Bachelor of Business Administration/Bachelor of Global Studies
BBA/BGlobSt
320 cp
Minimum duration: 4 years full-time or equivalent part-time.
Course available at:
- Brisbane, Queensland
- Melbourne, Victoria
- Sydney (North Sydney), NSW1
- Sydney (Strathfield), NSW
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. Admission Requirements
An applicant must also comply with the Admission to Coursework Programs Policy.
To be eligible for admission to the course, an applicant must have an applicant must have completed the following prerequisites at year 12 level, or equivalent:
Queensland
- Prerequisites: English (4, SA)
New South Wales
- Prerequisites: English.
Victoria
- Prerequisites: Units 3 and 4 - a study score of at least 30 in English (EAL) or 25 in any other English.
2. Requirements for Completion of the Degrees
To qualify for the degrees, a student must complete 320 cp consisting of:
- 180 cp from the Specified Units from the Schedule of Unit Offerings of the Bachelor of Business Administration, consisting of:
- 130 cp from Specified Units for the Bachelor of Business Administration;
- 40 cp from any other units listed in the Schedule of Unit offerings for any Bachelor degree course offered by the Peter Faber Business School, with at least 30 cp at advanced level; and
- 10 cp BIPX202 Community Engagement: Building Strengths and Capabilities
- 120 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings of the Bachelor of Global Studies, consisting of ;
- 30 cp of Global Studies Specified Units;
- 10 cp of units from Global Studies List A;
- 10 cp of units from Global Studies List B;
- 10 cp of units from Global Studies List C;
- 40 cp Global Study Abroad (with at least 30 cp normally at advanced level);
or Global Studies International Internship; - 20 cp from Global Studies Electives.
- 20 cp from the University Core Curriculum Units.
3. Progression within the Course
Students normally complete 100- level units before undertaking related 200-level units, and 200-level units before undertaking related 300-level units.
Schedule of Unit Offerings
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Prerequisite (Pre), co-requisite (Co) and incompatible (Inc) units are indicated in parentheses where applicable.
Bachelor of Business Administration Units
For the Schedule of Unit offerings in the Bachelor of Business Administration refer to the Bachelor of Business Administration Course Rules.
Specified Units - Business Administration
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
BUSN102 | 10 | Ethical Communication for Business |
BUSN104 | 10 | Money Matters |
BUSN304 | 10 | Working with Diversity and Conflict (Pre: Completion of 150 cp) |
ECON200 | 10 | Economics: Policy Frameworks and Markets (Inc: ECON105 Economics for Business; ECON104 Business Economics) |
HRMG204 | 10 | Organisational Behaviour (Pre: MGMT100 Managing: People, Systems and Culture) |
ISYS111 | 10 | Fundamentals of Business Information Systems |
MGMT100 | 10 | Managing: People, Systems and Culture |
MGMT304 | 10 | Strategic Management (Pre: 150 cp including MGMT100 Managing: People, Systems and Culture) |
MGMT310 | 10 | Managing Organisational Change and Development (Pre: Completion of 120 cp; Inc: HRMG303 Human Resource Development and Performance Management) |
MGMT311 | 10 | Managing Entrepreneurship and Innovation (Pre: MGMT100 Managing: People, Systems and Culture) |
MKTG100 | 10 | Marketing: Creating and Capturing Customer Value |
Plus any Two Business Administration units from the Specified Units below:
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
BUSN201 | 10 | International Business |
HRMG200 | 10 | Human Resource Management: Staffing and Employee Engagement (Pre: MGMT100 Managing: People, Systems and Culture) |
MKTG202 | 10 | Marketing Communications: Engaging Stakeholders (Pre: MKTG100 Marketing: Creating and Capturing Customer Value) |
Electives
40 cp from other Elective Units listed in the Schedule of Unit Offerings for Peter Faber Business School Bachelor degree courses.
