Start Uni Now (SUN) Units

How to applySUN for Intl Students
SUN offers first-year university units from almost every CQUniversity bachelor degree, so you can enjoy the flexibility to get a head start in an area that interests you most. 

When deciding which unit to apply for consider the following:

  • your career aspirations
  • the degree needed to reach your dream job
  • when the unit is available
  • how you want to study - on campus or online.

SUN provides you with the opportunity to gain credit for units completed. This can reduce the number of units you need to complete under your Bachelor degree. To be eligible for credit, it is important that you choose a SUN unit that forms part of the degree you are interested in.

Our CQU Handbook provides Unit Profiles for upcoming study terms. You can review details of the unit to help you understand the unit requirements. They include a study schedule showing the topics to be covered, the learning outcomes, resources required, and details of the delivery mode, structure of assessment, assessment tasks and due dates for submission, and assessment criteria.

SUN Units for 2025 and 2026

Chiropractic

CB77 - Bachelor of Science (Chiropractic) 

UnitsT3, 2025T1, 2026T2, 2026T3, 2026
CHEM 11042 Fundamentals of Chemistry ✓✓ 
BMSC11010 Human Anatomy and Physiology 1✓✓✓✓
BMSC11011 Human Anatomy and Physiology 2✓✓✓✓
ESSC 11004 Study & Research Skills for Health Science✓✓ ✓

Learn more about the Bachelor of Science (Chiropractic).

Health Science

CB66 - Bachelor of Health Science

UnitsT3, 2025T1, 2026T2, 2026T3, 2026
ALLH 11001 Introduction to Allied Health Practice ✓  
ALLH 11006 Life Course Development For Health Professionals  ✓ 
ALLH11009 Research Methods for Health Professionals ✓  
PSYC 11010 Fundamentals of Psychology: Understanding Human Behaviour✓✓✓✓

Learn more about the Bachelor of Health Science.

Occupational Therapy

CB84 - Bachelor of Occupational Therapy (Honours)

UnitsT3, 2025T1, 2026T2, 2026T3, 2026
ALLH 11001 Introduction to Allied Health Practice ✓  
ALLH 11006 Life Course Development For Health Professionals  ✓ 
ALLH11009 Research Methods for Health Professionals ✓  
PSYC 11010 Fundamentals of Psychology: Understanding Human Behaviour ✓✓✓

Learn more about the Bachelor of Occupational Therapy (Honours).

Oral Health

CB29 - Bachelor of Oral Health

UnitsT3, 2025T1, 2026T2, 2026T3, 2026
BMSC11010 Human Anatomy and Physiology 1✓✓✓✓
BMSC11011 Human Anatomy and Physiology 2✓✓✓✓

Learn more about the Bachelor of Oral Health.

Nutrition

CM60 - Bachelor of Nutrition Unit Options

UnitsT3, 2025T1, 2026T2, 2026T3, 2026
BMSC11006 Food, Nutrition and Health  ✓ 
BMSC11010 Human Anatomy and Physiology 1✓✓✓✓
BMSC11011 Human Anatomy and Physiology 2✓✓✓✓

BMSC11012 Foundations of Immunology*

Pre-Req BMSC11001 or BMSC11007, or BMSC11010

  ✓ 
HLTH11027 Foundations of Health✓✓ ✓

Physiotherapy

CB85 - Bachelor of Physiotherapy (Honours)

UnitsT3, 2025T1, 2026T2, 2026T3, 2026
ALLH 11001 Introduction to Allied Health Practice ✓  
ALLH 11006 Life Course Development For Health Professionals  ✓ 
PSYC 11010 Fundamentals of Psychology 1: Understanding Human Behaviour✓✓✓✓

Learn more about the Bachelor of Physiotherapy (Honours).

Podiatry

CB86 - Bachelor of Podiatry Practice (Honours)

UnitsT3, 2025T1, 2026T2, 2026T3, 2026
ALLH 11001 Introduction to Allied Health Practice ✓  
ALLH 11006 Life Course Development For Health Professionals  ✓ 
ALLH11009 Research Methods for Health Professionals ✓  
HLTH11027 Foundations of Health✓✓ ✓
PSYC 11010 Fundamentals of Psychology 1: Understanding Human Behaviour✓✓✓✓

Learn more about the Bachelor of Podiatry Practice (Honours).

