Overview

Students prepare for a professional career researching, reporting, writing and telling stories across different media platforms, including digital, print, radio and television. Benefitting from a progressive program that keeps pace with industry, students learn the principles and practices of new digital media production. Students gain sought-after skills in field recording and camera work, sound editing, vision and pictures, data analysis, publishing, and multimedia platform distribution. Access to an onsite media and production support team as well as access to industry professionals, fieldwork and internship opportunities prepares for students for a versatile and adaptable career. For more information, visit Bachelor of Journalism at UQ.

Prerequisites

Majors

Minors: Digital media; economics; film and television; political science; popular music and technology; public relations; sports studies; writing.

Potential Career Outcomes

Journalists; writer; editor; corporate publisher; director; producer; presenter; media adviser; programming associate; photojournalist.

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 offer99.6599.95
Median rank to receive an offer88.1089.10
Lowest rank to receive an offer76.9580.10

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

Admission Criteria

Please refer to the University of Queensland 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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