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Bachelor of Business

Your opportunities are endless with a career in business.

Develop a well-rounded business education with sought-after skills in today’s business world. This program is designed to create creative and critical thinkers.

Study locations
  • Sippy Downs
  • SouthBank
Refer to the program footnotes
CRICOS code
022807A
Commence
Semester 1 or Semester 2
Program length (full-time)
3 years
Semester tuition fee 2016
A$9,900
Estimated total tuition fee *
A$59,400
Footnotes
  • Only a full-time option is available to international students on a Student visa. Online programs are not available to Student visa holders.
  • * Estimated tuition fees are based on 2023 rates. Refer to international fees for more information.
  • Not all majors/minors and elective options are available at every campus. You should refer to the What Can I Study tab, and the proposed study sequence for your chosen campus and intake for further information.
  • * In addition to being able to study all courses at Sippy Downs, some first-year core and foundation business courses are offered at Noosa Centre. The remainder of the degree is completed at Sippy Downs.
  • ** Only core, foundation, Management, Marketing and Accounting major courses are offered at Gympie. Further elective courses are available at Sippy Downs.
  • *** There are a limited selection of elective courses available at SouthBank.
  • **** Only first-year courses are offered at Fraser Coast in 2017. Years 2 and 3 of the program become available in 2018 and 2019. Limited majors available (Accounting; Management; Marketing; Tourism, Leisure and Event Management). Further elective courses are available at Sippy Downs.
  • The option to study at Noosa is not available to international students on a Student visa.
Study locations QTAC code
  • Sunshine Coast 012001
  • Fraser Coast **** 019701
  • Gympie ** 012801
  • South Bank *** 012701
  • Noosa * 012901
Refer to the program footnotes
Minimum selection threshold
OP - 18 Rank - 62
UniSC program code
BU301
Commence
Semester 1 or Semester 2
Duration
3 years full time or equivalent part time
Recommended prior study
English; Maths A, B or C
Fee type 2016
  • What will I pay?
Total courses
24
Total units
288
Footnotes
  • * In addition to being able to study all courses at Sippy Downs, some first-year core and foundation business courses are offered at Noosa Centre. The remainder of the degree is completed at Sippy Downs.
  • ** Only core, foundation, Management, Marketing and Accounting major courses are offered at Gympie. Further elective courses are available at Sippy Downs.
  • *** There are a limited selection of elective courses available at SouthBank.
  • **** Only first-year courses are offered at Fraser Coast in 2017. Years 2 and 3 of the program become available in 2018 and 2019. Limited majors available (Accounting; Management; Marketing; Tourism, Leisure and Event Management). Further elective courses are available at Sippy Downs.
  • The option to study at Noosa is not available to international students on a Student visa.

Develop a well-rounded business education with sought-after skills in today’s business world. This program is designed to create creative and critical thinkers.

You’ll learn how to apply innovative problem-solving techniques to business concepts, products and services. Choose from a range of business majors to specialise in the area that interests you most.

You’ll get practical experience through an optional internship (over 96 hours) in the business sector. Apply what you’ve learned to real situations and spend a semester in another country with the Study Overseas program. You’ll gain valuable experience and build industry contacts that could lead to a job before you even graduate. This program is a strong base to continue your studies in law or honours.

Majors

Business majors: Sippy Downs and South Bank: Accounting; Financial Planning; Human Resource Management; International Business; Management; Marketing; Supply Chain Management; Tourism, Leisure and Event Management. Gympie: Accounting; Management; Marketing.

Career opportunities

Depending on the major chosen: business management, human resource management, marketing management, market research, international business, importing / exporting, industrial relations, tourism and hospitality management, retail / sales, computing, systems analysis.

Membership

Eligibility for memberships depends on areas of specialisation.

Program structure

Program Structure
Introductory courses (7)

BUS101 Business Analytics
BUS102 Introduction to Economics
BUS104 Management and Organisational Behaviour
BUS105 Introduction to Marketing
BUS106 Accounting for Business#
BUS108 Introduction to Informatics
COR109 Communication and Thought

Advanced Courses (2)

BUS203 Business Law and Ethics
BUS320 Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility

Elective courses (15)

Select 15 elective courses, 9 must be from the School of Business. The remaining 6 may be from either faculty (Arts, Business and Law or Science, Health, Education and Engineering).

Students can choose to use these electives towards a major or a double major from the Business majors listed below:

# For students enrolled in the Bachelor of Business / Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) or (Bachelor of Business / Bachelor of Commerce (Financial Planning) ACC106 Accounting Principles is completed in lieu of BUS106 Accounting for Business.

Note: Not all USC courses are available on every USC campus.

Total units: 288

Program requirements and notes

Program requirements

In order to graduate you must:

  • Successfully complete 288 units as outlined in the Program Struture
  • Complete no more than 10 introductory level (100 coded) courses, including the core course
Program notes
  • Completing this program within the specified (full-time) duration is based on studying 48 unit points per semester (normally 4 courses)
  • Most courses are valued at 12 units unless otherwise specified
  • Courses within this program are assessed using a variety of assessment methods including essays, seminar presentations, reports, in-class tests and examinations. Not all courses will necessarily include all methods
  • As part of your USC program, you may apply to Study Overseas to undertake courses with an overseas higher education provider
  • When enrolling refer to the Study Plan
  • You may wish to use electives to complete an additional major or minor
  • Register your selected major(s) and/or minor(s)