Bachelor of Communication
DURATION
3 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
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STUDY FORMAT
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Introduction
Get your communications career going with QUT's all-new Bachelor of Communication, with new majors launching in 2024.
Highlights
- Australia's #1 - QUT has been rated Australia's #1 university for media and communications studies*.
- Cutting-edge course content – You'll learn all the latest skills in used in communications roles, such as understanding different audiences, digital media, understanding data and analytics, and plenty more.
- Tailor your degree – Choose the major that appeals most to you, combined with the second major, minor and electives that will steer your career in the right direction.
- Get real-world experience – You can work in industry to earn credit points towards your degree. You’ll also study with teachers in QUT’s world-leading Digital Media Research Centre.
Why study a Bachelor of Communication?
The QUT Bachelor of Communication enables you to harness the power of media and communication platforms for meaningful global impact across a range of professions and industries. A career in communication changes the world.
- Bachelor of Communication (Digital Advertising)
- Bachelor of Communication (Community and Public Relations)
- Bachelor of Communication (Journalism)
- Bachelor of Communication (Media and Communication Industries)
Real-world learning
Emerging media and communication technologies, like artificial intelligence, are rapidly changing job titles and career opportunities. In our degree, you not only develop a sophisticated understanding of the latest digital trends, platforms and technologies, but also cultivate a suite of highly transferable capabilities that strengthen your employability no matter what the future holds.
You’ll be working with industry experts as teachers, real-world clients providing briefs for assessment, and collaborating with other students as you will in the field. Along the way, you’ll learn from industry experts within the world-leading Digital Media Research Centre – QUT's home of groundbreaking insights and strategies in digital media and communications.
As you work on assignments and projects, you can even submit your university works for recognition through industry partners.
You’ll even be given a deep understanding of communicating and collaborating in the workplace, so you’ll have the professional skills necessary for a long and successful career.
Curriculum
Flexible course options
With modern communications roles and career paths growing by the day, the demand is there for graduates with any number of specialisations and skillsets. To help support a diverse, strong cohort of graduates with unique capabilities, QUT lets you tailor your communication degree to suit your interests.
You’ll be required to undertake:
- Bachelor of Communication core units
- A Communication major (from the list below)
From there, you can add one of the following options to your studies:
- A second Communications major (from the same list below)
- Two Communications minors (shortened, condensed forms of studying majors)
- One Communications minor and your chosen electives
- A series of chosen electives, tailored to your interests.
Double degrees
With a double degree, you'll gain an even broader range of skills and knowledge and greater career flexibility. You can study communication in a variety of double degree settings:
- Bachelor of Business/Bachelor of Communication
- Bachelor of Communication/Bachelor of Data Science
- Bachelor of Communication/Bachelor of Information Technology
- Bachelor of Communication/Bachelor of Justice
- Bachelor of Communication/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)
- Bachelor of Communication/Bachelor of Nutrition Science
- Bachelor of Communication/Bachelor of Public Health
- Bachelor of Communication/Bachelor of Science.
*Based on the QS World University Rankings by subject for communication and media studies, 2020-2023.
As part of this course you must choose a major
- Bachelor of Communication (Community and Public Relations)
- Bachelor of Communication (Digital Advertising)
- Bachelor of Communication (Journalism)
- Bachelor of Communication (Media and Communication Industries)