Bachelor of Advanced Computer Science (Honours) - International Cybersecurity The University of Western Australia

Overview

Throughout the Bachelor of Advanced Computer Science (Honours) - International Cybersecurity at The University of Western Australia you’ll gain the practical skills and knowledge to lead creation, implementation and management of secure computer systems across a range of exciting career paths. You’ll be able to protect people and their data from cyber attacks as you draw on your studies across international relations, ethics and law.

From a user support technician assessing concerns surrounding desktop computing; to a project manager calculating the cost and benefit trade-offs in implementing secure systems. With industry integrated learning, you’ll gain the practical skills and knowledge to lead creation, implementation and management of secure computer systems across a range of exciting career paths, protecting people and their data from cyber-attacks as you draw on your studies across law, policy, ethics and risk management.

Career opportunities:

Almost every Information and Communications Technology career path encompasses some aspect of security, including and beyond the job roles of cybersecurity specialist, information technology specialist, software engineer or information specialist.

Cybersecurity career opportunities continue to grow across all industries including energy and resources engineering, bioinformatics and biochemistry, computational physics and astronomy, transportation, health, finance, marketing, geophysics, geographic information systems and biomechanics.

Accreditation

• The Bachelor of Advanced Computer Science (Honours) is professionally accredited by the Australian Computer Society.