Course

Diploma in Business/Bachelor of Business

Approved Abbreviation: DipBus/BBus

Western Sydney University Course Code: 6037.1

AQF Level: 7

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.

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

Nirimba, Bankstown and Parramatta City (George Street)

Qualification for this award requires the successful completion of 240 credit points which include the units listed in the recommended sequence below. The early exit College Diploma consists of 80 credit points.

Western Sydney University The College Units

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)

700254

Enterprise Law (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

Accounting

Applied Finance

Economics

Property

Majors for Careers in Markets

MT2023

Hospitality Management

MT2025

International Business

MT2027

Marketing

MT2029

Sport Management

Majors for Careers in Management

MT2024

Human Resource Management

MT2026

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:

M1121

Advertising

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

Health Management

Public Relations

Secondary Teaching

Sustainable Development

M1105

Tourism

M1106

Urban Studies

M3101

Information Systems Analytics

M1060

Chinese

M1059

Arabic

M1062

Japanese

Second majors in Business include: