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Course type

Bachelor Honours Degree (AQF Level 8/Level 7)

Minimum English language proficiency requirements

Applicants of non-English speaking backgrounds must meet the English language proficiency requirements of Band 1 – Schedule II of the JCU Admissions Policy.

Special admission requirements

Nil

Additional course rules

Nil

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 Engineering (Honours) at James Cook University will be able to:

• Integrate and apply a coherent and advanced body of theoretical and technical knowledge, including depth in the underlying concepts and principles in one engineering discipline

• Critically appraise the role and relevance of engineering in society, with specific reference to practices and priorities for creating sustainable communities and industries in the tropics

• Demonstrate broad understanding of engineering methods, including design processes, whole system approaches, formal project management, and decision-making strategies and their application in engineering practice

• Retrieve, analyse, synthesise, evaluate and manage information from a range of sources for engineering practice and research

• Plan and conduct reliable, evidence-based laboratory and/or field experiments, by selecting and applying methods, techniques and tools as appropriate to the engineering discipline

• Organise, analyse and interpret scientific and/or engineering data using appropriate mathematical, statistical and technological skills

• Communicate ideas, arguments and conclusions clearly and coherently to a variety of audiences, through advanced English language skills and a variety of media

• Develop components, systems and/or processes to meet specified requirements, and creative approaches to synthesise alternative solutions, concepts and procedures for unpredictable or complex problems

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

• Prioritise multiple demands to achieve personal and team goals, with regular review of performance to manage continuing professional development

• Apply knowledge of research principles and methods to plan and execute project work and/or a piece of research and scholarship with some independence.

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

• Demonstrate essential knowledge for a career in  technology related professions and practice

• Synthesise industry standard and underlying principles and concepts for decision making

• Critically analyse the core professional obligations, values and operations of organisations including sustainability

• Critically evaluate data and resources in the context of relevant academic literature

• Apply critical thinking to address IT related issues

• Convey information clearly and fluently, in high quality written form appropriate for their audience

• Demonstrate effective oral presentation skills for academic and professional audiences

• Demonstrate the ability to work collaboratively

• Apply technical skills, including numeracy, necessary for professional practice

• Demonstrate an awareness of ethical and social responsibility in professional practice

• Identify and act upon, learning opportunities and self-improvements.

Credit points in major

66 credit points

Notes

All Engineering majors are available for mid-year entry. For students starting in semester 2, the course has a core subject MA1000 that starts earlier than the official semester start date.

Cairns

First year only

Maximum time to complete

13 years

Course includes mandatory professional placement(s)

No

Accreditation requirements

Nil

Supplementary exam for final subject

Not applicable

Maximum allowed

63 credit points

Expiry

Advanced standing gained for any subject shall be cancelled 23 years after the date of the examination upon which the advanced standing is based if, by then, the student has not completed this course.

Approved abbreviation

BEng(Hons)-BInfTech

Inclusion of majors on testamur

The major studied shall appear on the testamur

Course articulation

Not applicable