Bachelor of Communication (Community and Public Relations)/Bachelor of Nutrition Science (ID06)

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This is a major of the course Bachelor of Communication/Bachelor of Nutrition Science (ID06)

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Major Details

Course duration (full-time):	4 years
Total credit points:	384
Standard credit points/full-time semester:	48
Course coordinator:	Program Director, School of Communication; phone +61 7 3138 2000; email: askqut@qut.edu.au School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences (Health); phone 07 3138 4831; email: nutrition@qut.edu.au.
Discipline coordinator:	AskQUT
Course contact:	+61 7 3138 2000, askqut@qut.edu.au
Delivery:	Kelvin Grove
CRICOS code:	096580C
Faculty:	Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice

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QUT You

You may be required to complete QUT You units in your course – find out more about QUT You.

Course Structures

In order to complete this course, you must complete a total of 384 credit points comprising 180 credit points from the Bachelor of Communication, 192 credit points from the Bachelor of Nutrition Science, and 12 credit points of QUT You. You will undertake both degree components concurrently.

Communication component:

Six core units - 72 credit points
A Communication major - 96 credit points
One Communication Unit Option - 12 credit points

Nutrition Science component:
You will complete 192 credit points of specified Nutrition Science units.

QUT You: 12 credit points

Community and Public Relations Major: Feb entry - commence 2024

Year 1, Semester 1

Code	Title	Offered In
CYB112 Equivalents: CWB101	Communication and Composition	Kelvin Grove Semester 1 Online Semester 1
CYB114 Equivalents: CYB102	Understanding Media Industries	Kelvin Grove Semester 1
SELECT	Other Degree Unit
SELECT	Other Degree Unit

Year 1, Semester 2

Code	Title	Offered In
CYB111	Communication and Collaboration	Kelvin Grove Semester 2
AMB163 Equivalents: AMB263, AMX263	Introduction to Public Relations	Gardens Point Semester 1, Semester 2 Online Semester 1, Semester 2
SELECT	Other Degree Unit
SELECT	Other Degree Unit

Year 2, Semester 1

Code	Title	Offered In
CYB113	Living in a Media World	Kelvin Grove Semester 1
AMB164 Equivalents: AMB264, AMX264	Media Relations and Publicity	Gardens Point Semester 1, Semester 2 Online Semester 1, Semester 2
SELECT	Other Degree Unit
SELECT	Other Degree Unit

Year 2, Semester 2

Code	Title	Offered In
CYB115 Equivalents: CYB105	Understanding Audiences	Kelvin Grove Semester 1, Semester 2
CYB116	Understanding the Internet and Data	Kelvin Grove Semester 2
SELECT	Other Degree Unit
SELECT	Other Degree Unit

Year 3, Semester 1

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
AMB373 Equivalents: AMX373	Issues and Crisis Communication	Online Semester 1 Gardens Point Semester 1	Prerequisites: 96 credit points must be completed prior to enrolling in this unit
Select one QUT You unit (6 credit points)
Select one QUT You unit (6 credit points)
SELECT	Other Degree Unit
SELECT	Other Degree Unit

Year 3, Semester 2

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
AMB375 Equivalents: AMX375	Internal Communication and Change	Gardens Point Semester 2 Online Semester 2	Prerequisites: 72 credit points of completed study
CCB205 Equivalents: CCB302	Digital Media Analytics	Kelvin Grove Semester 2	Prerequisites: 72cp of completed study
SELECT	Other Degree Unit
SELECT	Other Degree Unit

Year 4, Semester 1

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
AMB277 Equivalents: AMB374 or AMX374 AMB374 or AMX374	Stakeholders and Community Engagement: Local and Global Perspectives	Gardens Point Semester 1 Online Semester 1	Prerequisites: 48 credit points of completed study
SELECT	One unit from the Community and Public Relations Core Options list
SELECT	Other Degree Unit
SELECT	Other Degree Unit

Year 4, Semester 2

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
CCB307	Digital Advertising and Public Relations Capstone	Kelvin Grove Semester 2	Prerequisites: 168cp of completed study (in current course)
SELECT	One unit from the Communication Unit Options list
SELECT	Other Degree Unit
SELECT	Other Degree Unit

