The Bachelor of Cybersecurity forms professionals with a proper foundation in IT (including software and mobile app development, database design, machine learning, etc.) complemented by a strong emphasis on Cybersecurity and related knowledge.
Graduates of the Bachelor of Cybersecurity at James Cook University will be able to:
- Demonstrate essential knowledge for a career in IT and Cybersecurity related professions and practice.
- Synthesise IT and Cybersecurity industry standard and underlying principles and concepts for decision making and risk assessment.
- Critically analyse the core professional obligations, values and operations of organisations, including sustainability.
- Critically evaluate data & resources in the context of industry IT and Cybersecurity practice and/or relevant academic literature.
- Apply critical thinking to address IT and Cybersecurity 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 IT and Cybersecurity professional practice.
- Demonstrate an awareness of ethical and social responsibility in professional practice.
- Identify and act upon, learning opportunities and self-improvements.
