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Bachelor of Business Pass and Honours

Bachelor of Business (Pass and Honours)

BBus

240 cp (Pass)

Minimum duration:   3 years full-time or equivalent part-time.

80 cp (Honours)

Minimum duration:   1 year full-time or equivalent part-time.

Available at                    Brisbane Campus Qld

                                     Melbourne Campus Vic

                                     North Sydney Campus NSW

                                     Hong Kong in cooperation with Caritas Francis Hsu College, Centre for Advanced and Professional Studies [Bachelor of Business (Accounting)]

EFTSL value of units:   All 10 cp units in this course have an EFTSL value of 0.125. Units with a cp value of a multiple of 10 have corresponding EFTSL values.

 

1.          DEFINITIONS

“Major”:  80 cp from prescribed units.

 

2.          REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPLETION OF THE PASS DEGREE

To qualify for the Pass degree, a student must complete:

 

(a)  240 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of:

(i)       120 cp from Core units;

(ii)     80 cp from a Major;

(iii)    40 cp from Electives[1];

and

(b)  three approved Professional Experience units.

 

3.          REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPLETION OF THE HONOURS DEGREE

To qualify for the Honours degree a student must, in addition to satisfying the requirements of the Pass degree, complete 80 cp from the Schedule of Honours Units.

 

SCHEDULE OF UNIT OFFERINGS

Prerequisite (Pre), co-requisite (Co) and incompatible (Inc) units are indicated in parentheses where applicable.

CORE UNITS

ACCT100              10         Principles of Accounting

BUSO106             10         Personal Values and the Market

BUSO203             10         Business Ethics (Pre: MGMT101 Fundamentals of Management)

ECON104             10         Business Economics

INFO101              10         Fundamentals of Information Systems

LEGL101             10         Introduction to Law

MGMT101            10         Fundamentals of Management

MGMT205            10         Managerial Decision–Making

MGMT304            10         Strategic Management (Pre: 150 cp including MGMT101 Fundamentals of Management)

MGMT305            10         Management and Leadership (Pre: 120 cp including MGMT101 Fundamentals of Management)

MKTG100            10         Principles of Marketing

STAT102             10         Business Statistics

MAJORS

Accounting

ACCT203             10         Company Accounting (Pre: ACCT207 Historic Cost Accounting)

ACCT204             10         Managerial Accounting Concepts (Pre: ACCT100 Principles of Accounting)

ACCT205             10         Accounting Information Systems (Pre: ACCT207 Historic Cost Accounting and ACCT204 Managerial Accounting Concepts)

ACCT207             10         Historic Cost Accounting (Pre: ACCT100 Principles of Accounting)

ACCT300             10         Auditing and Assurance Services (Pre: ACCT100 Principles of Accounting)

ACCT303            10         Strategic Managerial Decisions (Pre: ACCT204 Managerial Accounting Concepts)

ACCT304            10         Accounting Theory (Pre: ACCT203 Company Accounting)

BAFI200             10         Principles of Finance (Pre: ACCT100 Principles of Accounting)

Students seeking entry into professional programs must also complete the following 2 units in place of two electives:

LEGL201           10         Company Law (Pre: LEGL101 Introduction to Law)

LEGL300           10         Taxation Law (Pre: LEGL101 Introduction to Law)

Financial Services

BAFI200             10         Principles of Finance (Pre: ACCT100 Principles of Accounting)

BAFI201             10         Australian Capital Markets (Pre: ACCT100 Principles of Accounting)

BAFI203             10         Personal Financial Planning

BAFI204             10         Portfolio Management and Investments (Pre: BAFI200 Principles of Finance and STAT102 Business Statistics)

BAFI301            10         Financial Institutions Management (Pre: BAFI200 Principles of Finance)

BAFI303            10         Derivates Investment (Pre: BAFI200 Principles of Finance)

BAFI304            10         Superannuation and Retirement Planning (Pre: BAFI200 Principles of Finance)

LEGL300           10         Taxation Law (Pre: LEGL101 Introduction to Law)

Human Resource Management

PERS200          10         Human Resource Management (Pre: MGMT101 Fundamentals of Management)

PERS201          10         Human Resource Development (Pre: MGMT101 Fundamentals of Management)

PERS202          10         Performance Management (Pre: PERS200 Human Resource Management)

PERS203          10         Human Resource Information Systems (Pre: INFO101 Fundamentals of Information Systems and PERS200 Human Resource Management)

PERS302          10         Employment Relations (Pre: PERS200 Human Resource Management and LEGL101 Introduction to Law)

PERS303          10         Organisational Change (Pre: 120 cp including PERS200 Human Resource Management)

