Program Overview

Gain the ideal combination of skill sets for careers in science and technology innovation; and expand your career opportunities significantly within legal, business, government and non-profit organisations.

In the Bachelor of Laws, you can tailor your degree to your interests through optional units in areas such as forensic advocacy, family law, human rights law, native title law and policy, and law and technology.

In this course you’ll learn the core skills required for legal practice and build a strong commercial awareness. Importantly, you’ll learn the importance of the rule of law and the responsibilities and ethics of legal practice. You’ll also be able to study optional units – in areas such as forensic advocacy, family law, human rights law, native title law and policy, and law and technology – so that you can tailor your degree to your interests.

In the Bachelor of Science course, you’ll choose one of four majors available – Data Science, Earth Sciences, Environmental Science, or Information and Communication Technology – and gain comprehensive knowledge and skills in that field.

You’ll study the first three years of your course at Curtin Perth. Your fourth year, plus one trimester, is delivered at Curtin Law School at our Perth city campus, where you can gain practical experience by undertaking simulated proceedings in our high-tech moot court and working on real cases at the John Curtin Law Clinic. You’ll also benefit greatly from your relationships with academics, and practising solicitors and barristers based at Curtin Law School.

Major: Information and Communication Technology

Professionals with ICT skills that complement a particular career discipline are increasingly beneficial to many industry and government sectors.

In this course you will learn how modern computer systems connect, operate and are programmed. You'll learn the setup and maintenance of wired and wireless networks, the configuration and hardening of networked computers, and general programming.

You'll gain the expertise to improve the efficiency of computer networks and solve network issues – particularly those relevant to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) – and the automation and process control that underpin Internet of Things (IoT) innovations.

The skills you'll gain are ideal for SMEs that require agile professional staff with discipline expertise and network support skills. Combining this course with a strong industry-related discipline will give you the expertise to customise networks and develop proprietary industry and organisational systems.