General Information

Overview

Create and innovate like an entrepreneur with a Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Business. Gain management and operations knowledge, and sharpen your critical thinking and communications skills.Learn about key global, social, economic and cultural issues that impact contemporary society. Work in a variety of industries ranging from government to NFPs, small businesses and startups.

Study structure

Successful completion of the Bachelor of Arts/ Bachelor of Business requires students to complete units of study to the value of 400 credit points. All units of study are valued at 12.5 credit points unless otherwise stated.

  • Full-time study: 100 credit points/eight standard units of study per year

  • Part-time study: 50 credit points/four standard units of study per year

  • One credit point is equivalent to one hour of study per week per semester (including contact hours and private study)

  • See the course planner for an example degree structure.

Units of study Unit code
Core units
Technology and Society
Core unit , 12.5 credit points 		ART10002
Skills and Strategies for Social Change
Core unit , 12.5 credit points 		ART20003
Changemakers in Action
Core unit , 12.5 credit points 		ART30004
BA Professional Practice
Core unit , 12.5 credit points 		ART30005
Units of study Unit code
Core units
Financial Information for Decision Making
Core unit , 12.5 credit points 		ACC10007
Economics for Business Decision Making
Core unit , 12.5 credit points 		ECO10005
Contemporary Management Principles
Core unit , 12.5 credit points 		MGT10009
Marketing and the Consumer Experience
Core unit , 12.5 credit points 		MKT10009
Business Digitalisation
Core unit , 12.5 credit points 		INF10024
Business Consulting Project
Core unit , 12.5 credit points 		BUS30032
Creative Mindset and Entrepreneurship
Core unit , 12.5 credit points 		BUS10015
Business Practice Core Option*
Core unit

Complete one (1) of the following units:

  • BUS20008 Industry Study Tour - Business
  • BUS20009 Professional Internship - Business
  • BUS30026 Business Innovation in America Study Tour
  • BUS30027 Business Innovation in Europe Study Tour
  • BUS30028 Business Innovation in Asia Study Tour
  • BUS30029 Indigenous Study Tour: Supporting Economic Development
  • BUS30030 Business for Social Impact Study Tour
  • BUS30031 Sustainable Business Practice
  • CAR10001 Planning for Career Success
  • CAR20001 Future Work Skills

Please note: that not all units in this list are offered at every delivery location

