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Bachelor of Business - Future Students - University of Tasmania

Bachelor of Business - Course Overview

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Bachelor of Business (33A)

Duration:

3 years

Location:

Cradle Coast (Limited range of majors)
Distance (Limited range of majors)
Hobart
Launceston (Limited range of majors)

Study Areas

This course is a multidisciplined business degree ensuring students learn the fundamental disciplines underlying the dynamic professional world of business. Year one consists of 6 core units and 2 elective units. Years 2 and 3 consist of units to complete one major from the Faculty of Business and another major or approved grouping of units from the Faculty of Business or another faculty. The course allows students to select studies from the following areas:
  • Accounting (H,L,CC)
  • Business Economics (H)
  • Business Management (H,L)
  • Corporate Governance (H,L,CC, D)
  • Business Logistics (H,L,CC)
  • Entrepreneurship (H,L)
  • Finance (H,L,D)
  • Human Resource Management (H,L)
  • International Business (H)
  • Information Systems (H, L - 1st year subjects only)
  • Marketing (H,L,D)
  • Tourism (H)
  • Organisational Management (CC)
  • A major from another field of study eg. Computing or Psychology

Special Requirements

There are no particular subject prerequisties, however, students who do not have a maths background are advised to complete UPP090 Bridging Maths or BEA109 Introduction to Quantitative Methods before attempting BEA140 Quantitative Methods 1.

Further study options

Honours, Grad Cert, Grad Dip, course work and research Masters, PhD

Career opportunities

The course is designed to produce well educated and adaptable graduates, with appropriate professional skills to meet the existing needs and demands of business and related professions. Graduates will have a vast range of job opportunities available in employment areas such as:
  • Advertising
  • Management
  • Auditing
  • Local government
  • Business consulting
  • Marketing research
  • Central banking
  • Merchant banking
  • Corporate finance
  • Project management
  • Electronic business
  • Systems analysis
  • Financial accounting
  • Services marketing
  • Human resource management
  • Sport and recreation management
  • Industrial relations
  • Higher education teaching
  • Information systems management
  • Tax consulting
  • International business
  • Business management
Students may be eligible for membership of a professional body if they select units endorsed by that body. The Faculty of Business offers units to enable students to join the following professional bodies:
  • Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia
  • CPA Australia
  • Australian Human Resources Institute
  • Australian Institute of Management
  • Australian Marketing Institute
  • Chartered Institute of Company Secretaries in Australia
  • Australian Institute of Banking and Finance
  • Australian Computer Society
  • National Institute of Accountants
Membership details may be obtained from the relevant schools within the Univeristy or the appropriate professional body.

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