C10355v5 Bachelor of Management Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation
Award(s): Bachelor of Management (BMgt)Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation (BCIInn)
UAC code: 609531 (Strategic Innovation and Entrepreneurship) (Autumn session), 609532 (Events) (Autumn session), 609533 (Sport Business) (Autumn session), 609534 (Tourism) (Autumn session)
CRICOS code: 088067J
Commonwealth supported place?: Yes
Load credit points: 240
Course EFTSL: 5
Location: City campus
Overview
Course aims
Career options
Innovation and Transdisciplinary program
Course intended learning outcomes
Admission requirements
Inherent requirements
Recognition of prior learning
Course duration and attendance
Course structure
Course completion requirements
Course program
Other information
Overview
This course is designed for individuals seeking to blend management expertise with creative innovation skills. Opt for this course to gain a unique blend of industry knowledge and innovative thinking, setting them apart in the competitive business landscape. Distinguished by its transdisciplinary approach, the course transcends typical design-thinking programs, offering insights from various disciplines on leading innovation.
Students explore the dynamic entertainment and experience sectors, focusing on events, sports business, strategic innovation and entrpreneurship, sustainability and social impact, and the digital creative realm. They acquire conceptual depth paired with practical experience, including internships and international exchanges. The creative intelligence component encourages unconventional thinking through immersive experiences like hackathons and think tanks. Graduates emerge with the ability to tackle complex, real-world problems and create innovative solutions. They develop high-demand skills such as critical and creative thinking, future scenario planning, and cross-disciplinary collaboration, preparing them to thrive in a rapidly evolving global environment.
Course aims
Graduates emerge with the teamwork, leadership, business design and innovation skills required to successfully contribute to contemporary organisations in the commercial, public and not-for-profit sectors of the economy.
By being creative thinkers, initiators of novel ideas, scenario planners, global strategists, open network designers or sustainable futurists within their chosen field of study, graduates maximise the potential of their chosen profession, making them highly sought after, with the ability to identify and develop solutions to some of the most complex issues that face their disciplines and society.
Career options
Career options include positions in event management, festival management, event coordination, event planning, destination management, destination marketing, conference organising, meetings planning, business event management, wedding planning, entertainment venue management, social media management, event marketing, sport marketing, sport management, sport venue management, sport event management, sports agency, sports administration, player management, sponsorship management, and player relations management, growth hacker, social media manager, business development manager, CEO/founder, advocacy manager, donor relations coordinator, fundraising manager, volunteer coordinator, community outreach coordinator.
Innovation and Transdisciplinary program
Transdisciplinarity and Innovation at UTSAll UTS students have the opportunity to develop distinctive capabilities around transdisciplinary thinking and innovation through the TD School. Transdisciplinary education at UTS brings together great minds from different disciplines to explore ideas that improve the way we live and work in the world. These offerings are unique to UTS and directly translate to many existing and emerging roles and careers.
Diploma in InnovationThe Diploma in Innovation (C20060) teaches innovation, supports personal transformation and provides the hard skills needed to support the inventors and inventions of the future. Students come out of the Diploma in Innovation, with the hard skills to create and support sectoral and societal transformation. Graduates are able to fluently integrate ideas, across professional disciplines and are inventors of the future.
All UTS undergraduate students (with the exception of students concurrently enrolled in the Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation) can apply for the Diploma in Innovation upon admission in their chosen undergraduate degree. It is a complete degree program that runs in parallel to any undergraduate degree. The course is offered on a three-year, part-time basis, with subjects running in 3-week long intensive blocks in July, December and February sessions. More information including a link to apply is available at https://dipinn.uts.edu.au.
Transdisciplinary electives programTransdisciplinary electives broaden students' horizons and supercharge their problem-solving skills, helping them to learn outside, beyond and across their degrees. Students enrolled in an undergraduate course that includes electives can choose to take a transdisciplinary subject (with the exception of students concurrently enrolled in the Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation). More information about the TD Electives program is available here.
