Bachelor of Information Systems Advanced/Bachelor of Business

Western Sydney University

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3745.1 Bachelor of Information Systems Advanced/Bachelor of BusinessThe Bachelor of Information Systems Advanced/Bachelor of Business provides students with knowledge and understanding of two very closely related fields.

The advantage of this degree is that it will help open doors to entrepreneurship, start-up companies and new innovations that will require business knowledge and cutting edge information systems and technology skills.

Advanced students will also have industry mentors and will be members of The Academy.

The business component of the double degree will allow students to gain knowledge in one of three core Business areas:

Money, Markets or Management.

The Money area encompasses majors in Applied Finance and Economics, while Markets centre on majors in Hospitality, Sport Management, International Business and Marketing.

Finally the Management area includes majors in Human Resources and Management.

Four business core units introduce students to fundamental aspects of law in a commercial context, management, the basics of financing and accounting needs of an organisation, and an introduction to markets and marketing.

A number of professional core units compliment and build on previous knowledge and skills in the areas of numeracy, creativity, innovation, entrepreneurship, leadership and further enhance student’s employability by offering internship or client-based problem solving units.

A choice from eight business majors will add to the in-depth knowledge and equip students with the skills to pursue a career in a chosen area of interest.

Students’ knowledge is augmented with study in the Information Systems domain including, but not limited to, system analysis and design, information systems, programing, database design and development, networking, system deployment and management, web and mobile development and social computing.

In pursuing this combination of study, students will learn how to assume corporate roles in global enterprises as well as gain skills needed to start a business.

This double degree will equip students with the tools to become future entrepreneurs, to innovate, engage in new business developments, implement new business models and propose technology enhanced start-ups.

Structure

Qualification for this award requires the successful completion of 320 credit points which include the units listed in the recommended sequence below.

Students who complete this award will graduate with a Bachelor of Information Systems Advanced and a Bachelor of Business, with the major from the Bachelor of Business component of the course noted on their testamur.

Bachelor of Information Systems Advanced requirements

Students must complete 160 credit points of prescribed Bachelor of Information Systems Advanced units.

Bachelor of Business Requirements

Students must complete 160 credit points of Bachelor of Business (BBus) units and are required to select and complete a major.

Students are required to complete

Code	Name
200909	Enterprise Law

Code	Name
200910	Financing Enterprises

Code	Name
200911	Enterprise Innovation and Markets

Code	Name
200912	Enterprise Leadership

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 majors in Accounting, Applied Finance, Economics and Property), Markets (for majors in Hospitality Management, International Business, Marketing and Sport Management), Management (for majors in Human Resource Management and Management).

See the handbook entries for each major for information on the professional units that are recommended.

Students are required to complete eight major core units from one of the following primary Business majors.

Majors for Careers in Money

Code	Name
MT2021	Applied Finance

Code	Name
MT2022	Economics

Majors for Careers in Markets

Code	Name
MT2035	Hospitality Management

Code	Name
MT2025	International Business

Code	Name
MT2027	Marketing

Code	Name
MT2036	Sport Management

Majors for Careers in Management

Code	Name
MT2024	Human Resource Management

Code	Name
MT2026	Management

Recommended Sequence Full-time

Use the links above to see the core, professional and major units required for each Bachelor of Business major. Students should follow the recommended sequence below and not the sequence listed under each major.

Code	Name
300580	Programming Fundamentals

Code	Name
100483	Principles of Professional Communication 1

BBus core unit 1

BBus core unit 2

Code	Name
200032	Statistics for Business

Code	Name
300946	Computer Networking (Advanced)

BBus core unit 3

BBus core unit 4

Note: Unit 200032 is also the BBus Professional unit 1

Code	Name
300585	Systems Analysis and Design

Code	Name
300573	Information Systems in Context

BBus major unit 1

Elective unit

Code	Name
300941	Database Design and Development (Advanced)

Code	Name
300569	Computer Security

BBus major unit 2

BBus professional unit 2

Code	Name
300582	Technologies for Web Applications

Code	Name
300901	Human-Computer Interaction (Advanced)

BBus major unit 3

BBus major unit 4

Code	Name
300572	Information Systems Deployment and Management

Code	Name
300960	Mobile Applications Development

BBus major unit 5

BBus major unit 6

Code	Name
300578	Professional Development

Code	Name
300942	Emerging Trends in Information Systems (Advanced)

BBus major unit 7

BBus professional unit 3

Code	Name
300900	Professional Experience (Advanced)

Code	Name
300961	Social Computing

BBus major unit 8

BBus professional unit 4

Recommended Sequence Part-time

Code	Name
300580	Programming Fundamentals