Bachelor of Business (Advanced Business Leadership)

Western Sydney University

About

The Bachelor of Business (Advanced Business Leadership) is designed for high achievers looking to launch their careers as business leaders, entrepreneurs, and change makers of the future.

In addition to core and professional units that form the foundation for your career and studies, four unique Advanced Business Leadership units specially-designed for future leaders are available to you:

Business Leadership, Entrepreneurial Team, Frontiers of Business Theory and Analysis, and Advanced Business Seminars.

The Advanced Business Leadership units are where you develop and refine your leadership and entrepreneurial skills in an exciting and challenging environment of like-minded high-achievers.

You will have the opportunity to be mentored by leading academics and business people, giving you a competitive edge.

For available specialisations and flexible elective options, please see the course entry for the 2786 Bachelor of Business.

Structure

Qualification for this award requires the successful completion of 240 credit points which include:

The four compulsory core units that provide students with essential business knowledge are as follows.

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200911 Enterprise Innovation and Markets
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200909 Enterprise Law
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200912 Enterprise Leadership
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200910 Financing Enterprises

The professional units provide a focus on careers. Students are required to complete one unit from each of the four key focus areas: numeracy, career planning, innovation, and enterprise engagement, a total of 40 credit points. Students are advised to choose units that will support careers in one of three areas: Money (for specialisations in Accounting, Applied Finance, Economics and Property), Markets (for specialisations in Hospitality Management, International Business, Marketing, and Sport Management), Management (for specialisations in Human Resource Management, and Management). The professional units that are recommended for each of the Bachelor of Business testamur specialisations are specified in the specialisations.

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200572 Advanced Business Seminars
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200573 Business Leadership
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200574 Frontiers of Business Theory and Analysis
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200609 Entrepreneurial Team

Specialisations

Students are required to complete eight specialisation core units from one of the following primary Business specialisations:

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MT2030 Accounting
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MT2021 Applied Finance
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MT2022 Economics
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MT2034 Property
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MT2023 Hospitality Management

From 2018 specialisaton MT2023 replaced by MT2035 Hospitality Management

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MT2035 Hospitality Management
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MT2025 International Business
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MT2027 Marketing
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MT2029 Sport Management

From 2018 specialisation MT2029 replaced by MT2036 Sport Management

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MT2036 Sport Management
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MT2024 Human Resource Management
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MT2026 Management

Elective Units

Students are able to complete an additional 40 credit points of units from the wide range of units offered by Western Sydney University.

Enrolment in elective units is subject to meeting any required criteria for individual units, such as co-requisites and pre-requisites.

Students in the Accounting and Property Specialisations will use some of their elective units to meet the accreditation requirements associated with these specialisations – see handbook entries for MT2030 Accounting and MT2034 Property.

Sub-major Elective Spaces

Elective units may be used toward obtaining an additional approved sub-major (40 credit points).

Search for sub-majors

Western Sydney University offers sub-majors in a range of areas including Sustainability and Indigenous Studies.

Global Sustainability Sub-major

Indigenous Australian Studies Sub-major

Students can apply for an elective sub-major via MySR.

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