Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Business

Workplaces value employees who have a broad range of real-world skills, and this combined degree will equip you to excel in today’s dynamic working environment. In our Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Business, you’ll gain business knowledge and learn to think like an entrepreneur. You’ll develop creative and/or socio-cultural knowledge, plus skills in critical thinking and communication.

Our degree fosters the accumulation of knowledge and the acquisition of a diverse set of skills, essential to helping you be an independent thinker, and empowering you to create a new future, new career prospects and the ability to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing modern workplace.

Why study the Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Business with UNE?
You will choose from a broad range of business and arts majors, allowing you to build a combined skillset of specialist knowledge in areas that interest you.

The arts component enables you to develop skills in critical thinking, ethical practice, creativity, cultural awareness and effective communication in all its forms, and you get to choose a major from a broad range of arts and humanities subject areas. The business component allows you to specialise in areas such as management, marketing, human resources, accounting or business analytics, to name just a few.

As a Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Business graduate you will demonstrate a broad global perspective, with specialist knowledge in an area of the arts, as well as business. Such a diverse skillset and flexibility are highly sought after by employers in a fast-evolving professional landscape.

We’re highly rated – year after year, students award UNE 5-star ratings in The Good Universities Guide for Overall Experience and Student Support, so when you study with us, you know you are in good hands.

What makes our course different?
Our graduates are perfectly placed to succeed in a broad spectrum of careers through their understanding of business, the contemporary world, as well as human culture and society.

• Study flexibility with your choice of over 40 majors and minors in arts and 10 majors in business, with the ability to study online, on-campus or a combination of both.
• Our Work Integrated Learning Program gives you the opportunity to apply your academic knowledge in a relevant professional setting, and have it count towards your degree, developing your professional skills and improving your employability.
• Travel overseas (subject to travel restrictions) and get credit towards your degree by studying at one of our partner universities.
• Accelerate your degree or combine it with periods of full-time employment with online learning support and optional Trimester 3 units.
• Start up your own business as part of our Business In Action unit where you will be mentored through the start-up phase with our Smart Region Incubator.*
• Major in Psychology and graduate with a three-year sequence in psychology accredited by the Australian Psychology Accreditation Council.
• Choose options to study on campus or online, allowing you to balance your studies with your work and personal commitments. You can even choose to study on campus but take some units online, giving you the flexibility to tailor your study program to meet your objectives.

Majors – Arts

• Ancient History
• Archaeological Studies
• Chinese
• Classical Languages
• Community Development
• Community Planning
• Community Services
• Counselling
• Criminology
• English
• French
• Geography
• German
• History and Heritage
• Indonesian
• International Law
• Italian
• Japanese
• Linguistics
• Medieval and Modern Europe
• Music
• Peace Studies
• Philosophy
• Politics and International Relations
• Psychology
• Screen and Media Studies
• Sociology
• Spanish
• Studies in Religion
• Theatre and Performance
• Writing

Majors – Business

• Accounting
• Agribusiness
• Business Analytics
• Digital Marketing
• Economics
• Finance
• Human Resource Management
• International Business
• Management
• Marketing

Study online
Most of our students choose to study online across three study periods with 24/7 tutor support* and fit study around work and family commitments. Uniquely, our online students are mostly over 30 and bring valuable experience with them. They form a community of adults juggling the same challenges and priorities and who bring their life and work experience together at UNE in order to become future-fit and better respond to a rapidly changing world.

Study on campus
Many of our students choose to take advantage of the on-campus lifestyle in Armidale, in the beautiful New England region, with access to unparalleled support, accommodation and sporting facilities. These students are often starting their first degree and have left school recently. Through access to academic and career support they get a fantastic start to their careers.

* 24/7 tutor support includes: essay feedback (within 24 hours); live chat 24/7 for generic feedback on academic writing; and subject-specific help at a foundation or first-year level for subjects including mathematics, chemistry, biology, physics, business, accounting, microeconomics, macroeconomics and statistics. There are also a wide range of workshops, resources and courses available in academic skills support to assist you and help you to succeed.