B-BUSADM v.2 Bachelor of Business Administration

Bachelor Degrees prepare students to develop broad and coherent knowledge and skills in a discipline for professional work and further learning corresponding to AQF level 7 qualifications.

A Bachelor of Business Administration is an international qualification that develops broad business knowledge, covering essential business areas such as marketing, finance, human resources, project management and strategic management. It prepares you for employment in all sectors and industries and equips you with a diverse range of skills, ensuring you are a highly adaptive graduate ready to pivot to the needs of industry. Within this course you can study three career-focused specialisations that suit your aspirations. These give you the freedom to personalise your degree, and enhance your career choices and marketability in the international business arena.

Professional Recognition

Curtin Business School is accredited by AACSB (Association to Advanced Collegiate Schools of Business), UN Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME), and holds 4 Palmes of Excellence rating from the Eduniversal Business School.

Career Opportunities

Most industries and organisations, whether private or public, local or international, employ business graduates. The BBA’s strong business focus enables graduates to manage people, projects, financial resources, and operations. By choosing specialisations, you can contextualise your management skills in areas such as • Small Business, • Digital Marketing, • Event Management, • Tourism and Hospitality, • Retail and Supply Chains, • Business Project Management, • Corporate Governance, • Property Investment, • Social Leadership and Ethics, and a whole host more. The choice is yours!

Additional Course Expenses

Students may be expected to purchase a number of textbooks and other essential study materials.

Bachelor Degrees typically contain a series of units which may include compulsory (core), optional or elective units to cater for student preferences. They may contain a range of majors, streams and/or minors/specialisations for students to choose from to pursue learning in a specialised area of study. Students can take no more than 250 credit points of first year level units.

The course starts with a business foundation year, where students will explore value creation in business, learn to use financial information to make informed and responsible decisions, and develop business intelligence and analytical capabilities to interpret data in a meaningful way. Students go on to complete management foundation units aligned to global trends and develop skills across marketing, finance, human resources, project management and strategic management. In addition to the business and management foundation, students study three career-focused specialisations (minors) that align with their career aspirations. Students have the flexibility to choose two business specialisations and can either take a third business specialisation or a specialisation from outside the business discipline. Students have freedom within the degree to build their career portfolio, developing breadth of knowledge across disciplines. This enables students to cross skill, and enhances marketability upon graduation. All students will complete a capstone unit in the final year.

Course Learning Outcomes

A graduate of this course can:

1. apply discipline knowledge to solve business problems and create business solutions that consider the changing global business environment

2. examine responsible business practices in local and global business settings and how this should inform responsible business decision making

3. demonstrate cultural competency through business decision making that considers cultural diversity and ways of working that are respectful and responsible

4. apply theoretical knowledge to create solutions valued by business stakeholders in real world workplace settings

5. use relevant technologies to extract and communicate information that solves business problems in ways that demonstrate professional integrity and responsible business practice

Duration and Availability

3 years full-time study or equivalent part-time

Location and delivery Mode

The information displayed above refers to study periods and locations where the course is available for first time entry. Students are normally only offered or admitted to a course once.

* The course itself may not be available either solely internally or externally but individual units may be offered in either or both of those modes. Prospective students should contact the Course Coordinator for further information.

^ Course and associated units are offered in this mode permitting International Onshore student enrolment.

# Course and associated units are offered in this online only mode and DO NOT permit International Onshore student enrolment.

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* FBL Student Engagement Team approval required

** Recommended Capstone unit

Applicants for a Bachelor Degree are required to meet University academic and English language entry standards; details are provided at http://study.curtin.edu.au/ and include flexible entry pathways. Any specific course entry and completion requirements must also be met.

STAT elements considered are WE and either V or Q.

Credit for Recognised Learning

Applications for credit towards a course are assessed on an individual basis. Credit reduces the amount of learning required to complete the course and may be granted for formal education qualifications, non-formal learning from non-award programs of study and informal learning through work experiences. Further information can be found at http://futurestudents.curtin.edu.au/non-school-leavers/rpl.cfm

Pathway to Further Study

Graduates may qualify for entry to a Bachelor Degree with Honours and some Graduate Certificates, Graduate Diplomas and Master degrees. For further details, see the University website http://curtin.edu.au.