The Bachelor of Business will give you a broad understanding of the Australian and global business environments. You will gain practical skills and attributes that are recongised by employers.

Our graduates go on to exciting, stimulating and lucrative careers in the private, government and not-for-profit sectors in Australia and around the world. If you are currently working in business or an unrelated field, the Bachelor of Business can help fast-track your career.

You will gain a strong understanding of the contemporary business environment by undertaking foundation studies in a range of disciplines including finance, accounting, economics, politics, marketing, the legal system, industrial relations, and statistics.

The Bachelor of Business also allows you to specialise in an area of business you are passionate about. From second year, you choose to focus on one of seven key areas of study (majors). You can also opt to complete a double major, simultaneously expanding your knowledge base and career opportunities.

This degree offers a high level of flexibility to cater for a diverse range of interests and ambitions. Areas of specialisation include human resources management, information systems in business, international business, management, marketing, logistics and supply chain management and tourism. Find out more

Business is orientated towards teamwork and collaboration in one form or another. The Newcastle Business School recognises this and has developed curricular which includes an emphasis on group work as a form of assessment. Find out more

Students who complete the business degree at the University of Newcastle are in demand. In 2010 more than 83% of graduates from the Bachelor of Business found full-time employment within four months of completing their degree.* Find out more

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This degree offers a high level of flexibility to cater for a diverse range of interests and ambitions. Areas of specialisation include human resources management, information systems in business, international business, management, marketing, logistics and supply chain management and tourism.

To establish a firm understanding of the contemporary business environment, you will undertake studies in the foundations of a range of disciplines including finance, accounting, economics, politics, marketing, the legal system, industrial relations and statistics.

The Bachelor of Business also allows you to undertake a double major, meaning you are able to complete the requirements of two areas of study, simultaneously expanding your career opportunities and knowledge base.

As a first year student, you will complete subjects from a broad range of disciplines relevant to business including economics, marketing, accounting, human resources and business strategy. The first year of your study is designed to give you a strong grounding in the principles and practices of business, and equip you with a core set of business development skills. After sampling a range of disciplines, you can then make an informed decision about the focus area you would like to pursue.

Moving into the second and third years of your degree, you will undertake courses relevant to your chosen speciality. Each of the seven majors focus on providing you with specialist skills to succeed within that field.

Each course within your degree is delivered in person at your chosen campus, with classes usually consisting of a two hour lecture and a one hour tutorial.

As a Bachelor of Business student, you will benefit from a number of initiatives designed to provide a supportive learning environment and help you achieve your study goals.

In addition to weekly lectures and tutorials, the Business School offers Peer Assisted Study Sessions (PASS) and a duty tutor service to help you reach your academic potential. PASS is facilitated by a student who has excelled in the course in a previous semester and provides an opportunity to work collaboratively to cover lecture material, develop a deeper understanding of course material and enhance learning skills. Duty tutors are assigned to each of the first year courses to provide drop-in assistance to students.

All Business and Law students also have exclusive access to the Student Learning Space (SLS), a fun new facility designed to help you fulfil your potential. SLS is about enhancing your learning experience – find a place to study, work on assignments and group tasks, and participate in PASS.

There are a range of combined degree options if you're interested in a Bachelor of Business. The following combinations can be completed in four or five years, when you study full-time:

• Bachelor of Business / Bachelor of Commerce
• Bachelor of Business / Bachelor of Laws
• Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical) / Bachelor of Business
• Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) / Bachelor of Business
• Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical) / Bachelor of Business
• Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) / Bachelor of Business

The Bachelor of Business allows you to select a major in second year based on your interests and experiences in first year. Your major allows you to gain detailed skills and a strong understanding of the key principles in a specialist area.

At our Newcastle campus (Callaghan) you can choose to major in marketing, management, international business, human resource management, tourism, information systems in business or logistics, and supply chain management. Majors available at our Central Coast campus (Ourimbah) include marketing, management, human resource management and tourism. At the University of Newcastle in Singapore, the majors offered are marketing, management and tourism.

A Bachelor of Business allows you to complete a double major, where you specialise in two areas of study and complete the requirements of two majors. Completing a double major will broaden your employment prospects and widen your knowledge base. This holistic understanding of business will help set you apart from your peers when competing in the job market. Combining marketing with tourism or international business with logistics and supply chain management are just two examples of what is possible.

The Bachelor of Business can also be studied concurrently with Commerce or Laws, enabling you to graduate with two degrees rather than one.

With the strong focus on teamwork and collaboration in Business Commerce careers, the Bachelor of Business includes an emphasis on group work as a form of assessment. Working in groups is key to developing the necessary teamwork skills required to make a successful transition from the classroom to the boardroom.

The Newcastle Business School also offers the opportunity for Work Integrated Learning (WIL).

If you show yourself to be a high achieving student, you will have the opportunity to participate in an industry placement in your final year. You will work within a major Hunter organisation and complete a project alongside professionals. This opportunity is a way to gain valuable industry experience and insight and to establish links within the business community that you may be able to take advantage of when seeking future employment. Industry placement is undertaken as a course within your degree – ‘Project in Business’.

The Business School also operates the Lucy Mentoring Program, which provides female students within the Faculty of Business or Law the opportunity to participate in a unique leadership program aiming to inspire, motivate and educate women about the opportunities for employment in the corporate and public sectors. If you participate in the program, you will be allocated a mentor working professionally in the public or private sector who will help you to understand the working environment and to establish professional business networks – both of which are beneficial to gaining employment and progressing through the ranks in any organisation.

Academics for the Bachelor of Business teach from real-world professional experience, research findings and scholarly knowledge to bring the theory of your course to life.

The international expertise of the Newcastle Business School fosters and maintains strong connections with business and industry to ensure you are prepared for an increasingly competitive and global environment.

Students who complete the Business degree at the University of Newcastle are in demand. In 2010 more than 83% of graduates from the Bachelor of Business found full-time employment within four months of completing their degree.*

Business is a cutting edge degree that gives you a broad range of skills and delivers strong outcomes that can lead to jobs anywhere in the world and in any industry, including the private sector, not-for-profit organisations and government.

Whether you want to travel the globe and make your fortune with a large multinational company, run a small business, or contribute to the growth of a charitable organisation, our business degree provides you with the opportunity and real-life skills to do it.

The broad-based scholarship and interdisciplinary approach undertaken at the University of Newcastle ensures you can aspire to careers in a wide variety of graduate positions including:

• Business Analyst/Consultant
• Graduate Trainee
• Trainee Manager
• Training Officer

Then, as you became more experienced within this field you can advance to positions including:

• Business Development Manager
• Business Relationship Manager
• Change Management Consultant
• General Manager
• International Manager
• Management Consultant
• Tourism Manager
• Project Manager

Depending on the courses you choose, a Bachelor of Business degree enables you to be accredited with the following professional organisations:

• Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI)
• Australian Marketing and Social Research Society (AMSRS)

As a graduate of human resource management, you could begin your career in a range of areas including:

• Human Resources
• Industrial Relations
• Equal Opportunity Management
• Advocacy
• Negotiation
• Mediation

You may opt to undertake an additional Honours year, which will provide you with more advanced knowledge, skills and research training. Also, the Faculty has a number of postgraduate students studying human resources and employment relations with areas of study including high performance work systems, EEO and managing diversity, labour use strategies in low pay sectors and employment relations practices of multinational corporations.

You’ll be learning from academics who co-author leading textbooks in Australian employment relations. The link between teaching and research is important and the content you will be studying is kept up to date. Our academic staff maintain active connections with local human resource and industrial relations managers, unions and legal practitioners.

This major produces ICT aware managers and business analysts who understand the potential of technology and are able to communicate effectively with technology specialists. The ICT skills and concepts acquired in this major are applicable worldwide, and to any industry or organisation.

Career opportunities include:

• Business Analysis
• Systems Analysis
• Project Management
• Business Systems Administration
• Business Systems Strategy
• Ecommerce Consultant
• Business Intelligence Developer
• Knowledge Manager
• Technical Sales Representative

If you choose to specialise in management and organisational studies, you will gain skills highly valued in sectors such as finance and business. You will be well-placed to gain employment in generalist roles in government agencies and departments in positions including:

• Business Analyst
• Consultant
• Graduate Trainee
• Human Resources Officer
• Trainee Manager

Then, as you become more experienced within your respective field, you may move to positions such as:

• Business Development Manager
• Business Relationship Manager
• General Manager
• International Manager
• Management Consultant
• Personnel Manager
• Project Manager
• Public Sector Manager
• Specialist Manager
• Supply Chain Manager
• Tourism manager

Career opportunities in marketing are numerous and diverse. The marketing major is designed to prepare you for entry-level and subsequent leadership positions and related career areas including:

• Advertising and Promotion
• Business and Industrial Marketing
• Consumer Marketing
• Brand Management
• Direct Marketing
• International Marketing
• Marketing Research
• Retailing, Professional Selling
• Sales Management
• Transportation and Logistics
• E-Commerce

There are exciting logistics and supply chain management career opportunities in private sector, public sector, not-for-profit and government organisations in Australia and overseas. As a growing area of interest, career opportunities include:

• Business Analyst/Consultant
• Logistics Officer
• Supply Chain Management Officer
• Humanitarian Logistician
• Transport Planner
• Warehouse Manager
• Working within Defence, United Nations and Voluntary organisations

A major in tourism will provide you with excellent transferable skills that can be applied within a range of public and private organisations, with outstanding domestic and global employment opportunities. Careers in tourism contribute to the economy, increase understanding of human behaviour, and build international relationships. If you choose to specialise in tourism, you will have the opportunity to pursue a variety of professional careers including:

• Conference and Events Management
• Tourism and Travel Marketing
• Tour Operations and Guiding
• Environmental Management
• Hospitality
• Government Policy