Bachelor of Counter Terrorism Security and Intelligence

Brings together the key aspects of national and international security with an emphasis on contemporary security issues.

By studying the core elements of terrorism, security and intelligence in the foundation year, students are able to undertake specialised study in how to counter the terrorist threat, apply intelligence gathering techniques, think critically, analyse and understand criminal motivation.

Students will learn to utilise suitable technology to secure assets, protect critical and national infrastructure and employ security management techniques to achieve desired security outcomes.

• Assimilate a broad discipline of knowledge from many sources to various criminogenic and protective situations to overcome insecurity in society.
• Construct purposeful communication in a variety of formats to achieve discipline outcomes in a professional context.
• Demonstrate autonomy, accountability and judgement towards own learning and professional practice in supporting societal wellbeing.
• Review reliable sources and resources to investigate how different cultural attitudes and values impact the fields of criminology, security and intelligence.
• Think creatively to identify the needs of diverse stakeholders to generate innovative solutions to professional problems.
• Use digital technologies to access, evaluate and communicate complex criminological and security information from multiple and diverse sources.
• Use structured thinking processes in criminological or protective contexts to analyse, conceptualise and solve complex societal problems.
• Work collaboratively to recognise the way in which beliefs and values of others influence the pursuit of societal wellbeing.