Speech Pathology

CB87 - Bachelor of Speech Pathology (Honours)

UnitsT3, 2025T1, 2026T2, 2026T3, 2026
ALLH 11001 Introduction to Allied Health Practice ✓  
ALLH 11006 Life Course Development For Health Professionals  ✓ 
ALLH11009 Research Methods for Health Professionals ✓  
PSYC 11010 Fundamentals of Psychology 1: Understanding Human Behaviour✓✓✓✓

Learn more about the Bachelor of Speech Pathology (Honours).

*There is a residential school requirement for this unit. 

Accounting

CQ01 - Bachelor of Accounting

UnitsT3, 2025T1, 2026T2, 2026T3, 2026
ACCT11059 Accounting Learning and Online Communication✓✓✓✓
ACCT11081 Introduction to Financial Accounting ✓✓✓✓
ECON11026 Principles of Economics✓✓✓✓

Learn more about the Bachelor of Accounting.

Business

CL86 - Bachelor of Business 

UnitsT3, 2025T1, 2026T2, 2026T3, 2026
ACCT11059 Accounting Learning and Online Communication✓✓✓✓
ACCT11081 Introduction to Financial Accounting ✓✓✓✓
MGMT11109 Introduction to Business✓✓✓✓
MRKT11028 Digital Marketing ✓✓ 
MRKT11029 Marketing Fundamentals✓✓✓✓
ECON11026 Principles of Economics✓✓✓✓

Learn more about the Bachelor of Business.

Property

CF56 - Bachelor of Property

UnitsT3, 2025T1, 2026T2, 2026T3, 2026
ACCT11059 Accounting Learning and Online Communication✓✓✓✓
ECON11026 Principles of Economics✓✓✓✓
LAWS 11030 Foundations of Business Law✓✓✓✓

Learn more about the Bachelor of Property.

Undergraduate Certificates 

If you complete the four required units listed below you can graduate with an Undergraduate Certificate in Business Studies or Accounting on completion of Year 12.

CM57 - Undergraduate Certificate in Business Studies

UnitsT3, 2025T1, 2026T2, 2026T3, 2026
ACCT11059 Accounting Learning and Online Communication✓✓✓✓
MGMT11109 Introduction to Business✓✓✓✓
MRKT11029 Marketing Fundamentals✓✓✓✓
ECON11026 Principles of Economics✓✓✓✓

Learn more about the Undergraduate Certificate in Business Studies.

CM58 - Undergraduate Certificate in Accounting

UnitsT3, 2025T1, 2026T2, 2026T3, 2026
ACCT11059 Accounting Learning and Online Communication✓✓✓✓
ACCT11081 Introduction to Financial Accounting ✓✓✓✓
LAWS 11030 Foundations of Business Law✓✓✓✓
ECON11026 Principles of Economics✓✓✓✓

Learn more about the Undergraduate Certificate in Business Accounting.

Music

CG51 - Bachelor of Music

UnitsT3 2025T1 2026T2 2026T3 2026
MUSC11405 Language of Modern Music 1 ✓✓ 

MUSC11406 Language of Modern Music 2 

Pre-Req MUSC11405

 ✓✓ 
MUSC11411 Music Styles & Analysis 1 ✓  
MUSC11412 Music Styles & Analysis 2  ✓ 
PERF11026 Production Fundamentals 1 ✓  
PERF11027 Production Fundamentals 2  ✓ 

Learn more about the Bachelor of Music.

Theatre

CG72 - Bachelor of Theatre

UnitsT3 2025T1 2026T2 2026T3 2026
THTR11125 Theatre: Stage, Screen and Musicals ✓  
THTR11126 Origins of Theatre  ✓ 

Learn more about the Bachelor of Theatre.

Echocardiography

CV69 - Bachelor of Echocardiography and Cardiac Physiology/Graduate Diploma of Echocardiography

UnitsT3 2025T1 2026T2 2026T3 2026
BMSC11010 Human Anatomy and Physiology 1✓✓✓✓
BMSC11011 Human Anatomy and Physiology 2✓✓✓✓
ALLH11009 Research Methods for Health Professionals ✓  

Learn more about the Bachelor of Echocardiography and Cardiac Physiology/Graduate Diploma of Echocardiography.

