Bachelor of Communication (Professional Communication)/Bachelor of Justice

Bachelor

Combine communication and justice for roles such as communications manager, in-house writer or public relations specialist for organisations in the justice field.

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Key details

Degree Type

Bachelor

Duration

4 years full-time

Course Code

409482, 096582A

Study Mode

In person

Intake Months

Feb, Jul

ATAR

70

About this course

Highlights

Develop high-level professional writing skills and gain knowledge and experience in a range of areas including organisational communication such as strategic speech writing and delivery, as well as persuasive writing.
Visits and lectures from industry, work integrated learning placements and projects, and international study options will provide you with real-world experience and contacts.
Complete work placements in a range of community and government organisations to gain real justice industry connections.
Undertake combined studies in criminology and policing, or policy and governance.
Use your skills as a communications manager, in-house writer or public relations specialist for private and public sector organisations.

Highlights

Develop high-level professional writing skills and gain knowledge and experience in a range of areas including organisational communication such as strategic speech writing and delivery, as well as persuasive writing.
Visits and lectures from industry, work integrated learning placements and projects, and international study options will provide you with real-world experience and contacts.
Complete work placements in a range of community and government organisations to gain real justice industry connections.
Undertake combined studies in criminology and policing, or policy and governance.
Use your skills as a communications manager, in-house writer or public relations specialist for private and public sector organisations.

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

What you will learn

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.

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

Use your double degree skills as a communications manager in-house writer or public relations specialist for private and public sector organisations.

Bachelor of Justice

You'll be job-ready by exploring the most recent theory and practice of social justice and gain problem-solving analytical and applied computer skills that are relevant to the workplace.

Tailor your studies and choose from two majors: policy and politics or criminology and policing.

The policy and politics major offers you the opportunity to learn policy analysis and the intricacies of how government officers research analyse recommend and develop policies in the justice sphere. Particularly it gives you an insight into how policy is implemented and critiqued and evolves through government and its departments.

The criminology and policing major details punishment and penal policy crime research methods and your choice of units in eco crime sex crime death investigation crime in pop culture drugs and intelligence among others.

The course is consistently refreshed to meet the needs of the community government and police agencies for skilled staff. You will also benefit from academic staff who have worked in these areas and bring real-life examples and experience to your learning.

At a theoretical level you will engage with the concepts of social justice human rights and equality to understand the way in which society defines polices and punishes criminal behaviours.

Career pathways

Careers and outcomes

Use your skills as a communications manager in-house writer or public relations specialist for private and public sector organisations.

Possible careers

Aid work manager
Communication strategist
Community worker
Family services officer
Government officer
Policy officer
Policy analyst
Program manager
Social worker

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 Communication (Professional Communication) and 192 credit points from the Bachelor of Justice. You will undertake the two components of the double degree concurrently.

Communication component

You will complete:

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

Justice units

In order to complete the Bachelor of Justice component of this course you must complete a total of 192 credit points from:

8 justice core units (96 credit points)
a major (8 units) in either criminology and policing or policy and politics (96 credit points).

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.