Nutrition Science: Feb entry - commence 2024

Year 1, Semester 1

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
Students may select either LQB180 or CZB190; LQB180 is recommended if no prior (or recent) high school chemistry/maths
LQB180	Foundations of Biochemistry	Gardens Point Semester 1	Antirequisites: CVB102, CZB190
CZB190	Chemistry for Health Sciences	Available for enrolment in 2024	Antirequisites: CVB101, CVB102, LQB180
XNB148	Foundations in Nutrition Practice	Kelvin Grove Semester 1
Other degree unit
Other degree unit

Year 1, Semester 2

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
XNB151 Equivalents: PUB201	Food and Nutrition	Online Semester 1, Semester 2 Kelvin Grove Semester 1, Semester 2
XNB149	Nutrition Communication	Kelvin Grove Semester 2	Prerequisites: XNB151 and XNB148
Other degree unit
Other degree unit

Year 2, Semester 1

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
LQB185 Equivalents: LSB182, LSB142, LQD185	Anatomy and Physiology for Health Professionals	Gardens Point Semester 1, Semester 2
LQB381	Biochemistry	Gardens Point Semester 1	Prerequisites: LQB180 or CZB190 or CSB432 or (CVB101 and CVB102)
Other degree unit
Other degree unit

Year 2, Semester 2

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
LQB481	Biochemical Pathways and Metabolism	Gardens Point Semester 2	Prerequisites: LQB381
LSB231	Physiology	Gardens Point Semester 2
Other degree unit
Other degree unit

Year 3, Semester 1

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
XNB250	Food Chemistry and Technology	Kelvin Grove Semester 1, Semester 2	Prerequisites: XNB151 and LQB180 (or CZB190). This unit is available ONLY in courses where listed as a core unit.
XNB255 Equivalents: XNH355	Nutritional Epidemiology	Kelvin Grove Semester 1	Prerequisites: XNB148 and (XNB150 or CWB103 or CWB200) and XNB151 and 24 credit points of introductory biosciences units from: (CZB190 or LQB180), LQB182, LQB281, LQB185, LSB142 Knowledge of basic statistical principles is assumed knowledge.
Other degree unit
Other degree unit

Year 3, Semester 2

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
XNB251 Equivalents: PUB405	Nutrition Science	Kelvin Grove Semester 2	Prerequisites: (LSB308 or LQB381) and LQB388 and XNB148 and XNB151 and XNB255 and LQB481. LQB481 can be studied in the same period.
XNB252 Equivalents: PUB648	Food and Nutrition Across the Lifecycle	Kelvin Grove Semester 2	Prerequisites: (XNB148 and (XNB150 or CWB103) and XNB151 and XNB250 and XNB255) or CSB441
Other degree unit
Other degree unit

Year 4, Semester 1

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
XNH350 Equivalents: PUB509, XNB350	Community and Public Health Nutrition	Kelvin Grove Semester 1	Prerequisites: XNB252, XNB255, XNB151, XNB148 and (XNB150 or CWB103)
XNB345	Advanced Nutrition Metabolism	Kelvin Grove Semester 1	Prerequisites: XNB251 and XNB252 and XNB255 and LQB481 and (LQB488 or LSB250). XNB255 can be undertaken in the same teaching period as XNB345.
Other degree unit
Other degree unit

Year 4, Semester 2

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
PUB416	Research to Change the World	Kelvin Grove Semester 2 Online Semester 2
XNB453	Professional Practice in Nutrition	Kelvin Grove Semester 1, Semester 2	Prerequisites: LQB481 and (LQB488 or LSB250) and (XNB255 or XNH355) and (XNB350 or XNH350 or PUB509) and (XNB251 or PUB405) and XNB252 and XNB345 and completion of 240cp including all core units Students are expected to have completed all theoretical units in nutrition
Other degree unit
Other degree unit