Units of study Unit code
Environment and Society: Problems and Solutions
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		SOC10005
Power and Protest: The History and Politics of Social Movements
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		HIS10005
History, Politics and Human Rights
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		HIS20009
First Nations Resistance, Activism and Empowerment
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		INS20004
Philosophical Perspectives on Nature and Science
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		PHI20010
Conflict, Justice and Peace
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		POL30019
Environmental Philosophy
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		PHI30009
Changing our Climate
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		SOC30020
Units of study Unit code
Fundamentals of Criminology
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		CRI10002
Introduction to Forensic Psychology
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		FOR10001
Global Crime
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		CRI20002
Policing: Systems and Practice
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		CRI20001
Youth Justice and Crime
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		CRI30010
Corrections: Systems and Practice
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		CRI30002
Cyber Crime and Security
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		POL30018
Units of study Unit code
Popular Culture, Social Change and Technology
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		SOC10014
Introduction to Ethics
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		PHI10008
Digital Justice
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		POL20019
Technology, Intimacy and Family Life
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		SOC20003
Winners and Losers: The Politics and Ethics of Work
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		POL20018
Thinking and Intelligence: Critical, Creative, Artificial
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		PHI30011
Planet B: Space and Extra-Terrestrial Ethics
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		PHI30012
Bodies, Health and Technology
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		SOC30021
Units of study Unit code
Connecting with Culture: Indigenous Australian Experiences
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		INS10001
Global History
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		HIS10003
Unlearning the Past: Indigenous Australian History
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		INS10002
First Nations Resistance, Activism and Empowerment
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		INS20004
International Indigenous Perspectives
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		INS20002
Indigenous Enterprise And Entrepreneurship
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		INS30001
Indigenous Knowledges
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		INS30002
Indigenous Representations
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		INS30004
Units of study Unit code
Introduction to Game Studies
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		ART10004
Screen Studies: Movies, Television and Ourselves
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		MDA10003
Popular Culture, Social Change and Technology
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		SOC10014
Screen Franchising and Innovation
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		MDA20007
Popular Culture of the Asia Pacific
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		MDA20018
Screen Technology and Culture
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		MDA30016
Screen Sounds and Music
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		MDA30019
Graphic Narratives: Comics, Graphic Novels, and Manga
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		LIT30002
Units of study Unit code
Writing Fiction
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		LIT10002
Reading and Writing Genre Texts
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		LIT10003
Diversity in Australian Writing
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		LIT20002
Exploring Iconic Texts
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		LIT20004
Prose Poetics
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		LIT20003
Reading, Writing and Criticism
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		LIT30005
Scripting for Screen and Beyond
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		LIT30006
Literary Industry Practice
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		LIT30004
Units of study Unit code
What is Power?
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		PHI10007
Dictators and Democrats: Comparative Politics
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		POL20009
Contemporary Approaches to Security
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		POL20016
Philosophy, Media, Culture
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		PHI20006
Propaganda
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		HIS10006
Philosophy, Politics and Society
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		PHI30010
The Politics of Public Policy
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		POL30010
Critical Security Studies
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		POL30020
Units of study Unit code
Global Perspectives on Modernity
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		SOC10012
Global History
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		HIS10003
Race, Ethnicity and Migration
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		SOC20013
Work in a Globalised World
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		POL20020
International Indigenous Perspectives
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		INS20002
Global Perspectives on Gender and Sexuality
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		SOC30013
Politics of the Pacific
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		POL30014
Borders, Security, and Belonging
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		POL30022
Units of study Unit code
Financial Information Systems
Major unit, 12.5 credit points, 100 hours 		ACC10008
Financial Statistics
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		FIN10002
Financial Management
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		FIN20014
Company Accounting
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		ACC20013
Auditing
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		ACC30010
Law of Commerce
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		LAW20019
Taxation
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		ACC30005
Accounting Theory
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		ACC30008
Units of study Unit code
Business for Sustainability, Social Change and Impact
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		BUS10014
Managing Workplace Relations
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		HRM20017
Organisational Behaviour
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		MGT20007
Big Data Management
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		INF20016
Law of Commerce
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		LAW20019
Knowledge Management and Analytics
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		INF30015
Strategic Planning
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		MGT30005
Project Management Essentials
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		PRM30001
Units of study Unit code
The Sports Industry
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		SPO10001
Business for Sustainability, Social Change and Impact
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		BUS10014
Building Sport Brands
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		SPO20001
Sport, Media and Technology
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		SPO20004
Sport Business Analytics
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		SPO20003
Sport and Sustainability
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		SPO30004
Leading Sport Organisations
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		SPO30001
Future of Sport
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		SPO30003
Units of study Unit code
Marketing and Innovation
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		MKT20031
Business for Sustainability, Social Change and Impact
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		BUS10014
Integrated Marketing Communication
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		MKT20021
Marketing Research and Analytics
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		MKT20019
Frontiers in Digital Marketing
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		MKT20032
Marketing Insights
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		MKT30018
Consumer Behaviour
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		MKT20025
Marketing Strategy and Planning
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		MKT30016
Units of study Unit code
Ethics of Innovation
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		MGT10010
Business for Sustainability, Social Change and Impact
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		BUS10014
Organisational Behaviour
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		MGT20007
Business, Society and Sustainability
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		MGT20008
Project Management Essentials
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		PRM30001
Leadership Practice and Skills
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		MGT30008
Strategic Planning
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		MGT30005
Digital Management and the Future of Work
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		HRM30012
Units of study Unit code
Global Logistics and Supply Chain Management
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		SCM20003
Business for Sustainability, Social Change and Impact
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		BUS10014
Procurement Management
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		SCM20002
Operations Management
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		SCM20001
Big Data Management
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		INF20016
Cloud Approaches for Enterprise Systems
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		INF20030
Understanding Risk Management
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		SCM30002
Transportation Management
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		SCM30001
Units of study Unit code
Human Resource Practices
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		HRM10004
Business for Sustainability, Social Change and Impact
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		BUS10014
Managing Workplace Relations
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		HRM20017
Dynamics of Diversity in Organisations
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		HRM20016
Organisational Behaviour
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		MGT20007
Digital Management and the Future of Work
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		HRM30012
Human Resource Analytics
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		HRM30011
Law of Employment
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		LAW30005
Units of study Unit code
Business for Sustainability, Social Change and Impact
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		BUS10014
Financial Statistics
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		FIN10002
Financial Management
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		FIN20014
Ethics and International Finance
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		FIN20016
Financial Risk Management
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		FIN30014
Management of Investment Portfolios
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		FIN30016
Alternative Investments
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		FIN30020
Fixed Income and Debt Markets
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		FIN30021
Units of study Unit code
Principles of Financial Planning
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		FIN10003
Ethics and Client Relationships
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		FIN20015
Taxation
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		ACC30005
Law of Commerce
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		LAW20019
Finance and Behavioural Bias
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		FIN20017
Personal Financial Risk and Estate Planning
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		FIN30022
Investment and Financial Planning Project
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		FIN30017
Retirement Planning
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		FIN30023
Units of study Unit code
Business for Sustainability, Social Change and Impact
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		BUS10014
Ideas, Opportunities and Ventures
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		ENT10005
Technology Commercialisation
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		ENT10006
Lean Startup Fundamentals
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		ENT20006
Entrepreneurial Sandpit
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		ENT20009
New Venture Funding
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		ENT20008
Entrepreneurship Launchpad
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		ENT30015
Startup Ecosystems in Action
Major unit, 12.5 credit points 		ENT30016

