The Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (BA/BIE) combined degree will produce a new breed of graduates. Develop rich expertise in arts, culture, and social science, along with innovative and entrepreneurial business skills.

This combined degree will develop and inspire individuals interested in creating innovative futures that influence markets, communities and societies. It is designed to provide you with a strong grasp of the complex processes, risks, rewards, motivations and societal impacts of innovation and entrepreneurship within regional, national and global perspectives.

Graduates are empowered with commercial skills, specialist knowledge and the ability to think distinctively, creatively and critically in a business environment. Stretch your imagination and gain highly competitive skills to jumpstart a bright future in an increasingly dynamic and commercial world.

Majors:

• Creative and Performing Arts
• Education
• English and Writing
• Film, Media and Cultural Studies
• French
• German
• Global Indigenous Studies
• History
• Human Geography and the Environment
• Japanese
• Linguistics
• Politics and International Relations
• Psychology Studies
• Sociology and Anthropology

What you will study

The combined Bachelor of Arts / Bachelor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (BA/BIE) empowers you to diversify your skills and better shape your future. Focus on what interests you – choose from 21 areas of study within arts and humanities. In addition, you will also benefit from hands-on teaching and mentoring across entrepreneurship and innovative thinking.

The first year of study is designed to provide a strong foundation in the principles and practices of business, equipping you with a core set of commercial and business development skills. You will complete studies across a broad range of business disciplines including:

• accounting
• law
• marketing
• entrepreneurship and innovation

Your second, third and fourth years of study will allow you to further enrich and diversify your learning and skillset. The combined program allows you to tailor your study experience undertaking courses relevant to your chosen major sequence.

Depending on your chosen areas of study, careers may include:

• innovation manager
• academic
• archivist
• Arts administrator
• business consultant
• cultural resource manager
• demographer
• education sector administration
• entrepreneur
• exhibitions officer
• film and media producer or analyst
• government or business administration
• grants officer
• heritage consultant
• innovation manager
• interpreter
• librarian
• linguistic analyst; diplomat
• market research analyst
• media planner
• museum visitor services coordinator
• non-government organisation work
• policy analyst and developer
• public or private sector researcher
• public servant professional
• publisher
• tour guide
• translator
• writer or editor
• and, with further qualifications primary or secondary school teacher