Dual degrees cater for dual interests

Are you interested in more than one field, and finding it hard to narrow down which course to take?

You may be interested in dual degrees, which allow people to study two courses at the same time.

The University of Queensland is increasing its range of dual degree programs, one of the most comprehensive of any Australian university.

University Academic Registrar Neville Lamb said dual degrees were increasingly popular because they gave people two areas of specialisation and consequently better employment prospects.

"They take one year longer than the longest component of either degree. For example, it normally takes four years to do a law degree, and three years to do an arts degree full time, but a dual arts/laws degree takes five years," he said.

In addition to courses already available at UQ, new dual degrees on offer include the following:

Four-year courses
o journalism/arts
o social science/arts
o applied science (in animal studies; crops and rangelands; environmental and production horticulture; environmental tourism; food science and nutrition; or protected area management)/arts*
o applied science (in animal studies; crops and rangelands, environmental and production horticulture; or food science and nutrition)/education
o social science/education
o social science/journalism
o business management/journalism*
o commerce/journalism*
o economics/journalism*
o business management/social science*
o commerce/social science*
o economics/social science*

Five-year courses
o agricultural science/arts*
o natural resource economics/arts*
o agricultural science/education*
o music/education
o natural resource economics/education*
o journalism/laws*
o social science/social work (*subject to final approval)

For further information about the University's dual degree programs, contact Courses and Admissions (telephone 07 3365 2203, email: AdmissionsEnquiries@mailbox.uq.edu.au) or visit the University of Queensland Web site: http://www.uq.edu.au/