Choose from a combination of the following course components to complete 100 credit points of other study. Students may also select elective units (12.5 credit points each).

Advanced minors are a structured set of 4 units or 50 credit points in a field of study which builds upon your first major. Advanced minors can only be taken in conjunction with specific majors - more information will be available soon.

Mental Health Advanced

Minors are a structured set of 4 units or 50 credit points and may be chosen from any field of study.

  • Accounting
  • Advertising
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Applied Psychology
  • Architecture
  • Aviation
  • Biomedical Science
  • Biotechnology
  • Branded Environments
  • Chemistry
  • Cinema and Screen Studies
  • Climate and Social Justice
  • Communication Design
  • Computer Science
  • Creative Writing
  • Criminology
  • Data Analytics
  • Data Science
  • Design History and Theory
  • Design Principles and Processes
  • Digital Marketing
  • Diversity and Multiculturalism
  • Editing
  • Engineering
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Ethics and Technology
  • Film and Television Theory
  • Finance
  • Games and Interactivity
  • Health Statistics
  • Healthy Societies
  • Higher Mathematics
  • History
  • Human Resource Management
  • Indigenous Studies
  • Industrial Design
  • Information and Communication Technology
  • Innovation
  • Interior Architecture
  • Interior Documentation and Construction
  • International Relations and Security
  • Journalism
  • Literature
  • Management
  • Management for Health
  • Managing Information Systems
  • Marketing
  • Media Industries
  • Motion Design
  • Neuroscience
  • Nutrition
  • Perspectives on Globalisation
  • Philosophy
  • Photomedia
  • Physics
  • Politics and International Relations
  • Politics, Power and Technology
  • Professional and Creative Writing
  • Public Relations
  • Screen Studies and Popular Culture
  • Social Impact
  • Social Media
  • Sociology
  • Space Technology Minor
  • Tourism
  • Web Development
View minor units
Units of study Unit code
Option 1
Work Experience in Industry A
Practical unit, 25.0 credit points 		WEI20001
Integrated Professional Placement A - Business
Academic unit, 25.0 credit points 		BUS20010
Work Experience in Industry B
Practical unit, 25.0 credit points 		WEI20002
Integrated Professional Placement B - Business
Academic unit, 25.0 credit points 		BUS20011
or
Option 2
Work Experience in Industry A
Practical unit, 25.0 credit points 		WEI20001
Integrated Professional Placement A - Humanities
Academic unit, 25.0 credit points 		SOC20018
Work Experience in Industry B
Practical unit, 25.0 credit points 		WEI20002
Integrated Professional Placement B - Humanities
Academic unit, 25.0 credit points 		SOC20019

These recommended elective units can deepen your understanding of your chosen major or an area of interest. A full list of available elective units can be found upon enrolment.

Climate and Social Justice major
  • CRI30010 Youth Justice and Crime
  • HIS10003 Global History
  • INS20002 International Indigenous Perspectives
  • PHI10007 What is Power?
  • PHI10008 Introduction to Ethics
  • PHI30010 Philosophy, Politics and Society
  • POL20019 Digital Justice
  • POL20020 Work in a Globalised World
  • POL30010 The Politics of Public Policy
  • SOC20013 Race, Ethnicity and Migration
  • SOC30013 Global Gender and Sex
     
Criminology major
  • ART10001 Academic Literacies: Situating University Knowledge
  • CHE10007 Introduction to Forensic Science
  • ECO30002 Economic Policy in Society
  • HIS10003 Global History
  • HIS10005 Movements for Social Change
  • HIS20003 Propaganda
  • HIS20009 History, Politics and Human Rights
  • INS10002 Unlearning the Past: Indigenous Australian History
  • JOU20006 Media, Law and Ethics
  • NEU10002 Neuroscience
  • PHI10007 What is Power?
  • PHI10008 Introduction to Ethics
  • PHI20006 Philosophy, Media, Culture
  • PHI30008 Ethics
  • PHI30010 Philosophy, Politics and Society
  • POL30009 Critical Perspectives On Terrorism
  • SOC10004 Sociological Foundations
     
