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 specialized study in how to counter the terrorist threat, apply intelligence gathering techniques, think critically, analyze and understand criminal motivation. Students will learn to utilize suitable technology to secure assets, protect critical and national infrastructure and employ security management techniques to achieve desired security outcomes. Professional Studies Major Aimed towards enhancing students' employability upon graduation by augmenting core security knowledge and academic skills with professional employability requisites. Students undertaking this major will study units relating to the corporate environment, including management, business analytics, governance and project management. They will then be placed with one of ECU's business and industry partners for a semester to undertake a real world project that will meet specific corporate security objectives, consequently enhancing employability opportunities post-graduation through the delivery of real-world security project/projects. Learning Outcomes Assimilate a broad discipline of knowledge from many sources to various organizational protective situations to overcome insecurity in society. Construct purposeful communication in a variety of formats to achieve discipline outcomes in a professional security context. Demonstrate autonomy, accountability and judgement towards own learning and professional practice in supporting the achievement of organizational objectives. Review reliable sources and resources to investigate how different cultural attitudes and values impact the fields of counter terrorism, security and intelligence. Think creatively to identify the needs of diverse stakeholders to generate innovative solutions to protective security problems. Use digital technologies to access, evaluate and communicate complex security and intelligence information from multiple and diverse sources. Use structured thinking processes to analyze, conceptualize and solve complex problems in the achievement of organizational protective objectives. Work collaboratively to recognize the way in which beliefs and values of others influence the pursuit of societal wellbeing. Work Experience Requirement Students have the opportunity to seek a Work Integrated Learning placement with an industry partner. Possible future job titles Security, intelligence, crime prevention, governance, protection, risk, research, policy.