Course intended learning outcomes
| BUS.1.1 | Apply critical thinking skills to analyse contemporary managerial challenges, enabling the development of creative solutions relevant to professional practice |
| BUS.2.1 | Develop effective communication skills to enable cogent knowledge transfer with colleagues to achieve productive project outcomes relevant to professional practice |
| BUS.3.1 | Evaluate and implement ethical principles in respect of managing for social responsibility, including knowledge of cultural diversity, economic equity, and environmental sustainability as they relate to professional practice |
| BUS.4.1 | Execute managerial capabilities and technical skills that are critical to professional practice in a specialised industry sector |
| BUS.5.1 | Acquire and apply knowledge of Indigenous Australian contexts to inform professional capabilities to work with and for Indigenous Australians across management professions |
| CII.1.1 | Identify and evaluate complex challenges by analysing system dynamics, constraints, and potential leverage points, using disciplinary perspectives, evidence, and diverse viewpoints |
| CII.2.1 | Identify, create, and employ a range of appropriate creative intelligence methods and boundary-crossing methodologies to construct and solve problems and generate transformative possibilities |
| CII.3.1 | Practice mutual, responsible value creation, including the implementation of sustainable and entrepreneurial innovation |
| CII.3.2 | Communicate transdisciplinary ideas and solutions succinctly and persuasively using appropriate modalities |
| CII.4.1 | Develop reflexive connection with an evolving self, demonstrating ethical and intellectual positions that reflect well-considered values that enable greater purpose and inclusivity |
| CII.5.1 | Critically reflect on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People’s contexts across innovation and entrepreneurship to inform professional capability and practices to work effectively with and for Indigenous Australians |
Key
CII = Creative Intelligence and Innovation course intended learning outcomes (CILOs)
Admission requirements
Applicants must have completed an Australian Year 12 qualification, Australian Qualifications Framework Diploma, or equivalent Australian or overseas qualification at the required level.
The English proficiency requirement for international students or local applicants with international qualifications is: IELTS Academic: 6.5 overall with a writing score of 6.0; or TOEFL iBT: 79-93 overall with a writing score of 21; or AE5: Pass; or PTE: 58-64 with a writing score of 50; or C1A/C2P: 176-184 with a writing score of 169.
Eligibility for admission does not guarantee offer of a place.
International students
Visa requirement: To obtain a student visa to study in Australia, international students must enrol full time and on campus. Australian student visa regulations also require international students studying on student visas to complete the course within the standard full-time duration. Students can extend their courses only in exceptional circumstances.
Inherent requirements
Inherent requirements are academic and non-academic requirements that are essential to the successful completion of a course. For more information about inherent requirements and where prospective and current students can get assistance and advice regarding these, see the UTS Inherent requirements page.
Prospective and current students should carefully read the Inherent Requirements Statement below and consider whether they might experience challenges in successfully completing this course.
UTS will make reasonable adjustments to teaching and learning, assessment, professional experiences, course related work experience and other course activities to facilitate maximum participation by students with disabilities, carer responsibilities, and religious or cultural obligations in their courses.
For course specific information see the UTS Business School Inherent Requirements Statement.
Recognition of prior learning
Information about recognition of prior learning in the management component of the course is available in the Bachelor of Management (C10342).
Course duration and attendance
The course can be completed in a minimum of four years of full-time or eight years of part-time study.
Course structure
Students must complete 240 credit points, comprising 144 credit points of Bachelor of Management subjects, and 96 credit points of creative intelligence and innovation subjects.
The creative intelligence and innovation subjects are undertaken in accelerated form in July and December sessions during the first three years of study, and through one full year of study after completion of the professional degree. The Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation is not offered as a separate degree, but is completed only in combination with the professional degree program.
Course programs for each individual major are available at study plan management.
Industrial training/professional practice
In the final year of the Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation, students can undertake between 6 and 12 credit points of internship (work experience) that relates to innovation in their research, career development or core degree specialisations. For students undertaking 12 credit points of internship, international internships may be negotiated.
This course involves significant industry engagement as part of the learning process. Students may be required to relinquish intellectual property when they opt in to certain industry-related experiences, particularly relating to internships and capstone projects.
Course completion requirements
| STM91810 Core subjects (B Management BCII) | 48cp | |
| CBK91261 Major choice (Management) | 48cp | |
| STM90839 Core subjects (Creative Intelligence and Innovation) | 96cp | |
| CBK92011 Second Major/Two Sub-majors/Sub-major + 24cp Electives/48cp Electives | 48cp | |
| Total | 240cp |
Course program
A typical full-time program for students undertaking the course with the Events major is provided below.
| Bachelor of Management major, Autumn commencing, full time | ||
| Year 1 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| 21440 Management Skills | 6cp | |
| 24109 Marketing and Customer Value | 6cp | |
| Select 12 credit points of options | 12cp | |
| July session | ||
| 81511 Problems to Possibilities | 8cp | |
| Spring session | ||
| 21654 Socio-political Context of Management | 6cp | |
| 21227 Innovation and Entrepreneurship | 6cp | |
| 21665 Managing Legal Issues | 6cp | |
| Select 6 credit points of options | 6cp | |
| December session | ||
| 81512 Creative Practice and Methods | 8cp | |
Other information
Further information is available from the UTS Student Centre on:
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or +61 2 9514 1222
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