Bachelor of Business/Bachelor of Social Science

The Bachelor of Social Science program encompasses several disciplines including criminology, psychology, counselling and behaviour management.

The program allows you to combine subjects to complete a degree whose title reflects a specialisation of studies in the social sciences area of the Faculty.

The Bachelor of Business prepares you for leadership roles in today’s global businesses.

New subjects in Business Model Generation and Business Model Execution will develop every student’s entrepreneurial and innovation abilities.

All students in this program will be involved with ideation, creation, validation and execution of a business.

This gives you the edge over other business graduates.

The Bachelor of Business/Bachelor of Social Sciences program comprises 32 subjects, as follows:

University core subjects (3)

• CORE11-001 Critical Thinking and Communication
• CORE11-002 Collaboration, Teams and Leadership
• CORE11-003 Responsibility, Integrity and Civic Discourse

Plus: CORE11-004 Beyond Bond: Professional Development and Community Engagement

Required subjects (9)

• ACCT11-100 Accounting for Decision Making
• BUSN13-331 Business Model Generation
• BUSN13-332 Business Model Execution
• ECON11-100 Principles of Economics
• FINC12-200 Fundamentals of Finance
• LAWS10-100 Business Law
• MGMT13-305 Human Resource Management
• MKTG11-100 Marketing
• Alternate Choice: You must complete one of the following two subjects:STAT11-111 Business StatisticsSTAT11-112 Quantitative Methods

Business Major (6)

Students must select one (1) major from the following list. Business majors.

• Entrepreneurship and Innovation
• International Business
• Management
• Marketing
• Marketing communication
• Tourism Management

A list of Majors and Minors is available here.

Social Science Majors (12)

Students must choose one (1) of the following combinations:

• Double major in Criminology
• Criminology and Counselling Interventions
• Psychology and Criminology
• Psychology and Counselling Interventions

Electives (2)

Students can choose 2 General Elective Subject (20CP).

• General elective – A subject that may be chosen from any subject on offer across the University provided requisites, enrolment restrictions and any other faculty requirements have been met.

Students may also choose one of the following opportunities to use your elective subject to have an international experience or an Internship opportunity provided you meet the requirements. Please discuss with the Enrolment Advisor in the Student Business Centre.

Study Tour

• The Study Tour requires approval from the Faculty. (Please note that additional costs and visa requirements are associated with this subject).

Internship

• The Internship requires a 2.0 GPA and approval from the Faculty with an application to the Career Development Centre.

Individual Study Topic

• The Individual Study Topic is only available in exceptional circumstances and requires the Program Director's approval.

The following opportunities are also available to Bond Business School students.

• BUSN13-730: Business School International SemesterStudents will be undertaking study at approved overseas institutes offering an international internship experience program, facilitating both academic study courses and practical industry internship placement
• Bond International Exchange ProgramCurrent Bond students have the opportunity to study at one of 80+ leading universities in our network of exclusive international partnerships, for one or two semesters.

Please visit BBS Program Structure and Sequencing for guidance on study plans

Important note for first semester students

You will be registered in the Bond Business Mentoring Program designed for all new undergraduate students; please be advised the first scheduled gathering is in the Bond Business School orientation, If you require further information please email businessmentoring@bond.edu.au  

Academic requirements

Applicants with recent secondary education (within the past two years)

Entry score for 2021 entry

Visit our Bond Business School student profile and Faculty of Society & Design student profile if you are interested in the profile of all students who commenced undergraduate study at the Faculty in the January semester 2020.

Applicants must meet the University's general minimum admission criteria.

2021 Year 12 Entry

To ensure students are not disadvantaged by the COVID-19 pandemic, current Year 12 students can be assessed now for a guaranteed offer for 2021 entry conditional on the completion of Year 12. Applications will be assessed based on their first semester Year 12 results and meeting any subject prerequisite requirements for their program. Find out more.

The Bachelor of Business is a broad-based qualification accepted nationally and internationally by leading employers in a wide range of corporate disciplines. Graduates often attain roles in advertising, human resources, information technology, marketing, public relations and research.

The Bachelor of Social Science will provide you with a basis for working in areas such as welfare, government departments, disability services or as disability officers or caseworkers, client support and advocacy as well as working with behavioural difficulties of children in educational settings.

• Those students who choose a Behaviour Management focus will learn the framework and procedures for implementing functional analytical therapy with clients who have severe behavioural difficulties.
• Students who choose a Criminology focus will gain the ability to understand a-typical behaviour patterns.
• Those students who combine their studies with Psychology will be provided with the basis for understanding the presenting problems with clients in order to develop effective needs-based treatment programs.
• Students who choose a Counselling focus will gain the ability to assess, diagnose and understand human behaviour as well as be able to apply ethical, legal and professional issues in counselling.