PERS304          10         Employment Law (Pre: PERS200 Human Resource Management and LEGL101 Introduction to Law and PERS302 Employment Relations)

PERS305          10         Analysis of Human Resource Management (Pre: 120 cp including 40 cp from HRM major)

Information Systems

INFO106            10         Programming Techniques 1

INFO109            10         Programming Techniques 2 (Pre:INFO106 Programming Techniques 1)

INFO202             10         Systems Analysis and Design (Pre: INFO101 Fundamentals of Information Systems)

INFO204            10         Database Design 1

INFO304            10         Project Management (Pre: INFO202 Systems Analysis and Design)

INFO305            10         Information Technology Project (Pre: INFO319 Decision Support Systems or INFO304 Project Management)

INFO306            10         Programming Techniques 3 (Pre: INFO109 Programming Techniques 2. Inc: INFO318 Intelligent Systems)

INFO318           10         Intelligent Systems (Inc: INFO306 Programming Techniques 3)

INFO319           10         Decision Support Systems (Pre: INFO202 Systems Analysis and Design)

International Business (Asia-Pacific emphasis)

BAFI200            10         Principles of Finance (Pre: ACCT100 Principles of Accounting)

BAFI302            10         International Business Finance (Pre: BAFI200 Principles of Finance)

BUSO204          10         International Affairs

BUSO206          10         International Trade and Export Procedures (Pre:ECON104 Business Economics and MKTG100 Principles of Marketing. Inc: BUSO301 Asia-Pacific Business)

BUSO301          10         Asia-Pacific Business (Pre: MGMT101 Fundamentals of Management. Inc: BUSO206 International Trade and Export Procedures)

ECON201          10         International Business Economics (Pre: ECON104 Business Economics)

MGMT307          10         Cross-Cultural Management (Pre: MGMT101 Fundamentals of Management and BUSO204 International Affairs)

MKTG301           10         International Marketing (Pre: ECON104 Business Economics and MKTG100 Principles of Marketing)

PERS310           10         International Human Resource Management (Pre: PERS200 Human Resource Management)

Marketing

Core Units

MKTG200          10         Marketing Research (Pre: MKTG100 Principles of Marketing and STAT102 Business Statistics)

MKTG201          10         Consumer Behaviour (Pre: MKTG100 Principles of Marketing)

MKTG202          10         Marketing Communication (Pre: MKTG201 Consumer Behaviour)

MKTG313          10         Strategic Marketing (Pre: MKTG200 Marketing Research and MKTG201 Consumer Behaviour)

Electives

MKTG301           10         International Marketing (Pre: MKTG100 Principles of Marketing and ECON104 Business Economics)

MKTG302          10         Retail Marketing (Pre: MKTG100 Principles of Marketing)

MKTG303          10         Marketing Theory (Pre: MKTG200 Marketing Research and MKTG201 Consumer Behaviour)

MKTG305          10         Services Marketing (Pre: MKTG100 Principles of Marketing and MKTG201 Consumer Behaviour)

MKTG306          10         Channels Management (Pre: MKTG201 Consumer Behaviour)

MKTG308          10         Business to Business Marketing (Pre: MKTG100 Principles of Marketing)

MKTG309          10         Product Management (Pre: MKTG100 Principles of Marketing and MKTG200 Marketing Research and MKTG201 Consumer Behaviour)

MKTG310          10         Consumer Power and Culture (Pre: MKTG100 Principles of Marketing and MKTG201 Consumer Behaviour)

MKTG311          10         Internet Marketing (Pre: MKTG100 Principles of Marketing)

MKTG312          10         Corporate Brand Management (MKTG100 Principles of Marketing)

ELECTIVES

ACCT305          10         Accounting for Insolvency (Pre: ACCT207 Historic Cost Accounting)

ACCT306          10         Accounting for Small Business (Pre: ACCT100 Principles of Accounting)

BUSO304          10         Small and Medium Enterprise Management (Pre: ACCT100 Principles of Accounting and MGMT101 Fundamentals of Management and MKTG100 Principles of Marketing)

PERS308          10         Occupational Health and Safety (Pre: PERS200 Human Resource Management)

PERS309          10         Organisational Behaviour (Pre: MGMT101 Fundamentals of Management and PERS200 Human Resource Management)

Units selected from other Major studies.

HONOURS AND THESIS UNITS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE UNITS

BIPX100           0          Professional Experience 1

BIPX200           0          Professional Experience 2

BIPX300           0          Professional Experience 3


[1] A student may undertake units, other than those required for the selected Major, listed in the Schedule of Unit Offerings or from other disciplines within the Faculty (subject to campus availability, unit limitations and provided that prerequisite and co-requisite requirements are met).