Course learning outcomes

JCU graduates are committed to lifelong learning, intellectual development, and to the display of exemplary personal, professional and ethical standards. They have a sense of their place in the tropics and are charged with professional, community, and environmental responsibility. JCU graduates appreciate the need to embrace and be acquainted with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples of Australia. They are committed to reconciliation, diversity and sustainability. They exhibit a willingness to lead and to contribute to the intellectual, environmental, cultural, economic and social challenges of regional, national, and international communities of the tropics.

Graduates of the Bachelor of Biotechnology at James Cook University will be able to:

• Integrate and apply a coherent body of theoretical and technical knowledge in the discipline of biotechnology, with depth in the underlying concepts and principles of aquaculture and biotechnology applications to aquaculture

• Critically appraise the role and relevance of science generally, and biotechnology and aquaculture particularly, in the creation of sustainable futures in the tropics, worldwide

• Demonstrate broad understanding of methods of applied science, including the creative processes involved in developing scientific knowledge and the contestable and testable nature of that knowledge

• Retrieve, analyse, synthesise and evaluate information from a range of sources

• Plan and conduct reliable, evidence-based laboratories, field studies or industry-focussed projects, by selecting and applying methods, techniques and tools

• Organise, analyse and interpret scientific and industry data using mathematical, statistical and technological skills

• Convey scientific ideas, arguments and conclusions clearly and coherently through well-developed written and oral communication skills and a variety of media

• Identify, analyse and generate solutions to unpredictable or complex problems relating to biotechnology and aquaculture by applying knowledge and skills with initiative and well-developed judgement

• Critically review regulatory requirements, ethical principles and, where appropriate, cultural frameworks, to work effectively, responsibly and safely in diverse contexts and interdisciplinary teams

• Reflect on current skills, knowledge and attitudes to manage their professional learning needs and performance, autonomously and in collaboration with others.