy & Physiology Sem 1 & 2 6.0
HESC14800 Health Science II Sem 2 6.0

THEOLOGY


Unit Code Unit Name Semester Offered Credit Points
THSY26000 Ethics, Philosophy & Science in Theological Context Sem 2 6.0

VISUAL ARTS AND COMMUNICATION


Unit Code Unit Name Semester Offered Credit Points
VISC19900 Ceramics Sem 1 6.0
VISC23000 Advanced Ceramics Sem 2 6.0
VISC19100 Commercial Graphic Design Practice Sem 2 6.0
VISC14100 Computer Generated Design Sem 1 6.0
VISC31800 Multimedia Design Sem 2 6.0
VISC12000 Painting & Drawing I Sem 1 6.0
VISC22000 Painting & Drawing II Sem 2 6.0
VISC22100 Photography I I Sem 1 6.0
VISC19000 Photography & Painting Sem 1 6.0
VISC12300 Photography & Sculpture Sem 1 & 2 6.0
VISC14200 Photography & 3D Studies Sem 1 & 2 6.0
VISC24300 Publication Design I Sem 2 6.0
VISC24400 Publication Design II Sem 2 6.0
VISC21000 Studio I Sem 1 & 2 6.0