This dual degree combines communication, an exciting new area of study that encompasses several disciplines, with a diverse range of arts studies. Realise your full creative potential and be in high demand with this empowering dual degree. You'll develop a critical awareness of how communication influences human lives, through courses that examine the many different forms of communication and technologies used to transmit information. You will grow your understanding and skills in a number of areas, including visual, written, multimedia, spoken and interpersonal communication, and research. Choose to major in Public Relations or Digital Media. The Bachelor of Arts provides a flexible structure with over 40 study areas to choose from. Discover your passion while equipping yourself with the skills to succeed in the changing, global workplace. It gives you the opportunity to learn differently and base your expertise on understanding how and why people interact with each other and the world around them. The core set of courses introduce you to the central features of contemporary communication processes and a range of complementary arts fields, and you then specialise with your choice of major and minor courses to tailor a career path that enables you to achieve your professional and personal goals.
Sports studies provides you with an understanding of the sport and leisure industries from sociological, historical, economic and psychological perspectives. You will undertake courses in the social science and humanities areas of the study of sport as well as courses relating to the sociology of sport. The growth in the sport, physical activity and health industries over the past two decades has created a range of employment opportunities in the areas of social policy, journalism, management, marketing, planning and development, education, and psychology. Sports Studies graduates currently hold leadership positions with State and national sporting teams, the media and arts, as well as international sporting organisations working in the areas such as sports coaching, sports development and sports management and administration. In addition, this program creates a strong foundation for a research pathway.