Professional Experience Unit
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
BIPX202 | 10 | Community Engagement: Building Strengths and Capabilities |
Global Studies Specified Units
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
HIST115 | 10 | Global History: Six Degrees of Separation |
POLS104 | 10 | Introduction to International Relations |
GLST305 | 10 | Global Studies Research Project (Pre: At least 20 cp of specified Global Studies units) |
Global Studies Units
Consisting of:
- 10 cp of units from Global Studies List A
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
GEOG207 | 10 | Precarious States: Development, Geopolitics, Livelihoods (Pre: GEOG101 Exploring Human Environments or HIST115 Global History: Six degrees of Separation; Inc: GEOG200 Development in South East Asia, GLST201 Global Change and Development) |
HIST251 | 10 | Human Rights in History (Pre: 10 cp from 100-level units in History or POLS140 The Global Citizen: Civics and Citizenship in a Changing World) |
PHIL202 | 10 | Justice, Authority and Human Rights |
POLS210 | 10 | Racism in Our Times: Global Perspectives on Indigenous Politics (Pre: 10 cp from 100-level unit in Politics and International Relations or POLS140 The Global Citizen: Civics and Citizenship in a Changing World) |
* Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Global Studies students should NOT select units from Global Studies Units that are in the same discipline(s) as their Arts Major(s)
- 10 cp of units from Global Studies List B
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
GEOG204 | 10 | Environmental Sustainability: The Global Challenge |
POLS213 | 10 | International Security and Terrorism (Pre: 10 cp from 100-level unit in Politics and International Relations) |
SOCS243 | 10 | Global Health (Inc. GLST200 Global Health) |
* Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Global Studies students should NOT select units from Global Studies Units that are in the same discipline(s) as their Arts Major(s)
AND
- 10 cp of units from Global Studies List C
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
POLS309 | 10 | World Politics and Justice (Pre: 10 cp from 100-level unit in Politics and International Relations) |
SOCS301 | 10 | Social Justice and the Economy (Pre: 10 cp from 200-level unit in Sociology or related discipline) |
With permission from the Course Coordinator, where a student is unable to take POLS309 or SOCS301 the following units are approved for substitution:
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
HIST308 | 10 | Making History (Pre: 20 cp in 200-300 level History units; Inc: HIST308 Historiography) |
HIST327 | 10 | Global Histories: First Nations and Colonisation (Pre: 20 cp from 200-level unit in History; Inc: HIST104 Indigenous Peoples in Settler Colonies) |
HIST329 | 10 | Diasporas and Journeys: Immigration in World History (Pre: 20 cp from 200-level unit in History; Inc: HIST 206 Comparative History of Immigrant Peoples) |
HIST330 | 10 | Contemporary World History (Pre: 20 cp from 200-level unit in History; Inc: HIST 226 Contemporary World History) |
HIST333 | 10 | The Emergence of East Asia (Pre: 20 cp from 200-level History units; Inc: HIST 211 Modern China; HIST 212 Modern Japan) |
HUMA317 | 10 | History and Geography of Rome (Pre: 10 cp of 200-300 level History or Geography units) |
Global Study Abroad or Global Studies International Internship
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
40 | Global Studies International Internship (Pre: At least 100 cp of study from the Global Studies double degree) | |
OR | ||
GLST301 | 10 | Global Study Abroad A (Pre: 120 cp of study) |
GLST302 | 10 | Global Study Abroad B (Pre: 120 cp of study) |
GLST303 | 10 | Global Study Abroad C (Pre: 120 cp of study) |
GLST304 | 10 | Global Study Abroad D (Pre: 120 cp of study) |
* At the discretion of the National Head of the School of Arts, a student who can demonstrate exceptional and ongoing personal circumstances beyond their control (eg. chronic illness) that prevent them from travelling overseas may be allowed to substitute study abroad or the international internship with GLST306 Global Studies Special Project. Where an ongoing risk applies to more than one student, eg (travel advisory bans; health pandemic etc) GLST306 may also be offered at the discretion of the National Head of School Arts).
Global Studies Electives
Global Economics Units
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
DVST301 | 10 | Development Alternatives (Pre: GEOG207 Precarious States: Development, Geopolitics, Livelihoods) |
ECON204 | 10 | Development Economics (Pre: 10 cp from 100-level units in Economics) |
ECON209 | 10 | The Global Economy (Pre: 10 cp from 100-level units in Economics) |
Race, Rights and Ethics Units
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
DVST303 | 10 | Advocacy and Policy Development (Pre: 10 cp from 200-level units in International Development Studies) |
HIST251 | 10 | Human Rights in History (Pre: 10 cp from 100-level units in History or POLS140 The Global Citizen: Civics and Citizenship in a Changing World) |
HIST327 | 10 | Global Histories: First Nations and Colonisation (Pre: 20 cp from 200-level unit in History; Inc: HIST104 Indigenous Peoples in Settler Colonies) |
PHIL202 | 10 | Justice, Authority and Human Rights |
POLS210 | 10 | Racism in Our Times: Global Perspectives on Indigenous Politics (Pre: 10 cp from 100-level unit in Politics and International Relations or POLS140 The Global Citizen: Civics and Citizenship in a Changing World) |
SOCS209 | 10 | Race and Ethnicity: Australian and Global Perspectives |
International Units
Asia
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
