Edith Cowan University
Edith Cowan University's origins go back to 1902 when it began as a teaching college. Today it is Western Australia's second largest university with approximately 23,000 students, including in excess of 3,000 students originating from more than 80 countries. Edith Cowan University is located in Perth, Western Australia, a gateway to Asia.
ECU is the only Australian University named after a woman - Edith Dircksey Cowan - Australia's first female Parliamentarian and a fighter for social justice. Edith Cowan also graces the Australian $50 note.
ECU is a contemporary university providing quality tertiary education for the students of today. We pride ourselves on being supportive, flexible and relevant to the real world. We all know that the theory is important but ECU knows that putting what you learn into practice is just as valuable. That's why our courses have a strong focus on providing real life solutions to real life problems. Practical projects, industry placements and guest speakers are key features of our programs.
With over 300 courses, ECU offers the flexibility and freedom to match your own talents and aspirations with a wide range of course options to give you the skills and knowledge to reach your goals.
Courses offered
Business and Finance
University Level
Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Business
You will examine the nature of industrial relations both in Australia and in other countries pursuing both institutional and sociological perspectives.
An understanding of Economics or History would be useful when studying Industrial Relations, but also just being aware of the news and issues facing people at work is a good basis from which to start your studies.
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Bachelor of Business (Accounting)
The Bachelor of Commerce is a highly flexible programme allowing students to combine their choice of majors, minors and electives. Graduates from this programme have a strong record of success in finding employment within the local and international business communities.
Accounting
Studying Accounting will teach you how business works, the real nuts and bolts of what makes a successful organisation. You will look at the efficiency and effectiveness of the operations of an enterprise as well as learning how to evaluate employee performance. You will also learn how to use accounts to assist you in making capital investment decisions for a variety of purposes, including the acquisition or sale of shares, lending of money, and provision of goods on credit.
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Bachelor of Business (Management)
Completion of the major will give you an understanding of the functions and development of organisations, interactions with local and international environments, management of people, marketing of goods and services, and strategic decisions that direct and harmonise all activities.
Management can be studied as a major in the Bachelor of Commerce. This includes combined courses which includes this degree
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Bachelor of Laws
Good lawyers possess proficient language skills, clear thought processes and the ability to resolve complex problems, which have both a legal and a human component.
Not a day passes without legal issues forming a significant part of the daily news. This illustrates that law does not exist in a vacuum but is an integral part of modern living and that legal issues raise social and, at times, political issues.
An understanding of the way in which the law deals with these complex issues allows more informed debate and criticism, both for cases decided by the courts and of proposed legislative changes. There are three options for studying a Bachelor of Laws degree.
Each of these options qualifies you for legal practice. You do not have to enter Law School straight from secondary school to gain the chance to study law.
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Computing and Information Technology
University Level
Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Systems)
The field of Computer Engineering encompasses a wide variety of areas.
These include:
- Computer Systems - hardware, software embedded, design, management
- Networks and Communications - local, global, wireless, concurrency, Internet
- Intelligent Information Systems - robotics, automation, manufacturing, vision, neural networks
- Signal Processing - adaptive systems, real-time, fuzzy logic
- Automotive Systems - motor management, brake systems, drive information, navigation.
The course covers:
- Computer Engineering: focuses in the areas of the design and development of hardware and sofware systems.
- Communication and Network Engineering: concentrates on different service needs, and developing and applying hardware and software to meet them.
- Software Engineering: focuses on the design and development of software.
- Intelligent Systems: concentrates on the development of expert systems or neural network components or devices.
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Health and Community Services
University Level
Bachelor of Communication
This course offers the chance to develop skills and knowledge in two or more related fields of study at the intersection of media, information and new communication technologies. It offers contextual study of the history, theory, ethics and criticism of the various practices, institutions and discourses in media, communication and information. Foundation skills and knowledge for work in the corporate media and information field is provided with considerable breadth of expertise. Areas of study available are: Film and Television, Internet Policy and Culture; Journalism; Advertising Design, Internet Design, Marketing; Multimedia, Photography and Public Relations.