Unit Lists

QUT You

Code	Title	Offered In
QUT001	QUT You: Artificial Intelligence in the Real World	Gardens Point Semester 1 - 6 Week B Online Semester 1 - 6 Week B Kelvin Grove Semester 1 - 6 Week B
QUT002	QUT You: Walking on Country	Kelvin Grove Semester 1 - 6 Week A, Semester 2 - 6 Week D Gardens Point Semester 1 - 6 Week A, Semester 2 - 6 Week D Online Semester 1 - 6 Week A, Semester 2 - 6 Week D
QUT003	QUT You: Real Action for Real Change	Gardens Point Semester 1 - 6 Week A Kelvin Grove Semester 1 - 6 Week A Online Semester 1 - 6 Week A
QUT004	QUT You: Living and Working Collaboratively, Ethically, and Inclusively	Gardens Point Semester 2 - 6 Week D Kelvin Grove Semester 2 - 6 Week D Online Semester 2 - 6 Week D
QUT005	QUT You: Seeing Me, Seeing You: Skills for a Diverse World	Kelvin Grove Semester 1 - 6 Week B, Semester 2 - 6 Week C Gardens Point Semester 1 - 6 Week B, Semester 2 - 6 Week C Online Semester 1 - 6 Week B, Semester 2 - 6 Week C
QUT006	QUT You: The Art of Pitching	Gardens Point Semester 1 - 6 Week B Online Semester 1 - 6 Week B Kelvin Grove Semester 1 - 6 Week B
QUT007	QUT You: Fighting 'Fake News'	Kelvin Grove Semester 2 - 6 Week C Gardens Point Semester 2 - 6 Week C Online Semester 2 - 6 Week C
QUT008	QUT You: Think Like a Computer and Change the World	Kelvin Grove Semester 1 - 6 Week A Gardens Point Semester 1 - 6 Week A Online Semester 1 - 6 Week A
QUT009	QUT You: Data Science for Society	Gardens Point Semester 2 - 6 Week D Online Semester 2 - 6 Week D Kelvin Grove Semester 2 - 6 Week D
QUT010	QUT You: People with Robots	Gardens Point Semester 2 - 6 Week C Online Semester 2 - 6 Week C Kelvin Grove Semester 2 - 6 Week C

Communication Unit Options - commence 2024

Code	Title	Offered In	Requisites
CCB105 Equivalents: CCB200	Digital Platforms	Kelvin Grove Semester 1 Online Semester 1
CCB106 Equivalents: CWB112	Popular Culture	Online Semester 2 Kelvin Grove Semester 2
CCB201 Equivalents: KCB104	Australian Media	Kelvin Grove Semester 2 Online Semester 2	Prerequisites: Completion of 48 credit points of study
CCB202 Equivalents: KCB206, KCB201	Social Media, Self and Society	Kelvin Grove Semester 1 Online Semester 1, Summer	Prerequisites: CCB200 or CCB105 (can be enrolled in the same teaching period as CCB202); or enrolment in IF27 Media and Communication Major (IF27MJR-MEDCOMM); or admission to Bachelor of Media and Communication single or double degrees (KC30, IX67, IX70, IX75, IX86) or Bachelor of Communication single or double degrees (KC40, ID05, ID06, ID07, ID09, ID10, ID11, ID31).
CCB205 Equivalents: CCB302	Digital Media Analytics	Kelvin Grove Semester 2	Prerequisites: 72cp of completed study
CCB206 Equivalents: CYB106	Global Media and Culture	Kelvin Grove Semester 2 Online Semester 2
CCB304	Social Media Strategy	Kelvin Grove Semester 1	Prerequisites: 96cp of completed study
CJB101 Equivalents: KJB120	Foundations of Journalism	Kelvin Grove Semester 1
CJB205	Data-Driven Storytelling and Verification	Kelvin Grove Semester 1	Prerequisites: CYB116
CJB303 Equivalents: CWB301	Political Communication	Kelvin Grove Semester 1	Prerequisites: Completion of 72 credit points of study
CWB111 Equivalents: KWB114	Scientific and Technical Writing	Gardens Point Semester 2 Online Semester 2	SA in Senior English or equivalent is assumed knowledge.
CWB200 Equivalents: CWB103	Interpersonal and Intercultural Negotiation	Kelvin Grove Semester 2
CWB201 Equivalents: KWB213, KWB106	Corporate Writing and Editing	Kelvin Grove Semester 2 Online Semester 2
CWB203 Equivalents: CCB203	Strategic Speech	Kelvin Grove Semester 1
CWB204	Persuasive Communication	Kelvin Grove Semester 1 Online Semester 1
KKB341	Work Integrated Learning 1	Online Semester 1, Semester 2, Summer	Prerequisites: Completion of 168 credit points of study Antirequisites: BEB701, BEB702, KKB343, KKB344 This is a final year (capstone) independent workplace study unit. Students are responsible for finding their own internship. For more information: http://tinyurl.com/WorkIntegratedLearning-CI