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Bachelor of Business (Pass and Honours)

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240 cp (Pass)

Minimum duration: 3 years full-time or equivalent part-time.

80 cp (Honours)

Minimum duration: 1 year full-time or equivalent part-time.

Course available at:
Brisbane, Queensland
Melbourne, Victoria
Sydney (North Sydney), NSW
Hong Kong in cooperation with Caritas Francis Hsu College, Centre for Advanced and Professional Studies [Bachelor of Business (Accounting)]

EFTSL value of units: All 10 cp units in this course have an EFTSL value of 0.125. Units with a cp value of a multiple of 10 have corresponding EFTSL values.

1. Requirements for Completion of the Pass Degree

To qualify for the Pass degree, a student must complete:

  1. 240 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of:
    1. 110 cp from Core Units;
    2. 80 cp from one of the Majors19;
    3. 50 cp from Electives;
  2. BIPX100 Professional Experience A.

2. Requirements for Completion of the Honours Degree

To qualify for the Honours degree a student must, in addition to satisfying the requirements of the Pass degree, complete 80 cp from the Schedule of Honours Units.

Schedule of Unit Offerings

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Prerequisite (Pre), co-requisite (Co) and incompatible (Inc) units are indicated in parentheses where applicable.

Core Units

Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
ACCT100 10 Principles of Accounting
BUSN100 10 Reasoning and Communication
BUSN202 10 Professional Ethics
ECON104 10 Business Economics
HRMG100 10 Management and People
ISYS101 10 Fundamentals of Business IS
ISYS110 10 Applied Business IS
LEGL101 10 Introduction to Law
MGMT304 10 Strategic Management (Pre: 150 cp, including HRMG100 Management and People)
MKTG100 10 Principles of Marketing
STAT102 10 Business Data Analysis

Professional Experience

Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
BIPX100 10 Professional Experience 1

Majors

Accounting

Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
ACCT207 10 Financial Accounting A (Pre: ACCT100 Principles of Accounting)
ACCT209 10 Financial Accounting B (Pre: ACCT207 Financial Accounting A)
ACCT204 10 Managerial Accounting A (Pre: ACCT100 Principles of Accounting)
ACCT303 10 Managerial Accounting B (Pre: ACCT204 Managerial Accounting A)
ACCT300 10 Auditing and Assurance Services (Pre: ACCT100 Principles of Accounting)
ACCT304 10 Accounting Theory (Pre: ACCT209 Financial Accounting B)
LEGL201 10 Company Law (Pre: LEGL101 Introduction to Law)
LEGL300 10 Taxation Law (Pre: LEGL101 Introduction to Law)

In addition students taking the Accounting major must also take

Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
BAFN200 10 Principles of Finance (Pre: ACCT100 Principles of Accounting and STAT102 Business Data Analysis)

Financial Services

Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
BAFN200 10 Principles of Finance (Pre: ACCT100 Principles of Accounting and STAT102 Business Data Analysis)
BAFN203 10 Financial Planning (Pre: BAFN200 Principles of Finance)
BAFN204 10 Portfolio Management (Pre: BAFN200 Principles of Finance)
BAFN205 10 Financial Instruments and Institutions (Pre: ACCT100 Principles of Accounting and STAT102 Business Data Analysis)
BAFN303 10 Derivatives (Pre: BAFN204 Portfolio Management)
BAFN304 10 Superannuation and Retirement Planning (Pre: BAFN203 Financial Planning)
BAFN305 10 Risk Management and Insurance (Pre: BAFN203 Financial Planning)
LEGL300 10 Taxation Law (Pre: LEGL101 Introduction to Law)

Hospitality Management

Successful completion of the Advanced Diploma in Hospitality Management.20

Human Resource Management

Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
HRMG201 10 Human Resource Development (Pre: HRMG100 Management and People)
HRMG202 10 Performance Management (Pre: HRMG100 Management and People)
HRMG204 10 Organisational Behaviour (Pre: HRMG100 Management and People)
HRMG302 10 Employment Relations (Pre: HRMG100 Management and People and LEGL101 Introduction to Law)
HRMG303 10 Organisational Change (Pre: 120 cp including HRMG100 Management and People)
HRMG305 10 Contemporary Issues in HRM (Pre: 120 cp, include 40 cp from the Human Resource Management Major)
HRMG310 10 International HRM (Pre: HRMG100 Management and People)
LEGL304 10 Employment Law (Pre: HRMG302 Employment Relations)

Information Systems

Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
ISYS201 10 IT Infrastructure
ISYS202 10 Business Analysis 1 (Pre: ISYS101 Fundamentals of Business IS)
ISYS209 10 Business Analysis 2 (Pre: ISYS202 Business Analysis 1)
ISYS203 10 Application Development 1
ISYS300 10 Application Development 2 (Pre: ISYS203 Application Development 1)
MGMT308 10 Project Management (Pre: 80 cp)
ISYS305 10 IS Project (Pre: 120 cp, including MGMT308 Project Management)

or

Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
BIPX301 10 Professional Experience B

Any other ISYS unit from the Bachelor of Business Information Systems

Marketing

Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
MKTG200 10 Marketing Research (Pre: MKTG100 Principles of Marketing and STAT102 Business Statistics)
MKTG201 10 Consumer Behaviour (Pre: MKTG100 Principles of Marketing)
MKTG202 10 Marketing Communication (Pre: MKTG100 Principles of Marketing)
MKTG301 10 International Marketing (Pre: MKTG100 Principles of Marketing)
MKTG302 10 Retail Marketing (Pre: MKTG100 Principles of Marketing)
MKTG305 10 Services Marketing Pre: MKTG100 Principles of Marketing)
MKTG311 10 E-Marketing (Pre: MKTG100 Principles of Marketing)
MKTG313 10 Strategic Marketing (Pre: MKTG200 Marketing Research and MKTG201 Consumer Behaviour)

Tourism Management

Successful completion of the Advanced Diploma in Tourism Management.21

Electives

Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
BUSN201 10 International Business
BUSN302 10 International Business Finance
BUSN306 10 International Field Experience (Pre: 80 cp)
BIPX301 10 Professional Experience B (Pre: 120 cp)
BIPX302 10 Professional Experience C (Co: BIPX301 Professional Experience B)
MGMT308 10 Project Management (Pre: 80 cp)

A student may undertake elective units listed in the Schedule of Unit Offerings or from other disciplines (subject to campus availability, unit limitations and provided that prerequisite and co-requisite requirements are met).

Schedule of Honours Units

Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
BUSN401 10 Research Methods
BUSN402 10 Advanced Business Coursework 1
BUSN411 10 Advanced Business Coursework 2
BUSN405 10 Honours Proposal

and

a.

Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
BUSN406 40 Honours Thesis (Full-time) (Pre: BUSO405 Honours Proposal)

or

b.

Unit Code Credit Points Unit Name
BUSN408 10 Honours Thesis A (Part-time) (Pre: BUSN405 Honours Proposal)
BUSN409 10 Honours Thesis B (Part-time) (Pre: BUSN408 Honours Thesis A (Part-time)
BUSN410 20 Honours Thesis C (Part-time) (Pre: BUSN409 Honours Thesis B (Part-time)

19 A student undertaking a major in Accounting must complete 80 cp from the major plus BAFN200 Principles of Finance.
20 80 cp granted for successful completion of the National Training Information Service (NTIS) Hospitality Training Package THH60202 from an accredited RTO as formally recognised through an articulation agreement with ACU.
21 80 cp granted for successful completion of the National Training Information Service (NTIS) Tourism Training Package THT60102 from an accredited RTO as formally recognised through an articulation agreement with ACU.

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