Bachelor of Technology and Innovation at James Cook University Brisbane

We are the first university in Australia to offer the Bachelor of Sustainability and our course remains unique. Our degree is as innovative as the solutions required to address current problems in Australia and across the globe, and we are committed to meeting these complex challenges in thoughtful and meaningful ways.

Our approach combines a range of sustainability-oriented fields of study including environmental and resource management, sustainable development, geography, law, economics, psychology, ethics and social policy. You will learn all-encompassing perspectives on how to strategise and form solutions that will give you a professional advantage in the workplace.

We offer targeted, career-orientated majors in a broad range of specialist areas:

• Community Engagement and Development — focuses on public education, engagement and participation, working with communities to build community resilience and capacity.
• Cultural Heritage Management — focuses on Indigenous and public heritage management and working with communities to care for living culture as well as historic and archaeological heritage.
• Environmental Governance — focuses on integrating the social and environmental aspects of sustainability for environmental governance and policy, particularly in nature conservation.
• Governance and Regulation — focuses on the policy and regulatory arena, and how to harness the political, economic, social and global forces that impact communities in order to achieve sustainability.
• Environmental Resilience — focuses on achieving sustainable land management in a changing climate.
• Water Sustainability — focuses on the sustainability of water from a combined science, social/cultural, and economic perspective, to address water degradation and achieve water security.

UNE has a long history of supporting social and environmental health and well-being across Australia and beyond. This was recognised at the 2010 NSW Green Globe awards where UNE received a 10-year sustainability certificate for its extensive accomplishments in resource management and education for sustainability.

Consider UNE as your partner in education. We share your goals and we work by your side to overcome challenges. In fact, we’re highly rated – year after year, students award UNE 5-star ratings in The Good Universities Guide for Overall Experience and Student Support, so when you study with us, you know you are in good hands.

Our aim is to equip you to meet the challenges of today and build a sustainable future for tomorrow. By integrating a range of sustainability-orientated fields of study — including environmental and resource management, sustainable development, geography, law, economics, psychology, ethics and social policy — our Bachelor of Sustainability will give you a future fit perspective and ability to strategise and form fit-for-purpose solutions. This will give you that much-needed ‘edge’ in the workplace and the growing ‘green collar’ sector. With this degree you will also get to:

• Choose your major from targeted career-orientated options that are designed to support a range of aspirations.
• Develop your skills in critical and analytical thinking, and how to problem solve — skills that are valued and necessary in workplaces across a range of industry contexts.
• Gain workplace experience as part of your studies and improve your employability as a graduate by choosing our WORK300 unit.
• Study flexibly either on campus, or online at home in your own time to suit your lifestyle and other commitments.
• Learn from academics who are passionate about sustainability – in their lives, their teaching and their research. At the forefront of their fields, our teaching staff undertake vital work in biodiversity conservation, environmental law and policy, and climate change.
• The strength and diversity of our student body provides excellent opportunities for peer-to-peer learning. This collaborative experience has ongoing benefits — in the workplace and in life.

UNE is an industry leader in the provision of online, lifelong learning. Students consistently award UNE the maximum 5-star ratings for Overall Experience and Student Support in The Good Universities Guide.

This course is designed to develop a firm foundation of professional skills, with a broader understanding of the construction industries, whilst developing the business acumen to manage construction projects.

Recurring themes throughout the course include the application of digital construction, sustainability, international challenges and globalisation. There is an especially strong focus on real client, real site and real issue project work and on interdisciplinary collaboration.

You’ll develop skills in managing sports events, facilities and people, as well as capitalising on business opportunities in this dynamic industry. You’ll gain experience through professional placements, students have recently worked for Ironman UK, Gloucestershire FA, Mark Johnston Racing, Gullivers Sports Travel as well as for sports businesses in the USA, Australia and New Zealand.

Our Hospitality, Event Management and Tourism courses are ranked in the top 10 in the UK by the Guardian University Guide 2022.

You’ll also build your industry understanding through sports practitioners in lectures with recent guests including professionals from The Football People, Cricket South Africa, Severn Stars Professional Netball Team, Gloucester Rugby and Aspire Sport and Cultural Trust.