Ethics and Technology major
  • HIS10003 Global History
  • HIS10005 Movements for Social Change
  • HIS20003 Propaganda
  • HIS20009 History, Politics and Human Rights
  • INS20004 Resistance, Activism and Empowerment
  • PHI10007 What is Power?
  • PHI20006 Philosophy, Media, Culture
  • PHI20010 Philosophical Perspectives on Nature and Science
  • PHI20010 Philosophical Perspectives on Nature and Science
  • PHI30009 Environmental Philosophy
  • POL20020 Work in a Globalised World
  • POL30019 Conflict, Justice and Peace
  • SOC10005 Environment and Society: Problems and Solutions
  • SOC10012 Global Perspectives on Modernity
  • SOC30020 Changing our Climate: Past and Future
     
Indigenous Studies major
  • CRI10002 Fundamentals of Criminology
  • CRI20001 Policing: Systems and Practice
  • CRI30002 Corrections: Systems and Practice
  • HIS10003 Global History
  • HIS20003 Propaganda
  • HIS30002 Gender and History
  • HIS30007 War and Peace in the 20th Century
  • HIS30012 History, Politics and Human Rights
  • PHI10007 What is Power?
  • PHI10008 Introduction to Ethics
  • PHI20001 Environmental Philosophy
  • PHI20006 Philosophy, Media, Culture
  • PHI30008 Ethics
  • POL20008 Australian Foreign Policy
  • POL20009 Dictators and Democrats: Comparative Politics
  • POL20010 International Relations and Security Studies
  • POL30009 Critical Perspectives On Terrorism
  • SOC10012 Global Perspectives on Modernity
  • SOC20020 Deviance, Difference & Conformity
     
Professional and Creative Writing major
  • DIG20001 Digital Narratives
  • FTV20005 The Australian Screen
  • FTV30001 Breaking the Screen
  • FTV30005 Hollywood Cinema
  • GAM20004 Writing for Interactive Narratives
  • JOU20006 Media, Law and Ethics
  • MDA10001 Introduction to Media Studies
  • MDA20001 Business of Media
  • MDA20007 Screen Franchising and Innovation
  • MDA20009 Digital Communities
  • MDA20025 National Media in A Globalised World
  • MDA30007 Media and Communications Project B
  • MDA30009 Radio, Audio and Podcasting
  • POL10001 Australian Politics
  • SOC10004 Sociological Foundations
  • SOC20020 Deviance, Difference & Conformity
     
Perspectives on Globalisation major
  • HIS10005 Movements for Social Change
  • HIS20009 History, Politics and Human Rights
  • POL20009 Dictators and Democrats: Comparative Politics
  • POL20016 Contemporary Approaches to Security
  • POL20018 Winners and Losers: The Politics and Ethics of Work
  • POL20019 Digital Justice
  • POL30019 Conflict, Justice and Peace
  • POL30020 Critical Security Studies
  • SOC10014 Popular Culture, Social Change and Technology
     
Politics, Power and Technology major
  • HIS10005 Movements for Social Change
  • HIS20009 History, Politics and Human Rights
  • INS20004 Resistance, Activism and Empowerment
  • POL20018 Winners and Losers: The Politics and Ethics of Work
  • POL20019 Digital Justice
  • POL20020 Work in a Globalised World
  • POL30014 Politics of the Pacific
  • POL30018 Cyber Crime and Security
  • POL30019 Conflict, Justice and Peace
  • POL30022 Borders, Security, and Belonging
  • SOC10014 Popular Culture, Social Change and Technology
     
Screen Studies and Popular Culture major
  • ADV10001 Principles of Advertising
  • COM10007 Professional Communication Practice
  • DIG10004 Digital Video and Audio
  • FTV20005 The Australian Screen
  • FTV30001 Breaking the Screen
  • FTV30005 Hollywood Cinema
  • JOU10004 News Writing
  • JOU20006 Media, Law and Ethics
  • LIT20002 Australian Writing: Mapping Diversity
  • LIT30002 Graphic Narratives: Comics, Graphic Novels, and Manga
  • MDA10001 Introduction to Media Studies
  • MDA10006 Innovation Cultures: Perspectives On Science and Technology
  • MDA10008 Global Media Industries
  • MDA20001 Business of Media
  • MDA20003 Networked Selves
  • MDA20009 Digital Communities
  • MDA20011 Sports/Advertising/Media
  • MDA20014 Media and Social Impact
  • MDA20025 National Media in A Globalised World
  • MDA30006 Media and Communications Project A
  • MDA30007 Media and Communications Project B
  • MDA30009 Radio, Audio and Podcasting
     
