2021 ECU Study Abroad Guide
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World Ready– 2021 Study Abroad Guide - The guide for students who want to experience Australia WELCOME TO ECU - STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM A Study Abroad program is the perfect way to expand your global citizenship: you get to live, work and study in a different country for up to a year, immersing yourself in the culture and ending the program with a deeper understanding of how you can contribute to the world. At ECU, we know this is an integral part of our Study Abroad students’ academic and personal journey, so we invest in the experience. From the time you enquire to the time you enrol, you have expert staff to guide you. We help you select your units, submit an application, accept your place and explore what ECU has to offer so you can make good use of your time abroad. This is the key really: how can we help you create an unforgettable study experience in Australia? We love to hear from future Study Abroad students. Please reach out today [email protected]. CONTENTS Welcome to ECU 2 ECU Campuses 3 3 Reasons to Choose Study Abroad at ECU 4 10 Best Things to do Around Perth 6 10 Ways to See WA 8 Two Minutes With Our Academics 10 Undergraduate Popular Units 16 Postgraduate Popular Units 22 Your Study Abroad Journey 24 Facilities, Services & Support 25 Student Accommodation 26 Frequently Asked Questions 27 2 ECU Campuses - We are located over three campuses in beautiful Butler Western Australia. All of our campuses can be accessed conveniently via public transport. Joondalup Campus ECU’s spacious and modern main campus is Lakeside in Joondalup, 25km north of Perth. Joondalup Joondalup is a busy neighbourhood and home of Lakeside Joondalup Shopping Centre. The Joondalup Joondalup Caversham Campus is connected to the train station and Wildlife Park other key places by the free Central Area Transit (CAT) bus network. Swan Valley Mount 25 ECU Joondalup Campus Lawley mins from Perth City by train Mount Lawley Perth City Centre Café Strip Perth Airport Mount lawley Campus Fremantle ECU’s boutique campus is located in the thriving Rottnest Is. Perth Zoo cultural hub of Mount Lawley, 4.5km from the centre of Perth. The Mount Lawley Campus offers courses in creative arts, media, communications, Elizabeth design and performing arts, and offers an Quay inspiring and buzzing artistic vibe. 15 ECU Mount Lawley Campus mins from Perth City by bus Rockingham South West Campus Located two hours’ drive south of Perth, ECU’s South West Campus in Bunbury is the largest university campus in regional Western Australia. The South West Campus offers courses in arts, commerce, science, health sciences, nursing and midwifery, social work and teacher education. Mandurah 2 ECU South West Campus ECU Campus locations hours from Perth City by car Train stations Train lines To South West Campus (Bunbury) 3 3 REASONS TO CHOOSE STUDY ABROAD AT ECU - There are so many reasons to choose ECU. If we had to highlight three, it would come down to the fact that you’ll have access to extremely competitive fees, live in one of the most stunning locations in the country, and be enrolled with Australia's top public university for teaching quality. 1. AMAZING Tuition Fees Our 2021 Study Abroad fees are some of the most competitive in Australia. Your fees will depend on the number of credit points you study and units you select. We have two special fee groups for 2021. Group A Group B Includes 100s of units from disciplines in Includes a special selection of units in the Arts, Business, Computing, Design, disciplines of Engineering, Paramedicine Education, Law, Mathematics, Nursing, and Science: Science and Social Science: о 45 credit points (3 units): $7,500 AUD о 45 credit points (3 units): $5,025 AUD о 60 credit points (4 units): $10,000 AUD о 60 credit points (4 units): $6,700 AUD Use our Fees Calculator to review unit costs apps.ecu.edu.au/fees-calculator/. All you need to do is add your year of study, your citizenship or visa status, then Study Abroad. This will allow you to search by unit code or name to find the tuition fee. 2. Experiencing Australia Program We invite our Study Abroad students to volunteer in our Experiencing Australia program (EAP). The EAP is part of a program that welcomes international groups to study at ECU for a semester. Our volunteers join the EAP to help these groups explore ECU and Perth! By volunteering in this program, you would have the chance to create long-lasting friendships and see iconic Perth places, with all expenses covered by ECU. We head out to off-campus locations like Caversham Wildlife Park, Cottesloe Beach, Fremantle and Kings Park. Our on-campus events include festivals, movie nights and ECU Open Days. Better still, students often plan trips together outside the EAP to explore WA’s iconic sites, from our beaches and national parks to our wineries. Buddies recruiting fellow ECU students into the Experiencing Australia Volunteers who meet requirements also receive a formal Program, seen here at the Mount Lawley Campus Living Village acknowledgement via a certificate of participation. 