Bachelor of Design/Bachelor of Media and Communications - 2024 Early Entry Program

Swinburne University of Technology - Hawthorn

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Overview

This course is part of Swinburne’s 2024 Early Entry Program. You will be selected for entry based on your subject study scores and school recommendation, instead of your ATAR. To be eligible, you must submit an online application and preference this course in VTAC. Learn more

Designed to give students a competitive edge, this double degree is designed to equip you with in-depth knowledge across the discipline of design, as well as additional skills in management, writing, business, media planning and more – making graduates well-prepared for a wide variety of both creative and managerial opportunities in creative communications and media.

All our bachelor degrees include a guaranteed Work Integrated Learning opportunity, which could be a placement, internship or industry-linked project. In this double degree, you’ll work on industry-linked projects relevant to your major areas of study.

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Prerequisites

Year 12 prerequisites

Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 25 in English other than EAL or at least 30 in English as an Additional Language (EAL); Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 20 in one of Art Creative Practice, Product Design And Technology, Media, Creative And Digital Media (VCE VET) I, Art Making And Exhibiting or Visual Communication Design.

Majors

Advertising, Branded environments, Cinema and screen studies, Communication design, Creative writing and publishing, Immersive media, Journalism, Motion design, Photomedia, Public relations, Social media, Sports management, UX interaction design.

Potential Career Outcomes

Graduates can enjoy a wide range of careers in design and media and communication areas especially advertising, communication, promotion, and the financial, marketing and management areas of design. The type of careers this qualification leads to may include communications designer, exhibition designer, graphic designer, multimedia developer, advertising consultant, marketing and sales professional, public relations officer, media planner, brand strategist and user experience designer.

ATAR & Selection Rank

The table below shows the ATAR and Selection Rank information for those offered places wholly or partly on the basis of ATAR in 2023.

ATAR-based offers only, across all offer rounds
ATAR
(excluding adjustment factors)
Selection Rank
(including adjustment factors)
Highest rank to receive an offer88.05N/P
Median rank to receive an offer66.00N/P
Lowest rank to receive an offer49.40N/P

<5 - Less than 5 ATAR-based offers were made

Admission Criteria

Please refer to the Swinburne University of Technology website for admission criteria information.

Course Seeker

This information is sourced from Course Seeker, a joint initiative between the Australian Government and the Tertiary Admission Centres. View more information on Course Seeker.


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