Bachelor
Kickstart your business career with Charles Sturt's Bachelor of Business, offering flexible study options and real-world experience opportunities. Choose from five majors to tailor your career path.
Kickstart your business career with Charles Sturt's Bachelor of Business. Gain essential business skills then choose from five business majors to open up a whole world of job opportunities. Opt for a finance major, focus on HR management, hone your strategic planning skills, select the marketing major, or pursue management and leadership.
Flexible study means you can pursue your undergraduate course online or on campus, full-time or part-time. However you study, you'll join a network of industry innovators and business pros. Plus, you'll have the opportunity to gain real work experience on placements in an industry area you're interested in.
Please note: If you choose to undertake the Bachelor of Business at our Melbourne or Sydney specialty campuses, the course can only be studied on campus. No online study option is offered for this course.
This course is part of an articulated program of study. Articulated programs allow you to build on your study to achieve the right level of qualification for you.
Standard English Language Proficiency (ELP) requirements apply. Click here to view the specific international course entry requirements.
For each 8-point subject you are enrolled in, you should expect to spend 10 to 12 hours per week working on assignments and assigned readings, tutorial assistance, individual or group research/study, forum activity, workplace learning, and attending lectures, intensive schools, or examinations. If you are studying four subjects per session, this is equivalent to a full-time job. The workload for some subjects may vary as a result of approved course design.
You may need to attend an online or on-campus intensive school for certain subjects in this course. These schools usually involve lectures, tutorials and practicals that will give you a deeper understanding of your subject.
The world of business has never been more dynamic. Global markets. Integrated tech. The need for sustainability. Our business courses put you right at the cutting edge. You'll undertake real-world assignments - for example, how would you devise a strategy to expand manufacturing into Japan, or market the reduction of single-use plastics? You'll study alongside researchers addressing today's business challenges, from local to international sustainability to workplace wellness for paramedics. And you'll learn all about the role of big data in business.
You'll start by gaining a broad understanding of the key areas of business - everything from marketing to management, and that's just the m's - then in year two, you'll choose from one of five business majors to suit your future career goals.
Your connection with industry starts from your very first lecture. The course has been designed in consultation with industry representatives from across business sectors, from finance and health to tourism and management. And you'll get guest lectures from industry leaders, like Jane Hillsdon, Chief Marketing Officer at Birdon Marine and founder of the award-winning Dragonfly marketing agency. You will have opportunities to make professional connections and build your CV as you progress through your course via professional development placements in an industry area you're interested in - anywhere across Australia or the world.
Gain real work experience you'll have the opportunity to gain valuable workplace experience, applying the knowledge you gain from your studies in a professional setting and make industry relationships.
The course consist of 24 standard subjects. Each of the employability and work placement subjects consists of a 6-point subject and is complemented with a 2-point transferable subject which forms a standard 8-point subject. Students must ensure that there are no more than 12 level one eight-point subjects in their degree (note: the combination of a BUS 6-point subject with an EMP 2-point subject equals one 8-point subject). The level of a subject is designated by the first digit in the subject code, eg ACC100 is a level one subject. Students enrolled at Charles Sturt University Sydney and Charles Sturt University Melbourne may have a limited selection of majors, minors and electives. Students enrolled at Charles Sturt University Sydney and Charles Sturt University Melbourne will complete structured work integrated learning activities as part of their program of study. The opportunity to undertake work placement may be available for students contingent on satisfactory progression and grades.
Essential set (152 pts)Core subjects 64 Credit PointsCodeTitleCredit PointsACC127Accounting and Financial Literacy8 credit ptsECO130Business Economics8 credit ptsHRM210Human Resource Management8 credit ptsIKC101First Nations Foundations: Knowing, Relating and Understanding Country8 credit ptsLAW110Business Law8 credit ptsMGT100Organisations and Management8 credit ptsMKT110Marketing Fundamentals8 credit ptsQBM100Data Analytics for Business8 credit ptsCompulsory Work Integrated Learning (WIL) 24 Credit PointsSelect a compulsory WIL subject and corresponding transferable skills subject from each of the following sets: Students who are unable to undertake a work placement may seek Course Director and Sub Dean Workplace Learning approval to substitute one or more of these subjects with an equivalent Employability and Professional Practice subject. Students enrolled at Charles Sturt University Sydney and Charles Sturt University Melbourne and may complete the following subjects in place of BUS224 and BUS386 in place of BUS223 and BUS385. Students who wish to extend their work experience have the option to complete BUS387 Work Placement 3 as an Unrestricted Elective Subject.
Set A 8 Credit PointsCodeTitleCredit PointsBUS114Contemporary Employability and Learning6 credit ptsEMP103Workplace Communication2 credit ptsOREMP105Technology for the Connected Workplace2 credit ptsSet B 8 Credit PointsCodeTitleCredit PointsBUS223Work Placement 16 credit ptsEMP100Building Resilience for the Workplace2 credit ptsOREMP109Solving Problems with Critical Thinking2 credit ptsSet C 8 Credit PointsCodeTitleCredit PointsBUS385Work Placement 26 credit ptsEMP101Building Emotional Intelligence2 credit ptsOREMP104Human-Centred Design for workplace creativity2 credit ptsCharles Sturt University Sydney, Charles Sturt University Melbourne and Study Centre 8 Credit PointsCharles Sturt University Sydney, Charles Sturt University Melbourne and Study Centre students select following alternatives to BUS223 and BUS385, the corresponding 2 point transferable skills subjects above must still be completed:
CodeTitleCredit PointsBUS224Employability and Professional Practice 16 credit ptsBUS386Employability and Professional Practice 26 credit ptsMajor 64 Credit PointsSelect one (1) major from the following:
CodeTitleCredit PointsFI0001Finance64 credit ptsHR0001Human Resource Management64 credit ptsML0001Management and Leadership64 credit ptsMK0001Marketing64 credit ptsSP0001Strategic Planning64 credit pts