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| | QTAC code: | | 409472 |
| | Domestic entry: | | February |
| | Past OP cut-off: | | 6 |
| | Past rank cut-off: | | 90 |
| | Assumed knowledge: | | English (4, SA) |
| | Preparatory studies: | | ENGLISH: Successful completion of a year of full-time vocational or tertiary study. |
| | CRICOS code: | | 040289B |
| | International fees: | | 2009: $10,750 (indicative) per semester
(per semester, subject to annual review) |
| | International entry: | | February |
| | Course duration (full-time): | | 5 Years |
| | Total credit points: | | 528 |
| | Standard credit points/full-time semester: | | 48 (Semesters 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10) 60 (Semesters 1, 2, 7, 8) |
| | Campus: | | Gardens Point and Kelvin Grove |
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Why choose this course?
QUT offers the most comprehensive creative writing program in Qld with our breadth of course offerings.
Course structure
You will develop the ability to write a sustained work of publishable quality in the genre of your choice. Student work is regularly featured in the online publication Dotlit, featuring an edited selection of the best new work by young and emerging writers.
Career outcomes
Our graduates have won or been shortlisted for numerous awards, including the State Library of Qld Young Writer Awards and the Qld Premier's Awards.
Industry links
Guest lecturers have included Hilary Beaton (Qld Writers Centre), Michael Wilding (author), Fiona Capp (author), Roseanne Fitzgibbon (UQ Press), and Frank Moorhouse (2001 Miles Franklin award winner).
Teaching staff
All of our teaching staff are published authors and editors.
OP Guarantee
The OP Guarantee does not apply to this program.
Overview
Your creative industries major will provide you with an up-to-date insight into the creative economy
and an appreciation of interdisciplinarity and creative collaboration. You will also complete
a creative industries second major from one of art and design history; creative and professional
writing; dance; digital media; drama; fashion; film, television and screen; interactive and visual
design; journalism, media and communication; or literary and cultural studies.
You will study creative industries and law subjects in your first three years and in the fourth and fifth years you will concentrate on law studies.
Why choose this course?
This course allows you to combine your creative interest with your law qualification. Whether you
choose to work in the legal fraternity or within the creative industries, you will graduate with a unique
set of skills that will enhance your employment options.
Professional Recognition
The law degree component covers all the law units required for admission as a legal practitioner in Australia and is approved for the purposes of the Legal Practitioners' and Barristers' Admission Rules.
Career Outcomes
Graduates may use their combined skills to work in-house as a lawyer for cultural institutions, government or regulatory bodies, or in law firms with specialist interests in the creative industries. Alternatively, you may work in the legal environment as a solicitor, barrister or in-house lawyer.
If you choose to pursue a creative career, your legal knowledge will be of benefit in the process
of commissioning projects, creative industries administration and contract negotiation.
Course Structure
In order to complete the IF93 Bachelor of Creative Industries/Bachelor of Laws you must undertake a total of 528 credit points comprising the following:
Creative Industries component: 192 credit points (equivalent to sixteen 12 credit point units) required.
The Law component is made up of 336 credit points of law subjects.
Deferment
QUT allows current Year 12 school leavers to defer their undergraduate admission offer for one year, or for six months if offered mid-year admission, except in courses using specific admission requirements such as questionnaires, folios, auditions, prior study or work experience. Course Structure
| Code | Title | | Year 1, Semester 1 | | | The Law School is currently reviewing the law components of this course to continue to meet the needs of students and employers. As a result this program may change in 2009 and is subject to final approval. | | KKB101 | Creative Industries: People and Practices | | KPB101 | Foundations of Film and Television Production | | | OR | | KVB104 | Photomedia and Artistic Practice | | | Introduction to Legal Research | | LWB141 | Legal Institutions and Method | | LWB142 | Law, Society and Justice | | Year 1, Semester 2 | | KCB103 | Strategic Speech Communication | | KKB102 | Creative Industries: Making Connections | | | Second major: One first unit | | LWB143 | Legal Research and Writing | | LWB144 | Laws and Global Perspectives | | Year 2, Semester 1 | | KKB221 | Approaching Interdisciplinarity | | | Second major: One second unit | | | Second major: One third unit | | | Second major: One fourth unit | | LWB136 | Contracts A | | Year 2, Semester 2 | | KKB222 | Interdisciplinarity in Practice | | | Second major: One fifth unit | | | Second major: One sixth unit | | LWB137 | Contracts B | | Year 3, Semester 1 | | | Transitions to New Professional Environments unit | | | Second major: One seventh unit | | LWB138 | Fundamentals of Torts | | LWB238 | Fundamentals of Criminal Law | | Year 3, Semester 2 | | | Transitions to New Professional Environments unit | | | Second major: One eighth unit | | LWB139 | Select Issues in Torts | | LWB239 | Criminal Responsibility | | Year 4, Semester 1 | | LWB231 | Introduction to Public Law | | LWB236 | Real Property A | | LWB240 | Principles of Equity | | LWB332 | Commercial and Personal Property Law | | LWB333 | Theories of Law | | Year 4, Semester 2 | | LWB235 | Australian Federal Constitutional Law | | LWB237 | Real Property B | | LWB241 | Trusts | | LWB331 | Administrative Law | | LWB334 | Corporate Law | | Year 5, Semester 1 | | LWB431 | Civil Procedure | | LWB432 | Evidence | | LWB434 | Advanced Research and Legal Reasoning | | | Law Elective Units | | Year 5, Semester 2 | | LWB433 | Professional Responsibility | | | Law Elective Units x 3 |
Creative Industries course structure
| Code | Title | | Year 1, Semester 1 | | KKB101 | Creative Industries: People and Practices | | KPB101 | Foundations of Film and Television Production | | | OR | | KVB104 | Photomedia and Artistic Practice | | Year 1, Semester 2 | | KKB102 | Creative Industries: Making Connections | | KCB103 | Strategic Speech Communication | | Year 2, Semester 1 | | KKB221 | Approaching Interdisciplinarity | | SELECT: | Second major: One First Unit | | Year 2, Semester 2 | | KKB222 | Interdisciplinarity in Practice | | SELECT: | Second major: One Second Unit | | Year 3, Semester 1 | | SELECT: | Second major: One Third Unit | | SELECT: | Second major: One Fourth Unit | | Year 3, Semester 2 | | SELECT: | Second major: One Fifth Unit | | SELECT: | Second major: One Sixth Unit | | Year 4, Semester 1 | | SELECT: | Transitions to New Professional Environment Unit | | SELECT: | Second major: One Seventh Unit | | Year 4, Semester 2 | | SELECT: | Transitions to New Professional Environment Unit | | SELECT: | Second major: One Eighth Unit |
Potential careers
Academic
Art Writer
Barrister
Creative Writer
Crown Law Officer
Government Officer
In-House Lawyer
Information Officer
Media Industry Specialist
Organisational Communication Specialist
Policy Officer
Public Servant
Publishing Professional
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