Bachelor of Communication (Social and Political Sciences) / Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation

Course Details

Bachelor of Communication (Social and Political Sciences) Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation is tailored for individuals eager to shape public policy in areas like climate change, human rights, and social justice. Choose this course to engage with pressing social issues, understand societal dynamics, and drive change both locally and globally. You will master research, analysis, critical thinking, and advocacy, honed through real-world projects. The course fosters innovative, entrepreneurial thinkers equipped to tackle complex challenges across disciplines, preparing you for a dynamic, globalised environment. Graduates are distinguished by their ability to conceive new ideas, strategise globally, and innovate for sustainable futures, positioning them as valuable assets in their professional fields.

Qualification: Bachelor Degree (Pass)

Course structure: Students must complete 240 credit points consisting of 24 credit points of communication core subjects, a 48-credit-point major and potential 48-credit-point second major (subject to application), 24 credit points of cross-disciplinary electives and a 96-credit-point creative intelligence and innovation core. Students who do not meet the requirements to study the second major complete 48 credit points of electives. Students can elect to undertake a professional experience project with a community, corporate, non-government or government organisation. There are opportunities for parliamentary placement. Within the final year of the Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation, students can undertake between 6 and 12 credit points of internship that relates to innovation within their research, career development, or core degree specialisations. For students undertaking 12 credit points of internship, international internships may be negotiated.

Career options include advocacy in environmental, Indigenous, human rights and overseas development organisations, and trade unions; policy research, analysis and program management in government; management in social services and welfare, including women's, migrant and indigenous programs; research in think-tanks and academia. By being creative thinkers, initiators of new ideas, scenario planners, global strategists, open network designers or sustainable futures innovators within their chosen field of study, graduates maximise the potential of their chosen profession, making them highly sought after graduates with the ability to identify and develop solutions to some of the most complex issues that face their disciplines and society.