Bachelor of Business/ Bachelor of Arts

Take the theoretical knowledge and practical skills of business and add any one of five core creative study pathways and you have one of the most structured, flexible and transferrable qualifications available - welcome to the Bachelor of Business / Bachelor of Arts double degree.This course takes the best components of a range of courses and combines them to create a powerful and adaptable qualification that covers everything from management, innovation and entrepreneurship, to Creative Writing, Journalism, Film Production and Digital Media.This course has been designed to produce innovative, globally engaged thinkers with the knowledge, skills and confidence to to stamp their mark in dynamic working and creative environments anywhere the world.If you desire a career in management within an industry that’s both engaging challenging, but still unsure if which direction to focus on, then the UC Bachelor of Business and Bachelor of Arts will help ensure that you have all future bases covered.The UC Bachelor of Business / Bachelor of Art is a globally recognised qualification that is both flexible and transferrable across a wide range of industries.

Graduates of this course possess a clear understanding of business management and strategy, combined with a comprehensive insight in how to use creativity to add value to any business or organisation.As a result, this qualification opens the door to many career pathways including:

Bachelor of Business/ Bachelor of Arts (96 credit points) Required - 48 credit points as follows

• CM0001 Core Major in Arts (24 credit points) Required - Must pass 24 credit points as follows 10333 - Professional Orientation (Arts) - 3 cp, Level 1 11017 - Professional Practice 1: Work Integrated Learning - 3 cp, Level 2 11018 - Professional Practice 2: Work Integrated Learning - 3 cp, Level 3 11108 - Big Stories: Culture, Memory and Power - 3 cp, Level 1 11109 - It Must Be True: Knowledge, Culture and Creativity - 3 cp, Level 1 11110 - Reading Culture, Curating Culture - 3 cp, Level 1 11111 - The Grand Experiment - 3 cp, Level 1 11112 - Professional Evidence (Arts) - 3 cp, Level 3
• CM0014 Core Major in Business (24 credit points) Required - Must pass 18 credit points as follows 11009 - Business Decision Making - 3 cp, Level 1 11011 - Professional Orientation (Business) - 3 cp, Level 1 11172 - Business Research Methods - 3 cp, Level 1 11173 - Professional Evidence (Business) - 3 cp, Level 3 11174 - Introduction to Management - 3 cp, Level 1 11175 - Introduction to Economics - 3 cp, Level 1 Restricted Choice - Must pass 6 credit points from the following 9628 - International Business Study Tour - 3 cp, Level 2 10158 - Business, Government & Law Extended Internship - 6 cp, Level 3 10236 - Business, Government & Law Professional Internship - 12 cp, Level 3 11166 - BGL Internship (Commerce) - 3 cp, Level 3 11167 - BGL Internship (Business and Management) - 3 cp, Level 3 11168 - BGL Internship (Government and Policy) - 3 cp, Level 3 11169 - Organisational Communications, Culture and Change - 3 cp, Level 3 11170 - Business Communication - 3 cp, Level 2 11379 - Social Enterprise - 3 cp, Level 2 Note: Credit Points: Students who want to do more than 6 credit points from this list may count them towards Open Electives. International Exchange: Students may also choose to undertake units at an international institution, subject to approval by the Program Director.

