查尔斯达尔文大学

Teaching and Learning Styles:

Teaching methods at CDU incorporate lectures and tutorials, seminars, presentations, intensive workshops, fieldwork and laboratory pracs. Lectures, tutorials, seminars and lab sessions total 12 –17 hours a week. In addition to attending class, students are expected to do independent preparation and study.

Courses are offered in the study areas of:

• Aboriginal and Australian Studies
• Art and Design
• Business and Economics
• Computing and Information Technology
• Education and Teaching
• Engineering
• Environmental Studies
• Humanities and Social Sciences
• Law and Legal Studies
• Medicine and Health
• Music and Creative Arts

Research

Research is central to CDU’s purpose and closely tied to the needs of the Northern Territory and the immediate region. In 2012, CDU received the highest possible ranking (5) for its research in Clinical Science, conducted primarily through the Menzies School of Health Research, and was ranked at or above world average in:

• Environmental Sciences
• Biological Sciences
• Information and Computing Sciences
• Economics
• Medical and Health Sciences.
• Research activity is commonly undertaken through partnerships and alliances with other universities and researchers nationally and internationally.