Highlights
- Develop skills in cinematography, editing, sound or directing, or learn how to be a producer or scriptwriter.
- Showcase your work to industry professionals and external clients at public screenings.
- Choose from a range of genres including documentary, drama, television, experimental film while exploring digital and mobile platforms.
- Graduates have made films or programs that have won Oscars, Emmy, BAFTA, AFI and IF awards, and screened at major international and Australian film festivals.
- Gain a strong foundation in contemporary law knowledge, understanding and experience.
- Benefit from meaningful connections with high profile industry employers and classes with leading and internationally renowned law experts.
- Complete 2 separate degrees in 5.5 years full-time.
- Complement your film, screen and new media skills with a law degree.
Highlights
- Develop skills in cinematography, editing, sound or directing, or learn how to be a producer or scriptwriter.
- Showcase your work to industry professionals and external clients at public screenings.
- Choose from a range of genres including documentary, drama, television, experimental film while exploring digital and mobile platforms.
- Graduates have made films or programs that have won Oscars, Emmy, BAFTA, AFI and IF awards, and screened at major international and Australian film festivals.
- Gain a strong foundation in contemporary law knowledge, understanding and experience.
- Benefit from meaningful connections with high profile industry employers and classes with leading and internationally renowned law experts.
- Complete 2 separate degrees in 5.5 years full-time.
- Complement your film, screen and new media skills with a law degree.
Why choose this course?
You will graduate not only with advanced technical and creative skills, but also with highly developed legal knowledge you can apply within the film, screen and new media industries. You can also pursue a career as a barrister or solicitor in private practice, or to practise with large companies, in government agencies, or as a policy adviser. Through the combination of film, screen and new media with law, you will enhance your employability in your chosen field, whether in the legal fraternity or as a creative practitioner.
This film course for the digital age provides flexibility and a broad range of practical industry skills while encouraging you to develop your skills in producing, writing, editing, sound, cinematography or directing. You will learn skills used in audio-visual media, gain business and leadership skills, and knowledge of how the entertainment industry works. Regardless of your chosen specialisation, this broad base of skills will make you attractive to employers, or set you up to better take control of your freelance career.
You will be industry ready for the career path you choose to pursue. You will gain experience in your specialisation by working with other students to produce creative works for external clients and may have your works showcased to the industry at public screenings in your final year.
Explore this course
Storytelling for screen is no longer restricted to big-budget cinema releases and television series commissioned by major networks. The need for quality content for subscription TV, mobile devices, internet, promotional campaigns, film festivals and events is leading to lucrative opportunities for multiskilled professionals to generate highly creative, captivating productions.
This course gives you a broad base of knowledge, skills and experiences to explore a wide range of career options within the film, television and digital media industries before specialising in an area of your choice. If your passion is cinematography, editing, sound or directing, you will develop technical skills by producing high-quality creative content. If you are interested in producing, you will find your niche as a creative entrepreneur, learning how to generate ideas and develop them into finished productions through sourcing funding, personnel and distribution. Alternatively, you may hone your skills in scriptwriting.
There is an emphasis on creating quality content for a broad range of applications. You will choose from a range of genres, including documentary, drama, television formats and experimental film, and be encouraged to consider formats that include film, television, digital and mobile platforms.
Immerse yourself in the film and screen and new media major with up to 16 discipline units and gain in-depth knowledge in your specialisation. Your law degree component comprises nineteen core units and eight law elective units, which can include a third study area as a minor or electives from across QUT.
In the law component, there is a practical focus which, when combined with film, screen and new media study, will equip you for a broad range of careers, including legal practice, and provision of legal services to the film industry.
Careers and outcomes
Graduates work in the film, television and screen industries in entry-level positions on film sets, for production companies or screen media outlets, and as freelance professionals. Career outcomes include cinematography, vision and sound editing, directing, script-writing, producing or production management. Your Law degree will provide additional career opportunities within the film and entertainment industry, such as media lawyers involved in copyright disputes, negotiation of licences and talent agreements. Alternatively, law can enhance your skills as a film producer to draft contracts, and develop and manage deals. Or you could work as a film maker specialising in crime or legal content within film, TV or online media.
