Overview

The business studies major sequence offers you the opportunity to gain a broad understanding of units in human resource management, finance, marketing and accounting. If you’re studying a Bachelor of Arts you could choose to combine your business studies major with a range of related areas such as economics, politics and international relations or media.

The major is also a pathway to becoming a secondary-school business studies teacher when combined with a tertiary teaching qualification.

Career opportunities

Our graduates have pursued careers in:

  • government and non-government organisations
  • policy development
  • community development
  • consulting and public relations
  • social and cultural research
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Completion requirements

A student must complete 80 cp of the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of:

  1. at least 10 cp from 100-level units (Part A);
  2. at least 40 cp from 200-level units (Part B);
  3. at least 20 cp from 300-level units (Part C).


*Students in the Bachelor of Education (Secondary), Bachelor of Education (Primary and Secondary) and Bachelor of Education (Secondary and Special Education) must complete 60 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of no more than 2 units at 100-level and at least 2 units at 300-level.

Complete at least 10 credit points from the following:

  • BUSN104Money Matters10 CP
  • BUSN113Managing People and Organisations10 CP

    HR Management / Management

  • BUSN112Managing Markets10 CP

    Marketing

Complete at least 40 of the following:

  • ACCT207Financial Accounting10 CP

    Accounting

  • ACCT209Corporate Accounting10 CP

    Accounting

  • ACCT210Accounting Foundations10 CP

    Accounting

  • HRMG201Strategic Human Resource Development10 CP

    HR Management

  • HRMG204Organisational Behaviour10 CP

    HR Management

  • MGMT205Evidence-Based Decision Making10 CP

    Management

  • MGMT212Global Comparative Management10 CP

    Management

  • MGMT213Organisational Analysis10 CP

    Management

  • MGMT214Leadership and Organisational Sustainability10 CP

    Management

  • MKTG201Buyer Behaviour10 CP

    Marketing

  • MKTG202Marketing Communications: Engaging Stakeholders10 CP

    Marketing

  • MKTG207Marketing Toolkit10 CP

    Marketing

  • MKTG209Digital Marketing: The Connected Space10 CP

    Marketing

Complete at least 20 credit points from the following:

  • ACCT300Auditing10 CP

    Accounting

  • ACCT303Strategic Management Accounting10 CP

    Accounting

  • ACCT305Accounting Information Systems10 CP

    Accounting

  • HRMG308Strategic HRM: Metrics and Analytics10 CP

    HR Management

  • MGMT310Organisational Change for Sustainability10 CP

    HR Management / Management

  • MGMT304Strategic Management10 CP

    Management

  • MGMT309Governance, Risk and Operations Management10 CP

    Management

  • MGMT311Managing Entrepreneurship and Innovation10 CP

    Management

  • MKTG301International Marketing: The Borderless World10 CP

    Marketing

  • MKTG313Strategic Marketing and Planning10 CP

    Marketing

  • MKTG315Marketing Analysis: Evidence-Based Decisions10 CP

    Marketing

  • MKTG318Social Impact of Marketing10 CP

    Marketing

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