Business Administration

Our Bachelor of Business Administration is an international qualification that develops broad business knowledge, covering essential business areas such as marketing, finance, human resources, project management and strategic management. 

Cross-skilling in these areas will ensure you become a highly adaptive graduate, ready to work in a dynamic environment and pivot to the needs of industry. You’ll be aware of global trends and prepared for employment in all sectors, with a diverse skillset that employers will value.

The course provides a distinct student experience - you’ll identify your preferred career area and develop a personalised plan that will guide you throughout your degree, helping you develop a portfolio of skills and capabilities that strategically align with your career goals.

The course starts with a business foundation year, where you will explore value creation in business, learn to use financial information to make informed and responsible decisions, and develop your business intelligence and analytical capabilities to interpret data in a meaningful way.

Following on from this, you’ll complete management foundation units aligned to global trends. You’ll develop skills across marketing, finance, human resources, project management and strategic management. In addition to the core curriculum, you’ll study three career-focused specialisations (minors) that suit your aspirations – two business specialisations plus the choice of another business specialisation or one from outside the business discipline. This gives you the freedom to your degree and enhance your marketability when you graduate.

In your final year, you’ll undertake your Capstone Experience.

Capstone Experience

Gain real-world, practical skills through your Capstone Experience*. Choose one of the four options below.

Business Engagement

You’ll apply your entrepreneurial skills, business ideas and ‘out of the box’ thinking to a real business environment, working on an industry project. This will enable you to develop your employability skills and prepare you for employment in a professional environment.

Business Innovation Lab

Use your entrepreneurial skills such as initiative, creativity and adaptability as you work within an interdisciplinary team on an applied business project within a start-up environment. Together you will solve a problem or advance an innovation while demonstrating your managerial judgement, professional communications and your commitment to responsible  business practice.

Industry Internship

You can apply to undertake an internship to gain professional work experience. Through our partnership with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia, you’ll intern at a business relevant to your interests and work on a real project related to your chosen area of study.

Global Experience

You can gain international experience through an international study tour or exchange, or by studying part of your degree at a different Curtin campus.

*Opportunities may vary depending on academic performance.

Please refer to the handbook for additional course overview information.

Why study

• You can study your degree in Perth or Malaysia, or transfer between the two at no

interruption to your studies.

• You’ll gain a rich international study experience.

• There are international networking opportunities.

• You’ll have the opportunity to undertake work integrated learning through your

chosen Capstone Experience.

Student profile

View our student profile table to get an indication of the likely peer cohort for new students at Curtin University. This table provides data on students that commenced undergraduate study and passed the census date in the most relevant recent intake period for which data are available. It includes those admitted through all offer rounds and international students studying in Australia.

Professional recognition

This course is designed, where possible, to conform to the membership standards of relevant professional bodies. Most of these have provision for student membership and students are advised to take advantage of such opportunities.

Career information

• Financial Dealer and Broker

• Accountant (General)
• Marketing Officer
• Business Systems Analyst
• Industrial Relations Officer
• Management Consultant
• Valuer
• Economist
• Tourist Information Officer
• Advertising Account Executive
• Business Consultant
• Retail Manager (General)
• Sales and Marketing Manager
• Business Development Manager
• Project Coordinator

What you'll learn

• apply discipline knowledge to solve business problems and create business solutions that consider the changing global business environment
• examine responsible business practices in local and global business settings and how this should inform responsible business decision making
• demonstrate cultural competency through business decision making that considers cultural diversity and ways of working that are respectful and responsible
• apply theoretical knowledge to create solutions valued by business stakeholders in real world workplace settings
• use relevant technologies to extract and communicate information that solves business problems in ways that demonstrate professional integrity and responsible business practice

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