Course overview
When you combine science and arts, you'll develop the critical thinking and communication skills along with the specialised skills and practical knowledge in the biological, clinical, chemical, physical and mathematical sciences. You’ll have the freedom to tailor your degree around your interests in your foundation first year, before gaining specialist knowledge and abilities – based on your chosen majors – throughout the remainder of your studies.
This degree sits within both the humanities and science departments, offering you a broad choice of majors from either study area. The result is a well-rounded, interdisciplinary degree that sets you up to start your career equipped with the skills and knowledge you need to tackle the problems of today.
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Career Opportunities
Career opportunities
For Science: Depending on your major, microbiologist, pharmaceutical scientist, biochemist, chemist or biotechnologist, statistician, mathematician, physicist; with further study, science journalist, patent lawyer, science teacher; roles in the finance sector that require research and analytical skills, including the application of mathematics and statistics.
For Arts: A variety of roles in advertising, aid work, administration, arts management, information management, community development, heritage, journalism, librarianship (with further study), media production, public relations, research, social policy analysis, teaching (with further study), web production, welfare services.
Majors
Areas of study
For Science: Majors: Applied mathematics, biochemistry and molecular biology, chemistry, geography, marine biology, physics, wildlife biology.
For Arts: Majors: Chinese, creative writing, criminal justice, drama, French,* German,* history, Indigenous studies, Indonesian,* Islam-West relations, Italian, Japanese, journalism, Korean,* language, culture and society, literary studies, Modern Greek,* security and international studies, popular culture and screen studies, psychology, sociology, social justice, Spanish, strategic communication.
*Via cross-institutional study.
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Fees and charges
Entry requirements
Review the captured standard entry requirements, English requirements and additional notes for this course.
Standard entry
- Applicants applying to commence in Trimester 3, 2023 also need to meet the following subject prerequisite: Any two units of English (Band 3).
If the student's current English result is below the direct-entry requirement, consider the university's recognised English language pathway or ELICOS package. When the student successfully completes the approved pathway at the required level, the university may accept that pathway for English entry without requiring a new IELTS, TOEFL or PTE result. Always confirm exclusions for professional registration courses and the offer conditions.
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Campuses & intake dates
- Gold CoastQLD