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'Honestly, I like everything about the Bachelor of Data Science! I like how it's designed so that you learn practical and theoretical skills. The teachers are great, and with all the resources and support services offered at QUT, it's comforting to know you can get help when needed. I'm good at statistics and mathematics and have a background in programming. Data science is where all these skills meet.'
Senior Forecasting Analyst
Solving problems with maths, stats and coding
'Honestly, I like everything about the Bachelor of Data Science! I like how it's designed so that you learn practical and theoretical skills. The teachers are great, and with all the resources and support services offered at QUT, it's comforting to know you can get help when needed. I'm good at statistics and mathematics and have a background in programming. Data science is where all these skills meet.'
Senior Forecasting Analyst
Highlights
- Study externally or on campus.
- Build a unique creative career that taps into your passions and aspirations.
- Prepare to turn creative employment and entrepreneurial opportunities into real career outcomes.
- Learn through industry partnerships, networking and interdisciplinary work.
- Choose from one of eight first majors to tailor your degree to suit your area of interest.
- Analyse and interrogate data across a multitude of industries to provide meaningful insights.
Highlights
- Build a unique creative career that taps into your passions and aspirations.
- Prepare to turn creative employment and entrepreneurial opportunities into real career outcomes.
- Learn through industry partnerships, networking and interdisciplinary work.
- Choose from one of eight first majors to tailor your degree to suit your area of interest.
- Analyse and interrogate data across a multitude of industries to provide meaningful insights.
Why choose this course?
Data informs decisions and provides an evidence-based approach for creative innovation. QUT’s newly-designed Bachelor of Data Science provides the most up-to-date techniques and knowledge in this fast-evolving field. With the combination of data science and creative industries this course allows you to understand the intersection of problem solving, critical thinking, creativity and apply data lead insights.
Your comprehensive knowledge of data science tools and techniques will be employed to design new solutions, build new products, or advance people's systems and services.
This course will allow you to develop your own creative niche across a range of majors, with the agility you need to keep creating, adapting and innovating as the world continues to evolve.
Real-world learning
You’ll be prepared for the real world with studio-based learning, skills in entrepreneurship, real industry challenges, work integrated learning (WIL) opportunities and links to creative start-ups.
You will apply theoretical frameworks to real-world problems so you can make clear connections between what is learned in the classroom and your future practice as a data science professional. You will be encouraged to become an independent learner through discussion, debate and interaction with peers and teaching staff, independent studies and self-reflection.
Your studies will culminate with a Data Science Capstone Project and a Creative Industries Enterprise Studio capstone unit where you’ll work on an extensive project with an industry partner to synthesise your learned skills and techniques to solve more complex authentic problems, which will build your preparedness to enter the workforce.
Explore this course
You will complete two degrees in four years concurrently.
Early in your degree, you’ll choose introductory units that will help you experience your preferred majors or explore Indigenous perspectives. Using this experience, you then decide upon a Bachelor of Creative Industries major of eight units from:
- creative and professional writing
- drama and performance
- entertainment
- fashion communication
- interactive and visual design
- media and communication
- music and sound
- screen content production
Through the Data Science degree core units you will cover the theory and the practical tools for data acquisition, storage, management, processing, analysis and visualisation. Ethical considerations, communication, collaboration and critical thinking skills are all given detailed coverage.
Your progression through the Data Science degree has been carefully crafted to cater for the diversity of specialist mathematics skills, to scaffold your development in coding – particularly in data science relevant languages – and to prepare you for a rewarding career.
Flexible delivery
The course offers flexibility by allowing you to choose from one of eight different majors to suit your individual creative interests and career aspirations.
This course has been developed to be studied externally or on-campus . This is a digitally enhanced course where technology is integrated into all aspects of external and on-campus teaching, learning and assessment.
You will be able to access learning resources, activities and assessment remotely. Remote learners may be required to undertake key activities at designated locations, including some invigilated assessment such as at hosted assessment centres.
Careers and outcomes
This course equips you with the creative skills, knowledge and connections to pursue a career in the creative industries and beyond. Be at the forefront of data-led careers. Dependent on your chosen major, some combinations and career options include:
- Combining data science with fashion communication to become a highly sought-after trend forecaster analysing market trends and buying habits to make educated decisions about future collections.
- Combining data science with music and sound or screen content production to understand the algorithms that monetise digital music and video content.
