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Bachelor of Business

Please note: This course rule applies to students who commenced study prior to 30 June, 2011. Students who commenced study after this time should refer to the new Bachelor of Business course rule.

The Bachelor of Business requires three years of full-time study (or the equivalent part-time) and the honours degree an additional year (or the equivalent part-time). The course is offered by the Flinders Business School in the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences.

Enrolment in the honours program may be offered to a student who meets certain academic criteria and subject to the school/department being able to provide appropriate resources and staff to supervise the program of study.

Admission requirements

The minimum requirements for consideration for entry to all undergraduate courses are specified in detail in the University Entry Requirements.

Course aims

This course provides a broad and flexible educational preparation for a range of professional, business-related careers in private and public enterprise. Its aims are to provide students with:

  • general knowledge, understanding, skills and attitudes to facilitate careers in business-related fields
  • the opportunity to develop specialist knowledge in at least one business-related professional field (including marketing, human resource management, international business, entrepreneurship, and business economics)
  • the opportunity to undertake studies in other allied fields (including a language, legal studies, computing, public policy and commercial law)
  • scope for studies beyond business to broaden their overall educational experience.

Learning outcomes

Students successfully completing this course should be able to:

  • demonstrate an appreciation of the broad environment in which business operates
  • contribute effectively to the successful operation of a business particularly in the area of their chosen business major(s)
  • apply analytical skills, relevant theory and logical thought to decision making processes within a business
  • communicate effectively in a business environment, both verbally and in writing
  • demonstrate commitment to ethical and socially responsible business practice
  • demonstrate good understanding of theory and practice in their chosen business specialisation
  • apply specialist skills to analyse issues and develop appropriate reports or other documentation relevant to the area of business specialisation.

Program of study

To qualify for the Bachelor of Business a student must complete 108 units with a grade of P or better or NGP in each topic. A minimum of 27 units, but no more than 45 units, of Year 1 topics is to be included in the 108 units.

Students undertake 27 units of core topics, two 36 units majors comprising one Business major from the list below plus an additional Business major or a cognate major from the list below, and 9 units of electives. 

*In cases where a topic may be counted towards more than one major, students may select additional electives to ensure that they complete 108 units in total.

Core topics


27 units comprising

 BUSN1001  Accounting Principles  (4.5 units)
 BUSN1009  Quantitative Methods  (4.5 units)
 BUSN1012  Business Communication  (4.5 units)
 BUSN1013  Economics for Business  (4.5 units)
 BUSN1019  Law for Business  (4.5 units)
 BUSN3055  Strategic Management  (4.5 units)

plus

Select a Business major from the list below*:

Major - Business

plus

Select an additional Business major from the list above or a cognate major from the list below*:

Major - Cognate

or one of the following majors

Other major sequences listed under the course rule for the Bachelor of Arts may be chosen with the permission of the Flinders Business School.

plus

Select 9 units of elective topics. Elective topics may be selected from any offered by the University, provided course and topic prerequisites requirements are met.

Not all topics are necessarily available in a given year.   

Major - Business - Business Economics

  

 36 units comprising:

 BUSN1008  Introductory Macroeconomics  (4.5 units)
 BUSN1013  Economics for Business  (4.5 units)
 BUSN2024  Sustainable Resource Management  (4.5 units)
 BUSN2040  Macroeconomics  (4.5 units)
 BUSN2043  Managerial Economics  (4.5 units)
 BUSN3056  International Trade  (4.5 units)

plus two of

 BUSN2027  International Finance  (4.5 units)
 BUSN2031  Business Forecasting  (4.5 units)
 BUSN3053  Multinational Corporations: America, Japan and Australia  (4.5 units)

Major - Business - Entrepreneurship

  

 36 units comprising:

 BUSN1013  Economics for Business  (4.5 units)
 BUSN2025  Marketing Principles  (4.5 units)
 BUSN2026  Entrepreneurship and Small Business  (4.5 units)
 BUSN2037  Financial Management  (4.5 units)
 BUSN2038  Human Resource Management  (4.5 units)
 BUSN3026  Business Planning for New Ventures  (4.5 units)
 BUSN3027  E-Business  (4.5 units)
 STEP3701  Innovation Management  (4.5 units)

Major - Business - Human Resource Management


 36 units comprising:

 BUSN1012  Business Communication  (4.5 units)
 BUSN1021  Organisational Behaviour  (4.5 units)
 BUSN2038  Human Resource Management  (4.5 units)

 plus two of

 BUSN2030  Training and Development  (4.5 units)
 BUSN2032  Recruitment and Selection  (4.5 units)
 LLAW3253  Labour Law  (4.5 units)

plus three of

 BUSN3032  Reward and Performance Management  (4.5 units)
 BUSN3033  Occupational Health and Safety  (4.5 units)
 BUSN3035  Employee Relations  (4.5 units)
 BUSN3050  International Human Resource Management  (4.5 units)

Major - Business - International Business


 36 units comprising:

 BUSN1012  Business Communication  (4.5 units)
 BUSN2019  International Business Context  (4.5 units)
 BUSN2039  International Business Management  (4.5 units)
 BUSN3037  Import-Export Theory and Practice  (4.5 units)
 BUSN3050  International Human Resource Management  (4.5 units)
 BUSN3051  International Marketing  (4.5 units)

plus two of

 BUSN2027  International Finance  (4.5 units)
 BUSN3036  International Business Project  (4.5 units)
 BUSN3038  International Business Negotiations  (4.5 units)
 BUSN3039  Corporate Sustainability in Global Markets  (4.5 units)
 BUSN3053  Multinational Corporations: America, Japan and Australia  (4.5 units)
 BUSN3056  International Trade  (4.5 units)

Major - Business - Marketing


 36 units comprising:

 BUSN1012  Business Communication  (4.5 units)
 BUSN2020  Consumer Behaviour  (4.5 units)
 BUSN2025  Marketing Principles  (4.5 units)
 BUSN2028  Market Research  (4.5 units)
 BUSN2033  Marketing Communications  (4.5 units)
 BUSN3042  Strategic Marketing  (4.5 units)

 plus two of

 BUSN3027  E-Business  (4.5 units)
 BUSN3030  Marketing Applications  (4.5 units)
 BUSN3040  Marketing Project  (4.5 units)
 BUSN3041  Services Marketing  (4.5 units)
 BUSN3051  International Marketing  (4.5 units)

  

Major - Cognate - Commercial Law


 36 units comprising:

 BUSN1019  Law for Business  (4.5 units)

 plus one of

 ENGL1001  Professional English  (4.5 units)
 ESOL1103  English as a Second Language for Business  (4.5 units)

plus

 BUSN2042  Corporations Law  (4.5 units)
 BUSN3054  Taxation Law and Practice  (4.5 units)

plus 18 units from the following:

 LLAW3232  Banking and Finance Law  (4.5 units)
 LLAW3241  Dispute Management  (4.5 units)
 LLAW3253  Labour Law  (4.5 units)
 LLAW3260  Securities Regulation  (4.5 units)
 LLAW3269  Personal and Corporate Insolvency Law  (4.5 units)

Honours

Refer to Bachelor of Business (Honours)

Combined degrees

The Bachelor of Business may also be studied in a combined degrees program with a:

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