Medical Imaging

CG92 - Bachelor of Medical Imaging

UnitsT3 2025T1 2026T2 2026T3 2026
BMSC11010 Human Anatomy and Physiology 1✓✓✓✓
BMSC11011 Human Anatomy and Physiology 2✓✓✓✓
ALLH11009 Research Methods for Health Professionals ✓  

Learn more about the Bachelor of Medical Imaging.

Medical Sonography

CG91 - Bachelor of Medical Sonography/Graduate Diploma of Medical Sonography

UnitsT3 2025T1 2026T2 2026T3 2026
BMSC11010 Human Anatomy and Physiology 1✓✓✓✓
BMSC11011 Human Anatomy and Physiology 2✓✓✓✓
ALLH11009 Research Methods for Health Professionals ✓  

Learn more about the Bachelor of Medical Sonography/Graduate Diploma of Medical Sonography.

Arts

CA10 - Bachelor of Arts

Core UnitsT3 2025T1 2026T2 2026T3 2026
COMM11108 Communicating for Social Change  ✓ 
SUST11001 The Changing World and Sustainability ✓  
Major or Minor Aligned UnitsT3 2025T1 2026T2 2026T3 2026
First Nations Studies Minor     
INDG11006 Education and Learning: Colonisation and Decolonisation in the Cultural Interface  ✓ 
INDG11013 First Nation and Non-Indigenous History: The Interface  ✓ 
Geography Major     
GEOG11023 Physical Geography of Australia ✓  
GEOH11001 Introduction to Human Geography  ✓ 
History and Politics Major     
HIST11037 Dawn of Humanity: An Introduction to World History ✓  
HIST11038 The Modern World Emerges: An Overview  ✓ 
Literary Studies Major    
LITR11043 The Short Story  ✓ 
LITR11056 Introduction to Literature ✓  
Creative Writing Major     
WRIT11023 Beginning Creative Writing ✓  
WRIT11025 Creative Nonfiction  ✓ 
Strategic and Social Communication Minor     
COMM11110 Introduction to Strategic Communication ✓  
COMM11112 The Internet Never Lies?: Social Media and Society  ✓ 

Learn more about the Bachelor of Arts.

Digital Media

CC24 - Bachelor of Digital Media

UnitsT3 2025T1 2026T2 2026T3 2026
DGTL11001 Foundations of Animation  ✓ 
DGTL11003 User Experience Design  ✓ 
DGTL11005 Web Design ✓  
DGTL11006 Coding Fundamentals  ✓ 
MMST11003 Visual Design Fundamentals  ✓ 
MMST11009 Digital Video and Audio ✓  
MMST11010 Illustration and Visualisation ✓  

Learn more about the Bachelor of Digital Media.

Teaching

CC14 - Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Education)

UnitsT3 2025T1 2026T2 2026T3 2026
EDCU11031 Development and Learning through Life ✓  
EDED11454 Education as a Profession✓✓ ✓
EDED11456 Communication in Educational Environments  ✓ 
EDED11457 Responding to Diversity and Inclusion  ✓ 

Learn more about the Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Education).

CC12 - Bachelor of Education (Primary)

UnitsT3 2025T1 2026T2 2026T3 2026
EDCU11031 Development and Learning through Life ✓  
EDED11454 Education as a Profession✓✓ ✓
EDED11456 Communication in Educational Environments  ✓ 
EDED11457 Responding to Diversity and Inclusion  ✓ 

Learn more about the Bachelor of Education (Primary).

CC13 - Bachelor of Education (Secondary) Unit Options

UnitsT3 2025T1 2026T2 2026T3 2026
EDED11454 Education as a Profession✓✓ ✓
EDED11457 Responding to Diversity and Inclusion  ✓ 
EDSE11024 Teaching Youth ✓  

Learn more about the Bachelor of Education (Secondary).

Aviation

CL09 - Bachelor of Aviation

UnitsT3 2025T1 2026T2 2026T3 2026
AVAT11013 Introduction to Aviation  ✓ 
AVAT11008 Introduction to Aviation Management✓✓ ✓

Learn more about the Bachelor of Aviation.

