of careers in the visual arts as: artists, community arts officers, arts administrators, gallery managers, arts education officers, arts retailing, cultural tourism, and exhibitions and events management. With further qualifications, graduates can become art teachers. A selection of subjects for this major include ?? Effective Drawing ?? Painting Techniques ?? Visual Arts and Concepts ?? History and Theory of Creative Practice ?? Creative Exchange Project
Business Informatics
Course highlights Project management subjects give you real-life projects that demonstrate your potential to the world. Business Informatics subjects have been designed after extensive consultation with industry professionals and prospective employers to give our graduates a competitive edge. First class facilities are available to students both on the Townsville and Cairns campuses with 24-hour access to computer labs. Career opportunities A degree in Business Informatics can lead you into many and varied careers. You will have the skills to administer the back office IT operations for large corporate environments (banks, governments, industry). You could also become a systems architect designing the interoperating IT tools and services that keep organisations running and working effectively. A selection of subjects for this major include ?? Business and IT Interface ?? Software Engineering ?? Web Programming ?? Interactive e-Business ?? Human Computer Interaction ?? Information Security ?? Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining
?? Advanced Programming ?? Networking ?? Human computer interaction ?? Information Security Plus elective subjects from IT, business, creative arts, maths, science or engineering
Interactive Technologies and Games Design
Course highlights Project management subjects give you real life projects that demonstrate your potential to the world. Engagement in collaborative and team-based projects will help you develop your skills. You may collaborate with Bachelor of New Media Arts students on creative projects that use web-based technologies to integrate images, text and graphics. Career opportunities A degree in Interactive Technologies and Games Design can lead to a variety of exciting careers. The creative industries are currently valued at about $34 billion in Australia alone. Interactive technologies and games design is a growing market and skilled graduates are sought after worldwide. A selection of subjects for this major include ?? Software Engineering ?? Hardware and Software Fundamentals ?? Animation and Simulation ?? Games Design and Technology ?? Simulation Plus options from IT, creative arts and business
recognised program. Students are provided with a solid foundation in traditional law subjects, along with an exciting and broadranging elective program. Strong community links and the strong support received from the legal profession and judiciary of northern Queensland enable our students to gain advanced legal skills and to network personally with the profession. Career opportunities JCU Law graduates are highly valued by the profession across Australia and overseas with skills acquired internationally transferable. Opportunities for employment of JCU law graduates exist in a wide variety of areas depending on your desired focus. These can include: bankruptcy and insolvency, barrister or solicitor, business and commercial law, community sector, criminal law, corporate law, family law, government, property law or taxation law. A selection of the compulsory subjects for this course (i.e. required for admission to practice as a lawyer) include ?? Legal Institutions and Processes ?? Legal Research, Writing and Analysis ?? Contract Law ?? Society and Change Law ?? Legal Concepts ?? Land Law ?? Criminal Law ?? Torts ?? Evidence ?? Administrative Law ?? Commercial and Personal Property Law ?? Principles of Equity ?? of Trusts Law ?? Constitutional Law ?? Company and Partnership Law
BACHELOR OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
The Bachelor of Information Technology at JCU provides students with broad based skills enabling you to branch out into a wide range of information and communication technologies (ICT) careers. The James Cook University Information Technology degree has three majors, each with its own distinct flavour and direction. Majors include: ?? Business Informatics – for those wishing to take on the commercial world and discover the synergy between business and IT ?? Computing and Networking – for those interested in operating systems, networks and secur