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What is a major?

UPDATED 15 AUG 2025 | 7:42AM
A major is a series of units within a single discipline combined to satisfy the University鈥檚 requirements in a specific learning area (e.g. the Economics major within the Bachelor of Commerce). For most courses, your major/s will be listed on your award certificate. Some Curtin courses allow a choice of one or two majors, whereas other course structures do not contain majors.
The structure of each course and the offered majors can be viewed on the . 

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