This double degree program is designed to produce graduates with the understanding to become successful, ethical and professionally responsible business people. The program, offered through the Faculties of Commerce and Science and Agriculture, comprises 32 subjects and normally takes four years (full-time study) to complete. It will help students become acquainted with the substance of both business and information technology so they can aspire to accept responsibility and learn to manage technical and organisational change, and opens the way to many career directions in: Accounting; Information Technology; Commerce and Industry; Business; Government, Semi-Government and Non-Profit organisations; Human Resource Management; and Marketing.

Wagga Wagga Campus
Bathurst Campus
Albury-Wodonga Campus

On campus (also available to international students)
Distance education

Full-time 4 years (8 sessions)
Part-time 8 years (16 sessions)

Assumed knowledge is NSW HSC or equivalent 2 unit Mathematics.

To graduate, students must satisfactorily complete 256 points (32 subjects). Upon completion of the program, students graduate with two awards, the Bachelor of Business (in a specialisation) and the Bachelor of Information Technology. The student’s chosen specialisation is included in the nomenclature on the Bachelor of Business testamur.

Dependent upon specialisation studies, graduates may be eligible to apply for membership to bodies such as the Institute of Personnel Management Australia, Australian Institute of Public Administration, Australian Institute of Management, and Australian Computer Society.

Students are required to complete the core subjects in Information Technology and Business. Students choose one of the business specialisations offered in the Bachelor of Business course, and an information technology minor from those offered in the minors available in the Bachelor of Information Technology. Some specialisations and/or minors are not available on all campuses. Full details of the Bachelor of Business specialisations and information technology minors are given in the respective course entries.

ACC100 Accounting 1: Information for Business

ECO110 Microeconomics

ITC161 Information Technology

ITC114 Database Management Systems

ITC102 Object Modelling Techniques

ITC129 Fundamentals of Programming in Java

QBM117 Business Statistics

MKT110 Marketing Principles

ITC125 The Information Superhighway

LAW110 Business law

MGT100 Organisations and Management

[ ] IT Minor subject

ACC110 Accounting 2: Management Decisions

ECO120 Macroeconomics

ITC203 Object Modelling Applications

ITC242 Introduction to Data Communications

[ ] 3 Business specialisation subjects

[ ] IT Minor subject

or

ITC301 Software Project management and Quality Assurance

ITC301 Software Project management and Quality Assurance

or

[ ] IT Minor subject

[ ] 3 Business specialisation subjects

ITC307 Software Development Project (16 points)(commenced)

[ ] 2 Business specialisation subjects

[ ] IT Minor subject

ITC307 Software Development Project (completed)

[ ] IT Minor subject

[ ] 2 Business specialisation subjects

Note: There will be minor variations in the subjects undertaken in the last two years of the course based on the campus attended (for full-time students) and the business specialisation chosen.

Albury-Woonga Campus
Jeff Ash
School of Environmental and Information Science
Telephone: (02) 6051 9824
Facsimile: (02) 6051 9897
Email: jash@csu.edu.au

Bathurst Campus
Dr Ken Lodge
School of Information Technology
Telephone: (02) 6338 4885
Facsimile: (02) 6338 4649
Email: klodge@csu.edu.au

Wagga Wagga Campus
Dr Irfan Altas
School of Information Studies
Telephone: (02) 6933 2357
Facsimile: (02) 6933 2733
Email: ialtas@csu.edu.au