科廷科技大学

In many areas of scientific endeavour, knowledge across multiple disciplines has provided innovative solutions to major problems. This course provides a well-rounded and diverse skill set, preparing you for a career that can span science, technology and mathematics.

Multidisciplinary science is a flexible course that allows you to design a major that suits your background and career goals. You have the freedom to personalise your study plan, in consultation with Curtin staff, while meeting the requirements for a degree in science.

You can combine science disciplines from areas such as agriculture, astronomy, biochemistry, biology, chemistry, computing, environmental, geology, geographic information science, mathematics or physics. This will open the door for you to undertake further study or to embark on a career in one of many areas of STEM.

Alternatively, you can combine study of a science discipline with study from another faculty for careers in biomedical science, bioinformatics, genetics, food science, digital design, visualisation, management, professional writing or languages.

Multidisciplinary Science can be used as a pathway into other courses, including those listed below, if you do not currently have the prerequisites for entry to those courses.

Data Science, Engineering, Mathematics and Physics

If you lack one or more prerequisites for entry into Data Science, Engineering, Mathematics or Physics, you can undertake them in Multidisciplinary Science along with other units from your desired course.

Medical Radiation Science

If you do not currently have the mathematics or physics prerequisites for entry into Medical Radiation Science, you can undertake these in Multidisciplinary Science, along with other units from Medical Radiation Science.

Career information

Complementary skills allow you to compete effectively in industrial or government occupations, or develop a very broad science background that can enrich a teaching career. Opportunities exist across a wide spectrum, depending on your choice of units. For example, you could aim to become a professional science writer by combining science units with journalism.

You could also be ideally placed to pursue a career in secondary science education, through the development of a very broad science or mathematics background and the flexibility to include an education minor for a teaching specialisation. You may also choose to undertake postgraduate study to expand your career options.

What you'll learn

Demonstrate knowledge and understanding in at least two scientific areas of study; recognise the limitations of scientific theories and the problem-solving capability of science; apply scientific principles and methodology to the solving of scientific problems
Plan and design with guidance, experiments to test scientific theories; perform measurements with due regards to accuracy and precision; provide solutions to study problems and experimental designs, thinking creatively to develop innovative solutions
Access a variety of existing information in the chosen scientific areas of study; determine the physical meaning, application, and societal implication of physical data and phenomena
Competently use information technology and a variety of tools to retrieve, manipulate, transform and present data and information
Communicate effectively, through the written word and by oral presentation of project work, within an ethical and professional framework of their chosen scientific area of study
Design, construct and use appropriate experimental apparatus or algorithms to solve problems; apply and develop computational and statistical processes to experimental data with due regard to accuracy and precision; recognise and assess the limitations of experimental apparatus or methods, or algorithms in solving scientific problems