Highlights
- Combine professional practice in human services with a creative interest for community or cultural development.
- Design your own degree by exploring your creative talents and choosing a creative industries major, and aligning this with areas of interest in human services.
- Learn through extensive practical placements, including opportunities for overseas placements, industry partnerships and networking.
Why choose this course?
Creativity is used in many areas of community and cultural development, youth arts, disability arts and correctional services. Graduates of this course may work in roles that encourage the use of creative disciplines to support individuals and communities who are experiencing social or economic adversity.
You will major in an area of creative industries that may include creative and professional writing, drama, entertainment industries, fashion communication, film, television and screen, interactive and visual design, media and communication, and music.
Choose elective units in human services that support your creative interests, such as Indigenous health, domestic violence, youth services or disability.
Extensive professional placement provides an opportunity to network and explore the array of career pathways. These placements can be completed in local, regional or overseas locations.
Careers and outcomes
Use your expertise in careers in youth arts, disability arts, rehabilitation in corrective services, or community and cultural development.
Professional recognition
Graduates are eligible for membership of the Australian Community Workers Association.
Course requirements
There are requirements that you will need to meet as a student in this course. You will need to identify these requirements and ensure you allow sufficient time to meet them. Some of these requirements have associated costs.
Blue card:You must undergo a criminal history check for working with children and be issued with a suitability card (blue card) before commencing clinical placement/practicum in an organisation where they may work with children or young people.
The processing of your application may take several months so you must submit your blue card application to HiQ as early as possible to ensure you have your card before you begin any unit that requires contact with children. There is no charge for student blue cards. Students who already have a blue card must register it with QUT.
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