The Bachelor of Business Administration will help you become a highly adaptive graduate.
Youll be cross-skilled in various areas of business, be ready to work in a dynamic environment, and pivot to the needs of industry. Youll also be aware of global trends and prepared for employment in all sectors, with a diverse skillset that employers will value.
In your first semester, youll study two business specialisations of your choice, plus a choice of another business discipline, a specialisation from outside business or elective units, to suit your aspirations.
Youll develop a personalised plan that will guide you throughout your degree, helping you develop a portfolio of skills and capabilities that strategically align with your career goals.
In your final year, youll undertake a Capstone Experience.
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Study our foundation units
The course starts with a business foundation year, where you will explore value creation in business, learn to use financial information to make informed and responsible decisions, and develop your business intelligence and analytical capabilities to interpret data in a meaningful way.
Following this, youll complete management foundation units aligned to global trends. Youll develop skills across marketing, finance, human resources, project management and strategic management.
Customise your degree
Step 1: Choose two business specialisations
Youll select your specialisations during your first semester:
- Accounting for Business Decisions
- Advertising
- Applied Finance
- Banking
- Business Law and Policy
- Business Project Management
- Corporate Governance
- Digital Marketing
- Employment Relations
- Event Management
- Information Management in Business
- Innovation and Entrepreneurship
- International Management
- Marketing Foundations
- Property Investment
- Public Relations
- Retail and Supply Chain
- Small Business Start-up
- Social Leadership and Ethics
- Taxation Law
- Tourism and Hospitality Essentials
- Workforce Management.
Step 2: Complement your business specialisations
You'll select one of three options:
Option 1: Select a third business specialisation
You can select another business specialisation to improve your international business outlook.
Option 2: Choose an arts, design or science specialisation
You can select a specialisation from another area, such as Chinese Language, Digital Design, Environmental Planning, Journalism, Social Justice or Web Media, to help you enter a specific industry.
Option 3: Choose four elective units
You can choose elective units from any course offered at Curtin, provided you meet the unit prerequisites.
Step 3: Choose your Capstone Experience
In your final year, you will also undertake a Capstone Experience* to further your practical skills and international business knowledge.
Youll have a choice of the following Capstone Experiences:
Enhancing Your Business Mind
Youll apply your entrepreneurial skills, business ideas and out-of-the-box thinking to a real business environment, improving your employability.
Business Innovation Lab
Youll use your initiative, creativity and adaptability as you work on an applied business project within a start-up environment.
As part of an interdisciplinary team, you will solve a problem or advance an innovation while demonstrating your managerial judgement, professional communications and commitment to responsible business practice.
Business Internship
Youll have the opportunity to gain work experience with an external employer or work on a real industry project related to your area of study, in Australia or internationally. These projects have defined objectives, with activities a graduate in that role would be expected to complete.
On an internship, you could:
- conduct research or data analysis
- scope the viability of new projects
- support the implementation of new systems
- revise marketing strategies
- assist with an upcoming event.
You will be selected for an internship through a competitive process.
Interactive Study Tour
Our Interactive Study Tour allows you to have a study abroad experience from home! You will connect with fellow students from our global campuses and work together to develop strategies for dealing with current and emerging global problems.
Business and Law International Experience
Complete your degree while travelling the world by studying a short course with one of our exchange partners.
Business Study Tour
Visit regions, countries and organisations in Australia or overseas to experience different ways of doing business.
* Opportunities may vary depending on academic performance.Due to the current situation surrounding COVID-19 please also be advised that opportunities may be revised, postponed or cancelled if there are international travel restrictions in place or if there is insufficient time to safely coordinate your experience.
Please refer to thehandbookfor additional course overview information.
Why study
- Develop broad business expertise in marketing, finance, HR, project management and strategic management.
Student profile
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Professional recognition
This course is designed, where possible, to conform to the membership standards of relevant professional bodies. Most of these have provision for student membership.