Bachelor of Creative Industries/Bachelor of Data Science

You will complete two degrees in four years concurrently.

Early in your degree you'll choose introductory units that will help you experience your preferred majors or explore Indigenous perspectives. Using this experience you then decide upon a Bachelor of Creative Industries major of eight units from:

• creative and professional writing
• drama and performance
• entertainment
• fashion communication
• interactive and visual design
• media and communication
• music and sound
• screen content production

Through the Data Science degree core units you will cover the theory and the practical tools for data acquisition storage management processing analysis and visualisation. Ethical considerations communication collaboration and critical thinking skills are all given detailed coverage.

Your progression through the Data Science degree has been carefully crafted to cater for the diversity of specialist mathematics skills to scaffold your development in coding - particularly in data science relevant languages - and to prepare you for a rewarding career.

The course offers flexibility by allowing you to choose from one of eight different majors to suit your individual creative interests and career aspirations.

This course has been developed to be studied externally or on-campus . This is a digitally enhanced course where technology is integrated into all aspects of external and on-campus teaching learning and assessment.

You will be able to access learning resources activities and assessment remotely. Remote learners may be required to undertake key activities at designated locations including some invigilated assessment such as at hosted assessment centres.

This course equips you with the creative skills knowledge and connections to pursue a career in the creative industries and beyond. Be at the forefront of data-led careers. Dependent on your chosen major some combinations and career options include:

• Combining data science with fashion communication to become a highly sought-after trend forecaster analysing market trends and buying habits to make educated decisions about future collections.
• Combining data science with music and sound or screen content production to understand the algorithms that monetise digital music and video content.
• Combining data science with media and communication to understand the role data plays in digital and social media including the use of algorithms to generate personalised content.
• Combining data science with interactive and visual design to design build or improve user interface digital device usability.

• Creative entrepreneur
• Data analyst
• Data architect
• Data engineer
• Data scientist
• Data strategist
• Digital communication specialist
• Digital content producer
• Entertainment entrepreneur
• Fashion marketer
• Multimedia designer
• Music producer

In order to complete this course you must complete a total of 384 credit points made up of 192 credit points from the Bachelor of Creative Industries and 192 credit points from the Bachelor of Data Science. You will undertake the two components of the double degree concurrently.

The core of the program centres on Creative Enterprise studios that offer authentic problem-based activities coupled with work integrated learning skills in entrepreneurship and commercial links that engage in creative start-ups. Early in your degree you choose 24 credit points of introductory units to experience your preferred majors with the option to undertake defined breadth units in other relevant areas. Using this experience you then decide upon a creative industries major.

You will complete:

• Core units - 72 credit points
• Creative Industries introductory units - 24 credit points
• A Creative Industries major - 96 credit points from one of the specified majors including: Creative and Professional Writing; Media and Communication; Drama and Performance; Entertainment; Fashion Communication; Interactive and Visual Design; Music and Sound; and Screen Content Production.

You will complete 192 credit points of Data Science core units.

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.

In order to complete this course you must complete a total of 384 credit points made up of 192 credit points from the Bachelor of Creative Industries and 192 credit points from the Bachelor of Data Science. You will undertake the two components of the double degree concurrently.

The core of the program centres on Creative Enterprise studios that offer authentic problem-based activities coupled with work integrated learning skills in entrepreneurship and commercial links that engage in creative start-ups. Early in your degree you choose 24 credit points of introductory units to experience your preferred majors with the option to undertake defined breadth units in other relevant areas. Using this experience you then decide upon a creative industries major.

You will complete:

• Core units - 72 credit points
• Creative Industries introductory units - 24 credit points
• A Creative Industries major - 96 credit points from one of the specified majors including: Creative and Professional Writing; Media and Communication; Drama and Performance; Entertainment; Fashion Communication; Interactive and Visual Design; Music and Sound; and Screen Content Production.

You will complete 192 credit points of Data Science core units.

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.