Accounting major
  • ACC30009 Analysis for Competitive Advantage
  • ECO20003 Managerial Economics and Strategy
  • ECO20004 Macroeconomic Policy
  • ECO30003 Data Analysis and Econometrics
  • FIN30014 Financial Risk Management
  • FIN30016 Management of Investment Portfolios
  • FIN30020 Alternative Investments
  • HRM20016 Dynamics of Diversity in Organisations
  • HRM20017 Managing Workplace Relations
  • INF20029 Digital Business Analysis and Design
  • INF30036 Business Analytics and Artificial Intelligence
  • LAW10004 Introduction to Business Law
  • LAW20019 Law of Commerce
  • LAW20045 Finance Law
  • MGT10010 Ethics of Innovation
  • MGT20007 Organisational Behaviour
  • MGT30005 Strategic Planning
  • MKT30018 Marketing Insights

Business Analytics and Analysis major
  • ACC10008 Financial Information Systems
  • ACC20013 Company Accounting
  • BUS20009 Professional Internship - Business
  • CAR20001 Future Work Skills
  • HRM20017 Managing Workplace Relations
  • ICT20005 IT for Social Impact Project
  • INF20031 Cybersecurity for Business
  • LAW20019 Law of Commerce
  • MGT10010 Ethics of Innovation
  • MGT20008 Business, Society and Sustainability
  • MGT30005 Strategic Planning
  • SCM20003 Global Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Business Administration major
  • FIN30020 Alternative Investments
  • HRM10003 Human Resource Management
  • HRM20016 Dynamics of Diversity in Organisations
  • HRM20017 Managing Workplace Relations
  • INF10026 First Year Industry Project
  • INF20011 Mobile Business and Social Media
  • INF20029 Digital Business Analysis and Design
  • INF20031 Cybersecurity for Business
  • INS10002 Unlearning the Past: Indigenous Australian History
  • LAW10004 Introduction to Business Law
  • LAW20019 Law of Commerce
  • LAW20045 Finance Law
  • MGT10010 Ethics of Innovation
  • MGT20007 Organisational Behaviour
  • MGT30005 Strategic Planning
  • MKT30018 Marketing Insights
  • PUB30001 Events Management

Entrepreneurship and Innovation major
  • ACC30003 Forensic Accounting
  • BUS20009 Professional Internship - Business
  • CAR20001 Future Work Skills
  • ECO20003 Managerial Economics and Strategy
  • FIN20014 Financial Management
  • FIN30014 Financial Risk Management
  • FIN30020 Alternative Investments
  • HRM10004 Human Resource Practices
  • HRM20016 Dynamics of Diversity in Organisations
  • ICT20005 IT for Social Impact Project
  • INF20029 Digital Business Analysis and Design
  • INF30036 Business Analytics and Artificial Intelligence
  • INS10002 Unlearning the Past: Indigenous Australian History
  • LAW10004 Introduction to Business Law
  • LAW20019 Law of Commerce
  • MGT10010 Ethics of Innovation
  • MGT20007 Organisational Behaviour
  • MGT20008 Business, Society and Sustainability
  • MGT30005 Strategic Planning

Finance major
  • ACC10008 Financial Information Systems
  • ACC20013 Company Accounting
  • ACC30005 Taxation
  • ACC30010 Auditing
  • CAR20001 Future Work Skills
  • ECO20003 Managerial Economics and Strategy
  • ECO30003 Data Analysis and Econometrics
  • FIN10002 Financial Statistics
  • HRM10004 Human Resource Practices
  • HRM20016 Dynamics of Diversity in Organisations
  • HRM20017 Managing Workplace Relations
  • INF20016 Big Data Management
  • INF20029 Digital Business Analysis and Design
  • INF30036 Business Analytics and Artificial Intelligence
  • LAW10004 Introduction to Business Law
  • LAW20019 Law of Commerce
  • MGT10010 Ethics of Innovation
  • MGT20008 Business, Society and Sustainability

Financial Planning major
  • ECO20003 Managerial Economics and Strategy
  • ECO20004 Macroeconomic Policy
  • ECO30003 Data Analysis and Econometrics
  • FIN20016 Ethics and International Finance
  • FIN30014 Financial Risk Management
  • FIN30016 Management of Investment Portfolios
  • FIN30020 Alternative Investments
  • INF10025 Data Management and Analytics
  • INF20016 Big Data Management
  • INF20029 Digital Business Analysis and Design
  • INF30004 Business Intelligence and Data Visualisation
  • INF30036 Business Analytics and Artificial Intelligence
  • LAW10004 Introduction to Business Law
  • LAW20019 Law of Commerce
  • LAW20045 Finance Law
  • MGT10010 Ethics of Innovation
  • MGT20008 Business, Society and Sustainability
  • PUB30001 Events Management