Engineering

CC31 - Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)

UnitsT3 2025T1 2026T2 2026T3 2026
ENEG11006 Engineering Statics✓ ✓✓
ENEG11009 Fundamentals of Sustainable Energy✓ ✓✓

Learn more about the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours).

CG21 - Bachelor of Engineering Technology

UnitsT3 2025T1 2026T2 2026T3 2026
ENEG11006 Engineering Statics✓ ✓✓
ENEG11009 Fundamentals of Sustainable Energy✓ ✓✓

Learn more about the Bachelor of Engineering Technology.

Information Technology

CQ18 - Bachelor of Information Technology

UnitsT3 2025T1 2026T2 2026T3 2026
COIT11237 Database Design and Implementation ✓✓ 
COIT11238 Networked Infrastructure Foundations✓✓✓✓

COIT11222 Programming Fundamentals

Not available for International students

✓✓✓✓

Learn more about the Bachelor of Information Technology.

Law

CG98 - Bachelor of Laws

UnitsT3 2025T1 2026T2 2026T3 2026
LAWS11057 Introduction to Law✓✓✓✓

LAWS11059 Statutory Interpretation

Not available from 2026

✓   

Learn more about the Bachelor of Laws.

Criminology

Cl55 - Bachelor of Science (Criminology and Psychology)

UnitsT3 2025T1 2026T2 2026T3 2026
CRIM11001 Foundations of Criminology and Criminal Justice ✓✓ 
PSYC11012 Research Methods 1✓ ✓✓
PSYC11010 Fundamentals of Psychology 1: Understanding Human Behaviour✓✓✓✓

Learn more about the Bachelor of Science (Criminology and Psychology).

Medical Laboratory Science

CL10 - Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Science (Honours)

UnitsT3 2025T1 2026T2 2026T3 2026
CHEM11043 Atoms, Molecules and Matter ✓✓ 
ESSC11002 Measurement and Evaluation in Health Science✓ ✓✓
BMSC11010 Human Anatomy and Physiology 1✓✓✓✓
BMSC11011 Human Anatomy and Physiology 2✓✓✓✓

BMSC11012 Foundations of Immunology*

Pre-Req BMSC11001 or BMSC11007, or BMSC11010

  ✓ 

Learn more about the Bachelor of Medical Laboratory Science (Honours).

Medical Science

CG93 - Bachelor of Medical Science

UnitsT3 2025T1 2026T2 2026T3 2026
CHEM11043 Atoms, Molecules and Matter ✓✓ 
BMSC11010 Human Anatomy and Physiology 1✓✓✓✓
BMSC11011 Human Anatomy and Physiology 2✓✓✓✓

BMSC11012 Foundations of Immunology*

Pre-Req BMSC11001 or BMSC11007, or BMSC11010

  ✓ 

Learn more about the Bachelor of Medical Science.

Medicine Pathway

CM17 - Bachelor of Medical Science (Pathway to Medicine)

UnitsT3 2025T1 2026T2 2026T3 2026
CHEM11043 Atoms, Molecules and Matter ✓✓ 
ESSC11002 Measurement and Evaluation in Health Science✓ ✓✓

BMSC11012 Foundations of Immunology*

Not currently contributing to ATAR adjustments

Pre-Req BMSC11001 or BMSC11007, or BMSC11010

  ✓ 

Learn more about the Bachelor of Medical Science (Pathway to Medicine).

*There is a residential school requirement for this unit. 

Exercise and Sport Sciences

CG85 - Bachelor of Exercise and Sport Sciences

UnitsT3 2025T1 2026T2 2026T3 2026
ESSC11002 Measurement and Evaluation in Health Science✓ ✓✓
BMSC11010 Human Anatomy and Physiology 1✓✓✓✓
BMSC11011 Human Anatomy and Physiology 2✓✓✓✓
ESSC11004 Study & Research Skills for Health Science✓✓ ✓
ESSC11001 Physical Activity, Fitness and Health* ✓  
ESSC11003 Skill Acquisition and Movement*  ✓ 

Learn more about the Bachelor of Exercise and Sport Sciences.

