Bachelor of Health Science in Therapeutic Recreation

at Navitas Group - Western Sydney University - Sydney City Campus Australia

The Bachelor of Social Science, Criminology, and Criminal Justice major offers you the opportunity to study crime and criminal justice in a critical way that stresses the social and cultural definitions of criminality.

If you are interested in the complexities of detection, prevention and correction, or the cultural and social factors of criminality, the Bachelor of Social Science with a major in Criminology and Criminal Justice could be the degree for you. This major will give you a comprehensive understanding of how all of these factors fit together.

Information Systems are becoming integral to modern culture and are a primary engine behind much of the world’s economic and social change. Today, to implement technology, practising professionals need to understand the context in which computer technology can best be selected, applied and implemented.

Big Data (Major)
This major covers theories and technologies of big data with applications to information systems. You will possess and apply the technical skills for managing large volumes and varieties of data in the information systems context.

A Bachelor of Health Science from Western Sydney University opens up opportunities for work in many areas of the healthcare services industry. You will build a comprehensive foundation of health sciences knowledge and study one or two specialisations in Health Promotion, Health Services Management, Therapeutic Recreation or Public Health.

Health Services Management (Major)
Health Services Management plays a vital role in society ensuring investment in health is well spent, and health services are effective, efficient and sustainable. It puts management studies in the distinctive context of the health sector to integrate clinical understanding, business management skills and knowledge of the health care system and policy development. As a Health Services Management graduate, you can work in quality improvement, project and resource management, and digital health. 

The Bachelor of Business harnesses your energy and passion for success. This degree gives you the knowledge to create a career as a business professional. The Professional Careers Subjects will help to shape your career in one of three core business areas: Money, Markets or Management. The degree provides flexibility to choose a variety of non-business subjects in order to gain depth and perspective on your enterprise future.

Marketing (Major)
Marketing focuses on the process built around understanding and satisfying the needs and wants of customers. This major will introduce you to the core concepts of marketing theory, consumer behaviour, marketing communications, brand management, and marketing strategy. Graduates are equipped with the skills for marketing careers in a range of diverse industries across multiple international platforms.

Information Systems are becoming integral to modern culture and are a primary engine behind much of the world’s economic and social change. Today, to implement technology, practising professionals need to understand the context in which computer technology can best be selected, applied and implemented.

Mobile Computing (Major)
The Mobile Computing major covers theories and technologies used for the development of distributed applications for hand-held mobile devices. You will understand the advanced principles related to mobile hardware devices, data storage and transmission, and communication networks. In addition you will identify, analyse, and formulate solutions to real-world problems in the mobile domain.

The Bachelor of Business harnesses your energy and passion for success. This degree gives you the knowledge to create a career as a business professional. The Professional Careers Subjects will help to shape your career in one of three core business areas: Money, Markets or Management. The degree provides flexibility to choose a variety of non-business subjects in order to gain depth and perspective on your enterprise future.

International Business (Major)
The International Business major equips graduates with detailed knowledge of the international dimension of business and the necessary understanding of the workings of the market system. Building on a solid foundation in domestic business education, including global sustainability, international business strategy, managing in a global environment, and international marketing. The major enables graduates to develop an understanding of business internationally and to exploit business opportunities within the corporate context.

Information and Communications Technology (ICT) has penetrated into all areas of industry sectors, such as retail, banking, health and education. ICT professionals are required to have cross disciplinary knowledge and skills, while the speed of change in ICT requires professionals to update their knowledge and skills every few years. Western Sydney University recognises this and our Postgraduate ICT course reflects the changing landscape.

The course concentrates on developing and extending your knowledge needed for ICT roles within the fast-growing ICT industry and other relevant industry sectors. This is reflected in our specialisations and units that cover core ICT discipline topics such as Networking, and Web and Mobile Computing.

Web and Mobile Computing (Major)
The widespread deployment of web and mobile devices has made them a target of choice for companies to carry out their everyday business. The contemporary developers are expected to understand the strengths and limitations of web and mobile technologies and fit these to create successful user-friendly web and/or mobile applications. This specialisation is aimed at developing knowledge and skills in theoretical concepts and practical technologies needed to design and develop complex software applications across a range of web and mobile platforms. Students with these knowledge and skills will have greater prospects of finding employment with reputable companies or building their career as self-employed developers.

Work integrated learning
Students will undertake 120 hours fulltime or part-time equivalent industry placements as a Work Integrated Learning (WIL) component which is required for successful completion of the course. You will work in an external organisation in Australia or within a department/division within Western Sydney University carrying out tasks related to ICT. This will provide you with real-world industry experience in Australia. Students can nominate an external organisation of their choice. Students with substantial post-qualification work experience in Australia maybe eligible for advanced standing for this unit.

The Bachelor of Communication program covers all areas of creative communication, enabling you to understand how your field of study is connected to other disciplines. Through self-directed, team and problem-based learning strategies that require active participation in the community, you will learn to value ethical conduct, intellectual integrity, diversity and social justice principles.

Public Relations (Major)
The Public Relations major provides you with valuable skills and knowledge in consultancy, media relations, event management, issues and crisis management and campaign development. The course focuses on the role of the public relations practitioner or adviser, and provides a theoretical framework of the industry. The major also develops a strategic understanding of the public sphere from national and international viewpoints.

The Bachelor of Communication program covers all areas of creative communication, enabling you to understand how your field of study is connected to other disciplines. Through self-directed, team and problem-based learning strategies that require active participation in the community, you will learn to value ethical conduct, intellectual integrity, diversity and social justice principles.

Journalism (Major)
The Journalism major provides you with an understanding of how communication works with real-world experience in broadcast, print and online journalism. You will develop journalistic skills for newspapers, magazines, internet, radio, television, corporate and community media contexts, and come to understand news team culture and management.

The future presents significant challenges for managing the environment, infrastructure and technological developments. Effective solutions to these challenges will require innovative engineering, applied science and design strategies. At Sydney City Campus, we will prepare you to take on those challenges and succeed. The Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) degree covers major engineering domains, including civil, electrical and mechanical. You will get the opportunity to experience many facets of engineering before deciding on the area of specialisation at the end of first year.

Civil Engineering (Major)
The Civil Engineering program covers the fields of structural design, geotechnical engineering and water engineering, together with infrastructure design and environmental engineering.