Bachelor of Business/Bachelor of Design (Interior Architecture)
Queensland University of Technology
About
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 accountancy, advertising, economics, finance financial planning, human resource management, international business, management, marketing, or public relations.
Business acumen and interior architecture skills can lead to diverse careers intersecting design with one of the business majors.
Bachelor of Design (Interior Architecture) This course is internationally recognised and provides you with the expertise to produce spaces that enhance the quality of life and experience of occupants.
You'll undertake interior design projects in practical studio settings and participate in independent and collaborative problem solving.
Our strong connections to local industry provide you with real-world experience and insight into your career options, through award-winning practitioners as tutors and promotion of your work in prominent public settings.
You will be supported by contemporary, relevant teaching and a focus on new and emergent fields including small and large-scale design in real and virtual environments, physical and digital experimentation, body/space relations, and design for health and social inclusion.
During the course you will conceptualise and develop your designs through expertise in spatial thinking and detailed resolution, using models, full-scale material constructs and digital animations.
Structure
Domestic Students
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 (Interior Architecture). 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.
Accountancy students will undertake 6 specified business core units and 10 accountancy 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 interior architecture major (144 credit points), including: four shared foundation units (48 credit points) eight units (96 credit points) from the discipline.
Study overseas
Study overseas while earning credit towards your QUT creative industries 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 a creative or non-creative discipline area, depending on how they match with your QUT course.
International Students
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 (Interior Architecture). 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.
Accountancy students will undertake 6 specified business core units and 10 accountancy 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 interior architecture major (144 credit points), including: four shared foundation units (48 credit points) eight units (96 credit points) from the discipline.
Study overseas
Study overseas while earning credit towards your QUT creative industries 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 a creative or non-creative discipline area, depending on how they match with your QUT course.
Entry requirements
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 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/selection rank of 93.00 or higher (including any adjustments) 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
Adjustments to your selection rank
Any adjustments you receive to your selection rank (or OP equivalent) will be applied to this course.
Find out if you’re eligible for an adjustment to your selection rank
Offers we made to school leavers in Semester 1, 2019
The scores listed in the tables below reflect the offers that were made to recent school leavers. If you are not a school leaver, take a look at the entry thresholds box at the top of this page to see the lowest adjusted scores required overall to receive an offer.
| Offer | Excluding adjustments-OP | Excluding adjustments-Selection rank | Including adjustments-OP | Including adjustments-Selection rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highest OP/selection rank to receive an offer | OP <5* | Selection rank <5* | OP <5* | Selection rank <5* |
| Median OP/selection rank to receive an offer | OP <5* | Selection rank <5* | OP <5* | Selection rank <5* |
| Lowest OP/selection rank to receive an offer | OP <5* | Selection rank <5* | OP <5* | Selection rank <5* |
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).
Learning outcomes
Careers and outcomes(DOM,INT)
In both the commercial and property sectors, business acumen and interior architecture skills can lead to diverse careers intersecting design with marketing, public relations, advertising, international business, economics, management and human resource management.
Professional recognition(DOM,INT)
Graduates qualify for membership of the Design Institute of Australia (DIA).
The Bachelor of Design (Interior Architecture) does not confer qualifications in Architecture and the Queensland Architects Act (2002) restricts the use of the title “Architect” to professionals registered by the Board of Architects of Queensland.
Possible careers
- Accountant
- Advertising Professional
- Economist
- Financial Advisor/Analyst
- Human Resource Manager
- Interior Designer
- International Business Specialist
- Manager
- Marketing Officer/Manager
- Public Relations Officer/Consultant
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