Human Resource Management major
  • ACC10008 Financial Information Systems
  • ACC30009 Analysis for Competitive Advantage
  • BUS20009 Professional Internship - Business
  • CAR20001 Future Work Skills
  • ECO20003 Managerial Economics and Strategy
  • ENT10002 Creativity and Innovation
  • INF20011 Mobile Business and Social Media
  • INF20029 Digital Business Analysis and Design
  • INS10002 Unlearning the Past: Indigenous Australian History
  • LAW10004 Introduction to Business Law
  • LAW20019 Law of Commerce
  • LAW20045 Finance Law
  • MGT10010 Ethics of Innovation
  • MGT20008 Business, Society and Sustainability
  • MGT30005 Strategic Planning
  • PUB30001 Events Management
  • SOC10004 Sociological Foundations

Logistics and Supply Chain Management major
  • ACC10008 Financial Information Systems
  • ACC20013 Company Accounting
  • BUS20009 Professional Internship - Business
  • CAR20001 Future Work Skills
  • ECO20003 Managerial Economics and Strategy
  • ECO20004 Macroeconomic Policy
  • FIN30020 Alternative Investments
  • HRM20017 Managing Workplace Relations
  • ICT20005 IT for Social Impact Project
  • INB10002 International Business Operations
  • INF10026 First Year Industry Project
  • INF20031 Cybersecurity for Business
  • LAW10004 Introduction to Business Law
  • LAW20019 Law of Commerce
  • LAW20045 Finance Law
  • MGT10010 Ethics of Innovation
  • MGT20008 Business, Society and Sustainability
  • POL10002 International Politics
  • SCM20003 Global Logistics and Supply Chain Management
  • SOC10004 Sociological Foundations

Management major
  • ACC10008 Financial Information Systems
  • ACC20013 Company Accounting
  • ACC30003 Forensic Accounting
  • BUS20009 Professional Internship - Business
  • CAR20001 Future Work Skills
  • ECO20003 Managerial Economics and Strategy
  • ECO20004 Macroeconomic Policy
  • ENT10002 Creativity and Innovation
  • FIN30020 Alternative Investments
  • HRM20016 Dynamics of Diversity in Organisations
  • ICT20005 IT for Social Impact Project
  • INF20031 Cybersecurity for Business
  • LAW10004 Introduction to Business Law
  • LAW20019 Law of Commerce
  • LAW20045 Finance Law
  • PUB30001 Events Management
  • SCM20003 Global Logistics and Supply Chain Management
  • SOC10004 Sociological Foundations

Marketing major
  • ACC10008 Financial Information Systems
  • BUS20009 Professional Internship - Business
  • CAR20001 Future Work Skills
  • ECO20003 Managerial Economics and Strategy
  • ENT10002 Creativity and Innovation
  • FIN10002 Financial Statistics
  • HRM20016 Dynamics of Diversity in Organisations
  • ICT20005 IT for Social Impact Project
  • INF10025 Data Management and Analytics
  • INF20011 Mobile Business and Social Media
  • INF20016 Big Data Management
  • INF30004 Business Intelligence and Data Visualisation
  • INF30036 Business Analytics and Artificial Intelligence
  • INS10002 Unlearning the Past: Indigenous Australian History
  • LAW10004 Introduction to Business Law
  • LAW20019 Law of Commerce
  • LAW20045 Finance Law
  • MGT10010 Ethics of Innovation
  • PUB30001 Events Management

Sports Management major
  • ENT10001 Entrepreneurship and Opportunity
  • INF20011 Mobile Business and Social Media
  • MDA20003 Networked Selves
  • MDA20009 Digital Communities
  • MDA20011 Sports/Advertising/Media
  • MDA20014 Media and Social Impact
  • MDA20025 National Media in A Globalised World
  • MKT20019 Marketing Research and Analytics
  • MKT20021 Integrated Marketing Communication
  • MKT20025 Consumer Behaviour
  • MKT20031 Marketing and Innovation
  • PRM30001 Project Management Essentials
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Learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of the Bachelor of Arts/ Bachelor of Business, graduates will be able to:

