Choosing to study Psychological Science at JCU means you will be studying within some of Australia's smallest tutorial groups. Your tutor will care about your success. You'll have access to world-leading research, study and observation facilities and be able to hear leading experts presenting lectures and seminars – and also build networks that could help you when you're ready to begin your career.
JCU takes great pride in the quality of our research facilities and our learning spaces. We provide an education which helps you create a brighter future for life in the Tropics. There are many opportunities to engage with our teaching teams to make the most of your learning experience.
You will also be able to grasp opportunities to hear leading experts presenting lectures and seminars, and to build networks that could help you when you're ready to begin your career.
During your fourth year you will engage in research enabling discoveries that make a difference.
Develop your passion for innovation and challenge yourself to go further, to make a genuine difference to your community or the environment. With a focus on current industry needs, you will conduct real-world experiments in World-Heritage listed reef and rainforest environments.
You will learn the fundamentals of science in your first year and build key employability skills in your chosen science disciplines throughout your degree. Whichever specialisation you choose, get valuable hands-on experience through state-of-the-art research and teaching facilities such as The Science Place.
With strong industry connections and lecturers renowned for their research, be supported throughout your degree and excel.
Develop knowledge in your chosen major of:
Aquaculture Science and Technology
Chemistry
Data Science
Earth Science
Marine Biology
Mathematics
Molecular and Cell Biology
Physics, and
Zoology and Ecology.
JCU’s Bachelor of Science-Bachelor of Laws allows you to pursue qualifications in the legal field, and combine your studies with one of our Science majors. The course has a strong focus on professional relevance, practical skills and authentic experiences, such as clinical legal placements, advocacy and industry project work.
Social workers aim to help people thrive in their environment, promote positive relationships and work towards creating a just and equitable society. They are concerned with the wellbeing of individuals, families, groups and communities. This is a professionally accredited course, and includes field placements from your third year.
Here's your chance to study Speech Pathology in Queensland's tropical paradise, at JCU's Townsville campus. You'll have opportunities to work with real clients, so you will be confident and work-ready when you graduate. At JCU, you will learn about the unique needs of tropical, rural and remote communities. And nowhere else but JCU gives you such powerful opportunities to gain a sound knowledge of the wants and needs of people from Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
Want to make a positive difference in your community? JCU's 5 year full-time (or equivalent part-time) course gives you qualifications that are in demand in the sports, health, wellbeing, nutrition and psychology sectors. Your career prospects will be enhanced by the networks and industry experts that JCU's staff will connect you with. You'll study with professionals in their field who will inspire you and who care about your success.
Veterinarians play a major role in the health care of pets, livestock, zoo animals, and sporting and laboratory animals. With high and increasing demand for sustainable animal usage and production which meets both health and welfare expectations, our degree makes this a core focus. JCU Veterinary Science students benefit from a range of state-of-the-art facilities, as well as JCU’s unique emphasis on rural and tropical practice.
The course provides students eligible to enrol in the Bachelor of Business the opportunity to undertake a recognised business qualification of one-year full time duration. On successful completion you will graduate with the Diploma of Higher Education in Business, and have the option of entering the second year of the Bachelor of Business.