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- Develop business skills and be able to think creatively and critically, communicate professionally, make ethical business decisions and work in a global context.
- Get equipped with the critical thinking skills and professional know-how to successfully navigate the dynamic creative practices, industrial structures, and legal mechanisms in such global industries as film, television, music, games and sports.
- Benefit from an original and engaging curriculum design that includes fully integrated work experiences, practical, hands-on projects, global study excursions and cutting-edge research.
- Business acumen gained from your double degree will enhance your career opportunities in local and global entertainment industries. Options include managing specific entertainment projects or investigating the broader patterns of international entertainment.
Highlights
- Develop business skills and be able to think creatively and critically, communicate professionally, make ethical business decisions and work in a global context.
- Get equipped with the critical thinking skills and professional know-how to successfully navigate the dynamic creative practices, industrial structures, and legal mechanisms in such global industries as film, television, music, games and sports.
- Benefit from an original and engaging curriculum design that includes fully integrated work experiences, practical, hands-on projects, global study excursions and cutting-edge research.
- Business acumen gained from your double degree will enhance your career opportunities in local and global entertainment industries. Options include managing specific entertainment projects or investigating the broader patterns of international entertainment.
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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 accountancy, advertising, economics, finance, human resource management, international business, management, marketing, or public relations.
Business acumen gained from your double degree will enhance your career opportunities in local and global entertainment industries. Options include managing specific entertainment projects or investigating the broader patterns of international entertainment.
Bachelor of Communication (Entertainment Industries)
This course equips you with the critical thinking skills and professional know-how to successfully navigate the dynamic creative practices, industrial structures, and legal mechanisms in such global industries as film, television, music, games, and sports, among others.
Entertainment industries are constantly changing, especially in the digital era. This course equips you with the critical thinking skills and professional know-how to successfully navigate the dynamic creative practices, industrial structures, and legal mechanisms in such global industries as film, television, music, games, and sports, among others. By graduation, you will learn how to research, implement, and critically assess a range of strategic activities, from identifying talent, developing pitches, and negotiating contracts to engaging culturally diverse audiences and evaluating the impact of new technologies.
This course is one of the first and only courses of its kind. It was developed in close collaboration with key entertainment industry professionals and draws heavily from the research of top scholars in the School of Communication, including the Digital Media Research Centre.
You will interact throughout the course with industry leaders and the very best teachers in the field. You also will benefit from an original and engaging curriculum design that includes fully integrated work experiences, practical, hands-on projects, global study excursions, and cutting-edge research.
Our graduates work as producers, researchers, publishers, agents and promoters in diverse areas such as film and television, large-scale performances, radio programming, cultural and games productions, theme parks and more. You will be qualified for roles in organisations that produce entertainment or become self-employed in generating new entrepreneurial forms of entertainment for the future.
Careers and outcomes
Business acumen will enhance your career opportunities in local and global entertainment industries. Career options include managing specific entertainment projects or investigating the broader patterns of international entertainment.
Possible careers
- Accountant
- Advertising Professional
- Economist
- Entertainment Director
- Entertainment Entrepreneur
- Entertainment Manager
- Financial Advisor/Analyst
- Human Resource Manager
- International Business Specialist
- Manager
- Marketing Officer/Manager
- Producer
- Promoter
- Public Relations Officer/Consultant
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 Communication (Entertainment Industries). 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
- human resource management
- international business
- management
- marketing
- public relations.
Accountancy students will undertake 6 specified business core units and 10 accountancy major core units in order to meet professional recognition requirements.
Communication component
You will complete:
- four core units (48 credit points)
- a communication major (144 credit points) in entertainment industries.
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 Communication (Entertainment Industries). 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
- human resource management
- international business
- management
- marketing
- public relations.
Accountancy students will undertake 6 specified business core units and 10 accountancy major core units in order to meet professional recognition requirements.
Communication component
You will complete:
- four core units (48 credit points)
- a communication major (144 credit points) in entertainment industries.
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.
- Selection rank
- 76.00
These thresholds are the lowest adjusted scores to which QUT made an offer in Semester 1, 2020.
Don't have a selection rank?
Starting uni in 2021?
There are some changes to subjects and the qualifications we’ll consider for entry to QUT from 2021 and beyond. Make sure you’re prepared to apply.
The selection rank is a good indication of the equivalent ATAR.
