Some of the courses you complete will form your extended major, majors or minor.

The key difference between majors, extended majors and minors is how many courses you will need to take from those disciplines to complete them.

Bachelor of Communication. You can choose from either:

1. Two majors
2. One major and two minors
3. One major, one minor and electives
4. One major and electives

All structures involve 16 units of Core courses (compulsory for all BCommun students)

*BCommun dual programs include only one major of 16 units 

Within your major, there are compulsory courses, which you must pass to complete your major, and elective courses, which you can select to form the rest of your major.

The final element to your degree is general electives. If you choose a structure with electives. You can select individual courses of your choice from the BCommun course list or other undergraduate course lists.

Make sure you read the program requirements to ensure you understand the requirements of your degree.

Still confused? Check out this video made by HASS undergraduate students explaining how to understand your program.

At UQ, a standard full-time workload is 16 units over the year – this breaks down to 8 units (or four courses) each semester.

Please use the PDF below for the semester in which you commenced your Bachelor of Communication (BCommun) program to draft an enrolment plan. This planner should be read in conjunction with your program requirements (select your year of commencement from the dropdown box).

• 2025 (updated March 2025)
• Semester 2, 2024
• Semester 1, 2024
• Semester 2, 2023

You don’t have to decide what courses you want to do for your whole program at the start of your first semester – we only ask you to choose courses one year at a time.

So, all you need to worry about at this stage is choosing four courses for your first semester of study and four courses for your second semester of study, taking into account all compulsory core courses.

The Starting at UQ website provides a guide for completing your enrolment.

Please see the Study Plans section of our International Students webpage.  

The Bachelor of Communication can be studied as a dual degree with:

• Bachelor of Business Management/Communication
• Bachelors of Communication / Arts
• Bachelors of Communication / Journalism

Make sure to check the program requirements for your dual program as they may be different to the single BCommun program.