Bachelor of Business/Bachelor of Fine Arts (Drama)
Bachelor of Business/Bachelor of Fine Arts (Drama)
Highlights Graduate with advanced creative skills in drama and highly developed business knowledge. Complete 2 separate degrees in 4 years full-time. Fine Arts (Drama) is the most comprehensive undergraduate drama program in Queensland. Study a business major in accounting, advertising, economics, finance, financial planning, human resource management, international business, management,…
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
Highlights
- Graduate with advanced creative skills in drama and highly developed business knowledge.
- Complete 2 separate degrees in 4 years full-time.
- Fine Arts (Drama) is the most comprehensive undergraduate drama program in Queensland.
- Study a business major in accounting, advertising, economics, finance, financial planning, human resource management, international business, management, marketing, or public relations.
Immerse yourself in the fine arts major with up to 16 discipline units and gain in-depth knowledge in your specialisation. Develop business skills and be able to think creatively and critically, communicate professionally, make ethical business decisions and work in a global context. Your business degree component comprises eight business core units and eight business major units.
Why choose this course?
This combined degree opens up a wide range of creative and business careers. You will graduate not only with advanced technical and creative skills, but also with highly developed business knowledge.
If you are interested in a career that extends your performing arts knowledge intoarts marketing and management, advertsing and public relations orin stage management this course is for you.
Previous graduates have had a dynamic impact on the development of the Australian creative industries sector, and our most recent graduates are at the heart of the exciting growth in the independent theatre sector in Australia.
Flexible delivery
The flexible nature of the course means you can combine creative experiences in performance making with theoretical studies. This will allow you to get the most from classroom learning as you connect with contemporary performance both nationally and globally. You will also develop business skills across a broad range of majors to ensure your degree is tailored to you.
Learn from the best
You will be taught by a range of industry professionals whose expertise and passion will inspire and guide you, and who in future years may become your mentors and colleagues. You will collaborate with talented students, and the creative relationships you develop will establish the professional networks you will be drawing on throughout your career.
Careers and outcomes
As a multiskilled graduate you will seek to complement your artistic career with paid employment in related areas. Graduates work as event coordinators, festival organisers and administrators. Some establish companies with other graduates to create work for the independent theatre sector. Graduates have established successful careers as playwrights, artistic directors, directors and designers or performers working across a variety of genres including physical theatre or music.
Combined with skilled honed in your business degree you w will enter an industry which has an established network of QUT graduates currently working in positions around the world, including:
- public relations consultant/manager
- communications adviser
- corporate relations executive
- media adviser or press secretary
- media and communications officer or manager
- stakeholder relations adviser or manager
- publicist
- community relations officer
- corporate affairs manager
Professional recognition
Students may be eligible for membership to a number of professional bodies depending on choice of major and unit selection in their business degree. Details on professional recognition can be found under the individual majors of the Bachelor of Business(BS05).
Research pathways
Bachelor of Business (Honours) option
High-achieving students who wish to take further studies may enrol in BS63 Bachelor of Business (Honours).
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Study at The University of Queensland. Learn with leading academics in world-class facilities and join the most employable graduates in the state. At UQ you’ll benefit from flexible study options, field trips, lab work, industry placements, research experience, and online study in Brisbane, Australia.
