Business Administration

The Bachelor of Business Administration will help you become a highly adaptive graduate.

You’ll be cross-skilled in various areas of business, be ready to work in a dynamic environment, and pivot to the needs of industry. You’ll also 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 areas of business 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.

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

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Study our foundation units

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 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. 

Specialise in your favourite areas

In addition to the core curriculum, you’ll study two business specialisations, plus a choice of another business specialisation or a specialisation from outside the business discipline, to suit your aspirations. 

This is intended to enhance your marketability when you graduate.

Choose your Capstone Experience

In your final year, you’ll not only complete units relevant to your chosen specialisations – you will also undertake a Capstone Experience* to further your practical skills and international business knowledge.

You’ll have a choice of the following Capstone Experiences:

Enhancing Your Business Mind

You’ll apply your entrepreneurial skills, business ideas and out-of-the-box thinking to a real business environment, improving your employability.

Business Innovation Lab

You’ll use your initiative, creativity and adaptability as you work on an applied business project within a start-up environment. 

As part of an interdisciplinary team, you will solve a problem or advance an innovation while demonstrating your managerial judgement, professional communications and commitment to responsible business practice.

Business Internship

You’ll have the opportunity to gain work experience with an external employer or work on a real industry project related to your area of study, in Australia or internationally. These projects have defined objectives, with activities a graduate in that role would be expected to complete.

On an internship, you could:

• conduct research or data analysis
• scope the viability of new projects
• support the implementation of new systems
• revise marketing strategies
• assist with an upcoming event.

You will be selected for an internship through a competitive process. 

Interactive Study Tour

Our Interactive Study Tour allows you to have a study abroad experience from home! You will connect with fellow students from our global campuses and work together to develop strategies for dealing with current and emerging global problems. 

Business and Law International Experience

Complete your degree while travelling the world by studying a short course with one of our exchange partners.

Business Study Tour

Visit regions, countries and organisations in Australia or overseas to experience different ways of doing business.

*Opportunities may vary depending on academic performance. Due to the current situation surrounding COVID-19 please also be advised that opportunities may be revised, postponed or cancelled if there are international travel restrictions in place or if there is insufficient time to safely coordinate your experience.

Please refer to the handbook for additional course overview information.

Why study

• You’ll gain a rich international study experience and have 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

Careers

• Branch manager
• Business administrator
• Business consultant
• Operations manager
• Retail manager
• Sales manager
• Senior manager

Industries

• Government
• Not-for-profit
• Resources and renewables

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