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QUT (Queensland University of Technology)

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Bachelor of Business/Bachelor of Design (Visual Communication)

  • Bachelor

Combine business and visual communication for careers including business analyst for graphic industries, visual communicator in an advertising agency, or digital content designer.

Key details

Degree Type
Bachelor
Duration
4 years full-time
Course Code
409032, 096567M
Study Mode
In person
Intake Months
Feb, Jul
ATAR
70

About this course

Highlights
  • Build business skills and be able to think creatively and critically, communicate professionally, make ethical business decisions and work in a global context.
  • Develop both practical and theoretical skills in multiple visual communication design specialisations including graphic design, typography, image making, information design, experience design, motion design, branding and interaction design.
  • Visual communication skills combined with business acumen provides a range of unique career opportunities including business analyst for graphic industries, visual communicators in advertising and marketing agencies, digital content designer for a range of business applications.
Highlights
  • Build business skills and be able to think creatively and critically, communicate professionally, make ethical business decisions and work in a global context.
  • Develop both practical and theoretical skills in multiple visual communication design specialisations including graphic design, typography, image making, information design, experience design, motion design, branding and interaction design.
  • Visual communication skills combined with business acumen provides a range of unique career opportunities including business analyst for graphic industries, visual communicators in advertising and marketing agencies, digital content designer for a range of business applications.

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

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 combined with visual communication skills provides a range of unique career opportunities including business analyst for graphic industries visual communicators in advertising and marketing agencies or digital content designer for a range of business applications.

Bachelor of Design (Visual Communication)

This course prepares you to work as a visual communication designer across traditional and new interactive media forms.

You will develop both practical and theoretical skills in multiple visual communication design specialisations including graphic design typography image making information design experience design motion design branding and interaction design.

Build your expertise in professional studio settings with a focus on both contemporary and emerging design practices through real-world design projects a culture of designing for public exhibition ongoing industry engagement and a strong foundation of creative experimentation and critical thinking.

Graduate industry-ready for multiple future-focused and innovative career paths in communication design fields and related industries.

You will develop skills in creative problem solving critical thinking technical proficiencies and professional practice that will ensure you can contribute to the field of visual communication in innovative and socially responsible ways.

Career pathways

Careers and outcomes

Visual communication skills combined with business acumen provides a range of unique career opportunities including business analyst for graphic industries visual communicators in advertising and marketing agencies or digital content designer for a range of business applications.

Possible careers
  • Accountant
  • Advertising professional
  • Economist
  • Financial advisor/analyst
  • Human resource manager
  • International business specialist
  • Manager
  • Marketing officer/manager
  • Multimedia designer
  • Public relations officer/consultant
  • Web designer

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 (Visual 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
    • 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 visual communication 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 (Visual 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
    • 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 visual communication 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.