Electives for MDSI students

Requesting enrolment into another faculty’s subjects as electives

Some electives have prerequisites or access conditions. Students are not permitted to take an elective subject that covers substantially the same material as a required subject or a subject already undertaken.

How can I enrol in a subject offered by another faculty as an elective and get subject prerequisites waived?

If you wish to enrol in a subject offered by another faculty as an elective, you can apply via eRequest. Your eRequest for enrolment in elective subjects offered by another faculty will require the approval of the subject coordinator. The subject coordinator can waive the pre-requisites (admission or academic) listed in the access conditions of the subject, refer to UTS Handbook.

We strongly advise attaching your personal statement as part of your eRequest which may improve your chances of approval. Your personal statement should outline why you would like to take the subject, how will it benefit your core program and confirm that you have the knowledge and skills needed to meet the academic demands of the subject.

Students from Connected Intelligence Centre and TD School are not subject to these cross-faculty enrolment restrictions and may apply for cross-faculty electives at any time.

How can I search for a subject under my elective choice block?

If your course allows for free electives, you may choose any subject at the same level offered by UTS. This will require you to choose an undergraduate subject if you are studying for a bachelor degree or to choose a postgraduate subject if you are admitted into a master degree.

You can search the UTS Handbook and UTS timetable planner for subject options.

Electives MDSI students have taken in previous years

The following undergraduate and postgraduate sections show the subjects that MDSI students have previously taken as electives.

• The offered column shows when the subject was offered previously. Please check the timetable planner to confirm the current semester offering for specific subjects.
• In the eRequest column, ‘yes’ indicates subject enrolment is via eRequest and ‘no’ indicates you can enrol directly into the subject.
• In the faculty column, ‘DAB’ is the Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building, ‘FASS’ is the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and ‘FEIT’ is the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology.

Undergraduate subjects

Code	Title	Offered	eRequest	CP
36200	Arguments, Evidence and Intuition	Summer	No	6
31016	Career Management for IT Professionals	Summer	No	6
41077	Data Driven and Intelligent Robotics	Spring	No	6
92573	Data Science in Health Care	Autumn	Yes	6
31061	Database Principles	Autumn, Spring	No	6
48430	Fundamentals of C Programming	Autumn	No	6
31250	Introduction to Data Analytics	Autumn, Spring	No	6
41043	Natural Language Processing	Autumn	Yes	6
41092	Network Fundamentals	Spring	No	6
48023	Programming Fundamentals	Autumn, Spring	No	6

Postgraduate subjects

Code	Title	Offered	eRequest	CP
32998	.NET Application Development	Spring	Yes	6
22789	Accounting Analytics	Spring	Yes	6
22747	Accounting for Managerial Decisions	Spring	Yes	6
22788	Accounting Practices and Tools	Spring	Yes	3
68109	Advanced Communication Skills in Science	Spring	Yes	6
42049	Architecting on Amazon Web Services	Spring	Yes	6
42001	Bioinformatics	Spring	Yes	6
32559	Business Systems Design	Spring	Yes	6
32003	Computer Game Design	Autumn	Yes	6
92036	Contemporary Approaches to Health Analytics	Autumn	Yes	6
57193	Data and Computational Journalism	Autumn	Yes	8
26777	Data Processing Using SAS	Autumn, Spring, Summer	Yes	3
42028	Deep Learning and Convolutional Neural Network	Autumn	Yes	6
24748	Delivering Customer Value	Autumn, Summer	Yes	3
95566	Digital Experience Design Studio	Autumn	Yes	6
32557	Enabling Enterprise Information Systems	Autumn	Yes	6
26776	Foundations of Business Analytics	Autumn	Yes	3
96730	Fundamentals of Biostatistics	Spring	No	3
42038	Fundamentals of Database and Software Development	Spring	No	6
42017	Fundamentals of Interaction Design	Autumn	No	6
32555	Fundamentals of Software Development	Autumn, Spring	Yes	6
013098	Independent Study Project 1	Autumn	Yes	6
21854	Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship	Spring	Yes	6
32027	Interactive Media	Spring	Yes	6
42082	Introduction to Complex Systems	Autumn	Yes	6
49001	Judgment and Decision Making	Autumn	Yes	6
32524	LANS and Routing	Autumn	Yes	6
37233	Linear Algebra	Autumn	Yes	6
21879	Measuring Social Impact	Spring	Yes	6
37242	Optimisation in Quantitative Management	Autumn, Summer	No	6
92847	Planning and Evaluating Health Services	Spring	No
15642	Public Sector Governance	Spring	Yes	6
49309	Quality Planning and Analysis	Spring	Yes	6
37252	Regression Analysis	Autumn, Spring, December	No	6
21745	Services and Network Productivity with Data Analytics	Autumn	Yes	6
23708	Studio 1: Foundation	Spring	Yes	6
60117	Understanding Data and Statistical Design	Spring	No	6