Restricted Choice - 48 credit points as follows

• Arts - Must select 1 of the following SM0001 Specialist Major in Creative Writing (24 credit points) Required - Must pass 24 credit points as follows 11113 - Introduction to Creative Writing - 3 cp, Level 1 11114 - Writing, Rewriting - 3 cp, Level 1 11115 - From Hungry Caterpillars to Hunger Games: Writing for Young People - 3 cp, Level 2 11116 - Screenwriting - 3 cp, Level 2 11117 - Poetry and the Imagination - 3 cp, Level 2 11118 - Writing Self, Writing Place - 3 cp, Level 2 11119 - Word and Image - 3 cp, Level 3 11120 - Major Project Studio - 3 cp, Level 3 SM0002 Specialist Major in Culture and Heritage (24 credit points) Required - Must pass 24 credit points as follows 11015 - Heritage Conservation - 3 cp, Level 1 11121 - Understanding Cultural and Heritage Values - 3 cp, Level 2 11122 - Indigenous Cultures and Digital Contexts - 3 cp, Level 2 11123 - Decolonising the Museum - 3 cp, Level 3 11124 - Exploring Digital Culture and Heritage - 3 cp, Level 3 11126 - Indigenous Ways of Knowing - 3 cp, Level 2 11128 - Connections to Country - 3 cp, Level 2 11129 - Cultures and Diversity - 3 cp, Level 1 SM0003 Specialist Major in Digital Media (24 credit points) Required - Must pass 24 credit points as follows 11013 - Pixels and Polygons - 3 cp, Level 1 11130 - Media Worlds - 3 cp, Level 1 11131 - Space, Time and Form - 3 cp, Level 2 11132 - Engineering Reality - 3 cp, Level 2 11133 - Character Design and Animation - 3 cp, Level 2 11134 - Sound Design - 3 cp, Level 2 11135 - Real Time Environments - 3 cp, Level 3 11136 - Illuminated Bits - 3 cp, Level 3 SM0004 Specialist Major in Film Production (24 credit points) Required - Must pass 24 credit points as follows 11137 - Film Studio, Production Project - 3 cp, Level 3 11138 - Films Tools and a Meta-Narrative Vocabulary - 3 cp, Level 1 11139 - Short Film Production - 3 cp, Level 2 11140 - Reading Movies - A Practitioner's Guide - 3 cp, Level 2 11141 - Australian National Cinema - 3 cp, Level 2 11142 - Creative Collaboration and Specialisation in Film Project - 3 cp, Level 2 11143 - Documentary Production - 3 cp, Level 1 11144 - The Creative Producer - 3 cp, Level 3 SM0005 Specialist Major in Global Studies (24 credit points) Required - Must pass 24 credit points as follows 11129 - Cultures and Diversity - 3 cp, Level 1 11145 - Global Ethical Challenges - 3 cp, Level 1 11146 - Global Perspectives on Gender, Sex and Sexuality - 3 cp, Level 2 11147 - How the World Really Works: Busting the Myths of Globalisation - 3 cp, Level 2 11148 - Studies in World Philosophies - 3 cp, Level 2 11149 - Listening to Global Voices: World Literature and Cinema - 3 cp, Level 2 11150 - Global Environmental Futures - 3 cp, Level 3 11151 - Global Activism and Social Change - 3 cp, Level 3
• Business - Must select 1 of the following SM0020 Specialist Major in Entrepreneurship and Innovation (24 credit points) Required - Must pass 24 credit points as follows 11176 - Marketing Fundamentals - 3 cp, Level 1 11190 - Indigenous and Cultural Entrepreneurship - 3 cp, Level 3 11198 - The Entrepreneurial Mind - Foundations of Entrepreneurship - 3 cp, Level 1 11199 - Business Start Up Essentials - 3 cp, Level 1 11200 - Entrepreneurship in Government and Large Organisations - 3 cp, Level 2 11201 - Creative and Critical Thinking for Problem Solving - 3 cp, Level 2 11202 - Innovation Management - 3 cp, Level 2 11203 - Commercialising Your Business Idea - 3 cp, Level 3 SM0022 Specialist Major in Human Resource Management (24 credit points) Required - Must pass 24 credit points as follows 11189 - Organisational Behaviour - 3 cp, Level 2 11191 - Managing Human Capital - 3 cp, Level 1 11192 - Sustaining the Employment Relationship - 3 cp, Level 1 11193 - Sourcing and Building Capability - 3 cp, Level 2 11194 - Shaping Behaviour and Strengthening Performance - 3 cp, Level 3 11195 - Workplace Law in Context - 3 cp, Level 3 11196 - Integrating and Aligning Human