Bachelor of Communication (Honours)

Communication (Honours) at UTS folds the honours research component into the standard degree rather than tacking it on afterward, similar to the law degree's model: students complete an honours thesis or major project in their final year rather than needing a separate fourth year. The course covers a broad communication and media studies base before students specialise into streams like journalism, public communication, social and political sciences, or creative writing.

UTS's journalism-adjacent teaching has a reputation for being hands-on rather than purely theoretical: students in the journalism stream produce actual published work through student-run outlets and industry placements rather than only writing essays about media theory. The Sydney location gives the course easy access to major mastheads and broadcasters for placements, something the faculty leans on in its industry-engagement subjects.

The honours thesis or project in the final year is individually supervised and can take the form of a traditional research thesis, a long-form journalism piece, or a creative/professional communication project depending on the student's stream and interests.