Bachelor of Business (Industry Professional Practice)
Bachelor of Business (Industry Professional Practice) BBus(IndProfPrac)
A joint study is a prescribed set of subjects taken from a discipline other than Accounting or Business. Students are able to use the title of the joint study in conjunction with Bachelor of Accounting (e.g. Bachelor of Accounting (Finance), Bachelor of Business (Human Resource Management/Industrial Relations). This course includes the following Joint Study options:
Accounting and Finance (Acc&Fin) , Entrepreneurship (Entrep) , Human Resource Management (HRM) , Information Technology (InfoTech) , Management (Mgt) , Marketing (Mkt)
On Campus - Bathurst
Availability is subject to change, please verify prior to enrolment.
Course duration is the effective time taken to complete a course when studied full-time (full-time equivalent duration). Students are advised to consult the Enrolment Pattern to determine length of study. Not all courses are offered in full-time mode.
Full-time: 3 years (or part-time equivalent)
Applicants for the Bachelor of Business (Industry Professional Practice) must meet the following Admission Requirements:
A completed High School Certificate (or equivalent) with an ATAR of at least 60 (including adjustment factors).
OR
Successful completion of at least two Bachelor degree level subjects (or Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) equivalent) or higher in any discipline.
OR
A completed Vocational Education and Training (VET) Certificate III or higher, studied at a TAFE or Registered Training Organisation (RTO), or equivalent.
OR
A completed Tertiary Preparation Certificate (TPC) or bridging program studied at a TAFE, Registered Training Organisation (RTO) or University, or equivalent.
OR
Partial completion of a Vocational Education and Training (VET) Diploma, of at least 50% from a TAFE or Registered Training Organisation (RTO) - or equivalent.
OR
Work experience of at least two years with some elements of business management or supervision, demonstrated by a detailed resume.
English Language Proficiency
Minimum CSU English Language Proficiency Requirements apply.
To graduate students must satisfactorily complete 192 points.
The course consists of 19 compulsory subjects and 5 unrestricted elective subjects to give a total of 192 points.
Core Subjects
ACC100 Accounting 1
ACC240 Financial Management of Small Business
BUS111 Professional Practice
BUS203 Leading Teams
BUS307 Strategic Business Development
BUS306 Business Scenario Solutions
BUS204 Business Analysis and Data Analytics
ECO130 Business Economics
HRM210 Human Resource Management
LAW110 Business Law
MGT100 Organisations and Management
MGT210 Organisational Behaviour
MGT230 Ethics, Sustainability and Culture
MGT290 Project Management
MKT110 Marketing Fundamentals
MKT211 Applied Social Media and Digital Marketing
BUS110 Workplace Learning 1*
BUS220 Workplace Learning 2*
BUS370 Workplace Learning 3*
*in very limited situations, students who are unable to undertake a work placement may seek the Course Directors approval to substitute one or more of these subjects with an equivalent Work Integrated Learning subject.
Unrestricted Elective Subjects
Students must choose five (5) unrestricted electives by:
Completing a joint study in another discipline area which will be included on the testamur or by selecting five (5) unrestricted electives. An unrestricted elective is any undergraduate subject offered by Charles Sturt University provided prerequisites and enrolment restrictions have been met.
Joint Studies
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 (eg Bachelor of Business (Industry Professional Practice/Marketing).
For a joint study from within the Faculty of Business, Justice and Behavioural Sciences, students must take an established sequence or set of five subjects. Established sequences are determined by Faculty Board. Students must ensure that they take the necessary prerequisites.
No more than two subjects can be counted towards a joint study if they have already been undertaken as part of the core. A student cannot claim more than one joint study.