- Combining data science with media and communication to understand the role data plays in digital and social media including the use of algorithms to generate personalised content.
- Combining data science with interactive and visual design to design, build or improve user interface digital device usability.
Possible careers
- Creative entrepreneur
- Data analyst
- Data architect
- Data engineer
- Data scientist
- Data strategist
- Digital communication specialist
- Digital content producer
- Entertainment entrepreneur
- Fashion marketer
- Multimedia designer
- Music producer
In order to complete this course, you must complete a total of 384 credit points comprising 192 credit points from the Bachelor of Creative Industries and 192 credit points from the Bachelor of Data Science. You will undertake the two components of the double degree concurrently.
Creative Industries component:
- Bachelor of Creative Industries major units - 72 credit points
- Creative Industries introductory units - 24 credit points from specified introductory units
- A Creative Industries first major - 96 credit points from one of the specified first majors including Creative and Professional Writing; Media and Communication; Drama and Performance; Fashion Communication; Interactive and Visual Design; Music and Sound; and, Screen Content Production.
Data Science component: You must complete 192 credit points of Data Science core units.
In order to complete this course, you must complete a total of 384 credit points comprising 192 credit points from the Bachelor of Creative Industries and 192 credit points from the Bachelor of Data Science. You will undertake the two components of the double degree concurrently.
Creative Industries component:
- Bachelor of Creative Industries major units - 72 credit points
- Creative Industries introductory units - 24 credit points from specified introductory units
- A Creative Industries first major - 96 credit points from one of the specified first majors including Creative and Professional Writing; Media and Communication; Drama and Performance; Fashion Communication; Interactive and Visual Design; Music and Sound; and, Screen Content Production.
Data Science component: You must complete 192 credit points of Data Science core units.
- ATAR/selection rank threshold
- 84.00
These thresholds are the lowest adjusted scores to which QUT made an offer in Semester 1, 2024.
Don't have a ATAR/selection rank?
- Course code
- ID32
- QTAC code
- 419972
- CRICOS code
- 103860K
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- Online
- Gardens Point
- Kelvin Grove
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- Gardens Point
- Kelvin Grove
- 4 years full-time
- 8 years part-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 strongly 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)
- Mathematical Methods, or Specialist Mathematics (Units 3 & 4, C)
Offer guarantee
If you achieve an ATAR or selection rank of 84.00 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, 2023
The figures listed in the tables below reflect the offers that were made to recent ATAR students. The entry thresholds box at the top of this page shows the lowest adjusted ATAR/selection rank required to receive an offer for all applicants for the most recent January QTAC offer round.
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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).
I completed my studies outside of Australia
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.
Assumed knowledge
- Mathematical Methods, or Specialist Mathematics (Units 3 & 4, C)
You must have achieved this study at a level comparable to Australian Year 12 or in recognised post-secondary studies.
I completed secondary school in Australia
Assumed knowledge
Before you start this course we assume you have sound knowledge in these areas:
- Mathematical Methods, or Specialist Mathematics (Units 3 & 4, C)
- ATAR/selection rank
- 84.00
Offer guarantee
If you completed secondary school in Australia and achieve an ATAR/selection rank of 84.00 or higher (including any adjustments) and satisfy all other admission requirements, you are guaranteed an offer for this course.
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, 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. Tests must be taken no more than 2 years prior to the QUT course commencement.
| English Test | Overall | Listening | Reading | Writing | Speaking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PTE Academic/PTE Academic Online | 58 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 |
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Cambridge English Score
You must share your results with QUT through the Candidate Results Online website. |
176 | 169 | 169 | 169 | 169 |
| IELTS Academic / IELTS Online / IELTS One Skills Retake | 6.5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| TOEFL iBT / Home / Paper | 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.
Your actual fees may vary depending on which units you choose. We review fees annually, and they may be subject to increases.
2025 fees
2025: CSP fees available from September
2025 fees
2025: Available from July
2024 fees
2024: CSP $8,000 per year full-time (96 credit points)
2024 fees
2024: $36,100 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.
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.
QUT Excellence Scholarship (Academic)
QUT's premier offering for students with outstanding academic achievement.
- Scholarship eligibility
- Academic performance
QUT Real World International Scholarship
A scholarship to cover tuition fees, with eligibility based on your prior academic achievements.
- Scholarship eligibility
- Academic performance
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