Bachelor of Business (Pathway to Teaching Secondary)

Western Sydney University

About

The Bachelor of Business (Pathway to Teaching Secondary) is a three year undergraduate course that brings together a comprehensive foundation of business knowledge and skills to teach effectively across the full curriculum range at secondary school level.

The business units are designed to equip students with foundation knowledge in Accounting, Marketing, Management, International Business and Economics.

The education units are broadly structured for students to investigate and critique contemporary education issues.

Students are also provided with the opportunity to study subject content units in either Modern History or Geography and Urban Studies, dependent on their interests.

This course leads into a Master of Teaching (Secondary), an accredited postgraduate qualification which presents opportunities for employment across Australia as well as internationally.Eligibility for admission to the Bachelor of Business (Pathway to Teaching Secondary) is based on the following minimum requirements:

Structure

Qualification for this award requires the successful completion of 240 credit points which include four core units plus four professional units, plus two majors – M2509 Business Studies and M1120 Secondary Teaching.

Students must complete a minimum of 60 credit points at Level 3.

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

Level 1

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

Students are required to complete one unit from each of the four professional key focus areas: numeracy, career planning, innovation and enterprise engagement, a total of 40 credit points.

Level 1

Code Name
200032 Statistics for Business

Level 2

Code Name
200376 Managing and Developing Careers

Level 3

Code Name
200918 Design Thinking for Creativity

Level 3

Code Name
200568 Contemporary Management Issues
Code Name
200920 Enterprise Internship

Students are required to enrol in and complete the two majors below.

Code Name
M2509 Business Studies
Code Name
M1120 Secondary Teaching

Recommended Sequence

Full-time

Code Name
200909 Enterprise Law
Code Name
200910 Financing Enterprises
Code Name
200911 Enterprise Innovation and Markets
Code Name
200912 Enterprise Leadership
Code Name
200032 Statistics for Business
Code Name
200972 Accounting in Context

And two units from the Secondary Teaching major

Code Name
200922 Consumers, Firms and Markets
Code Name
200864 Managing in the Global Environment

And two units from the Secondary Teaching major

Code Name
200488 Corporate Financial Management
Code Name
200376 Managing and Developing Careers

And two units from the Secondary Teaching major

Code Name
200862 Creating Change and Innovation
Code Name
200815 Globalisation and Sustainability
Code Name
200863 Leadership and Entrepreneurship

And one unit from the Secondary Teaching major

Code Name
200918 Design Thinking for Creativity

Choose one of

Code Name
200923 Corporations, Economic Power and Policy
Code Name
200925 Growth, Cycles and Crises

Choose one of

Code Name
200568 Contemporary Management Issues
Code Name
200920 Enterprise Internship

And one unit from the Secondary Teaching major

Part-time

Code Name
200909 Enterprise Law
Code Name
200911 Enterprise Innovation and Markets
Code Name
200910 Financing Enterprises
Code Name
200912 Enterprise Leadership
Code Name
200032 Statistics for Business

And one unit from the Secondary Teaching major

Code Name
200972 Accounting in Context

And one unit from the Secondary Teaching major

Code Name
200922 Consumers, Firms and Markets

And one unit from the Secondary Teaching major

Code Name
200864 Managing in the Global Environment

And one unit from the Secondary Teaching major

Code Name
200488 Corporate Financial Management

And one unit from the Secondary Teaching major

Code Name
200376 Managing and Developing Careers

And one unit from the Secondary Teaching major

Code Name
200862 Creating Change and Innovation

And one unit from the Secondary Teaching major

Code Name
200918 Design Thinking for Creativity

And one unit from the Secondary Teaching major

Code Name
200863 Leadership and Entrepreneurship

Choose one of

Code Name
200923 Corporations, Economic Power and Policy
Code Name
200925 Growth, Cycles and Crises
Code Name
200815 Globalisation and Sustainability

Choose one of

Code Name
200568 Contemporary Management Issues
Code Name
200920 Enterprise Internship

Institution