Accounting and Finance joint study
ACC100 Accounting 1
FIN211 Financial Management
PLUS three subjects from the list below, at least one of which should be at level 3:
ACC110 Accounting 2
ACC200 Accounting Systems
ACC210 Management Accounting
ACC311 Strategic and Sustainable Accounting
FIN230 Financial Institutions and Markets
FIN331 Financial Planning
Entrepreneurship joint study
MGT220 E-Commerce
MGT307 Applied Entrepreneurial Projects
MGT320 Managing Change
MKT220 Consumer Behaviour
MKT350 Product Innovation Management
Human Resource Management joint study
HRM210 Human Resource Management
HRM330 Strategic Human Resource Management
PLUS three subjects from the list below:
ECO210 Labour Economics
HRM310 Developing Human Resources
HRM320 Issues in Human Resource Management
INR310 Comparative Industrial Relations
LAW370 Law of Employment
MGT210 Organisational Behaviour
MGT340 International Management
Information Technology joint study
ITC105 Communication and Information Management
ITC161 Computer Systems
PLUS 3 subjects from the list below, one of which must be at level 3 and only one subject may be at level 1:
ITC106 Programming Principles
ITC114 Database Management Systems
ITC133 Customer Support Management
ITC204 Human Computer Interaction
ITC206 Programming in Java 1
ITC209 Mobile Applications Development
ITC211 Systems Analysis
ITC212 Internet Technologies
ITC218 IT Project Management
ITC232Technical Service Management
ITC240 IT Infrastructure Management
ITC314 Virtualisation Technologies
ITC331 Ethics and Professional Practice
Management joint study
MGT330 Business Strategy
PLUS four subjects from the list below:
MGT210 Organisational Behaviour
MGT290 Project Management
MGT245 Managing Yourself & Others
MGT310 Service Operations Management
MGT320 Managing Change
MGT340 International Management
MGT367 Leadership Issues
Marketing joint study
MKT110 Marketing & Society
MKT220 Consumer Behaviour
PLUS three subjects from the list below, at least one of which should be at level 3:
MKT230 Market Research
MKT240 Market Analysis and Analytics
MKT235 Brand Management
MKT260 International Marketing
MKT303 Social and Environmental Marketing
MKT310 Integrated Marketing Communications
MKT335 Marketing of Services
MKT340 Strategic Marketing Management
MKT350 Product Innovation Management
Full Time Enrolment Pattern
Year 1
Session 1(30)
ACC100 Accounting 1
MKT110 Marketing Fundamentals
MGT100 Organisations and Management
BUS111 Professional Practice
Session 2 (60)
HRM210 Human Resource Management
BUS110 Workplace Learning 1
ECO130 Business Economics
ACC240 Financial Management of Small Business (online only)
Year 2
Session 1 (30)
LAW110 Business Law
BUS220 Workplace Learning 2
MGT230 Ethics, Sustainability and Culture
Elective
Session 2 (60)
MGT210 Organisational Behaviour
BUS203 Leading Teams
BUS204 Business Analysis and Data Analytics
Elective
Year 3
Session 1 (30)
MGT290 Project Management
BUS370 Workplace Learning 3 (online only)
BUS306 Business Scenario Solutions
Elective
Session 2 (60)
BUS307 Strategic Business Development
MKT211 Applied Social Media and Digital Marketing
Elective
Elective
Part Time Enrolment Pattern
Year 1
Session 1 (30)
ACC100 Accounting 1
MGT100 Organisations and Management
Session 2 (60)
ECO130 Business Economics
BUS110 Workplace Learning 1
Year 2
Session 1 (30)
MKT110 Marketing Fundamentals
BUS111 Professional Practice
Session 2 (60)
HRM210 Human Resource Management
ACC240 Financial Managment of Small Business (online only)
Year 3
Session 1 (30)
LAW110 Business Law
Elective
Session 2 (60)
MGT210 Organisational Behaviour
BUS203 Leading Teams
Year 4
Session 1 (30)
MGT230 Ethics, Sustainability and Culture
BUS220 Workplace Learning 2
Session 2 (60)
BUS204 Business Analysis and Data Analytics
Elective
Year 5
Session 1 (30)
MGT290 Project Management
BUS370 Workplace Learning 3 (online only)
Session 2 (60)
MKT211 Applied Social Media and Digital Marketing
Elective
Year 6
Session 1 (30)
BUS306 Business Scenario Solutions
Elective
Session 2 (60)
BUS307 Strategic Business Development
Elective
Please note that the following subjects may contain a Workplace Learning component. Further details for Workplace Learning requirements are located via the subject page
BUS110 Workplace Learning 1
BUS220 Workplace Learning 2
BUS370 Workplace Learning 3
The information contained in the CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: February 2020. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.