4 Students outside ECU's iconic Building 1 on the Joondalup campus 3. Teaching Quality ECU was established in 1991 and has a strong reputation in Australia for its quality of teaching and the overall student experience. Here is a snapshot of recent university rankings, both nationally and internationally. It includes ratings from recent graduate surveys and other international quality measures. Amongst the Best One of the world’s best ECU has been named in the top 500 in the young universities Times Higher Education World University Ranked in the world’s top 100 universities Rankings for 2020, placing ECU in the top under 50 years old in the 2020 Times Higher 2.5% of universities in the world. Education Young Universities Rankings. ECU Ranked Top Public Teaching quality FIVE university in Australia STARS FOR 14 YEARS for teaching quality Our graduates have now rated us five stars for This ranking has been achieved for five teaching quality in the Good Universities Guide years running through the government’s for 14 years in a row, making ECU the only independent QILT (Quality Indicators in public university in Australia to have achieved Learning and Teaching) survey. such a consistently high endorsement. Besides the fact that the whole region of Joondalup and Perth is just amazing, I would say ECU is a very well-developed studying environment. Facilities like the Student Hub helped me a lot in the beginning. Really well organised and helpful. The campus is great too. Super modern with environments, like its lake, that invite you to stay, which is really helpful for studying. COVID-19 did change the way of working, studying and life in general. The way ECU changed its whole lecturing system was outstanding: developing online classes within a super short period. My semester in Australia was not what I expected, but I am glad I made the choice to study at ECU. Marius Pischke from Germany Marius studied in the School of Engineering 5 10 best things to do around Perth - Go see a film at one Attend a major sporting Get along to one Visit Yagan Square, Go for a swim of several open air event or concert at of Perth’s annual a mecca for cafés in the cinemas, including Optus Stadium, voted international arts festivals and restaurants, Scarborough one on ECU’s the World’s Best – Fringe World Festival spectacular Beach Pool Joondalup Campus! Stadium for 2018.1 and Perth Festival. lighting display. or the ocean. Sources: 1. The Stadium Business Awards 2018 2. Austradium Awards 2018 Images courtesy of Tourism Western Australia 6 Attend an event Enjoy a free Take a ferry Explore historic Have a night at RAC Arena, guided walk across to and arty on the town voted Australia’s in spectacular Rottnest Island Fremantle, only with dinner and Best Indoor Kings Park, and take a 20km from the drinks in Perth or Stadium 2018.2 overlooking the city. quokka selfie. Perth city centre. Mount Lawley. 7 1 0 WAYS TO SEE WA - Joffre Gorge, Karijini National Park Explore Karijini National Park and the Hamersley Range, with gorges, watercourses and mountains carved over millions of years. Ningaloo Reef, Coral Bay Swim in Ningaloo Reef, the world’s largest fringing reef, home to 500 marine species like turtles, manta rays and the famous Whaleshark. The Pinnacles, Nambung National Park Take a day trip to Cervantes and the Pinnacles to experience the seafood, sandboarding and ancient rock formations. Olio Bello, Margaret River Jewel Cave, near Augusta Valley of the Giants, Getaway to Margaret River and Venture underground to explore Tree Top Walk surrounds to explore the prehistoric limestone caves like Ngilgi Trek to the Valley of the Giants and fall world-renowned cuisine, wineries, (Yallingup), Mammoth (Margaret in love with the timber gods of the south breweries, surf and accommodation. River) and Jewel (Augusta). as you brave Tingledale’s Tree Top Walk. 8 Camels at sunset on Cable Beach, Broome Adventure north to Broome and the iconic Cable Beach, with its white sand, red cliffs and turquoise water. The Bibbulmun Track overlooking Perkins Beach, Albany Hike the Bibbulmun Track or cycle the Munda Biddi Trail, both around 1,000kms and stretching from the Perth Hills to Albany. Bluff Knoll, Stirling Range National Park Catch the sunrise at the top of Bluff Knoll, then onto Castle Rock at the Porongurups to tackle the Granite Skywalk for sunset. Images courtesy of Tourism Western Australia Kangaroo at Lucky Bay, Cape Le Grand National Park Discover the beaches of Denmark, Albany, Bremer Bay and Esperance, with endless opportunities to snorkel, dive, swim, surf and capture the wildlife.