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- Graduate with advanced creative skills in drama and highly developed business knowledge.
- Complete 2 separate degrees in 4 years full-time.
- Fine Arts (Drama) is the most comprehensive undergraduate drama program in Queensland.
- Study a business major in accounting, advertising, economics, finance, financial planning, human resource management, international business, management, marketing, or public relations.
Highlights
- Graduate with advanced creative skills in drama and highly developed business knowledge.
- Complete 2 separate degrees in 4 years full-time.
- Fine Arts (Drama) is the most comprehensive undergraduate drama program in Queensland.
- Study a business major in accounting, advertising, economics, finance, financial planning, human resource management, international business, management, marketing, or public relations.
Why choose this course?
This combined degree opens up a wide range of creative and business careers. You will graduate not only with advanced technical and creative skills, but also with highly developed business knowledge.
If you are interested in a career that extends your performing arts knowledge into arts marketing and management, advertsing and public relations or in stage management this course is for you.
Previous graduates have had a dynamic impact on the development of the Australian creative industries sector, and our most recent graduates are at the heart of the exciting growth in the independent theatre sector in Australia.
Learn from the best
You will be taught by a range of industry professionals whose expertise and passion will inspire and guide you, and who in future years may become your mentors and colleagues. You will collaborate with talented students, and the creative relationships you develop will establish the professional networks you will be drawing on throughout your career.
Explore this course
Immerse yourself in the fine arts major with up to 16 discipline units and gain in-depth knowledge in your specialisation. Develop business skills and be able to think creatively and critically, communicate professionally, make ethical business decisions and work in a global context. Your business degree component comprises eight business core units and eight business major units.
Flexible delivery
The flexible nature of the course means you can combine creative experiences in performance making with theoretical studies. This will allow you to get the most from classroom learning as you connect with contemporary performance both nationally and globally. You will also develop business skills across a broad range of majors to ensure your degree is tailored to you.
Careers and outcomes
As a multiskilled graduate you will seek to complement your artistic career with paid employment in related areas. Graduates work as event coordinators, festival organisers and administrators. Some establish companies with other graduates to create work for the independent theatre sector. Graduates have established successful careers as playwrights, artistic directors, directors and designers or performers working across a variety of genres including physical theatre or music.
Combined with skilled honed in your business degree you w will enter an industry which has an established network of QUT graduates currently working in positions around the world, including:
- public relations consultant/manager
- communications adviser
- corporate relations executive
- media adviser or press secretary
- media and communications officer or manager
- stakeholder relations adviser or manager
- publicist
- community relations officer
- corporate affairs manager
Professional recognition
Students may be eligible for membership to a number of professional bodies depending on choice of major and unit selection in their business degree. Details on professional recognition can be found under the individual majors of the Bachelor of Business (BS05).
Research pathways
Bachelor of Business (Honours) option
High-achieving students who wish to take further studies may enrol in BS63 Bachelor of Business (Honours).
Possible careers
- Academic
- Account executive
- Actor
- Administrator
- Advertising professional
- Art director
- Arts administrator
- Events and festivals coordinator
- Lighting technician
- Manager
- Public relations officer/consultant
- Stage manager
- Theatre professional
Your 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 Fine Arts. You will undertake the two components of the double degree concurrently.
Business component
The business component is made up of 96 credit points of Business School core units and 96 credit points of units from a business major. The business majors are accounting, advertising, economics, finance, financial planning, human resource management, international business, management, marketing and public relations. Accounting students will complete 10 major units and six Business School core units in order to meet professional recognition requirements.
Fine arts component
You will complete two common units (24 credit points) and a fine arts major (168 credit points) in drama.
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.
Your 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 Fine Arts. You will undertake the two components of the double degree concurrently.
Business component
The business component is made up of 96 credit points of Business School core units and 96 credit points of units from a business major. The business majors are accounting, advertising, economics, finance, financial planning, human resource management, international business, management, marketing and public relations. Accounting students will complete 10 major units and six Business School core units in order to meet professional recognition requirements.
Fine arts component
You will complete two common units (24 credit points) and a fine arts major (168 credit points) in drama.
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.
Your actual fees may vary depending on which units you choose. We review fees annually, and they may be subject to increases.
2025 fees
2025: CSP fees available from September
2025 fees
2025: Available from July
2024 fees
2024: CSP $15,300 per year full-time (96 credit points)
2024 fees
2024: $33,800 per year full-time (96 credit points)
Student services and amenities fees
You may need to pay student services and amenities (SA) fees as part of your course costs.
HECS-HELP: loans to help you pay for your course fees
You may not have to pay anything upfront if you're eligible for a HECS-HELP loan.
You can apply for scholarships to help you with study and living costs.
QUT Excellence Scholarship (Academic)
QUT's premier offering for students with outstanding academic achievement.
- Scholarship eligibility
- Academic performance
Laurie Cowled Indigenous Scholarship for Business Students
A scholarship for future and current Indigenous female students enrolled in undergraduate or postgraduate studies in business.
- Scholarship eligibility
- Indigenous Australian; Struggling financially; Women
QUT Real World International Scholarship
A scholarship to cover tuition fees, with eligibility based on your prior academic achievements.
- Scholarship eligibility
- Academic performance
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