Bachelor of Business

Program handbook

Description

The Bachelor of Business is one of the most popular and dynamic degrees offered by the Faculty of Business and Law. It is a three year full-time (or equivalent part-time) program which starts with broad core courses and then progresses to one of the eight major sequences of study offered in the degree:

• Entrepreneurship and Innovation;
• Governance, Policy and Political Economy;
• Human Resource Management;
• International Business;
• Leadership and Management;
• Marketing;
• Sports Management;
• Tourism Management.

The program has a practical orientation, with students learning from case studies of real business situations.

All majors are available for study at Newcastle City. Majors offered at Ourimbah are Human Resource Management, Leadership and Management, and Marketing.

Program learning outcomes

Details

Admission information

Credit transfer

Professional recognition

Academic requirements for program completion

Total units required

240 units

Program duration

3 years full-time or part-time equivalent up to 8 years maximum.

International students studying this program on campus are required to enrol full time to comply with their student visa requirements and complete their study in the standard minimum program duration. International students requiring enrolment advice should review the program plan corresponding to the semester and year of commencement and can contact their Program Advisor at ProgramAdvice@newcastle.edu.au

Program requirements

To complete the degree, students must pass courses totalling 240 units (generally made up of 24 courses worth 10 units each). The academic program has three distinct components: core courses, a major sequence and elective courses.

To satisfy the requirements for the Bachelor of Business degree program you must complete:

• A total of, but no more than, 240 units (generally made up of 24 courses worth 10 units each)
• No more than 100 units at the 1000 (first year) level
• Between 40 and 100 units at the 2000 (second year) level and 3000 (third year) level
• The Core Bachelor of Business courses must be completed by all students and consists of seventy (70) units of prescribed courses. All core courses are at the first year (1000) level.
• The Compulsory and Directed courses for at least one major sequence.
• The remaining units (electives) can be chosen from any discipline area within the University. You may utilise your electives to undertake a double major. You must ensure that each major has 60 units of unique courses.

Some core courses count towards specific majors as listed below.

• LEGL1001 - Entrepreneurship and Innovation; Governance, Policy and Political Economy; Leadership and Management majors.
• MNGT1001 - Human Resource Management; International Business; Leadership and Management; Marketing and Tourism Management majors.
• MKTG1001 - Marketing; and Sports Management majors.

Please note that some courses within the major sequences may require additional assumed knowledge and requisites other than the compulsory courses in the major.

Students may study 40 units of courses which comprise a minor (see additional document at: http://www.newcastle.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/335442/Bachelor-of-Business-Minor-Areas-of-Study.pdf .) When you have successfully completed your program, your transcript and testamur will specify completed major/s but will not specify completed minors.

Program plans

Download a program plan for further details on what you will study. Please refer to the program plan for the year that you commenced or transitioned into this program.

• 2016-2017-Program-Plan-B-Business-Newcastle-Double-Major-40027.pdf 800.9 KB
• 2016-2017-Program-Plan-B-Business-Newcastle-Single-Major-40027.pdf 643.6 KB
• 40027-B-Business-Double-Major-Central-Coast-2016-2020.pdf 121.3 KB
• 40027-B-Business-Singapore-Tri-1-2020.pdf 429.2 KB
• 40027-B-Business-Singapore-Tri-2-2020.pdf 539.1 KB
• 40027-B-Business-Singapore-Tri-3-2019.pdf 390.1 KB
• 40027-B-Business-Singapore-Tri-3-2020.pdf 299.0 KB
• 40027-B-Business-Single-Major-Central-Coast-2016-2020.pdf 102.0 KB
• B-Business-Double-Major-40027-Newcastle-2018-2020.pdf 199.1 KB
• B-Business-Single-Major-40027-Newcastle-2018-2020.pdf 199.0 KB
• Bachelor of Business 40027 Minor areas of study 18 June 2019.pdf 85.2 KB

Additional documents

• Entrepreneurship & Innovation Major - commenced prior to 2020.pdf 568.6 KB

Transition arrangements

Program structure

Students are advised to read their program handbook information in conjunction with the program plans for course sequence/enrolment advice. Please refer to the Program Plan for the year that you commenced, or transitioned into, this program - Program Plans are available above.

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Suggested electives

Honours

Additional information

International students

Additional support