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Bachelor of Business (Human Resource Management)
Human Resource Management explores the concepts, principles and systems associated with the management of employee performance in the workplace. It is now considered a key driver for modern organisations to achieve strategic competitive advantage making this course a strong complementary discipline to other Business studies.
Human Resource Management will provide you with a strong understanding of the areas of the professional human resource management including:
- The strategic role,
- employment policies,
- legal and environmental regulations,
- interviewing and hiring,
- rewards and recognition,
- pay and benefits,
- diversity,
- job assessment,
- health and safety,
- ethics,
- negotiating and bargaining,
- communications,
- motivation,
- organisational design,
- the future direction of human resources.
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Bachelor of Business (Industrial Relations)
Industrial Relations focuses on the dynamics of workplace relations between employer and employee. It will prepare you for career opportunities in management, unions and government agencies.
You will examine the nature of industrial relations both in Australia and in other countries pursuing both institutional and sociological perspectives.
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Bachelor of Business (Marketing)
The concept of marketing is about identifying customer needs and developing and selling products that satisfy those needs. An infinite variety of products can be marketed ranging from soft drink to government departments and instrumentalities such as the Defence Force or the Education Department, as well as tourist destinations, politicians, churches and charity groups. Consequently, marketing is a big asset to your job prospects and is useful whether you are a marketing manager, running your own business, a recruitment officer in the army or a dentist.
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Bachelor of Communications (Public Relations)
People today, particularly young people, are incredibly media savvy. You probably already have your own personal PR profile out there in the public arena through Facebook; MySpace or your on-line avatars. Turn that basic understanding into an exciting and global career in Public Relations. With a Public Relations degree you'll learn the theory and practicalities behind campaign management, strategic planning, issues management and the relationship between public relations and other communication professions. Combined with writing and professional communication subjects you'll be ready to launch.
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Bachelor of Science (Nursing)
This course provides an integrated comprehensive curriculum from the physical, biological, psychological and social sciences. It is designed for school leavers and others intending to practice as a registered nurse. It is also available to registered mental health nurses intending to become eligible for registration as a comprehensive nurse.
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Processing (Science)
University Level
Bachelor of Engineering (Electronics and Communication)
Communication Engineering deals with the transfer of information of diverse kinds by the modulation, transmission and subsequent demodulation or reception of electrical, electromagnetic or optical signals. These signals may be digital or analogue and may be transmitted over cable, radio or optical fibre media. National and international communication networks; television and telecommunication; cable, microwave, satellite and optical communication are among the topics included.
Control Engineering deals with automatic means by which the performance of a process or plant is controlled or regulated from measurements of its own response. Feedback control of this kind, and its fundamental concepts, has very wide applications and implications. Control engineers need wide knowledge and the ability to work with specialists in other fields. This branch of engineers involves the marriage of electrical and mechanical systems.
Power Systems Engineering is a very large field of professional engineering practice in Australia and throughout the world. Every modern economy depends increasingly on electricity supply. Expansion of electricity supply throughout most of the Asian countries is now on a massive scale. The major field of expertise in this department is in all aspects of power generation, transmission, distribution and supply and especially computer-aided design and control of large integrated power network systems.
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Bachelor of Engineering (Mechatronics)
Mechatronics is the title given to the subdiscipline of engineering which studies the integration of mechanical and electronic technologies to create 'intelligent' machines, systems and controllers. High levels of automation in manufacturing environments require designers with skills in the mechanical sciences since the machinery and robotic equipment utilised are fundamentally mechanical in nature. The actuation, monitoring and control of the mechanical devices are, however, achieved by electrical and electronic means. This course provides graduates with skills and knowledge in both mechanical and electrical technologies that will equip them for employment in manufacturing and related environments.
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