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QUT (Queensland University of Technology)

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Bachelor of Business/Bachelor of Design (Interaction Design)

  • Bachelor

Combine business and interaction design to gain cutting-edge design skills, learn to think creatively and critically, and prepare for careers in design, technology or innovation.

Key details

Degree Type
Bachelor
Duration
4 years full-time
Course Code
409382, 096567M
Study Mode
In person
Intake Months
Feb, Jul
ATAR
70

About this course

Highlights
  • Develop business skills and be able to think creatively and critically, communicate professionally, make ethical business decisions and work in a global context.
  • Learn interaction design so you can be prepared for diverse and agile career pathways in design, technology and innovation. It focuses on cutting-edge design skills, knowledge and capabilities needed for a contemporary designer to work across multiple fields, practices and contexts.
  • The combination of interaction design skills and business acumen provides unique opportunities to intersect design with marketing, public relations, advertising, international business, economics, management and human resource management.
Highlights
  • Develop business skills and be able to think creatively and critically, communicate professionally, make ethical business decisions and work in a global context.
  • Learn interaction design so you can be prepared for diverse and agile career pathways in design, technology and innovation. It focuses on cutting-edge design skills, knowledge and capabilities needed for a contemporary designer to work across multiple fields, practices and contexts.
  • The combination of interaction design skills and business acumen provides unique opportunities to intersect design with marketing, public relations, advertising, international business, economics, management and human resource management.

Entry requirements

Year 12 early offer scheme

If you're a current Queensland Year 12 student you may be eligible to receive an offer for this course on the last day of Queensland Year 12 before receiving your ATAR or selection rank.

Find out more about the QUT Year 12 Early Offer Scheme

Prerequisites

Satisfactory completion of Year 12 in an Australian school system or equivalent.

Study locations

Kelvin Grove

Gardens Point

What you will learn

Bachelor of Business

Our business degree equips you to confidently enter the modern business world. It combines key business research and contemporary business best practice and sets demanding standards to create your future career options.

Develop business skills and be able to think creatively and critically communicate professionally make ethical business decisions and work in a global context.

Graduate with deep knowledge and experience in your chosen major equipping you as a professional in your chosen discipline. You can study accounting advertising economics finance human resource management international business management marketing or public relations.

The combination of business acumen and interaction design skills provides unique opportunities to intersect design with marketing public relations advertising international business economics management and human resource management.

Bachelor of Design (Interaction Design)

This course prepares you for diverse and agile career pathways in design technology and innovation. It focuses on cutting-edge design skills knowledge and capabilities needed for a contemporary designer to work across multiple fields practices and contexts.

You'll undertake a series of interaction design studios focusing on industry-leading practices in human centered design design thinking experience design service innovation and augmented reality.

Opportunities for industry work experience international study tours and to network with design industry professionals nationally and internationally will ensure you graduate with one of the most versatile and contemporary skill sets in the sector.

Career pathways available to you beyond the design industries include roles in game design information technology health education science and engineering as well as business and enterprise.

You will be prepared for employment opportunities across interaction design industries and in roles that are yet to emerge including in areas such as web and mobile app design interface design user experience (UX) design or interaction (IxD) design wearable fashion technology interactive exhibition design health technology innovation data visualisation smart home and virtual reality environments design robotics design communication design and many more.

Career pathways

Careers and outcomes

Interaction design skills and business acumen provides unique opportunities to intersect design with marketing public relations advertising international business economics management and human resource management.

Possible careers
  • Accountant
  • Advertising professional
  • Economist
  • Financial advisor/analyst
  • Human resource manager
  • Interaction designer
  • Interface designer
  • International business specialist
  • Manager
  • Marketing officer/manager
  • Public relations officer/consultant
  • User experience designer
  • User researcher
  • Web designer

Course structure

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 Business and 192 credit points from the Bachelor of Design (Interaction Design). You will undertake the two components of the double degree concurrently.

Business component

You must complete:

  • business core units (96 credit points)
  • a business major (96 credit points) choosing from:
    • accounting
    • advertising
    • economics
    • finance
    • financial planning
    • human resource management
    • international business
    • management
    • marketing
    • public relations.

Accounting students will undertake 6 specified business core units and 10 accounting major core units in order to meet professional recognition requirements.

Design component

You will complete:

  • four school-wide impact lab units (48 credit points)
  • the interaction design major (144 credit points) including:
    • four shared foundation units (48 credit points)
    • seven units (96 credit points) from the discipline.
Study overseas

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 Business and 192 credit points from the Bachelor of Design (Interaction Design). You will undertake the two components of the double degree concurrently.

Business component

You must complete:

  • business core units (96 credit points)
  • a business major (96 credit points) choosing from:
    • accounting
    • advertising
    • economics
    • finance
    • financial planning
    • human resource management
    • international business
    • management
    • marketing
    • public relations.

Accounting students will undertake 6 specified business core units and 10 accounting major core units in order to meet professional recognition requirements.

Design component

You will complete:

  • four school-wide impact lab units (48 credit points)
  • the interaction design major (144 credit points) including:
    • four shared foundation units (48 credit points)
    • seven units (96 credit points) from the discipline.
Study overseas

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.