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QUT (Queensland University of Technology)

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Bachelor of Business/Bachelor of Communication (Professional Communication)

  • Bachelor

Combine business and professional communication for a career as a media or entertainment producer, public relations consultant or international business specialist.

Key details

Degree Type
Bachelor
Duration
4 years full-time
Course Code
409132, 096579G
Study Mode
In person
Intake Months
Feb, Jul
ATAR
70

About this course

Highlights
  • Develop business skills and be able to think creatively and critically, communicate professionally, make ethical business decisions and work in a global context.
  • Graduate with advanced writing and communication competence as well as practical industry knowledge and networks.
  • Be taught by highly experienced communicators and scholars. Visits and lectures from industry, work integrated learning placements and projects, and international study options will provide you with real-world experience and contacts.
  • Find a career as a media or entertainment producer, public relations consultant or international business specialist.
Highlights
  • Develop business skills and be able to think creatively and critically, communicate professionally, make ethical business decisions and work in a global context.
  • Graduate with advanced writing and communication competence as well as practical industry knowledge and networks.
  • Be taught by highly experienced communicators and scholars. Visits and lectures from industry, work integrated learning placements and projects, and international study options will provide you with real-world experience and contacts.
  • Find a career as a media or entertainment producer, public relations consultant or international business specialist.

Entry requirements

Year 12 early offer scheme

If you're a current Queensland Year 12 student you may be eligible to receive an offer for this course on the last day of Queensland Year 12 before receiving your ATAR or selection rank.

Find out more about the QUT Year 12 Early Offer Scheme

Study locations

Kelvin Grove

Gardens Point

What you will learn

Bachelor of Business

Our business degree equips you to confidently enter the modern business world. It combines key business research and contemporary business best practice and sets demanding standards to create your future career options.

Develop business skills and be able to think creatively and critically communicate professionally make ethical business decisions and work in a global context.

Graduate with deep knowledge and experience in your chosen major equipping you as a professional in your chosen discipline. You can study accounting advertising economics finance human resource management international business management marketing or public relations.

Graduates of the business and professional communication double degree can find careers as media or entertainment producers public relations consultants or international business specialists.

Bachelor of Communication (Professional Communication)

This course prepares you for communication roles across a broad range of professional settings in small and large organisations. In addition to the high-level professional writing skills required by employers you will develop knowledge and experience in a range of areas.

These include organisational communication such as strategic speech writing and delivery and persuasive writing including the role of rhetoric in contemporary communications and important societal debates.

The course is taught by highly experienced communicators and scholars. Visits and lectures from industry work integrated learning placements and projects and international study options will provide you with real-world experience and contacts.

You will graduate with advanced writing and communication competence - a rare skill keenly sought by employers - as well as practical industry knowledge and networks.

Graduates can work as professional writers and editors in corporate government community and freelance capacities. Opportunities exist as corporate writers scriptwriters reviewers travel writers feature writers editors journalists publishers media workers and teachers.

Career pathways

Careers and outcomes

You will graduate with advanced writing and communication competence - a rare skill keenly sought by employers - as well as practical industry knowledge and networks. Graduates can work as professional writers and editors in corporate government community and freelance capacities. Your skills support careers in leadership and management in the private sector

or as international business specialists
.
Possible careers
  • Accountant
  • Advertising professional
  • Communication strategist
  • Economist
  • Editor
  • Financial advisor/analyst
  • Human resource manager
  • International business specialist
  • Manager
  • Marketing officer/manager
  • Media producer
  • Public relations officer/consultant

Course structure

In order to complete this course you must complete a total of 384 credit points made up of 192 credit points from the Bachelor of Business and 192 credit points from the Bachelor of Communication (Professional Communication). You will undertake the two components of the double degree concurrently.

Business component

You must complete:

  • business core units (96 credit points)
  • a business major (96 credit points) choosing from:
    • accounting
    • advertising
    • economics
    • finance
    • human resource management
    • international business
    • management
    • marketing
    • public relations.

Accountancy students will undertake 6 specified business core units and 10 accountancy major core units in order to meet professional recognition requirements.

Communication component

You will complete:

  • four core units (48 credit points)
  • a communication major (144 credit points) in professional communication.
Study overseas

Study overseas while earning credit towards your QUT degree with one of our worldwide exchange partners. Overseas study can be for one or two semesters (or during the semester break) and the units you take can be in either degree area depending on how they match with your QUT course.

In order to complete this course you must complete a total of 384 credit points made up of 192 credit points from the Bachelor of Business and 192 credit points from the Bachelor of Communication (Professional Communication). You will undertake the two components of the double degree concurrently.

Business component

You must complete:

  • business core units (96 credit points)
  • a business major (96 credit points) choosing from:
    • accounting
    • advertising
    • economics
    • finance
    • human resource management
    • international business
    • management
    • marketing
    • public relations.

Accountancy students will undertake 6 specified business core units and 10 accountancy major core units in order to meet professional recognition requirements.

Communication component

You will complete:

  • four core units (48 credit points)
  • a communication major (144 credit points) in professional communication.
Study overseas

Study overseas while earning credit towards your QUT degree with one of our worldwide exchange partners. Overseas study can be for one or two semesters (or during the semester break) and the units you take can be in either degree area depending on how they match with your QUT course.