JCU Faculties

The Faculty of Law, Business & Creative Arts

The Faculty of Law, Business and the Creative Arts offers internationally recognized degrees that challenge students, exposing them to contemporary issues, the latest research and new ideas. Each degree focuses on learning outcomes that have professional relevance and practical application.

A diverse range of disciplines is covered by the Faculty, which comprises the following Schools:

• School of Business
• School of Law
• College of Music, Visual Arts and Theatres

The School of Business is one of the largest schools within JCU and offers a range of innovative and highly respected undergraduate and postgraduate courses. Areas of undergraduate study include: Accounting, e-Business, Economics, Finance, Hospitality Management, Human Resource Management, Information Systems, International Business, Management, Marketing and Tourism.

Popular School of Business postgraduate coursework options include the Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Economics and Master of Tourism as well as the joint Master of Business Administration/Master of Information Technology (MBA/MIT) and the Master of Public Health/Master of Business Administration (MPH/MBA).

The School of Law at James Cook University provides students with a solid foundation in traditional law subjects, along with
an exciting and broad ranging elective program. The School
is proud of its community links and is strongly supported by
the legal profession. The School of Law offers a four-year Bachelor of Laws (LLB), a three year Graduate Bachelor of Laws for existing degree holders, together with an excellent selection of joint degree options.

Specialist degrees offered by the College of Music, Visual Arts and Theatre (COMVAT) provide students with the opportunity to realize their creative potential as individuals, with undergraduate programs in Music, Creative Arts, Communication Design, Photography, Visual Arts and Theatre. The recently introduced Graduate Diploma of Creative Arts is an innovative postgraduate coursework program designed for graduates from a range of backgrounds who wish to pursue studies in the creative arts. Students can tailor a program to reflect their interests and goals.

For those students wishing to pursue a program of research, Masters and Doctoral degrees by thesis are supervised by highly qualified faculty staff. The Faculty has and enjoys strong links with industry and has cooperative research partnerships with a number of other institutions and industry bodies.

The School of Business has international standing in research in tourism, offering opportunities to study ecotourism and sustainable tourism. The School of Law has recognized research strengths in criminal law, international law, medical law and ethics, taxation and commercial law, and human rights law. The College of Music, Visual Arts and Theatre is unrivaled as a provider of postgraduate creative arts practice-based research degrees in Australia. A Native Title Studies Centre has been established in the Faculty with a research focus based on the interaction between Indigenous peoples and others over land use and resources while also providing training in native title matters and dispute resolution.