The Bachelor of Business is a three-year program at pass level. A separate 4th-year program at Honours level (Program Code 4512) is also available for eligible applicants.

The program has been introduced to enhance business acumen among future leaders and managers in the Australian Defence Organisation and to provide them with the capacity to interact effectively with external business providers. It aims to lay solid foundations in communication, numeracy and general problem solving capabilities developed within a specifically business-oriented context of study and to build students’ knowledge in a diverse range of areas associated with organisational management and leadership.

Students taking this program will become familiar with bodies of knowledge and develop graduate attributes which will give them a strengthened capacity to manage Defence business throughout their Service careers.

The program structure reflects the diversity of knowledge and skills which contribute to the study and analysis of business issues, a focus on what are regarded as core business capabilities, the recognition that a business education requires integration among its parts and an acknowledgement that business managers and leaders benefit from exposure to thinking outside purely business-related areas.

The program balances business-related courses to other broader study in a ratio of 2:1. Within the business-related component of the program, all students are required to complete a core of ten (6 UOC) business courses, four in first year and six at the upper-level (Years 2 and 3). A spine of three, semester-length integrating courses runs through the core, providing students with problem-solving, analytical and general management skills embedded in a business context.

In addition to core courses, students take six (6 UOC) business-related electives, some of which are offered by Schools other than the School of Business.

The first year of the BBus comprises the “foundation core”: four semester-length courses, Introduction to Accounting and Finance, Business Economics, Organisational Behaviour and Business Inquiry and Decision Making (Integrating Core 1). Students normally complete all four pre-requisite courses before proceeding to upper-level study in the BBus.

The second and third year of the BBusiness comprises core Business courses and Business-related electives, one prescribed elective course, one free elective course, and two General Education courses.

Business Core Courses:

Business Elective Courses:

Students must complete 6 courses from the following list:

ZBUS2202 and ZBUS3203 have a prerequisite of ZBUS1102 Business Economics

General Education Courses:

Students must complete a minimum of 12 UOC total as per General Education Requirements at UNSW Canberra. Students must select one General Education course from each of the following groups:

Group 1:
 ZGEN2222 Introduction to Strategic Studies, OR ZGEN2801 Strategy, Management and Leadership;

AND

Group 2:
 ZGEN2240 Introduction to Military Ethics, OR ZGEN2215 Law, Force and Legitimacy

 

1. Faculty Regulations for Undergraduate Students

A student must comply with the Faculty Regulations for Undergraduate Students. In the event of a conflict, the rules for the Bachelor of Business take precedence over the Faculty Regulations for Undergraduate Students.

2. Program Rules Dictionary

"Level 1” means courses at an introductory level, normally taken in Year 1.

"Upper Level” means courses at Level II and Level III, normally taken in Years 2 or 3.

"Business Core” means compulsory courses in the Bachelor of Business as listed in the Program Structure.

"Business Electives” means elective courses in the Bachelor of Business as listed in the Program Structure.


3. Program Rules

3.1 The degree of Bachelor of Business shall be conferred as a 'Pass with Distinction' when a Distinction level performance based on a weighted average mark (WAM) of at least 75% has been achieved in all courses completed.

3.2 To qualify for the degree of Bachelor of Business, a student shall normally be enrolled for a minimum of six semesters and gain a minimum of 144 units of credit (normally 24 units in each full-time semester), including:

(a) Level I courses totalling 48 units of credit, with 24 units chosen from Business core courses;

(b) Upper-Level Business core courses totalling 36 units of credit;

(c) Upper-Level Business electives totalling 36 units of credit;

(d) Prescribed elective course ZINT2100 Introduction to Cyber-security: Policy and Operations;

(e) A minimum of 12 units of credit of General Education courses;

(f) 6 units of credit taken from Upper-Level courses offered by Schools other than the School of Business.

3.3 No more than 48 units of credit may be gained for Level I courses.

3.4 At least 96 units of credit must be taken from Upper-Level courses.

For information regarding fees for UNSW programs, please refer to the following website:  UNSW Fee Website.

These regulations apply to all undergraduate degrees and are to be used in conjunction with Academic Rules and Program Information. All rules in this Handbook apply to each student who enters an undergraduate program in 2016. The rules remain applicable until the student exits their program, either by discontinuation or graduation. Students who entered a program in another year should consult the rules and regulations for that year.
Please refer to Faculty Regulations information