Bachelor (Honours)
Bachelor of Communication (Journalism)
Get hands-on production experience in industry-standard newsrooms studios post-production and editing suites for radio television online and print production. You'll have access to the latest AV equipment and software and 24-hour student computer labs.
Benefit from connection to industry experts through experienced teaching and tutoring staff and guest lecturers. You'll collaborate with students from other disciplines providing a richer learning experience that reflects real-world working environments you will experience in your career. You can even submit your university projects for recognition through industry awards.
With a double degree you'll gain an even broader range of skills and knowledge and greater career flexibility. This is a popular option for students seeking careers in support roles in the creative industries or wanting to work in a creative role in other industries.
Bachelor of Laws (Honours)The defining nature of our law degree is the unique balance between theory and practice. During your degree you will complete the academic law units required for admission to legal practice as well as elective units that align with your career interests.
Through your study you will develop necessary legal skills such as legal research problem solving critical analysis dispute resolution and oral and written communication.
Develop a career in journalism focusing on legal affairs politics crime reporting and foreign affairs or work as a solicitor barrister or in-house lawyer including media lawyer.
Our course will also help you understand and promote the ethical standards of the legal profession and to appreciate international and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives.
Our Bachelor of Laws (Honours) is a higher qualification than a bachelor degree as it has honours-level content integrated throughout the course. The advanced knowledge and skills in this course will benefit your professional career or future research and study.
The law degree is approved by the Queensland Legal Practitioners Admissions Board. If you want to become a lawyer at the end of your degree you will need to complete further practical legal training (PLT) before you can apply for admission to practice. Successful completion of PLT allows you to apply for admission as solicitor but if you want to be a barrister you will need to also pass the Bar Exams. We offer PLT in the form of the Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice.
You are required to complete 528 credit points made up of 192 credit points for the Bachelor of Communication (Journalism) program and 336 credit points for the Bachelor of Laws program. You will study communication and law units in your first four years and will concentrate on law studies for the remainder of this course.
Communication componentYou will complete:
You will complete 336 credit points of core units and a mixture of law electives made up of
*You may select a general law elective in place of the introductory law elective
**In place of 4 general law electives (48 credit points) you have the option to complete the Law Technology and Innovation minor or 4 non-law electives or a university wide minor. Successful completion of a minor will be recognised on the academic record and/or the Australian Higher Education Graduation Statement.
Law technology and innovation minor units
96 credit points of the following honours units will be used to determine the honours levels of the LLB (Hons):
Study overseas while earning credit towards your QUT degree with one of our worldwide exchange partners. Overseas study can be for one or two semesters (or during the semester break) and the units you take can be in either degree area depending on how they match with your QUT course.
You are required to complete 528 credit points made up of 192 credit points for the Bachelor of Communication (Journalism) program and 336 credit points for the Bachelor of Laws program. You will study communication and law units in your first four years and will concentrate on law studies for the remainder of this course.
Communication componentYou will complete:
You will complete 336 credit points of core units and a mixture of law electives made up of
*You may select a general law elective in place of the introductory law elective
**In place of 4 general law electives (48 credit points) you have the option to complete the Law Technology and Innovation minor or 4 non-law electives or a university wide minor. Successful completion of a minor will be recognised on the academic record and/or the Australian Higher Education Graduation Statement.
Law technology and innovation minor units
Honours-level units
96 credit points of the following honours units will be used to determine the honours levels of the LLB (Hons):
Study overseas while earning credit towards your QUT degree with one of our worldwide exchange partners. Overseas study can be for one or two semesters (or during the semester break) and the units you take can be in either degree area depending on how they match with your QUT course.