Arts - Science James Cook University

Overview

Key facts

• Be equipped with a diverse skill set appropriate for a career with unlimited potential. The Bachelor of Arts — Bachelor of Science joint degree develops your communication and research skills while also advancing your ability to critically analyse information. Combining this with a thorough understanding of basic and specialised scientific principles will make you stand out to future employers for your well-rounded abilities and knowledge base.

• The Arts - Science degree from James Cook University, involves studying across four years (full-time) or eight years (part-time). You will complete a major from the arts disciplines and one from the science disciplines, and a selection of core subjects and electives from both areas.
• The arts disciplines will help you understand how humans recognise, record, and debate human practices, meanings, and values and show you how to apply this understanding to historical and contemporary social and cultural contexts. The arts disciplines include Anthropology, Archaeology, Criminology, Design and Creative Arts, English, History, Human Geography, Human Services, Indigenous Studies, Politics and International Relations, Psychology Studies, and Sociology.
• The science disciplines will show you how observation and experimentation generate knowledge of the physical and material world and how to use this knowledge in various theoretical and practical scenarios and real-world situations. The science disciplines include Aquaculture, Chemistry, Data Science, Earth Science, Marine Biology, Mathematics, Molecular and Cell Biology and Zoology and Ecology.

Career Opportunities 

• Open up a whole realm of future opportunities with a combined degree in Arts and Science.
• Pursue a career that combines your skills in the arts with your passion for science, such as environmental science or technology.
• Graduates of the Arts - Science BA/BSc degree from James Cook University find employment in roles such as technical writers, communication and media advisers, managers, and consultants across the private sector, government, and research organisations.
• You could undertake additional study to teach in schools. Alternatively go on to postgraduate study or a research degree.
• Depending on your majors, you may be eligible for registration with professional bodies within your chosen fields of study.