Bachelor of Business

• Program Overview
• Career Outcomes
• Professional Membership
• Program Structure
• Program Requirements and Notes

Program Overview

The Bachelor of Business develops skills applicable to many areas of employment and provides you with a general education on which to build a lifetime career.

Our Business degree has six specialist areas from which you could choose:

• Accounting
• International Business
• Information Systems
• Marketing
• Management (including Human Resource Management)
• Tourism

You can also complement your business studies by studying courses in other faculties. For example, you can add a language, business communication, computer-based art and design, or ecosystem management.

Career Outcomes

Knowledge and skills acquired through the Bachelor of Business are transferable across many sectors such as government, education, the arts, commerce, and industry. Depending on minor and majors chosen, opportunities exist in:

• accounting
• advertising
• auditing
• banking and finance
• computing
• customer service
• hotel management
• human resource management
• importing/exporting
• industrial relations
• management
• marketing
• politics
• retail and sales
• systems analysis
• taxation
• tourism

Professional Membership

Students and graduates may become members / associate members of various Australian professional bodies depending on their study specialisations.

Program Structure

Core Courses

Code	Units	Title
2 required courses:
COR109	12	Communication and Thought
COR110	12	Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship*

Introductory Courses

Code	Units	Title
5 required courses:
BUS101	12	Applied Research Methods
BUS102	12	Economics for Business
BUS103	12	Business Law and Ethics
BUS104	12	Managing the Organisation
BUS105	12	Marketing Theory and Practice
Plus - choose 1 course from:
BUS106	12	Introductory Accounting
BUS107	12	Accounting for Non-Accountants

NB: Students wishing to undertake further Accounting courses must choose BUS106 Introductory Accounting as it is a prerequisite for further Accounting studies. Other students may choose either BUS106 or BUS107.

Advanced Courses

Choose 16 courses from the majors and minors course list. A maximum of 4 elective courses may be included, which may be undertaken from the Faculty of Business or from the Faculties of Arts and Social Sciences or Science.

Program Requirements and Notes

1. No more than 10 introductory level courses are to be completed, including Core Courses, in the Bachelor of Business.

2. Refer to the Academic Rules.

3. Refer to Explanation of Terms.

* Subject to final approval.

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