upage_UNSW

UNSW Sydney
Sydney, Australia

UNSW Sydney (The University of New South Wales) is one of Australia’s leading research and teaching universities. Established in 1949, it is ranked among the top 60 universities in the world, renowned for the quality of its graduates and its world class research.

UNSW is a founding member of the Group of Eight, a coalition of Australia’s leading research-intensive universities, and of the prestigious international network Universitas 21. With more than 50,000 students from over 120 countries, it is one of Australia’s most cosmopolitan universities.

The main UNSW campus is located on a 38-hectare site at Kensington, seven kilometres from the centre of Sydney. Other major campuses are the College of Fine Arts in the Sydney suburb of Paddington and UNSW Canberra at the Australia Defence Force Academy.

In addition to UNSW Canberra at ADFA, UNSW has eight Faculties – Arts and Social Sciences; Built Environment; Engineering; Law; Medicine; Science; the Australian School of Business; and the College of Fine Arts – which offer an extensive range of undergraduate, postgraduate and research programs.

Website: https://www.unsw.edu.au/

VSE Season 2, 2022-23: Courses offered by UNSW Sydney


Application Deadline

Students must submit an application to the VSE Central Office before:
Dec 1, 2022 12:00 noon Hong Kong Time (UTC+8)




Academic Requirements

Before applying, please make sure you have fulfilled the course offering university's academic requirements listed below:

Equivalent to either a credit average or 3.0 GPA; Students must have completed at least one semester at their home university at the time of application and be in their second year or above while undertaking VSE at UNSW.

For more details, please contact the VSE coordinator at UNSW Sydney.




English Language Proficiency Requirements

Before applying, please make sure you have fulfilled the course offering university's English language proficiency requirements listed below:

If you do not hold citizenship of one of the recognized English speaking countries as listed on this website, you will need to provide proof of your English proficiency at time of application. You can do this by providing evidence that you meet one of UNSW’s approved criteria. This is currently 6.5 IELTS or 90 TOEFL (iBT) for Exchange students. You are only required to meet the overall score for IELTS and TOEFL, you do not need to meet each of the subtests. For prior study conditions and other acceptable test and criteria please see here. Tests and supporting documentation that do not meet one of the UNSW's approved criteria will not be accepted.

It is important to check you meet our English requirements before applying. It is too late to sit a test after our application deadline if you don’t meet the UNSW's English language admission requirements.

For more details, please contact the VSE coordinator at UNSW Sydney.



Course Information

Course information posted on this page are provided by the course offering university and may be changed or updated anytime without prior notice.

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Number of Credits6
Offering DepartmentFaculty of Science
Course TeacherDr BN Wijenayake Gamachchige
Language of InstructionEnglish
First Day of ClassFeb 13, 2023
Last Day of ClassMay 11, 2023
Course ComponentLecture
Mode of TeachingAsynchronous
Meeting TimeN/A
Time ZoneUTC+11
Course Description

Weight loss fads in the form of diets and exercise regimes (with mostly unrealistic claims) are ubiquitous in modern day life; however, there is surprising ignorance and confusion about how we lose weight, with most people unable to answer the simplest question: when you lose weight, where does the fat go? Popular (incorrect) answers include energy, heat, faeces and sweat. Surprisingly, this question has also baffled health professionals including general practitioners, dietitians and professional trainers.


This course will lift the veil on weight loss by tracing every atom you eat into and out of your body, and you will learn the fate of fat during weight loss, that is, it is converted to carbon dioxide and water and exits your body mainly through your lungs. Along the way, you will also learn how humans convert foods into useful energy, what exactly is happening in your bodies during weight loss and weight gain, and by the end you will be able to critically examine popular weight loss claims as well as your own diet and lifestyle. Diet myths and wellness nonsense topple like dominoes along the way.


No prior scientific knowledge is assumed as we aim to provide you with the knowledge to answer this big, fat myth.

Course Outline

https://www.handbook.unsw.edu.au/undergraduate/courses/2023/BABS1111

Course Prerequisites/Restrictions

This course has no pre-requisites and is open to undergraduate students with any major.

Points to Note for Students

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Fees to be Borne by Students

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Number of Credits6
Offering DepartmentUNSW Business School
Course TeacherMs R Abel
Language of InstructionEnglish
First Day of ClassFeb 13, 2023
Last Day of ClassMay 11, 2023
Course ComponentLecture
Mode of TeachingSynchronous
Meeting TimeTBA
Time ZoneUTC+11
Course Description

Do you want to lead change and implement social innovations? Would you like to find ways to address complex social problems? This course is for aspiring change agents across all sectors, including business, not-for-profit and government. Whether your career lies in business, law, art and design, arts and social sciences, the built environment, science, engineering or medicine, you will develop practical skills to lead complex systems for create better social outcomes. We explore the issues that policy makers, industry leaders and social service providers grapple with every day, such as inequality, place-based disadvantage, mental health, homelessness, and human rights. We will introduce models for systems change, social innovation, and cross-sectoral collaboration. You will complete the course with a broad understanding of social systems and the keys to initiating and sustaining positive social change. The course introduces local and global trends through a range of case studies, and you will have the opportunity to hear directly from experts in business, government and social purpose organisations who have successfully initiated social change.

Course Outline

https://www.business.unsw.edu.au/degrees-courses/course-outlines/COMM1000

Course Prerequisites/Restrictions

This course does not have pre-requisites and is open to undergraduate students with any major.

Points to Note for Students

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Number of Credits6
Offering DepartmentUNSW Business School
Course TeacherMr AM Hingston
Language of InstructionEnglish
First Day of ClassFeb 13, 2023
Last Day of ClassMay 11, 2023
Course ComponentLecture
Mode of TeachingAsynchronous
Meeting TimeN/A
Time ZoneUTC+11
Course Description

The course introduces students from a non-financial background to the principles of accumulating, managing and protecting wealth. The course covers the topics of tracking expenses and preparing budgets, savings, buying on credit, securing a good job, buying a home, paying off mortgages faster, protecting yourself through using insurance, building wealth using superannuation, paying appropriate levels of tax and avoiding investment mistakes. 

Course Outline

https://www.business.unsw.edu.au/degrees-courses/course-outlines/GENC3004

Course Prerequisites/Restrictions

This course does not have pre-requisites and is open to undergraduate students with any major.

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Number of Credits6
Offering DepartmentFaculty of Science
Course TeacherProf MC Ashley
Language of InstructionEnglish
First Day of ClassFeb 13, 2023
Last Day of ClassMay 11, 2023
Course ComponentLecture
Mode of TeachingAsynchronous
Meeting TimeN/A
Time ZoneUTC+11
Course Description

Introduction to Astronomy and the search for life elsewhere.This course provides a broad overview of Astronomy and our place in the Cosmos. It covers the solar system and its exploration, stars, galaxies and cosmology, the Earth as a habitable planet and the search for life elsewhere in the universe. The course is delivered wholly on the internet through Moodle. The course is suitable as an introductory course for science students or as a general education course for non-scientists.

Course Outline

https://www.unsw.edu.au/content/dam/pdfs/unsw-adobe-websites/science/physics/course-outlines/1st-year/2022-T1-PHYS1160-course-outline.pdf

Course Prerequisites/Restrictions

This course does not have pre-requisites and is open to undergraduate students with any major.

Points to Note for Students

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Fees to be Borne by Students

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Before Making an Application

Make sure you have thoroughly read the information on this page and the Academics page before making an application. If you have a question, email us at [email protected] or contact the VSE Coordinators at your home university or course offering university,