Your Career within Spatial Sciences
The particular focus of Spatial Sciences is concerning information that can be mapped or communicates where a person or object is located. It involves an integrated approach to the sciences and technologies of measurement, mapping, analysis, and visualisation of data. These components are represented in the areas of surveying, geographic information science and cartography.
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Bachelor of Surveying
Surveying is a highly specialised discipline within engineering and science (sometimes called geomatic engineering or geomatics) and is a long-established profession. Surveyors use high technology and scientific principles to provide practical solutions and services to many areas of industry, such as land development, construction, mining and mapping.
172699 Bachelor of Surveying
TISC Code: CUESC
Double Degrees with Commerce
These double degree courses provide students with an integrated education and excellent opportunities to gain valuable dual qualifications in surveying and commerce that develop unique opportunities for graduates to obtain employment in a variety of technological and management roles in consultancy, infrastructure project development, small business management within the surveying industry, property and asset management areas, and ultimately senior management positions.
308915 Bachelor of Surveying, Bachelor of Commerce (Entrepreneurship)
TISC Code: CUQDC
308917 Bachelor of Surveying, Bachelor of Commerce (Property)
TISC Code: CUQFC
Bachelor of Science (Geographic Information Science) GISc
GIS integrates the areas of computing, geography, cartography, environmental science and statistics, and is concerned with the collection, analysis, modelling and presentation of all types of spatial data. It is a rapidly growing area, and is used to solve problems in an increasing range of applications where elements such as location, spatial distribution and geographic information are important.
150999 Bachelor of Science (Geographic Information Science)
TISC Code: CUSGC
Double Degree with Commerce
This four-year double degree provides students with an integrated education in both GIScience and Commerce. It provides dual qualifications in these areas and develops unique opportunities for graduates to obtain employment in a variety of consultancy, infrastructure project development, and property and asset management areas, and ultimately senior management positions.
308916 Bachelor of Science (Geographic Information Science), Bachelor of Commerce (Property)
TISC Code: CUQBC
Double Degree with Applied Geology
This four-year double degree program is available to students who wish to develop unique capabilities to obtain employment in the resource development or environmental management industries, including mining and mineral exploration, ore body assessment and management, and environmental management, as well as other employment areas related to GIScience and geology.
303491 Bachelor of Science (Geographic Information Science), Bachelor of Science (Applied Geology)
TISC Code: CUEQC
Double Degree with Geography
This four-year double degree program is available to students who wish to combine studies in GIScience with studies in Geography to enable them to develop technical competencies and analytical skills to provide increased employment opportunities that involve the analysis, modelling and management of spatial information applied to issues in human, economic or physical geography.
TISC Code: CUQGC
Bachelor of Science (Cartography)
Cartographers rely upon the application of high technology and scientific principles to represent and manage essential spatial information and provide important solutions for mining, mineral exploration, mapping, surveying, marketing, web publishing, regional planning and environmental management industries. It includes areas such as topographic and thematic mapping, photogrammetric mapping and remote sensing, Web mapping, computer assisted mapping, and geographic information systems.
172799 Bachelor of Science (Cartography)
TISC Code: CUEMC
Bachelor of Science (Mine and Engineering Surveying)
Mine and Engineering Surveyors are responsible for marking out, measuring and maintaining the direction of all surface and underground workings on a mine site. They are also responsible for the preparation and updating of mine surveying plans for open pit and underground workings on mine sites.
170510 Bachelor of Science (Mine and Engineering Surveying)
TISC Code: CUKSC
Contact Details
Department of Spatial Sciences
Curtin University of Technology
GPO Box U1987
Perth WA 6845
Australia
Phone: 08 9266 7566
Fax: 08 9266 2703
Web: www.spatial.curtin.edu.au
Email: spatial@curtin.edu.au