  • systematically review and critically evaluate research from a variety of sources to inform their knowledge and conceptual understandings in the humanities and/or social sciences
  • Formulate arguments that are fit for purpose and demonstrate an understanding of the relevant theories and evidence in their areas of expertise
  • critically analyse information to generate creative solutions to solve complex problems in the area of humanities and/or social sciences, and understand the importance of inter-disciplinarity for generating solutions
  • Define and integrate theoretical principles and apply these in their areas of expertise
  • apply knowledge and skills with responsibility and accountability for their own learning and practice, individually and in collaboration with others
  • interpret and communicate ideas, problems and arguments in modes suitable to a range of audiences using a range of media
  • coherently articulate a line of reasoning demonstrating cultural sensitivity and apply a framework to 
  • analyse and offer solutions to ethical dilemmas in local and international contexts.
  • define and integrate theoretical principles applicable to a business discipline and apply those principles in a range of practices.
  • systematically review and critically evaluate research from a variety of sources in order to make informed judgements on options for innovatively solving a range of problems that arise in business contexts.
  • formulate creative solutions that are fit for purpose and demonstrate cognisance of the impact of business decisions on the environment, economy and society.
  • coherently articulate a line of reasoning demonstrating cultural sensitivity and apply a framework to analyse and offer solutions to ethical dilemmas.
  • communicate a range of business arguments by evaluating and implementing alternative communication strategies as appropriate to the audience.
  • build on and continuously develop the intellectual independence to be critical and reflective learners, cognisant of new technologies.
  • work collaboratively in diverse groups. 

Career opportunities

There are countless career opportunities with the Arts/Business double degree combination.

You’ll graduate equipped with a strong set of practical and transferable skills relevant to a broad range of industry sectors and career outcomes.

This double degree combination can strengthen career outcomes in areas such as business communication, engagement, international business, government relations, public affairs, and helping businesses develop strategies and action around issues such as ethical behaviour and products, diversity and climate change.

Depending on your selected areas of study, you may choose to find employment in advocacy, accountancy, advertising, anti-corruption, banking, business administration, business information systems, business analysis, consumer protection, community development, corrections, cultural services, data analytics, the entertainment industry, entrepreneurship, finance, financial planning, government, human rights, human resources, investment, media and communication, NGO/aid work, marketing, , public affairs, risk management, sporting organisations, supply chain and logistics, unions, writing, and youth work.

Your career may commence with a graduate program or begin with roles such as: administrator, advocate, executive, consultant, content creator, officer, executive officer, coordinator, analyst, assessor, advisor, correspondent, writer, or researcher.

Alternatively, you may continue onto postgraduate study such as teaching, business, research, media and communication, or writing.

Professional recognition

As a Bachelor of Business graduate with a major in:

The Accounting or Accounting and Finance majors: You may be eligible to apply for membership of CPA Australia (CPAA), Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ), the Association ofChartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) or the Institute of Public Accountants (IPA).

The Finance major: is recognised under the CFA Institute Affiliated University. The course covers at least 70% of Level 1 of the CFA program Candidate Body of Knowledge (CBOK) placing emphasis on the CFA Institute Codes of Ethics and Standards of Practice. This recognition signals to students, employers and the marketplace that Swinburne’s curriculum is closely tied to professional practice and is well suited to preparing you for employment in the finance and investment industry, and for sitting the CFA examination. Students of the Finance major may be eligible for CFA Program Student Scholarships.

The Human Resource Management: is accredited by the Australian HR Institute (AHRI). Accreditation is reviewed every three years by the AHRI National Accreditation Committee.  Students applying for this course can be assured that the quality of core units map onto the AHRI Model of Excellence for HR Practitioners and Academics, a recognised benchmark of HR best practice and standards. 

Course rules

To qualify for the award of Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Business, students must complete 400 credit points comprising:

  • twelve (12) core units of study (150 credit points)
  • eight (8) units of study from an Arts discipline major (100 credit points)
  • eight (8) units of study from one of the Business majors (100 credit points)
  • four (4) of study comprising an advanced minor or minor or electives. (50 credit points)

Domestic students also have an opportunity to undertake a WIL Professional Placement. Please note that due to government regulation international students holding a student visa are not able to undertake Professional Placements in this course.

Students may not complete more than 150 cps at Introductory Level. A unit of study can only be counted once. Where there are overlaps between majors and/or minors, students in the first instance choose another unit from the list of units available in the major/minor.

Professional placements

Professional Placements are subject to a competitive selection process.

Students who undertake a 12 month professional placement are subject to the following course rules and must complete 475 credit points comprising:

  • twelve (12) core units of study (150 credit points)
  • eight (8) units of study from an Arts discipline major (100 credit points)
  • eight (8) units of study from one of the Business majors (100 credit points)
  • four [4] units of study from the Professional Placement Co-Major (100 credit points)
  • two (2) units of study comprising electives (25 credit points)
     

Students who elect to undertake a 6 month professional placement are subject to the following course rules and must complete 437.5 credit points comprising:

  • twelve (12) core units of study (150 credit points)
  • eight (8) units of study from an Arts discipline major (100 credit points)
  • eight (8) units of study from one of the Business majors (100 credit points)
  • two [2] units of study from the Professional Placement Minor (50 credit points)
  • three (3) units of study comprising electives (37.5 credit points)

Maximum Academic Credit

The maximum level of credit that can be granted for the Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Business is 200 credit points (normally 16 units), 100 credit points maximum from each discipline

Admission criteria

Information about Swinburne's general admission criteria can be found at Admissions at Swinburne - Higher Education webpage.

