Bachelors of Journalism and Bachelor of Arts - Popular Music and Technology

Journalism is an exciting occupation that allows you to meet many different kinds of people and to travel. The basis of journalism is information - discovering, collecting, assembling, analysing and presenting information. To do this effectively, journalists require highly developed skills in language, a good understanding of the media, an interest in current affairs and a broad general knowledge. By also studying the BA, students graduate with highly developed skills in written communication, problem-solving, critical thinking and interpersonal understanding. The BA allows students to choose from a wide variety of majors to either complement their journalism studies (such as Economics, International Relations, Public Policy or Popular Music) or to broaden their knowledge in another field (such as a language, Criminology or Psychology), thus expanding their opportunities to work in different areas of journalism.

Popular music has the power to uplift, stimulate, comfort, motivate and communicate. Its attractiveness lies in its ubiquity, openness and lack of convention. It helps you to understand your own response to music and the society in which you live. The popular music and technology major helps you express yourself in writing and in music production and equips you for changing music making environments by developing practical musical making skills and technical knowledge with mobile devices, digital audio workstations, and recording studio technologies. Completing the popular music music and technology major provides you with the content knowledge for teaching music in schools.

Queensland Year 12 (or equivalent) General English subject (Units 3 & 4, C).
International Baccalaureate Diploma - 29

IELTS overall 6.5, reading 6, writing 6, speaking 6, listening 6. For other English Language Proficiency Tests and Scores approved for UQ
TOEFL IBT - Overall 87, listening 19, reading 19, writing 21 and speaking 19.