Diploma in Business/Bachelor of BusinessApproved Abbreviation: DipBus/BBus
Western Sydney University Course Code: 6037.1
AQF Level: 7
Course Status: CONTINUING
This version of the course is available only to continuing or completing students.
This course harnesses your energy and passion for success. This degree gives you the knowledge to create a career as a business professional. Whether you wish to pursue a corporate role in a global enterprise or start your own business, this course will provide you with the skills to do it. The course begins with four core units: Financing Enterprises, Enterprise Innovation and Markets, Enterprise Leadership, and Enterprise Law. These units provide you with the essential business knowledge that will be the platform for your career and equip you with the academic skills that will underpin your success in the degree.
You will then undertake four professional units. The professional units are where you begin to shape your future in one of three core business areas: Money, Markets or Management. By learning core business skills within the context of your chosen future you will develop new skills and enhance your employability. Units in the professional core will teach you to plan your career, innovate and analyse. You will also be able to explore and apply your skills and knowledge in a work-based learning unit.
Ten industry-relevant specialisations have been created to equip you with expert skills across the three enterprise futures of Money, Markets and Management. The Money specialisations include Accounting, Applied Finance, Economics, and Property. The Markets specialisations are Hospitality Management, International Business, Marketing and Sport Management. Management specialisations are Human Resource Management and Management.
You will need flexibility to create your career. This course gives you the flexibility to select eight units from anywhere in the University. This means that you can choose a variety of non-business units to gain depth and perspective on your enterprise future; you could take a specialisation in another discipline; or you can complete a second specialisation within Business.
The first year of this course is delivered by Western Sydney University The College as an agent of Western Sydney University, via extended face-to-face hours in smaller learning environments.
A Diploma in Business exit point is also available at the end of the first year of the course.
For more information on Western Sydney University, The College, please refer to their web site.
Western Sydney University, The College
For course advice during your first year of study, please use the contact below under ‘Course Advice’. For course advice during your second and subsequent years of study, please use the contact listed for the Bachelor of Business.
Bachelor of Business
Study Mode
Three years full-time or six years part-time.
Course Advice
Location
| Campus | Attendance | Mode | Course Advice | | Bankstown Campus | Full Time | Internal |
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| Campbelltown Campus | Full Time | Internal |
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| Parramatta City Campus-Macquarie Street | Full Time | Internal |
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| The College - Nirimba Education Precinct | Full Time | Internal |
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Admission
For more information on applying please see link to The College admission pages below.
https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/thecollege/how_to_apply
Domestic students are required to have:
- Completed an English unit in the NSW Higher School Certificate, OR
- Competency in English at IELTS 6.0 equivalent (unless a native speaker) OR
- Passed The College English test at IELTS 6.0 equivalent OR
- Passed The College Foundation Studies Academic English unit at C grade level or higher.
Assumed knowledge in Mathematics equivalent to a two unit subject in the NSW Higher School Certificate.
Met other entry requirements such as:
- An ATAR identified prior to the offer of a place, OR
- Completed The College Foundation Studies course with a Grade Point Average of 6.0 or higher, OR
- Passed all College preparatory units in The College Standard or Extended Diploma in Business courses.
International students must satisfy one of the following Language requirements:
- IELTS 6.0 with a minimum 5.5 in each sub band OR
- Completed The College EAP 4 course with a 50% pass OR
- Passed The College English test at IELTS 6.0 equivalent OR
- Passed The College Foundation Studies Academic English unit at C grade level or higher.
Applicants must also satisfy the Academic Entry Requirements - as specified in the Western Sydney University Country Qualifications Table:
Western Sydney University Country Qualifications
OR completed The College Foundation Studies course with a Grade Point Average of 6.0 or higher.
Course Structure
Qualification for this award requires the successful completion of 240 credit points which include the units listed in the recommended sequence below.
Western Sydney University The College Units
Nirimba, Bankstown and Parramatta City (George Street)
Please note that all campuses may not have intakes each year.
Year One
Students must pass the following eight (8) University Level units:
| 700251 | Enterprise Innovation and Markets (WSTC) |
| 700252 | Enterprise Leadership (WSTC) |
| 700253 | Financing Enterprises (WSTC) |
| 700007 | Statistics for Business (WSTC) |
AND three units from the following, depending on the chosen major*:
| 700274 | Accounting in Context (WSTC) |
| 700027 | Consumer Behaviour (WSTC) |
| 700249 | Consumers, Firms and Markets (WSTC) |
| 700029 | Financial Accounting Applications (WSTC) |
| 700250 | Financial Institutions and Markets (WSTC) |
| 700030 | Managing People at Work (WSTC) |
| 700001 | Marketing Principles (WSTC) |
| 700031 | Organisational Behaviour (WSTC) |
*University level units selected above that are not part of the student’s primary major will be counted towards their 80cp of electives. Careful selection of electives may allow for a second major as described below under the heading ‘Elective units’.
Students may exit at this point and graduate with the Diploma in Business following a passing grade in all of the above units. Students who progress onto Year Two may also be awarded the Diploma if they gain a passing grade in all of the above units.
Students must pass at least 70 credit points of University level units in Year One before progressing to the Year Two units.
Western Sydney University Units
For course advice during your second and subsequent years of study, please use the contact listed for the Bachelor of Business.
Bachelor of Business
Bankstown, Campbelltown, Parramatta (Macquarie Street) and Sydney City Campus
In Years two and three, students are required to complete eight major core units from one of the following primary Business majors.
Majors for Careers in Money
Majors for Careers in Markets
Majors for Careers in Management
| MT2024 | Human Resource Management |
Professional units (choose 40 credit points)
The professional units provide a focus on careers. Students are required to complete one unit from each of the four key focus areas: numeracy, career planning, innovation, and enterprise engagement, a total of 40 credit points. Students are advised to choose units that will support careers in one of three areas: Money (for specialisations in Accounting, Applied Finance, Economics and Property), Markets (for specialisations in Hospitality Management, International Business, Marketing, and Sport Management), Management (for specialisations in Human Resource Management, and Management).
See the handbook entries for each specialisation for information on the professional units that are recommended.
Electives units
Students may use their elective units to complete an additional major from the pool of Business majors (80 credit points), or a major from another discipline area (80 credit points), or up to 80 credit points from the wide range of units offered by Western Sydney University.
Second majors from other disciplines to complement your primary Business major include:
| M2021 | Business Regulation, Governance and Compliance |
| M4007 | Cell and Molecular Biology |
| M4008 | Global Climate Change |
| M4009 | Environment and Sustainability |
| M1041 | Indigenous Australian Studies |
| M1110 | Psychological Studies |
| M1107 | Sustainable Development |
| M3101 | Information Systems Analytics |
Second majors in Business include:
| MT2024 | Human Resource Management |
Enrolment in elective units is subject to meeting any required criteria for individual units, such as co-requisites and pre-requisites.
Students in the Accounting and Property majors will use some of their elective units to meet the accreditation requirements associated with these majors. Depending on the majors selected, these students may therefore be unable to complete a second major. See handbook entries for MT2030 Accounting and MT2034 Property.