Entry requirements

A. Applicants with recent secondary education (within past three years)

ATAR

This course uses the ATAR as part of its selection considerations.

Guaranteed ATAR: if you receive an ATAR of 60 or higher and meet all the essential requirements for this course, you will be guaranteed an offer.

Educational history 

An applicant's entire academic history, including ATAR results, will be considered for entry into this course. 

Selection rank adjustments 

Selection ranks for this course will be calculated based on your ATAR with adjustments to overall study scores based on subjects studied, location of your home address, SEAS application, and participation In Swinburne's Early Leaders program. For further details about selection rank adjustments, see Admissions at Swinburne. 

Subject Adjustments 

A study score of 25 in any Business, any Humanities, any Information Technology, Literature, any LOTE or any Mathematics equals 2 aggregate points per study. Overall maximum of 10 points.

Meeting course prerequisites 

VCE units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 25 in any English (except EAL) or at least 30 in English as Alternate Language (EAL) or equivalent.

ATAR profile for those offered places wholly or partly on the basis of ATAR in Semester 1 2024

ATAR-Based offers only, across all offer rounds ATAR
Excluding adjustment factors		 Selection Rank
ATAR + any adjustment factors
Highest rank to receive an offer 72.8 76.65
Median rank to receive an offer 65.9 72.75
Lowest rank to receive an offer 55.5 58.4

B. Applicants with higher education study

Educational history 

An applicant's entire academic history, including results from previous higher education study will be considered for entry into this course. If previous higher education qualifications are incomplete, results must have been obtained in the last seven years. 

Meeting course prerequisites 

As for Year 12 or equivalent. 

STAT/Bridging courses 

Results from the STAT Multiple Choice will be considered for applicants without an ATAR and whose post-secondary studies do not meet the minimum requirements. Applicants who do not meet the English prerequisites can sit STAT Written English. STAT results are valid for two years.

C. Applicants with vocational education and training (VET) study

Educational history 

An applicant's entire academic history from the past seven years, including complete and/or incomplete post-secondary VET studies, will be considered for entry into this course. Only graded results will be considered. 

Meeting course prerequisites 

As for Year 12 or equivalent. 

STAT/Bridging courses 

Results from the STAT Multiple Choice will be considered for applicants without an ATAR and whose post-secondary studies do not meet the minimum requirements. Applicants who do not meet the English prerequisites can sit STAT Written English. STAT results are valid for two years.

D. Applicants with work and life experience

Entire academic record 

This course uses an applicant's entire academic record as part of its selection considerations, including an applicant's ATAR results from the last seven years can be considered for entry into this course.

Meeting course prerequisites 

As for Year 12 or equivalent. 

STAT/Bridging courses 

Results from the STAT Multiple Choice will be considered for applicants without an ATAR and whose post-secondary studies do not meet the minimum requirements. Applicants who do not meet the English prerequisites can sit STAT Written English. STAT results are valid for two years.

Student profile

The table below gives an indication of the likely peer cohort for new students in this course. It provides data on students who commenced in this course in the most relevant recent intake period, including those admitted through all offer rounds and international students studying in Australia.

  Semester 1, 2024
Applicant background Number of students Percentage of all students
(A) Higher education study (includes a bridging or enabling course) <5 <5
(B) Vocational education and training (VET) study 0 0%
(C) Work and life experience (admitted on the basis of previous achievement not in the other three categories) 0 0%
(D) Recent secondary education:    
Admitted solely on the basis of ATAR (regardless of whether this includes the consideration of adjustment factors such as equity or subject bonus points) N/P N/P
Admitted where both ATAR and additional criteria were N/A considered (e.g. portfolio, audition, extra test, early offer conditional on minimum ATAR) N/A N/A
Admitted on the basis of other criteria only and ATAR was N/A not a factor (e.g. special consideration, audition alone, schools recommendation scheme with no minimum ATAR requirement) 0 0%
International students <5 <5
All students 7 100%

“<5” – the number of students is less than 5.

Notes: N/A – Students not accepted in this category.

N/P – Not published: the number is hidden to prevent calculation of numbers in cells with less than 5 students.

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