Best units guide

The Best Units Guide has been developed by the Guild as your one-stop shop for the most interesting and engaging broadening units and electives at UWA. All units featured in the guide were submitted by students who have taken the unit. Want to recommend a unit for the guide? Keep an eye on our socials for our regular callouts!

Units have been categorised based on which degree-specific major discipline they belong to. Depending on your course, units may fill the requirements for broadening units or electives. To check how a unit could fit into your course requirements, visit the UWA Handbook or contact your assigned Faculty Student Office.

Please note, some submissions have been edited for clarity.

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POLS1101 - UNDERSTANDING POLITICS AND POLICY

Unit Coordinator:

Dr Felix Pal

Rating:

5/5

Time commitment:

3-5 hours per week

Difficulty:

Easy/Moderate

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POLS1102 – UNDERSTANDING GLOBAL POLITICS

Unit Coordinator:

Dr Jie Chen

Rating:

4/5

Time commitment:

6-8 hours per week

Difficulty:

Difficult

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PPHE2211 - HISTORY OF POLITICAL IDEAS

Unit Coordinator:

Dr Hamish Russell

Rating:

5/5

Time commitment:

6-9 hours per week

Difficulty:

Moderate

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PSYC1101 – PSYCHOLOGY: MIND AND BRAIN

Unit Coordinator:

Dr Cathryn McKenzie, Dr Kate Crookes

Rating:

5/5

Time commitment:

4-6 hours per week

Difficulty:

Moderate

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PSYC1102 – PSYCHOLOGY: BEHAVIOUR IN CONTEXT

Unit Coordinator:

Dr Nicholas Badcock

Rating:

4/5

Time commitment:

4-6 hours per week

Difficulty:

Easy

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PSYC2203 - INTRODUCTION TO QUANTITATIVE METHODS IN PSYCHOLOGY

Unit Coordinator:

A/Prof Nicholas Fay

Rating:

5/5

Time commitment:

5-7 hours per week

Difficulty:

Moderate

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PSYC3302 - PSYCHOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT AND ITS APPLICATION

Unit Coordinator:

A/Prof Gilles Gignac

Rating:

5/5

Time commitment:

10 hours per week

Difficulty:

Moderate

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PUBH1102 – HEALTH AND GLOBALISATION

Unit Coordinator:

Dr Dani Barrington

Rating:

5/5

Time commitment:

3-4 hours per week

Difficulty:

Moderate

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PUBH3307 - HEALTH SYSTEMS AND POLICY

Unit Coordinator:

Dr Enamul Hoque

Rating:

5/5

Time commitment:

6 hours per week

Difficulty:

Moderate

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SCIE1104 - SCIENCE, SOCIETY AND DATA ANALYSIS

Unit Coordinator:

A/Prof James Fogarty

Rating:

5/5

Time commitment:

3 hours per week

Difficulty:

Easy

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SCIE1106 – MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Unit Coordinator:

Dr Thomas Martin

Rating:

5/5

Time commitment:

6-8 hours per week

Difficulty:

Moderate

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SCIE1121 – OUR UNIVERSE

Unit Coordinator:

Prof Linqing Wen

Rating:

5/5

Time commitment:

0-2 hours per week

Difficulty:

Easy

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