GEOG207 | 10 | Precarious States: Development, Geopolitics, Livelihoods (Pre: GEOG101 Exploring Human Environments or HIST115 Global History: Six degrees of Separation; Inc: GEOG200 Development in South East Asia, GLST201 Global Change and Development) |
HIST219 | 10 | Modern South East Asia (Pre: 10 cp from 100-level unit in History or POLS140 The Global Citizen: Civics and Citizenship in a Changing World) |
HIST252 | 10 | Empires: From the Silk Road to the Asian Century (Pre: 10 cp from 100-level unit in History or POLS140 The Global Citizen: Civics and Citizenship in a Changing World) |
HIST333 | 10 | The Emergence of East Asia (Pre: 20 cp from 200-level History units; Inc: HIST 211 Modern China; HIST 212 Modern Japan) |
POLS202 | 10 | South East Asian Politics (Pre: 10 cp from 100-level unit in Politics and International Relations) |
THSR200 | 10 | Introducing Asian Religions (Pre: 40 cps in 100-level units) |
Europe
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
HIST208 | 10 | European Fascism (Pre: 10 cp from 100-level unit in History) |
HIST209 | 10 | Revolutionary Europe 1789-1917 (Pre: 10 cp from 100-level unit in History) |
HIST215 | 10 | Europe Divided and United, 1945-2005 (Pre: 10 cp from 100-level unit in History) |
Middle East
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
POLS201 | 10 | Middle Eastern Politics (Pre: 10 cp from 100-level unit in Politics and International Relations) |
The Americas
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
HIST224 | 10 | Rise of the United States (Pre: 10 cp from 100-level unit in History) |
HIST225 | 10 | US Foreign Policy Since 1945 (Pre: 10 cp from 100-level unit in History) |
HIST229 | 10 | Rebels and Revolution in Latin America (Pre: 10 cp from 100-level unit in History) |
Global Migration Units
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
DVST200 | 10 | Refugees and Forced Migration (Pre: 10 cp from 100-level units in International Development Studies or Global Studies) |
HIST214 | 10 | Destination Australia: Immigrants and Refugees in Australian History (Pre: 10 cp from 100-level unit in History or POLS140 The Global Citizen: Civics and Citizenship in a Changing World) |
HIST329 | 10 | Diasporas and Journeys: Immigration in World History (Pre: 20 cp from 200-level unit in History; Inc: HIST 206 Comparative History of Immigrant Peoples) |
War, Peace and Security Units
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
HIST256 | 10 | War and Peace (Pre: 10 cp from 100-level unit in History or POLS140 The Global Citizen: Civics and Citizenship in a Changing World; Inc: HIST 110 War and Peace) |
POLS213 | 10 | International Security and Terrorism (Pre: 10 cp from 100-level unit in Politics and International Relations) |
Students may also choose electives from the following units (subject to availability and prerequisites):
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
BIOL129 | 10 | Foundations of Ecology |
COMM222 | 10 | Communication in a Global Society (Pre: 10 cp from Communication or Global Studies units) |
DVST100 | 10 | Introduction to International Development Studies |
DVST101 | 10 | Humanitarian Work and Development Aid |
DVST203 | 10 | Qualitative Research Methodologies for Development Projects (Pre: GEOG207 Precarious States: Development, Geopolitics and Livelihoods) |
DVST204 | 10 | Project Management (Pre: 10 cp from 100-level units in International Development Studies) |
ENVR102 | 10 | Earth Science |
GEOG204 | 10 | Environmental Sustainability: The Global Challenge |
GEOG206 | 10 | Climate Change: Past, Present and Future |
GEOG306 | 10 | Extreme Earth: Natural Hazards, Risk and Vulnerability (Pre: 20 cp of 200-level Geography units) |
HIST327 | 10 | Global Histories: First Nations and Colonisation (Pre: 20 cp from 200-level unit in History; Inc: HIST104 Indigenous Peoples in Settler Colonies) |
HIST330 | 10 | Contemporary World History (Pre: 20 cp from 200-level unit in History; Inc: HIST 226 Contemporary World History) |
HUMA317 | 10 | History and Geography of Rome (Pre: 10 cp of 200/300 level History or Geography units) |
HUMA252 | 10 | Art, Politics and Society in Renaissance and Baroque Rome (Pre: 10 cp unit in Art History, History, Theological Studies, Studies of Religion or Philosophy) |
ITAN101 | 10 | Introductory Italian |
MUSC280 | 10 | Music, Culture and Diversity |
PHIL107 | 10 | Philosophy of World Religions |
POLS212 | 10 | Politics in the Developing World (Pre: 10 cp from 100-level unit in Politics and International Relations; Inc: POLS209 Contemporary Politics) |
SOCS206 | 10 | Globalisation, Religion and Modernity (Pre: 10 cp from 100-level units in Sociology or equivalent) |
SOCS207 | 10 | Meaning of Life: Researching Qualitatively (Pre: 10 cp from 100-level unit in Sociology or equivalent) |
SOCS226 | 10 | Global Youth Cultures (Pre: 10 cp from 100-level units in Sociology or Youth Work or equivalent Youth Work or POLS140 The Global Citizen: Civics and Citizenship in a Changing World) |
SOCS237 | 10 | People Count: Researching Quantitatively (Pre: 10 cp from 100-level units in Sociology or equivalent) |
SOCS243 | 10 | Global Health (Inc: GLST200 Global Health) |
SPAN101 | 10 | Introductory Spanish |
THSR205 | 10 | Introducing Judaism and Islam (Pre: 40 cps in 100-level units; Inc: THSR101 Introduction to Judaism and Islam) |
University Core Curriculum Units
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name |
UNCC100 | 10 | Self and Community: Exploring the anatomy of modern society |
UNCC300 | 10 | Justice and Change in a Global World (Pre: UNCC100 Self and Community: Exploring the anatomy of modern society ; Inc: UNCC301 Humanity in Catholic History and Culture, UNCC302 Human Dignity in International Context) |
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Short url: https://handbook.acu.edu.au/1291146