New Business Double Degree - Deakin

 New Business Double Degrees Deakin is introducing two new double degrees that sit alongside existing combinations such as Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Business and Bachelor of Criminology/Bachelor of Business, giving students even more ways to combine their interests, build a distinctive skill set and shape a career that reflects how they want to work.

• Bachelor of Business/Bachelor of Communication

This double degree combines professional business capabilities with professional communication expertise, equipping graduates with a versatile skill set valued across industries.  Work integrated learning is a core part of the degree, with domestic and international internships and volunteer experiences that build meaningful professional networks, supported by research-active academics and Deakin Business School’s AACSB and EQUIS-accredited facilities, including the state-of-the-art Deakin Trading Room. 

Students can choose a communications major in advertising, public relations, journalism or digital and social media, then pair it with a business major in marketing management, human resource management, project management, entrepreneurship and innovation, business management or AI and business information systems. 

Find out more at Bachelor of Business/Bachelor of Communication.

• Bachelor of Design/Bachelor of Business

This double degree brings creative and commercial thinking together, designed for students who want to develop ideas that are both meaningful and commercially sound.  Students build design expertise focused on understanding people, solving real problems and creating engaging solutions for audiences, alongside a solid grounding in business fundamentals. Students choose a double major across the degree: in design, from communication design or interactive and UX design; in business, from areas including business management, AI and business information systems, entrepreneurship and innovation, human resource management, marketing management and project management.  Core units, an employability sequence and electives round out this progressive double degree.

Find out more at Bachelor of Design/Bachelor of Business.