The Bachelor of Cyber Security is a program that enables students to acquire a specialised level of knowledge and skills, underpinned by industry experience in Cyber Security, and embedded within industry.
The program provides students with skills in Cyber Security and broadens this knowledge into contemporary domains including audit and risk management, endpoint, web and cloud security, Internet of Things, and leading through influence.
The Internship provides students with skills embedded in industry experience.
Program Objectives:
- Synthesise and apply Cyber Security specific knowledge, including emerging and re-emerging theories and concepts, to a range of industry contexts
- Examine, analyse, implement, and articulate a range of innovative solutions to a variety of Cyber Security industry contexts
- Apply specialised cognitive and certified technical skills to investigate, critically reflect and synthesise complex ideas at a pragmatic level
- Effectively work in a project team environment by successfully contributing to a Cyber Security project in industry
- Employ a range of oral, written, and digital literacies to transmit Cyber Security knowledge in professional and scholarly contexts to a diverse audience
- Apply principles of integrity and high calibre ethical behaviour in accordance with academic, industry and professional standards
Program structure
The Bachelor of Cyber Security is comprised of 24 units as below.
| Area of Study | Number of units |
| Cyber Security Technical | 8 units |
| Cyber Security Core | 8 units |
| Professional Practice Major | 8 units |
| Total | 24 units |
| Cyber Security Technical | CYS1000 Cyber Security Technical Industry Certification 1 CYS1010 Cyber Security Technical Industry Certification 2 |
| Cyber Security Core | CYS3000 Cyber Security Leadership 1 CYS3010 Cyber Security Leadership 2 |
| Professional Practice Major | Candidates for admission to a Bachelor’s degree (where there is room for credit) may be eligible for up to 8 units of credit on the basis of previous experience. Claims for credit for previous study (formal credit) should be submitted prior to or at the time of enrolment. Claims for credit for previous experience (informal credit) or professional training (non-formal credit) may also be submitted during candidature. |
Refer to Professional Practice Major Tab for more detail about the major offerings.