- Course code
- ID05
- QTAC code
- 409522
- CRICOS code
- 096579G
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- Gardens Point
- Kelvin Grove
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- Gardens Point
- Kelvin Grove
- 4 years full-time
- 4 years full-time
- February and July
- February and July
Assumed knowledge
Before you start this course, we assume you have sound knowledge of the subject/s listed below. If you don't have the subject knowledge, you can still apply for the course but we encourage you to undertake bridging studies to gain the knowledge:
- English, or Literature, or English and Literature Extension, or English as an Additional Language (Units 3 & 4, C)
Accountancy, finance, financial planning, economics and marketing majors: 4, SA in Maths A, B or C. We assume that you have knowledge equivalent to four semesters at high school level (Years 11 and 12) with sound achievement (4, SA).
Offer guarantee
If you achieve an ATAR or selection rank of 87.00 or higher (including any adjustments) and satisfy all other admission requirements, you are guaranteed an offer for this course.
Advanced standing
If you have prior studies or work experience, you may be eligible for advanced standing (credit). You can apply for advanced standing once you've been accepted to QUT. If you're in your first semester of study, you must apply for advanced standing within 10 days of receiving your offer.
Deferment
You can defer your offer and postpone the start of your course for one year.
More about deferring your offer
Adjustments to your ATAR/selection rank
Any adjustments you receive to your ATAR or selection rank will be applied to this course.
Find out if you’re eligible for an adjustment to your ATAR or selection rank
Offers we made to school leavers in Semester 1, 2020
The scores listed in the tables below reflect the offers that were made to recent school leavers. If you are not a school leaver, take a look at the entry thresholds box at the top of this page to see the lowest adjusted scores required overall to receive an offer.
| Excluding adjustments | Including adjustments | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OP | Selection rank | OP | Selection rank | |
| Highest OP/selection rank to receive an offer |
OP
3
|
Selection rank
96.00
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OP
2
|
Selection rank
97.00
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| Median OP/selection rank to receive an offer |
OP
8
|
Selection rank
84.00
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OP
7
|
Selection rank
87.00
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| Lowest OP/selection rank to receive an offer |
OP
10
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Selection rank
79.00
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OP
10
|
Selection rank
79.00
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You can find out more about your fellow students’ backgrounds with this course’s student profile.
Other admission options
If you are of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent, you may be eligible for admission through our Centralised Assessment Selection Process (CASP).
Minimum academic requirements
Select the country where you completed your studies to see a guide to the grades you need to apply for this course.
If your country or qualification is not listed, you can still apply for this course and we will assess your eligibility.
I completed secondary school in Australia
- Rank
- 79
Offer guarantee
If you completed secondary school in Australia and achieve an ATAR/selection rank of 87.00 or higher (including any adjustments) and satisfy all other admission requirements, you are guaranteed an offer for this course.
Prerequisites
Satisfactory completion of Year 12 in an Australian school system or equivalent.
Minimum English language requirements
Select the country where you completed your studies to see a guide on meeting QUT’s English language requirements.
Your scores and prior qualifications in English-speaking countries are considered. Approved English-speaking countries are Australia, Canada, England, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland, South Africa, United States of America and Wales.
If your country or qualification is not listed, you can still apply for this course and we will assess your eligibility.
We accept English language proficiency scores from the following tests.
| English Test | Overall | Listening | Reading | Writing | Speaking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Pearson PTE (Academic)
Test must be taken no more than 2 years prior to the QUT course commencement date. |
58 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 |
|
Cambridge English Score
Test must be taken no more than 2 years prior to the QUT course commencement. You must provide your Candidate ID and Candidate Secret Number, these are printed on your Cambridge English Confirmation of Entry. |
176 | 169 | 169 | 169 | 169 |
|
IELTS Academic
Test must be taken no more than 2 years prior to the QUT course commencement date. |
6.5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
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TOEFL iBT
Test must be taken no more than 2 years prior to the QUT course commencement date. |
79 | 16 | 16 | 21 | 18 |
Don't have the English language score you need? We can help!
We offer English language programs to improve your English and help you gain entry to this course.
When you apply for this course, we will recommend which English course you should enrol in.
Haven't completed an English language test? We can help!
If you have not completed an English language test, you can sit the IELTS test at our IELTS test centre
Your actual fees may vary depending on which units you choose. We review fees annually, and they may be subject to increases.
2021 fees
2021: CSP $14,500 per year full-time (96 credit points)
2021 fees
2021: $31,300 per year full-time (96 credit points)
Student services and amenities fees
You may need to pay student services and amenities (SA) fees as part of your course costs.
Find out more about undergraduate course fees
HECS-HELP: loans to help you pay for your course fees
You may not have to pay anything upfront if you're eligible for a HECS-HELP loan.
You can apply for scholarships to help you with study and living costs.