Bachelor of Business (Management)

	2013
Location:	Sydney, Melbourne
Intake Session:	February, July, November
Normal Course Duration:	3 years

About the Bachelor of Business (Management)

CSU’s Bachelor of Business (Management) provides you with the skills necessary to manage business and be an effective leader. This course will prepare you for all aspects of a business operation and for the development of specific on-the-job skills.

Course outcomes

You will be eligible for:

A range of careers in the public and private sectors
Membership of professional organisations such as the Australian Institute of Management.

You may seek employment in:

Business as a retail store manager, sales representative, financial adviser and department manager
Growth service industries such as the distribution industry, leisure industry and financial services
Commerce and industry with large private companies, joining a graduate training scheme
Small to medium sized companies, filling a management trainee position
Careers in government, semi-government and non-profit organisations, including positions as section or department managers

Advanced standing

You are eligible for credit into the Bachelor of Business degree if you have successfully completed the Martin College Advanced Diploma of Management.

The University does not usually expect you to repeat study completed to an acceptable standard at a university or college, or to study subjects in which you are already competent because of work or other experience.

Ask your Student Advisor for more information

Course structure

You must successfully complete 24 subjects to graduate and receive Bachelor of Business degree. Each discipline consists of 3 core subjects, 7 foundation subjects, 5 electives and 9 specilaisation subjects. Refer to the CSU Handbook 2012 for full course and subject details.

Core subjects:
ECO130	Business Economics
MGT100	Organisations and Management
MGT230	Ethics, Sustainability and Culture

Specialisation subjects

BUS110 Professional Practice
BUS220 Business Placement 1
BUS370 Business Internship
HRM210 Human Resource Management
MGT210 Organisational Behaviour
MGT310 Service Operations Management
MGT330 Business Strategy
QBM120 Business Data Analysis

plus at least four from*:

INR210 Industrial Relations in Australia
LAW220 Business Organisations Law
MGT220 E-Commerce
MGT290 Project Management
MGT320 Managing Change
MGT340 International Business Management
MGT367 Leadership Issues

Restricted electives

At least one from:
ACC100 Accounting 1
ITC105 Communication and Information Management
LAW110 Business Law
MKT110 Marketing and Society

* Not all subjects may be offered at CSU Study Centres.

Electives

Students may undertake eight electives or choose a Joint Study as their electives. An elective is any undergraduate subject offered at the CSU Study Centre. Students can enrol in these subjects provided they meet prerequisites and enrolment restrictions. Electives are required to bring a student’s total number of subjects to 24 over the course of the three-year degree.

Joint Study

A Joint Study is a prescribed set of subjects taken from a discipline other than Management. The discipline studied will then be included on the testamur in conjunction with Bachelor of Business(e.g. Bachelor of Business (Management/Marketing)).

For a Joint Study from within the Faculty of Business, students must take an established sequence or set of five subjects. Students must ensure that they take the necessary prerequisites or have the required assumed knowledge.

A student cannot claim more than one Joint Study.

Joint study programs available at the CSU Study Centres are:

• Accounting
• Human Resources Management
• Information Systems
• Marketing

This course is also offered at CSU’s regional campuses.