The Bachelor of Business (Banking) provides students with the formal educational requirements for managerial positions in banking and other financial institutions. The course combines practical and specialist subjects with those that have a more conceptual/theoretical base. Graduates qualify for Senior Associate status with the Australian Institute of Banking and Finance.

Bathurst Campus

Distance education

Part-time 6 years (12 sessions)

Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Business degree are entitled to credits if they have completed applicable TAFE courses within ten years of admission to the degree. Credit is normally granted for relevant Certificates, Diplomas and Advanced Diplomas. Overseas qualifications will be considered for credit towards the Bachelor of Business degree.

To graduate, students must satisfactorily complete 192 points (24 subjects). These subjects are a combination of core subjects, specialisation subjects and electives.

All distance education students are required to have access to a personal computer (IBM PC or compatible) and spreadsheet software capable of reading Excel and/or Lotus 1-2-3 files. It is recommended that distance education students have access to appropriate hardware and software to enable them to communicate electronically with the University. The current specifications are available upon request.

Satisfies the academic requirements for admission to the Australian Institute of Banking and Finance at the senior associate level.

Students must complete eight core subjects, ten specialisation subjects and six electives.

ACC100 Accounting 1

ACC110 Accounting 2

ECO110 Microeconomics

ECO120 Macroeconomics

LAW110 Business Law

MGT100 Organisations & Management

MKT110 Marketing Principles

QBM117 Business Statistics

FIN211 Financial Management

FIN221 Investments

FIN230 Financial Institutions & Markets

FIN310 Commercial Banking & Finance

FIN320 Financial Institutions Lending

FIN331 Financial Planning

FIN340 International Finance

LAW330 Finance Law

LAW380 Company and Taxation Law

MKT331 Relationship Marketing

Albury Campus students may follow a different suggested sequence.

ACC100 Accounting 1

MKT110 Marketing Principles

ECO110 Microeconomics

QBM117 Business Statistics

ECO120 Macroeconomics

MGT100 Organisations and Management

ACC110 Accounting 2

LAW110 Business Law

FIN230 Financial Institutions & Markets

[ ] Elective 1

FIN211 Financial Management

[ ] Elective 2

LAW330 Finance Law

[ ] Elective 3

FIN221 Investments

FIN340 International Finance

FIN331 Financial Planning

[ ] Elective 4

MKT331 Relationship Marketing

[ ] Elective 5

FIN310 Commercial Banking and Finance

LAW380 Company and Taxation Law

FIN320 Financial Institutions Lending

[ ] Elective 6

Students must choose 6 electives either by:

• Completing a joint study in another discipline area, which will be included on the testamur, and adding the number of free electives needed to bring the total number of subjects to 24; or by
• Selecting 6 free electives. A free elective is any undergraduate subject offered by Charles Sturt University provided prerequisites and enrolment restrictions have been met.

Students must ensure that there are no more than 12 LEVEL ONE subjects in their degree. The level of a subject is designated by the first digit in the subject code, eg ACC100 is a level one subject.

A joint study is a prescribed set of subjects taken from a discipline, other than the chosen specialisation. Students are then able to use the title of the joint study in conjunction with the specialisation (e.g. Bachelor of Business (Accounting/Finance). Details of approved joint studies are included in this section following Bachelor of Business specialisation entries.

Course Coordinator
David Corby
School of Marketing & Management
Telephone: (02) 6338 4428
Facsimile: (02) 6338 4769
Email: dcorby@csu.edu.au