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 for a growing creative economy sector.
Learn through industry partnerships and networking, and interdisciplinary work.
Choose from one of four first majors to develop your creative thinking and innovation.
Tailor your degree to suit your area of interest.
Flexible delivery:The course offers flexibility by allowing you to choose a combination of study areas to suit your individual creative interests and career aspirations. You can choose your first major from:Creative and professional writing - gain skills and knowledge in the areas of creative or professional writing, including fiction, creative non-fiction, media writing, and corporate writing and editing.
Fashion communication - learn how fashion is communicated, marketed and distributed across a diverse range of contexts and media. This major prepares you for current and future careers in the global fashion industry.
Interactive and visual design - learn skills and knowledge in the domain of interactive and visual design, including graphic design, image making, information design, web design and designing interfaces for future technologies.
Screen content production - develop a range of knowledge in the theory and practice of film and screen, including creative, technical, storytelling and communication skills to set you up for a career in advertising, publicity or marketing.
To complement your chosen major, you may select a second major. All the primary majors listed above can be studied as second majors as well as advertising, integrated marketing communication, marketing, public relations, entrepreneurship and innovation, games design, online environments and property experience.Alternatively, you can add minors electives from across QUT to your chosen major to develop a wide breath of knowledge across several discipline areas. Double degrees:Combine two bachelor degrees into a single course of study. A double degree allows you to specialise in two fields and pursue different interest areas, gaining a broader range of skills and knowledge, and giving you a competitive advantage and greater career flexibility. This is a popular option for students seeking careers in support roles within the creative industries, or those wanting to work in creative, design or communication roles within other industries. Consider a double degree with Creative Industries in: Business, Law, Human Services (Health), Information Technology.
Pathways: Graduates of the courses listed below will be automatically offered a place and gain up to 1 year of credit for prior learning (advanced standing) for the Bachelor of Creative Industries: Diploma in Creative Industries ; Diploma in Creative IndustriesBachelor of Creative Industries; Diploma in Entrepreneurship; Diploma in EntrepreneurshipBachelor of Creative Industries; Diploma in Esports; Diploma in EsportsBachelor of Creative Industries .
Careers and outcomes:
This course equips you with the creative skills, knowledge and connections to pursue a career in the creative industries and beyond. Some career options are:Creative technologist, Screen and media producer, Media content producer, Fashion supply chain manager, Marketing and promotions, Teacher.
On successful completion of this course, you will be eligible to apply for entry into the Master of Teaching (Secondary), Master of Design (Strategic Design), Master of Digital Communication, provided you meet the entry requirements.Possible careers: Branding specialist; Campaign manager; Creative entrepreneur; Creative writer; Digital content producer; Entertainment entrepreneur; Events and festivals coordinator; Fashion marketer; Graphic designer; Interaction designer.