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QUT (Queensland University of Technology)

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Bachelor of Business/Bachelor of Design (Landscape Architecture)

  • Bachelor

Combine business and landscape architecture to develop outdoor spaces with positive impact or for careers in management, marketing or other business aspects of design organisations.

Key details

Degree Type
Bachelor
Duration
4 years full-time
Course Code
409642, 096567M
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.
  • Learn about landscape systems and to understand the complexity of
    landscape
    in relation to the creation of outdoor spaces with positive cultural and environmental impact.
  • Business acumen and landscape architecture skills can lead to diverse careers intersecting design with marketing, public relations, advertising, international business, economics, accounting, finance, financial planning, management and human resource management.
Highlights
  • Develop business skills and be able to think creatively and critically, communicate professionally, make ethical business decisions and work in a global context.
  • Learn about landscape systems and to understand the complexity of
    landscape
    in relation to the creation of outdoor spaces with positive cultural and environmental impact.
  • Business acumen and landscape architecture skills can lead to diverse careers intersecting design with marketing, public relations, advertising, international business, economics, accounting, finance, financial planning,management and human resource management.

Entry requirements

Prerequisites

Satisfactory completion of Year 12 in an Australian school system or equivalent.

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 financial planning human resource management international business management marketing or public relations.

Business acumen and landscape architecture skills can lead to diverse careers intersecting design with one of the business majors. .

Bachelor of Design (Landscape Architecture)

In this course you will l

earn about landscape systems and to understand the complexity of
landscape
in relation to the creation of outdoor spaces with positive cultural and environmental impact.

Our landscape architecture course is relevant and informed by the latest research. You'll work on real-world landscape design projects in practical studio settings and involving community participation.

We have a 50-year history as one of Australia's principal landscape educators and our graduates are leading practitioners employed around the world.

Our graduates find careers independently in small partnerships or as a member of large multidisciplinary teams with other professionals such as architects engineers urban designers and town planners. You may work in private practice or in government areas at local state and federal levels.

You will be engaged primarily in site planning site design planting design and landscape planning. Careers include pathways to being an accredited landscape architecture landscape designer landscape technician and landscape construction technician. Many graduates enjoy work in overseas practices.

Career pathways

Careers and outcomes

In both the commercial and property sectors business acumen and landscape architecture skills can lead to diverse careers intersecting design with marketing public relations advertising international business economics management and human resource management.

Professional recognition

Graduates can join the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) as a graduate member and apply to become a Registered Landscape Architect (AILA) with at least eight years of additional practical experience.
Possible careers
  • Accountant
  • Advertising professional
  • Economist
  • Financial advisor/analyst
  • Human resource manager
  • International business specialist
  • Landscape architect
  • Manager
  • Marketing officer/manager
  • 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 Design (Landscape Architecture). 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
    • financial planning
    • human resource management
    • international business
    • management
    • marketing
    • public relations.

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

Design component

You will complete:

  • four school-wide impact lab units (48 credit points)
  • the landscape architecture major (144 credit points) including:
    • four shared foundation units (48 credit points)
    • eight units (96 credit points) from the discipline.
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 Design (Landscape Architecture). 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
    • financial planning
    • human resource management
    • international business
    • management
    • marketing
    • public relations.

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

Design component

You will complete:

  • four school-wide impact lab units (48 credit points)
  • the landscape architecture major (144 credit points) including:
    • four shared foundation units (48 credit points)
    • eight units (96 credit points) from the discipline.
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.