Undergraduate: Course rule and topic information

Bachelor of Business

(BBus)

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BACHELOR OF BUSINESS / BACHELOR OF ARTS

All students enrolling for the first time in either degree will be given the option at enrolment of undertaking the combined degrees program, subject to their meeting also the cut-off score and entry requirements for the other degree.

Eligible students who decline the offer to take up the combined degrees program at enrolment and wish in a subsequent year to enrol in the combined degrees program will be required to apply to SATAC for admission to the other degree. In some cases these students may have to undertake more than 144 units to complete the requirements of the combined degrees program and they are encouraged to seek advice from the relevant course coordinator before applying.

Students who commence, but subsequently do not wish to complete, the combined degrees program may be eligible to transfer to either the Bachelor of Business or the Bachelor of Arts programs and to receive credit for some, or all, of the topics already completed.

Program of study [November, 2007]

To qualify for the combined degrees of Bachelor of Business/Bachelor of Arts, a student must complete the following program of study with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic:

• a core Business component of 30 units as detailed below;
• Business major of 33 units from List A of the Bachelor of Business;
• an Arts component of 54 units, comprising a major sequence of 33 units and a minor sequence of 21 units, across two different fields of study; and
• sufficient other units of electives to make at least 144 units in total.

Core Business Component

First Year Level

BUSN1001	Accounting for Managers	4.5
BUSN1005	Introduction to Management	4.5
BUSN1007	Introductory Microeconomics	4.5
BUSN1009	Quantitative Methods	4.5

Upper Level

BUSN2014	Managerial Economics	6
BUSN3023	Strategic Management	6

Business Major

The Business major must be chosen from List A of the Bachelor of Business. List A currently includes: Business Economics*; Entrepreneurship; Human Resource Management; International Business; Marketing. The program details for Business majors are listed under the course rules for the Bachelor of Business.

* Students who undertake Business Economics as a major or minor in their BA component must choose an alternative Business major in their Bachelor of Business component. Similarly, students who undertake Business Economics as a major in their Bachelor of Business component cannot choose Business Economics as a major or minor in the BA component.
Students should also note that there are two Business Economics majors - refer separate definitions in the Bachelor of Arts course rules and the Bachelor of Business course rules. Which Business Economics major is applicable depends on whether students wish to count the major towards the BA component of their combined degrees, or the Bachelor of Business component.

Arts Component

The Arts component must include:

• an Arts major sequence of 33 units, comprising 9 First Year units, 12 Second Year units and 12 Third Year units; and
• an Arts minor sequence in a different field of study, comprising 9 First Year units and 12 Second Year units.

The program details for Arts major and minor sequences are listed under the course rules for the Bachelor of Arts.

Electives

The remaining units are taken as electives to fulfil the requirements of the degree.