Our graduates have gone on to make films or programs that have won Oscars, Emmy, BAFTA, AACTA and IF awards. They have screened at prestigious festivals worldwide including Cannes, Tribeca, Berlinale, Sydney Film Festival, Melbourne International Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival and Tropfest.
QUT graduates have worked on films including The Martian, Hacksaw Ridge, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Revenant, Burning Man, My Mistress, Harry Potter, The Wolverine, Quantum of Solace, The Great Gatsby, Les Misérables, Batman Returns, Battleship and Total Recall.
Television programs include True Detective, Westworld, Hoff the Record, Secrets and Lies, The Night Manager, Battlebots, Australia’s Got Talent, Big Brother, MasterChef (USA), The Voice, X-Factor, Australian Story, Go Back To Where You Came From, SLiDE, and Absolutely Fabulous, The Thick of It, and Quick Cuts for BBC London.
Music videos include those for Powderfinger, Silverchair, Washington, and many others.
Professional recognition
The Bachelor of Laws (Honours) is accredited by the Legal Practitioners' Admissions Board (LPAB). To become a solicitor or barrister, you will need to complete practical legal training (PLT) and pass the Bar Exams. QUT offers PLT through our Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice.
Possible careers
- Advertising and new media professional
- Artist
- Barrister
- Cinematographer
- Crown law officer
- Director
- Film composer
- Film/television producer
- Government officer
- Internet professional
- Lawyer
- Media lawyer
- Media producer
- Multimedia designer
- Producer
- Solicitor
- Technical officer
In order to complete this course, you must complete a total of 528 credit points comprising 192 credit points from the Bachelor of Fine Arts and 336 credit points from the Bachelor of Laws (Honours). You will study fine arts and law units in your first your years and for the remainder of this course you will concentrate on law studies.
Fine Arts Component:
You will complete two common units (24 credit points) and a Fine Arts major (168 credit points) from one of the following disciplines (Creative Writing; Film, Screen and New Media).
Law Component:
To meet the requirements of the Bachelor of Laws (Honours) component of the double degree, you must complete a total of 336 credit points comprising 240 credit points of core units, 24 credit points of law electives, 48 credit points of general electives and 24 credit points of advanced law electives. General electives may be selected as a 48 credit point Law, Technology and Innovation Minor or other uni wide minor; or as four standalone electives selected from the law electives list or university-wide electives list.
Successful completion of a minor will be recognised on the Academic Record and the Australian Education Graduation Statement.
Law Honours Grading
Honours grading is based on a whole of course GPA.
In order to complete this course, you must complete a total of 528 credit points comprising 192 credit points from the Bachelor of Fine Arts and 336 credit points from the Bachelor of Laws (Honours). You will study fine arts and law units in your first your years and for the remainder of this course you will concentrate on law studies.
Fine Arts Component:
You will complete two common units (24 credit points) and a Fine Arts major (168 credit points) from one of the following disciplines (Creative Writing; Film, Screen and New Media).
Law Component:
To meet the requirements of the Bachelor of Laws (Honours) component of the double degree, you must complete a total of 336 credit points comprising 240 credit points of core units, 24 credit points of law electives, 48 credit points of general electives and 24 credit points of advanced law electives. General electives may be selected as a 48 credit point Law, Technology and Innovation Minor or other uni wide minor; or as four standalone electives selected from the law electives list or university-wide electives list.
Successful completion of a minor will be recognised on the Academic Record and the Australian Education Graduation Statement.
Law Honours Grading
Honours grading is based on a whole of course GPA.
- ATAR/selection rank threshold
- 84.00
These thresholds are the lowest adjusted scores to which QUT made an offer in Semester 1, 2024.
