Career opportunities

Your bachelor's degree in communication will open up career opportunities in a wide range of communication and media settings such as:

• Advertising or public relations professional
• Design and content creator
• Digital and social media strategist
• Event manager
• Journalist
• Marketer
• Project manager
• Television presenter

What you will study?

For each 8-point subject you are enrolled in, you should expect to spend 10 to 12 hours per week working on assignments and assigned readings, tutorial assistance, individual or group research/study, forum activity, workplace learning, and attending lectures, intensive schools, or examinations. If you are studying four subjects per session, this is equivalent to a full-time job. The workload for some subjects may vary as a result of approved course design.

Entry requirement

• Minimum ATAR for course (including adjustment factors)

OR

• Successful completion of two university level subjects (AQF Associate Degree or higher) demonstrating a reasonable prospect of success through the Grade Point Average (GPA) gained in these studies

OR

• Successful completion of a Tertiary Preparation Course from an Australian University or an accredited provider demonstrating a reasonable prospect of success through the Grade Point Average (GPA) gained in these studies. This includes the Charles Sturt Diploma of General Studies and Charles Sturt Pathway Program.

OR

• A completed AQF Certificate III or higher-level qualification or 50% completion of an AQF Diploma level qualification OR Work experience, within the same industry as the course profile, of no less than 2 years full-time equivalent

OR

• Other admissions options Schools Recommendation Scheme (SRS) Indigenous Access Program (IAP) Charles Sturt Advantage

    1 . providing evidence of having completed a sufficient standard of study in English (as outlined in Group one and Group two lists below)

    2. for undergraduate courses have obtained an Academic IELTS within the last 2 years with:

• a minimum overall score of 6.0
• no individual score below 5.5

   3. for postgraduate coursework courses have obtained an Academic IELTS within the last 2 years with:

• a minimum overall score of 6.0
• no individual score below 6.0

   4. for higher degree by research courses have obtained at Academic IELTS within the last 2 years with:

• a minimum overall score of 6.5
• no individual score below 6.0

  5. obtaining a qualification deemed to be equivalent to Academic IELTS (and its minimum scores) by Charles Sturt.

Fees and scholarship

International on campus

Fee paying overseas:

Full-time - $26,960.00 pa

Part-time - $13,480.00 pa

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