INTRODUCTION

The Bachelor of Business degree has been designed to enable students to succeed in their chosen business profession.

A feature of the course is the Business Edge units: a set of integrated general and professional skills units designed to link academic and professional pathways for educational development. The Faculty offers a supportive environment with expert staff who are committed to quality teaching and research.

Standard ECU admission requirements apply.

The Bachelor of Business degree requires a minimum of 360 credit points (24 units) and normally requires three years of full-time study or the part-time equivalent.

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Requirements:
• No more than 180 credit points (12 units) at level one.
• A minimum of 60 credit points (4 units) the level three.
• Prerequisite units must be passed before enrolment in succeeding units.  In certain circumstances this requirement may be waived by the relevant Head of School.
• In general, all level one Business Core units must be completed before level two units are studied and level two units before level three units.
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All students are required to complete the core units below, plus one of the three options indicated.

Students can choose between a program with no major (option 1), one Bachelor of Business major (option 2) or two majors (at least one Bachelor of Business major) (option 3).

Core Units

Business Edge (4 units)
 
Students must complete the following 60 credit points (4 units) of Business Edge units:

BES1100   Foundations of Business Knowledge
BES1200   Business Knowledge Development
BES2100   Foundations of Business Leadership
BES3100   Business Career Development

Business Core  (5 units)

Students must complete a minimum of 75 credit points (5 units) of Business core units selected from:

ACC1100    Accounting I
ECF1110     Economics I
ECF1120     Finance I
LAW1100    Legal Framework I
MAN1100    Management I
MIS1600     e-Business Systems

MKT1600    Marketing Principles & Practices      

Note: As each Bachelor of Business major contains one business core unit within its structure students intending to pursue a single or double major program must ensure their choice of Business core units includes the unit required by that major. Failure to do so may mean that students are required to take additional units to satisfy the requirements of the major.   

The following majors that are currently available to take at the Bunbury campus.

1.   Accounting:  This Major has been designed for students seeking careers as professional accountants or in any financial area of business. The course combines sound accounting principles with practical business applications.

2.   Public Practice:  This Major is designed for students intending a career in professional accounting or business advice. It extends the students' expertise in business law, taxation, and business planning. This can only be taken as a second Major.

3.   Management:  This Major has been designed to prepare students for a future in management and focuses on understanding people at work and how organisations operate.

Elective units

Students may select elective units offered by ECU in addition to Business Edge units, Business core units and major programs.

Option 1.  Bachelor of Business with no major

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Additional Requirements:

• Minimum of 16 units must be taken from within the Bachelor of Business (including 4 Business Edge units and a minimum of 5 Business core units).

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     * Any unit listed in the Bachelor of Business may be taken as:

• elective units; or
• minor/s (4 units).

      **These units can be taken as:

• 8 elective units from inside and/or outside the Faculty; or
• a major from outside the Faculty; or
• a minor from inside or outside the Faculty; or
• two minors from the Faculty of Business and Law.

Option 2.  Bachelor of Business with a single business major

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Additional Requirements

• nil

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* A business major program consists of 120 credit points (8 units) of study and includes one Business Core unit. All units listed in the major must be completed to satisfy the requirements of that major.

** A Supplementary program consists of 120 credit points (8 units) of study and comprises of:

• a major from another Faculty; or
• a minor program plus electives; or
• two minors from the Faculty of Business and Law
• an elective program.
   

Option 3. Bachelor of Business with two major programs (at least one business major).

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Additional Requirements

• Where an overlap of units occurs when taking two majors, substitute units must be approved by one of the relevant Course Coordinators.

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* A business major program consists of 120 credit points (8 units) of study and includes one Business Core unit. All units listed in the major must be completed to satisfy the requirements of that major.

** A second major program consists of 120 credit points (8 units) of study and comprises of:

• a second major from Bachelor of Business; or
• A major from outside the Faculty.