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Overview

  • Learn to combine your creative and technical skills through digital media and film production.
  • Complete 2 degrees in 4 years full-time.
  • Design your own degree by exploring your creative talents and choosing a Creative Industries major, as well as studying information technology.
  • Specialise options include business process management, data warehousing, digital environments, enterprise systems, network systems, software engineering, or web technologies.
QTAC course code409872
QUT course code IX56
Attendance Full-time
Course duration 4 years full-time
Start month 2013 February
Delivery On campus
  • Kelvin Grove
  • Gardens Point
Faculty
  • Creative Industries Faculty
  • Science and Engineering Faculty
Course contact Enquire
CRICOS code059227E
Careers
  • Advertising Professional
  • Animator
  • Art Writer
  • Artist
  • Arts Administrator
  • Computer Game Programmer
  • Computer Games Developer
  • Creative Writer
  • Digital Composer
  • Fashion Professional
  • Film Composer
  • Film/Television Producer
  • Information Officer
  • Information Security Specialist
  • Internet Professional
  • Marketing Officer/Manager
  • Media Industry Specialist
  • Multimedia Designer
  • Music Agent/Manager
  • Music Publisher
  • Music Sampler
  • Music Technologist
  • Organisational Communication Specialist
  • Public Relations Officer/Consultant
  • Recording Engineer
  • Sound and Music Producer
  • Sound Designer
  • Technical Officer
  • Visual Artist
  • Web Designer

Details

Why choose this course?

This double degree allows you to complement your technical and creative skills through digital media and film production. You will learn to merge the creative and imaginative with the technical to develop sophisticated and innovative digital products. You can choose to complement your skill set through a range of information technology and creative industries areas of interest to diversify your studies, including:

  • animation
  • art and design history 
  • creative and professional writing 
  • dance studies
  • drama
  • entertainment industries
  • fashion
  • film, television and screen
  • interactive and visual design
  • journalism
  • literary studies
  • media and communication
  • music.

Career outcomes

As a graduate you can enjoy the more creative side of information technology careers including digital media programmer, simulation designer or developer, games producer or designer, animator, special effects developer, sound designer, mobile entertainment and communications developer, user interface developer, knowledge worker in music and sound, web developer and digital product strategist.

Professional recognition

This course is accredited by the Australian Computer Society (ACS). ACS accreditation is internationally recognised by the Seoul Accord.

Units

You will undertake the Bachelor of Creative Industries core units as well as one creative industries major. Your information technology degree component comprises eight core units, four breadth units, and four units in your information technology specialisation.

Study Areas

The Bachelor of Information Technology will not have nominated majors and minors and consequently there will not be a Study Area A shown on a graduate's parchment. Instead, it will have specialisations. The specialisation areas that will be available for students will include:

  • Business Process Management
  • Data Warehousing
  • Digital Societies
  • Enterprise Systems
  • Information Management
  • Network Systems
  • Software Engineering
  • Web Technologies

Entry requirements

Minimum academic requirements

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We offer pathway courses to help you meet the academic requirements for this course.

When you apply for this course, we'll recommend which pathway course you should enrol in.

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Guide to entry cut-offs

OP 10

Rank 80


Subject pre-requisites

  • English

You must have achieved this study at a level comparable to Australian Year 12 or in recognised post-secondary studies (English (4,SA) and Maths A, B or C (4,SA)).

Minimum English language requirements

Students must meet the English proficiency requirements.

IELTS (International English Language Testing System)
speaking6.0
writing6.0
reading6.0
listening6.0
overall6.5
TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)
speaking20.0
writing20.0
reading20.0
listening20.0
overall90.0

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You can complete an IELTS test at our Kelvin Grove campus.

IELTS test

Course fees

Your actual fees may vary depending on which units you choose. All fees are based on current fixed fee prices. We review fees annually.

2013: $11,700 (indicative) per Semester (subject to annual review)

Scholarships and financial support

You can apply for scholarships to help you with study and living costs.

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How to apply for Bachelor of Creative Industries/Bachelor of Information Technology

You're ready to apply if you have:

  1. Found all the courses you want to apply for. You can apply for up to 3
  2. Checked important dates
    • Semester 1
      2013
      18 January Final date for accepting applications (degree programs only) from offshore Assessment Level 3, 4 and 5 applicants. Student visa assessment levels are available.
      8 February Final date for accepting applications (degree programs only) from offshore Assessment Level 1 and 2 applicants and onshore applicants. Student visa assessment levels are available.
    • Semester 2
      2013
      7 June Final date for accepting applications (degree programs only) from offshore Assessment Level 3, 4 and 5 applicants. Student visa assessment levels are available.
      5 July Final date for accepting applications (degree programs only) from offshore Assessment Level 1 and 2 applicants and onshore applicants. Student visa assessment levels are available.
  3. Checked you meet the entry requirements
  4. Checked costs and scholarships
  5. Checked if you're eligible for credit for prior learning
  6. Gathered supporting documents

All done? Then you're ready to apply.

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