Capital - 3 cp, Level 3 11197 - Industry Project - 3 cp, Level 3 SM0023 Specialist Major in International Business (24 credit points) Required - Must pass 24 credit points as follows 11176 - Marketing Fundamentals - 3 cp, Level 1 11182 - International Marketing - 3 cp, Level 3 11204 - Introduction to International Business - 3 cp, Level 1 11205 - Global E-Business - 3 cp, Level 2 11206 - Asia Pacific Business - 3 cp, Level 2 11207 - International Economics - 3 cp, Level 3 11208 - Cost Benefit Analysis - 3 cp, Level 3 11209 - Economic Development - 3 cp, Level 3 SM0024 Specialist Major in Management (24 credit points) Required - Must pass 24 credit points as follows 11184 - Service Management - 3 cp, Level 1 11189 - Organisational Behaviour - 3 cp, Level 2 11191 - Managing Human Capital - 3 cp, Level 1 11195 - Workplace Law in Context - 3 cp, Level 3 11197 - Industry Project - 3 cp, Level 3 11201 - Creative and Critical Thinking for Problem Solving - 3 cp, Level 2 11318 - Climate Change and Sustainable Business Futures - 3 cp, Level 2 11319 - Negotiation - 3 cp, Level 3 SM0025 Specialist Major in Marketing (24 credit points) Required - Must pass 24 credit points as follows 11176 - Marketing Fundamentals - 3 cp, Level 1 11177 - Negotiation and Sales Management - 3 cp, Level 1 11178 - Consumer and Buyer Behaviour - 3 cp, Level 2 11179 - Digital Marketing - 3 cp, Level 3 11180 - Marketing Research Methods - 3 cp, Level 2 11181 - Relationship Marketing - 3 cp, Level 3 11182 - International Marketing - 3 cp, Level 3 11183 - Strategic Marketing Management - 3 cp, Level 3 SM0026 Specialist Major in Service Management (24 credit points) Required - Must pass 21 credit points as follows 11176 - Marketing Fundamentals - 3 cp, Level 1 11178 - Consumer and Buyer Behaviour - 3 cp, Level 2 11184 - Service Management - 3 cp, Level 1 11185 - Service Operations, Technology and Interfaces - 3 cp, Level 3 11186 - Service Systems, Transformation and Wellbeing - 3 cp, Level 3 11187 - Business Models and Value Creation - 3 cp, Level 3 11188 - Service Design Project - 3 cp, Level 3 Restricted Choice - Must pass 3 credit points from the following 11043 - Introduction to Interaction and User-Centred Design - 3 cp, Level 1 11189 - Organisational Behaviour - 3 cp, Level 2 11190 - Indigenous and Cultural Entrepreneurship - 3 cp, Level 3 11655 - Introduction to Interaction Design - 3 cp, Level 1 Note:From 2021 unit 11043 has been replaced by unit 11655. SM0027 Specialist Major in Sport Management (24 credit points) Required - Must pass 24 credit points as follows 11559 - Principles of Sport Delivery - 3 cp, Level 1 11560 - Stakeholder Engagement in Sport - 3 cp, Level 1 11561 - High Performance Sport Management - 3 cp, Level 2 11562 - Sport Innovation and Program Development - 3 cp, Level 2 11563 - Sport Governance and Policy - 3 cp, Level 2 11564 - Sports Integrity, Ethics and Law - 3 cp, Level 2 11565 - The Commercialisation of Sport - 3 cp, Level 3 11566 - Leadership in Sport - 3 cp, Level 3 Note:The new Specialist Major in Sport Management is available from Semester 1, 2020.
• Note:Specialist majors determine the course award names. E.g. Completing a Major in Marketing & a Major in Digital Media leads to the awards B Business (Marketing) & B Arts (Digital Media).

Admission Requirements

Admission to this course is based on an entrance rank. A rank can be achieved by the following means:- Year 12 ATAR- other Australian Qualification- work experience- overseas qualificationWe also offer a number of entry initiatives that give you the opportunity to gain entry to the University via alternate pathway programs and admissions schemes. More information is available on our Alternative Entry page: http://www.canberra.edu.au/future-students/applications/apply-now/alternative-entry

Assumed Knowledge

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Periods Course is Open to New Admissions

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