Bachelor of Business (Management)

What is this course about?

CSU's Bachelor of Business (Management) is a highly innovative and flexible program that is designed to develop professional capabilities in a range of management areas. Students will gain the knowledge and technical skills that are highly sought after in the modern business world.

As a graduate of CSU's Bachelor of Business (Management), you will be applying the skills and knowledge gained to coordinate and integrate the activities of manpower and other resources in an organisation to achieve its goals. Having incorporated the recommendations of various industry bodies, the public sector and professional associations into the Bachelor of Business (Management) it will prepare you for all aspects of business operations and for the development of specific on-the-job skills.

An optimum blend of theory and practice is offered, with a combination of subjects equipping you with both soft skills for working with people and the hard skills directed at areas such as finance, law, economics, marketing, operations and project management. Workplace learning subjects will offer strategic and international perspectives that will prepare you for employment in regional, national and international organisations.

A principal advantage of the Bachelor of Business (Management) is the opportunity to specialise in a second area. Referred to as a joint study, a wide range is available, including Accounting, Banking, Finance, eCommerce, Information Systems, Legal Studies, Tourism Management, or non-business areas such as Ecotourism or Psychology. Another distinctive feature is that students will be able to complete their course within two years full-time by enrolling during the third session of the academic calendar.

The innovative structure and flexibility of the course offers an optimum blend of theory and practice and prepares students for a career in middle management in both the private and public sector.

Workplace learning

Industry requires graduates who are better equipped for the workplace and students are looking for greater flexibility in subjects studied, while retaining the ability to specialise in core discipline areas.

Three workplace learning subjects provide students with the opportunity to undertake a business placement in each of their three years of study (or equivalent). The expectations and outcomes associated with these subjects increases each year - for example, the length of placement will increase from 35 hours in Year 1 to 70 hours in Year 2 and 120 hours in Year 3. Placements may occur in practicum blocks or a dedicated regular time through the session. Students will be expected to make a meaningful contribution that will benefit the business and the student's key employability skills. The focus of each of the workplace learning subjects will be the nexus between theory (what the student will be learning in their studies) and practice (what actually happens in the workplace).

There may be ancillary costs associated with your workplace learning subject (for example, travel costs to reach the workplace). These costs may vary depending on the location of the work placement.

Work placements are not available to international students due to current Australian Government visa regulations.

Flexible offering

This course is available by distance education, or on campus at Albury-Wodonga, Bathurst and Wagga Wagga. It can be studied full-time or part-time and has a minimum full-time duration of six sessions.

International students may choose to study this course through CSU Study Centres in Sydney or Melbourne. An intake in Session 3 is available for CSU Study Centres only.

The course is programmed over sessions 1 and 2, with a number of subjects offered in session 3, allowing students to fast-track their degree if desired.

While this course does not articulate with other courses, students who wish to exit the course at an earlier stage may be eligible to receive one of three lower level awards: the Associate Degree in Business Studies, University Certificate in Business Studies, or University Certificate in Business.

Students will be eligible to graduate with the Associate Degree in Business Studies if they have completed 128 points in the Bachelor of Business, of which at least 88 points must be business or business-related subjects.

Students will be eligible to graduate with the University Certificate in Business Studies if they have completed 64 points in the Bachelor of Business, of which at least 48 points must be business or business-related subjects. However, students must meet the University Certificate criteria (i.e. no credit granted in the course) to be able to exit with the award.

Students in the Bachelor of Business programs may use the University Certificate in Business as an exit point should they decide to withdraw from the Bachelor of Business Studies or Bachelor of Business. However, the students must meet the University Certificate in Business criteria (i.e. complete three core subjects plus five of the available foundation subjects and no credit granted in the course) to be able to exit with the award.