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The combination of marketing, advertising, and public relations units equips students with sought after skills and knowledge in the fields of marketing and marketing communication. Marketing: the course provides students with the marketing skills and knowledge required to analyse customer needs, identify organisational objectives, market conditions, and existing product offerings and then to design and develop, a marketing plan and to create implement, and evaluate a marketing action plan. It explores marketing at a local, national and international level. Marketing communication: the course provides students with the advertising and public relations skills and knowledge required to attract new customers, retain existing customers and to enhance the relationship with the product, brand, or organisation. Advertising is both a science and an art. This course includes the skills and knowledge to research customer needs and to present a product value proposition in a creative and persuasive manner. Students will gain practical experience in both traditional and digital media and create student portfolios to showcase their talents. Public relations units are included to enhance the communication skills of students. Organisations employ public relations practices to enhance relationships with customers, channel partners and society.

This course provides students with a coherent knowledge of the performing arts and has strong links to industry. It seeks to unlock limitations and encourage creativity through practical enquiry. The inclusion of arts management alongside creative and technical skills make it particularly relevant for independent artists. The course combines theoretical and technical knowledge of performance through a series of core units, and the choice of a major suited to each students particular field. The Performance Making major explores original, self-devised and collaborative approaches to creating, producing and presenting independent contemporary performance projects. Students study devising, directing, movement and voice. These skills are applied to a series of productions including group performance, solo performance, site-specific production and final independent project. Students choose from an exciting range of electives such as acting, comic performance, playwriting, and puppetry. The Practice Transition major allows students to apply existing skills and knowledge to a series of independent performance projects and to the development of a major research project that culminates in an exegesis linking theory and practice. They have the option to undertake electives from any area at ECU. The Production and Design major provides students with a focused learning pathway. They develop the skills and experience required to engage in professional theatre practice. The major offers students intensive creative and technical training through professional production practices. This is achieved by undertaking leadership roles within their stream major on the annual repertoire of WAAPA productions across mainstream genres including Acting, Music Theatre, Dance Contemporary & Classical, Opera, Jazz and Contemporary Music. WAAPA's professionally staffed and equipped facilities provide the student with the opportunity to develop knowledge and experience through a highly practical and industry-oriented approach.

Studying acting at WAAPA is an inspiring and all-consuming experience. This degree produces graduates who are thoroughly prepared for a career in a wide variety of media, including theatre, television, film and radio, both in Australia and internationally. The course has evolved as an extensive conservatoire training program guided by a philosophy of discovery, application and embodiment, delivered at all times in a diverse and inclusive environment. The core innovation of the program is to unite rigorous skills-based actor training with local, national and international guest directors and organisations, to simulate real-life industry programs and productions. The combination of all these factors means that students graduate with more than just acting skills; they are self-determined, autonomous strategists who are resilient and elite performers at the top of their game.

This course is ideal for students interested in independent research. It prepares them for a scientific research career and produces a research thesis on the student's topic of choice.

This course focuses on the practical and theoretical dimensions of IT security across a range of fundamental areas, such as network security and vulnerability assessment, information security, digital forensics and wireless device security. Students will achieve a solid grounding in conventional computer and network security concepts and skills. In addition, the course is designed to meet the changing landscape of secure computing which involves not only computers but also telecommunications networks and network enabled devices such as smartphones.

This course consists of a fourth year of study, in which students complete a research project on a topic agreed between themselves and their academic supervisor.

This course is designed to provide high quality studies in a wide range of science and technology disciplines. Students take introductory science and mathematics units, and can then select combinations of disciplines relevant to their interests and aspirations in a wide range of professions in science and technology. In addition, the course can be structured as a suitable entry degree for a range of postgraduate research degrees in maths and sciences, or professional courses such as teaching, dietetics and occupational therapy. Students studying on the South West (Bunbury) campus undertake a specified set of core units and both the Conservation Biology and Environmental Management majors. Units undertaken on the South West (Bunbury) campus will be delivered as a series of lecture or laboratory intensives, supported by technology enhanced learning and digital content.

This course offers an innovative and broad study approach, preparing students for flexible career options in dynamic healthcare settings. The course is comprehensive and unique in WA in preparing graduates for beginning level practice in both midwifery and nursing. It provides students with the knowledge and skills to deliver high quality care within the healthcare environment.

Mechatronics engineering is the integration of electrical, electronic and computing engineering with mechanical engineering, enabling the development of intelligent machines and advanced manufacturing and processing systems. Areas of study within mechatronics include mechanics, computer-aided design and manufacturing, analogue and digital electronics, signal analysis, electro-mechanical systems, advanced materials, sensor technology, automatic control, robotics, system design and development, and project management. The course produces engineers with strong competencies in electrical, electronic, computer and mechanical engineering, who can participate in and lead complex, multidisciplinary projects. The motorsports component further develops engineering problem-solving abilities as well as the technical, financial and management skills associated with manufacturing industries in general, and the motorsports industry in particular. Students gain a solid understanding of the entire design, simulation and fabrication processes and management issues associated with the manufacturing industries, with particular emphasis on motorsports. Students also have the opportunity to further develop competencies through the provision of extra-curricular activities to help progression into the motorsports industry.

This course is intended for students who have an interest in aviation, aeronautics and flying, and who wish to have the option of expanding their studies into a pathway towards becoming an accredited professional in an engineering field. Provided appropriate electives are chosen, graduating students can apply to articulate into ECU's Master of Engineering course (specialising in either Mechanical or Civil Engineering) enabling students to achieve professional engineer status after a further two years of study. Aeronautical technology deals with the science and technology of aviation, including aircraft systems, materials and manufacturing technology, and aircraft operation. Areas of study within the course include a foundation in science and mathematics, along with engineering mechanics, computer-aided design, engineering materials, and thermodynamics and fluids, in addition to specific aviation science subjects, which cover aircraft systems and structures, aircraft propulsion and aerodynamics. Students will also gain an understanding of the operation and performance of aircraft from the point-of-view of an aviation technologist. The course focuses on the development of knowledge and skills relevant to the aviation industry, and along with a sound theoretical base, includes strong elements of practical problem-solving, team work and project work. As a result, as well as having multiple technical and transferable skill competencies, students will graduate with strong analytical skills and the ability to contribute to complex projects.