Bachelor of Creative Leadership

If you are keen to enter your workplace with refined creative and critical thinking skills, and cross-disciplinary leadership degrees, then the Bachelor of Creative Leadership (BCL) is for you! Hear from prominent real-world leaders and industry legends which provides you the opportunity to take learning outside of the classroom and connect it to real life challenges.

Bachelor of Creative Leadership

Duration

Full Time: 3 Years (Available Part Time)*

Next Start Date

08 January 2025

Closing Date

Campuses
Parramatta South
Domestic Student Fees
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Indicative annual fee from $11,885

Additional Information

Program Code: 8127

CRICOS Code: 107741G

Creative Leadership

The Bachelor of Creative Leadership (BCL) provides transformative educational experience, internships, student-led projects, and community engagement opportunities that will expand your ability to examine and influence current and future paradigms. You will emerge with a sound balance of theory, practical experiences, and leadership skillsets – so you can take your career further than you ever thought possible. Are you ready to enter the industry with refined critical thinking and high level leadership qualities? Are you ready to create an impact through your leadership skills? In the BCL, you will engage with innovative assessments that prepare you for work-related challenges and gain experience by participating in a diverse range of real-world opportunities. Students learn to articulate their ideas into innovative strategies that address complex contemporary and future challenges. The skills learned in the BCL are transferable to any discipline and are what the employer of tomorrow will be seeking in a graduate in various roles including global workplaces.
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What you can expect to study

The program structure is outlined in our handbook. Here you can view all of the subjects you will be studying.

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The Bachelor of Creative Leadership is a concurrent degree that is designed to be combined with any Bachelor degree at Western.

The BCL degree consists of eight subjects that can be taken concurrently with subjects in your discipline-based degree. The subjects are designed with flexibility in-mind and delivered in intensive mode in the week prior to the commencement of Autumn and Spring sessions. This allows students to take a BCL subject in addition to the four discipline-based subjects in a semester, and/or complete BCL subjects during Summer sessions*.

* Not all subjects are available during Summer sessions

Career Opportunities

This degree will complement your discipline-based knowledge with essential skills that are transferable to any discipline and are what the employer of tomorrow will be seeking in a graduate. This degree develops knowledge and skills in leadership and ethics, creating the visionaries and changemakers of tomorrow.

The Bachelor of Creative Leadership prepares students for challenges and opportunities yet to be imagined and provides cross-disciplinary practical experience and the development of ethical leadership.

B Psychological and Social Sciences

Entry requirements for domestic students

Admission

  • Assumed knowledge: 2 Units of HSC English.
  • This program is made available to high-achieving students only. To be eligible for admission to the BCL, a student must attain a minimum ATAR of 85, or the minimum ATAR for their primary undergraduate degree, whichever is the higher.
  • Students must also maintain a grade point average of 5 or above throughout the duration of their study.
  • Current Western Sydney University students wishing to enrol in BCL subjects must have a minimum GPA for 5 or above.
  • Non-school leavers must have completed an undergraduate degree with a minimum GPA of 5.
  • For current Western Sydney University students wishing to enrol please complete the Concurrent Degree Form.

Special Requirements Prerequisites

Students must have completed all requirements for another bachelor degree in order to graduate with this degree.

Advanced Standing

Advanced Standing will be granted for a maximum of 160 credit points. At least 80 credit points must be completed while enrolled in the Bachelor of Creative Leadership.

Please consult the handbook for more information.

B Psychological and Social Sciences

Entry requirements for international students

**Please note, if this course lists a part-time option, this is not available to International Students on a Student Visa.

Please consult the handbook for more information regarding entry requirements for this course.

You can read more about international academic entry requirements here.

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Concurrent Degree

A Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP) is one that is subsidised by the Commonwealth and applicable only to Domestic students. This means that the Australian Government pays part of your fees towards your program, therefore reducing your program fees, and the remaining amount is paid by you, this is considered your Student Contribution.

To work out how much your Student Contribution will be before you study, you will first need to find out the Student Contribution band your subjects fit into based on their general discipline area.

You can then calculate your student contributions to work out the total amount of your contribution.

The Higher Education Loan Program (HELP) is a range of loans introduced by the Australian Government from 2005 to provide fee payment assistance to eligible students. Loans are for Australian citizens studying in Australia or overseas. Permanent residents who hold a humanitarian visa are also eligible if studying in Australia.

If eligible you may be able to defer all or part of your Student Contribution through the HECS-HELP loan program. You may also be eligible for OS-HELP if undertaking studies overseas.

New Zealand citizens and holders of an Australian permanent resident visa (other than an Australian permanent humanitarian visa) are generally not entitled to HECS-HELP assistance. If you are a New Zealand citizen or permanent resident your Student Contribution amount must be paid in full by the census date.

However, the Australian Government has passed new legislation that changes the way some New Zealand citizens, who hold a Special Category Visa (SCV), studying in Australia will pay their fees. More information is available on the Changes to fees for New Zealand Citizens webpage.

Find out more about HECS-HELP

Find out more about OS-HELP

Applying for this program

This degree is designed to be studied alongside another Bachelor degree and cannot be studied as a stand-alone degree.  If you are seeking to commence study in this degree, you must submit an application form through the student portal at least two weeks before the first day of your intended session of study. 

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Apply as an International Student

If you are an international student, you can apply for free through our international student application system or through an agent representative.

International students are:

  • Not an Australian citizen;
  • Not a New Zealand citizen; and
  • Not a permanent resident of Australia.

If you are an international student completing the Australian HSC, IB or NCEA, apply direct via UAC International.

Admission to Western Sydney University is on the basis of meeting minimum academic and English language requirements. For more information about tuition fees and other costs, visit the Fees and Costs page.

Scholarships

When you apply to Western, you’re automatically assessed for a Scholarship, no additional application required! We’re offering multi-year scholarships (for up to 3 years) valued at $6,000 or $3,000 and even 50% off tuition fees. Scholarships are awarded on academic merit.

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OTHER STUDY OPTIONS

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Full Time: 3 Years (Available Part Time)*

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Full Time: 3 Years (Available Part Time)*

The tuition fees quoted above are the fees for the normal full-time study load of the program (80 credit points) per annum. International students will be subject to a variable fee regime; i.e. enrolled students will be required to pay fees during their program based on the approved fee for each calendar year. Fee changes (if any) will occur at 1 January each calendar year. Students who extend their program past the normal finish date of the program will be required to pay additional fees based on the prevailing fee level. Western Sydney University is a multi-campus institution. The University reserves the right to alter the location of its programs between campuses and other locations as necessary. Students should be aware of the possibility of change of location for the whole or part of programs for which they enrol and should plan for the need to travel between Western Sydney campuses.