Nursing

CL91 - Bachelor of Nursing

UnitsT3 2025T1 2026T2 2026T3 2026
BMSC11010 Human Anatomy and Physiology 1✓✓✓✓
NURS11164 Effective Communication in the Health Care Environment ✓✓ 

NURS11168 Introduction to Person-centred Care 

formally Determinants of Health and Primary Health Care Nursing

✓ ✓✓

Learn more about the Bachelor of Nursing.

Paramedicine

CG95 - Bachelor of Paramedic Science

UnitsT3 2025T1 2026T2 2026T3 2026
CHEM11042 Fundamentals of Chemistry ✓✓ 
BMSC11010 Human Anatomy and Physiology 1✓✓✓✓
BMSC11011 Human Anatomy and Physiology 2✓✓✓✓
ALLH11009 Research Methods for Health Professionals ✓  

Learn more about the Bachelor of Paramedic Science.

Public Health

CC59 - Bachelor of Public Health (Specialisation)

UnitsT3 2025T1 2026T2 2026T3 2026
ENVH11001 Health and the Environment ✓  
HLTH11027 Foundations of Health✓✓ ✓
SCIE11022 Introductory Science ✓  

Learn more about the Bachelor of Public Health (Specialisation).

*There is a residential school requirement for this unit. 

Psychology

CC43 - Bachelor of Psychological Science

UnitsT3 2025T1 2026T2 2026T3 2026
PSYC11012 Research Methods 1✓ ✓✓
PSYC11010 Fundamentals of Psychology 1: Understanding Human Behaviour✓✓✓✓

PSYC11009 Fundamentals of Psychology 2: Psychological Literacy

Corequisite: PSYC11010

✓ ✓✓

Learn more about the Bachelor of Psychological Science.

CL55 - Bachelor of Science (Criminology and Psychology)

UnitsT3 2025T1 2026T2 2026T3 2026
PSYC11012 Research Methods 1✓ ✓✓
PSYC11010 Fundamentals of Psychology 1: Understanding Human Behaviour✓✓✓✓
CRIM11001 Foundations of Criminology and Criminal Justice ✓✓ 

Learn more about the Bachelor of Science (Criminology and Psychology).

Social Work

CL71 - Bachelor of Social Work

UnitsT3 2025T1 2026T2 2026T3 2026
INDG11013 First Nation and Non-Indigenous History: The Interface  ✓ 
SOWK11017 Scope of Social Work Practice in Australia ✓  

Learn more about the Bachelor of Social Work.

Occupational Health and Safety

CQ26 - Bachelor of Occupational Health and Safety

UnitsT3 2025T1 2026T2 2026T3 2026
HLTH11027 Foundations of Health✓✓ ✓
OCHS11026 Introductory Occupational Health and Safety✓✓ ✓
OCHS11025 Health and Safety Risk Management ✓✓ 
OCHS11027 OHS Fundamentals ✓  
BMSC11010 Human Anatomy and Physiology 1✓✓✓✓

Learn more about the Bachelor of Occupational Health and Safety.

Agriculture

CV85 - Bachelor of Agriculture

UnitsT3 2025T1 2026T2 2026T3 2026
AGRI11001 Soil and Irrigation Management*  ✓ 
AGRI11002 Plant Science and Crop Production  ✓ 
AGRI11003 Livestock Production*  ✓ 
AGRI11007 Plant and Livestock Breeding Strategies* ✓  
AGRI11008 Introduction to Agricultural Systems ✓  
BIOL11102 Life Science Laboratory* ✓  
ENVR11011 Modern Environmental Issues  ✓ 
SCIE11023 Scientific Research Fundamentals ✓  

Learn more about the Bachelor of Agriculture. 

Science and Environment

CU18 - Bachelor of Science and Environment

UnitsT3 2025T1 2026T2 2026T3 2026
AGRI11003 Livestock Production*  ✓ 
AGRI11007 Plant and Livestock Breeding Strategies* ✓  
BIOL11102 Life Science Laboratory* ✓  
CHEM11043 Atoms, Molecules and Matter* ✓✓ 
ENVR11011 Modern Environmental Issues  ✓ 
ENVR11014 Environmental Monitoring*  ✓ 
SCIE11023 Scientific Research Fundamentals ✓  

Learn more about the Bachelor of Science and Environment.

*There is a residential school requirement for this unit. 

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