Don't have a ATAR/selection rank?
- Course code
- ID45
- QTAC code
- 409472
- CRICOS code
- 083024E
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- Gardens Point
- Kelvin Grove
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- Gardens Point
- Kelvin Grove
- 5.5 years full-time
- 5.5 years full-time
- February and July
- February and July
Assumed knowledge
Before you start this course, we assume you have sound knowledge of the subject/s listed below. If you don't have the subject knowledge, you can still apply for the course but we strongly encourage you to undertake bridging studies to gain the knowledge:
- English, or Literature, or English and Literature Extension, or English as an Additional Language (Units 3 & 4, C)
Offer guarantee
If you achieve an ATAR or selection rank of 87.00 or higher (including any adjustments) and satisfy all other admission requirements, you are guaranteed an offer for this course.
VET guarantee
If you have completed an AQF diploma or higher, and satisfy all other admission requirements, you are guaranteed an offer for this course.
Advanced standing
If you have prior studies or work experience, you may be eligible for advanced standing (credit). You can apply for advanced standing once you've been accepted to QUT. If you're in your first semester of study, you must apply for advanced standing within 10 days of receiving your offer.
Deferment
You can defer your offer and postpone the start of your course for one year.
More about deferring your offer
Adjustments to your ATAR/selection rank
Any adjustments you receive to your ATAR or selection rank will be applied to this course.
Find out if you’re eligible for an adjustment to your ATAR or selection rank
Offers we made to school leavers in Semester 1, 2023
The figures listed in the tables below reflect the offers that were made to recent ATAR students. The entry thresholds box at the top of this page shows the lowest adjusted ATAR/selection rank required to receive an offer for all applicants for the most recent January QTAC offer round.
Excluding adjustments | Including adjustments | |
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Highest ATAR/selection rank to receive an offer |
Selection rank
97.75
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Selection rank
99.95
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Median ATAR/selection rank to receive an offer |
Selection rank
92.22
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Selection rank
93.68
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Lowest ATAR/selection rank to receive an offer |
Selection rank
84.00
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Selection rank
87.00
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You can find out more about your fellow students’ backgrounds with this course’s student profile.
Other admission options
If you are of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent, you may be eligible for admission through our Centralised Assessment Selection Process (CASP).
Select the country where you completed your studies to see a guide to the grades you need to apply for this course.
If your country or qualification is not listed, you can still apply for this course and we will assess your eligibility.
I completed secondary school in Australia
- ATAR/selection rank
- 84.00
Offer guarantee
If you completed secondary school in Australia and achieve an ATAR/selection rank of 87.00 or higher (including any adjustments) and satisfy all other admission requirements, you are guaranteed an offer for this course.
VET guarantee
If you have completed an AQF diploma or higher, and satisfy all other admission requirements, you are guaranteed an offer for this course.
Minimum English language requirements
Select the country where you completed your studies to see a guide on meeting QUT’s English language requirements.
Your scores and prior qualifications in English-speaking countries are considered. Approved English-speaking countries are Australia, Canada, England, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland, United States of America and Wales.
If your country or qualification is not listed, you can still apply for this course and we will assess your eligibility.
We accept English language proficiency scores from the following tests undertaken in a secure test centre. Tests must be taken no more than 2 years prior to the QUT course commencement.
English Test | Overall | Listening | Reading | Writing | Speaking |
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PTE Academic | 58 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 |
Cambridge English Score
You must share your results with QUT through the Candidate Results Online website. |
176 | 169 | 169 | 169 | 169 |
IELTS Academic / IELTS One Skills Retake | 6.5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
TOEFL iBT / Paper | 79 | 16 | 16 | 21 | 18 |
Don't have the English language score you need? We can help!
We offer English language programs to improve your English and help you gain entry to this course.
When you apply for this course, we will recommend which English course you should enrol in.
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 $15,400 per year full-time (96 credit points)
2024 fees
2024: $33,200 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 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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